Wait till you start using the 60Ghz 10 Gbps capable mesh units that should be getting marketed next year. QWualcomm introduced their new chips with this capability a few days ago. The only real issue I see with such short wavelengths (millimeter waves) is that they can be easily blocked by a sheet rock wall or brick even thick enough cardboard. Still, if you have a mesh network setup outside, then having other units within 100 feet could make for a very fast neighborhood network. :)
-Eric > On Oct 19, 2018, at 9:42 PM, Cristobal Muñoz <cristobalm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I’ve got a second generation Eero with two extenders for a 3300 SQFT house. > Run two businesses out of it. 4k, TV, regular HD TVs, Fire Sticks/Fire TVs, > Ring Video Pro, desktop/laptops/wireless printer, iOS devices, etc. The one > thing we really don’t do are all that smart speaker/home automation stuff > and yeah, Once you go mesh, you never go back. My TPLink triband AC router is > sitting in the closet collecting dust wondering what it did wrong. > The one issue I’m still having is that my Ring Video still hangs when trying > to answer an alert. I really haven’t tried figuring it out though. My signal > in the garage where all my workout stuff is solid and I can get my Netflix on > and Pandora out to my heart’s content back there all I want while on the > treadmill or bike or whatever. My garage is further than where the Ring and > front door is so who nows. > Anyway . . . yes, a Mesh system for serious connectivity really is the future. > > Cristóbal > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:23 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: New mesh router and my thoughts on switching WiFi > > Hi, > > I thought I briefly share this experience. I recently bought two Netgear Orbi > mesh routers, one Home edition and one Pro/Business edition for my retail > store. > Nowadays having a robust WiFi network is essential especially if you have > some home automation devices and are moving towards more home automation. > Things like the ring Video Doorbell or Skybell HD Video Doorbell are > installed outside the house and even in a relatively normal sized home the > WiFi signal outside the fron tdoor may not be the best if the router is > located in the office on the other end of the house as it is the case for our > house. Of course at my retail store the problem is worse since it is quite a > bit larger, it has two floors and the outside of the wall in back has metal > siding which doesn’t help the signal. I had a traditional WiFi extender > before and while it is set up upstairs right against the outside wall and the > Ring Video Doorbell is basically just below it and maybe 10 feet over, we had > nothing but issues and even standing outside with my phone I often only > showed 1 bar on the WiFi. > So, 2 days ago the Netgear Orbi home came, I purchased the version which > comes with 1 satellite and in the description it says that this package > should be good for a home up to 5000 sqft. Our house is significantly > smaller, but I set up the main unit near the modem where our fibre connection > terminates which is in the office at the very back of the house and it’s > about in the middle when you look at the house from left to right. The > satellite I put in the kitchen which overlooks the entry hall, it’s probably > about 35 or so feet from the main unit and all the way on one side of the > house. This unit is also only maybe 10 feet away from our entertainment stand > with the TV, our Apple TV and my wife’s TV box for getting The Filipino > Channel. It is also super close to the front door where our video doorbell is > and just outside the wall is our deck off the kitchen. > After I finally figured out how to configure the routers we are now getting 3 > out of 3 bars everywhere in the house as well as outside both on the deck, in > front and in the backyard and suddenly it is actually quite quick and easy to > answer the Ring Video Doorbell which before often would just sit there saying > “Loading”. I had a Netgear Nighthawk X6 AC3200 router before which is a very > high-end unit with 6 antennas, but it doesn’t even come close to the > performance of the Netgear Orbi. > The Orbi has an app which is quite accessible and the web interface where you > can do quite a lot more is also very accessible from what I have seen so far. > The main unit has 4 ports, one is your Internet connection where you connect > it to your ADSL, cable or fibre modem and there are 3 ports to hook up > devices. I am using one for our Philips Hue bridge, another to plug in one of > my Sonos players and I am currently not using the third, at some point I plan > to get a NAS unit for at home and then I’ll need it for that. The satellite > unit which looks identical has also 4 ports, all are ethernet ports where you > can plug stuff in if you want. > Here at home I use WiFi for pretty much everything, my laptop, printer as > well as the Apple TV and my wife’s Filipino channel set top box. These could > all be plugged in, but much easier without cables. All our other stuff needs > to be wireless anyways, but I did find out how much of a pain it is to change > WiFi networks, here is what we all had to reconnect to the new WiFi network: > 4 Amazon Echo speakers > Honeywell Lyric T5 thermostat > Ring Video Doorbell > Apple TV > Filipino Channel Set top box > My iPhone, my wife’s iPhone and the laptop (those were easy) > HP Officejet Printer > 2 Nest Protect smoke alarms > Withings/Nokia Body Plus smartscale > Sonos and Philips Hue just worked as they are wired > > I should get the Netgear Orbi Pro next week, then I can have some more fun > doing the same thing at my store although here most of the computers are > wired as is the larger Officejet printer, but we do have 5 Dropam (now > Nestcam) 2 WiFi thermostats, a Skybell HD which by the way even on the > current WiFi works way bettter than the Ring Pro we had before. > Then there are 4 of the Meross smart wall switches I just purchased and which > work great with a super-accessible app and setup process as well as two > Amazon Echo speakers. > I really look forward for these Netgear Orbi mesh routers to work well for a > long time to come since it’s not only because of how much work it is to get > everything connected but also since they are pretty pricy devices. > > Best regards and happy networking, > Siegharrd > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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