Wifi headaches in a bigger house? Instant fix

[Lightcycle]

I'm happy the house we're in was pre-wired with Cat 5e.

I went wired for any device that doesn't move: TV, Xbox, my office laptop. More for latency than bandwidth. Also wired backhaul for the mesh access points, so it doesn't eat into the wifi bandwidth.

Wireless for any device that isn't pinned down, so pretty much only the smartphones and tablets.

 

[Lightcycle]

I have a similar setup. Wired ethernet throughout the house with AP's where I need them (ubiquiti as well). But I thought the newer WIFI specs (WIFI 6+) overcame this bandwidth problem with dedicated channels/streams etc which are not part of the shared coverage.

Any tri-band or quad-band router should have one of the radios dedicated to a wireless backhaul. I know the Orbi has tri-band for sure. It's the single radio devices that have to share the wifi connection with the backhaul that's the problem.

 

[MacDoc]

Having a bit of a headache getting the satellites working but hey...this is the black hole corner and I'm thrilled.

 

[Hardwrkr13]

We have a wifi dead spot in the one basement corner of our place that just happens to be the gym area. This Christmas I put in a TP-Link AC1900 and it works flawlessly. I see little to no drop in speeds when it is plugged in and I've had drop-outs with it. Phone grabs it seemlessly and everything on the basement level see's it as the strongest signal so they're connected to it as well. I'm not techy but it works for me and was simple to set up.

 

[MacDoc]

The TP-Link was not consistent ( would drop out ) and could not set up the satellites so returned to Amazon after the the $70 less replacement arrived. ( 2 module ). 10 min to set up and ....

on a 100 mbps feed and furthest from the modem.
Tenda Nova mesh

https://www.amazon.ca/Tenda-MW6-Coverage-bedrooms-Compatible/dp/B078MZTRBS/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Tenda&linkCode=assoc-rails-rate-card-link-code-tw3&qid=1674503369&sr=8-1&th=1

 

[crankcall]

Just put a google nest mesh pro 6 in the house , complete set up was under an hour and speeds are rocket . Dead zones gone , $529.00 for the setup isn’t cheap , but not dropping a feed is worth it .


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