Google Wifi sucks? Damn, I just bought it, but haven't opened it yet. It's going for a great price at the moment. You mean one channel per frequency or what? I don't mind paying more, but I need to be able to justify it. Netgear Orbi is pretty expensive and in a similar range as the Linksys Velop. Google Wifi does work on the 5ghz frequency right?eblend wrote: ↑ Netgear Orbi?
The problem with the Velop, is that they only have an ethernet backbone, so each access point has to be connected in a traditional sense, with an ethernet cable. If you don't have an ethernet cable in the location you want to put the access point, it won't work (or so I learned when I was looking into them all).
Google WiFi sucks apparently, so don't go with that. There is only one channel, so inter-AP traffic goes over the same channel as your everyday internet. Netgear Orbi has a dedicated channel just for inter-AP traffic, so won't compete with your Youtube etc.
Heard good things about Netgear Orbi, maybe look into that.
I read this article in its entirety, give it a go and see. It goes well into everything.Sgt_Strider wrote: ↑ Google Wifi sucks? Damn, I just bought it, but haven't opened it yet. It's going for a great price at the moment. You mean one channel per frequency or what? I don't mind paying more, but I need to be able to justify it. Netgear Orbi is pretty expensive and in a similar range as the Linksys Velop. Google Wifi does work on the 5ghz frequency right?
Ok, I'm leaning on getting the Orbi, but unless I'm mistaken, the Orbi also doesn't allow the user to select either 2.4ghz or 5ghz?eblend wrote: ↑ Netgear Orbi?
The problem with the Velop, is that they only have an ethernet backbone, so each access point has to be connected in a traditional sense, with an ethernet cable. If you don't have an ethernet cable in the location you want to put the access point, it won't work (or so I learned when I was looking into them all).
Google WiFi sucks apparently, so don't go with that. There is only one channel, so inter-AP traffic goes over the same channel as your everyday internet. Netgear Orbi has a dedicated channel just for inter-AP traffic, so won't compete with your Youtube etc.
Heard good things about Netgear Orbi, maybe look into that.
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/asu ... 98118.aspx?Gabriella wrote: ↑ Asus is coming out with their Lyra Mesh solution. May also want to look at that too. https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Networking/Lyra/
Problem with that is you will have 3 different networks, even if they have the same SSID. You may be connected to the one in the basement, even if you are sitting right next to an access point upstairs. I don't have an Orbi so I can't comment, but usually most dual band routers broadcast two SSIDs, 2.4ghz and 5ghz, so it will be like...Orbi_2.4 and Orbi_5 or something like that, you just connect all your devices that support 5 to 5, and 2.4 to 2.4. Nothing really that complicated.Sgt_Strider wrote: ↑ You know what guys, I'm starting to think mesh networking may not be for me. I love the concept, but after spending some time researching the matter, I don't understand why these mesh networking solutions don't offer advance users to force 5ghz on all devices. I'm starting to think that it'll be cheaper and easier to just buy 3 routers to blanket the entire house with 5ghz coverage.
The bolded statement is incorrect. The Linksys Velop is a tri-band system, which includes one 2.4GHz band and two 5GHz bands. One of the two 5GHz bands is used exclusively for the backbone (wireless backhaul), so you have a dedicated 'line' for all the traffic going between the Velop units. Going with a wired backbone (wired backhaul) is an OPTION you can use.eblend wrote: ↑ Netgear Orbi?
The problem with the Velop, is that they only have an ethernet backbone, so each access point has to be connected in a traditional sense, with an ethernet cable. If you don't have an ethernet cable in the location you want to put the access point, it won't work (or so I learned when I was looking into them all).
Google WiFi sucks apparently, so don't go with that. There is only one channel, so inter-AP traffic goes over the same channel as your everyday internet. Netgear Orbi has a dedicated channel just for inter-AP traffic, so won't compete with your Youtube etc.
Heard good things about Netgear Orbi, maybe look into that.
Can you explain that?X20A wrote: ↑ The bolded statement is incorrect. The Linksys Velop is a tri-band system, which includes one 2.4GHz band and two 5GHz bands. One of the two 5GHz bands is used exclusively for the backbone (wireless backhaul), so you have a dedicated 'line' for all the traffic going between the Velop units. Going with a wired backbone (wired backhaul) is an OPTION you can use.
I would recommend either the Velop or Eero Pro (3 base version).
Don't do the three router way, you're losing so much bandwidth due to overhead.
The TL;DR version is basically that you're using the same 'network' (same SSID) for both your internet traffic and your intra-network traffic (communications between the two or more routers). Effectively halving your bandwidth, as wireless is not a duplex connection like hardwired Ethernet. Unless you plan on having different SSIDs or going fully wired between those routers, you're going to have a bad time.
Weird, I could have sworn I read that it didn't have Wireless backhaul, I stand corrected. Good to know.X20A wrote: ↑ The bolded statement is incorrect. The Linksys Velop is a tri-band system, which includes one 2.4GHz band and two 5GHz bands. One of the two 5GHz bands is used exclusively for the backbone (wireless backhaul), so you have a dedicated 'line' for all the traffic going between the Velop units. Going with a wired backbone (wired backhaul) is an OPTION you can use.
I would recommend either the Velop or Eero Pro (3 base version).
Don't do the three router way, you're losing so much bandwidth due to overhead.
So what you said isn't true then because the OP hasn't mentioned not using a wired backhaul in that 3 router situation. There's more than 1 way to do multiple APs/ Router. Repeater Bridge is just one of the worst, but necessary in some cases.X20A wrote: ↑ The TL;DR version is basically that you're using the same 'network' (same SSID) for both your internet traffic and your intra-network traffic (communications between the two or more routers). Effectively halving your bandwidth, as wireless is not a duplex connection like hardwired Ethernet. Unless you plan on having different SSIDs or going fully wired between those routers, you're going to have a bad time.
Link to CNET's article if you want to read a bit more in-depth.
That's the reason why devices like the Velop that have a dedicated wireless backhaul will be better for intra-network (between Velop units) speeds.
I wasn't so much responding to OP, than tacking onto what eblend was saying earlier about running multiple wireless networks. In any case, there's not a lot of options for running three routers concurrently while being un-managed, losing bandwidth, and/or going wired. Unless OP plans to run some of sort of managed system with the routers running in AP mode. Some config required in addition to simpler things like turning off DHCP, etc.
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