@@zOrg89 typically no the main mesh point should Auto select the least noisy non overlapping channel and then the other remaining mesh points should use the remaining channels either 1, 6, or 11
@@zOrg89 use 5ghz part of why it was developed to combat congested 2.4ghz bands as 5ghz has many more channels and significantly less interference. The only major drawback being older devices typically will not support the 5ghz bands and weaker wifi signal though with mesh systems that does tend to help to limit down on the wifi coverage issues of 5ghz
In 5 minutes, you just explained that 100 times better than the manufacturers or the sales outlets! Even I can understand it. Absolutely amazing! Thank you.
Yet he left out some important problems with a mesh, that's why it's "easy". How do you think an mesh AP from the end of the network(farthest away) get its connection and handles data transfers? through ALL intermediate mesh points. Can you say "lag"? Also if you put them too close they will jam each other or not be able to connect if they are too far. Signals can also reflect off walls and create all sorts of problems.
@@florinpandele5205 that's not really a problem about mesh. That's to do with understanding how to position the mesh wifi routers. This was a high level explanation about how it works, and it's advantages over a traditional extender. Placement is another issue. But that is the case with almost any technical solution. To get proper utility, you need to understand how to use it. Else you get sub-optimal results. Is a great video for explaining advantages of mesh as a dead spot solution
Your videos are the “gold standard” for You Tube viewers. The animations along with your easy to understand narration is a godsend for computer laymen like me. Your ability to impart knowledge is stellar.
I just started an IT based job with no background whatsoever a few months ago. I wanted to let you know that your videos have done wonders for me. You’re work on these videos is not in vein, and I thank you (:
This is the 1st time watching an educational video that you don't have to repeat all over again to get its point. This guy's very eloquent and straight to the point. Great job sir and thanks for the wonderful explanation.
I think you should point out that as the signal hops there is a serious reduction in bandwidth - and add that the mesh routers can be cabled thus avoiding any reduction is bandwidth
WOW! You are the first wonderful person that spoke to us and not at us. Your explanations were clear and concise and you didn't gallop on speaking expecting us to know what you are talking about. Thank you. So glad I found you😄
You know a video is well-made when you can simply listen to the information without watching, and you comprehend everything explained. :-) Keep up the awesome videos!
Thank you for sharing your precious knowledge and for hard work you are investing to create a easy understandable, visualized lectures. Keep up the good work!
I bought the 3 pak Wi-Fi mesh and gave one to my neighbor. He was very happy because he finally had Wi-Fi coverage on the other side of the house next to my other two extenders.
I can vouch for this mesh Wi-Fi Network I've been using it for over a year now and it works great not a lot of advanced features but if you're looking for a set it and forget it type of system this is perfect
Thank you so much! I've referred to your videos so many times for clear and concise explanations of all of the materials I'm studying for my exam. None of the books I've been studying are able to provide the information in such a format. I appreciate your hard work and the excellence of your material.
A nice and clear basic explanation of Mesh wifi. However, I would have liked if you pointed out that for a mesh wifi network to be effective, you need to provide multiple paths/hubs between mesh endpoints for the mesh to be effective. If you spread them out in such a way that the mesh hubs form more of a daisy chain than an actual mesh, your performance will be degraded and not much better than traditional wifi repeaters/extenders.
I was hoping he would mention something about this. For a year or so now I've been thinking about meshing but I thought I read it makes your speeds slower or something... More digging is needed for me I guess.
Can you kindly explain how to do that please? How could I create four different path for a wireless devices, if it was done with cable I could at least imagine. But with signal? No IT background btw. Much thanks if you replied
I have an outbuilding for which I’m using a wireless bridge to get wifi out there. This requires a wired connection to one of my units in the house. Unless I’m mistaken, Google mesh points don’t have an Ethernet connection other than the main one connecting to the modem. Is there another mesh system with Ethernet ports you can recommend? My current wifi is a very old Apple system. When Starlink finally arrives I want to have a better setup. Thanks
Hello, and thanks for an excellent instructional video. The only challenge with this video is on the repeater side; you can define the same SSID on the repeater and existing router, then you won't need to switch SSIDs when you move from the router to the repeater. Have a great day.
I think you need to add that extenders works just on half duplex and it will get half speed of your wi fi speed, and mesh systems work on full duplex and in same transmitting and receiving. Also each unit of mesh speaks with another 2 units simultaneously. It's important for three floors for example. For two floors this is not a a problem, because you can make triangle or square. For 3 floors unit on third floor won't speak with a unit on first floor ,just with a unit on second floor and it decreases speed for 3rd floor. For 3 floor's you need cabling. Sorry for bad English:)
Talking to netgear support... they do mention.. the more Satellites .. you have on ur mesh system.. the more the speed will reduce.. Only devices close to the router(same room) Will get 100% of the speed.. the rest of them will get : Example with 500mb of internet speed If you have 1 router + Satellite : you will get around 150-250 around the house . If you have 1 router + 2 Satellites: you will get around 70-150 around the house. Once again.. only the devices that are near the main router.. will get about 90-100% of the speed. I saw the problems in small houses... they will get mesh system with 1 router + 2 satellites... and because the house is small (2500-2900ft) The extra satellite will slow down the speed. You only need 1 router + 1 satellite for that home. They cannot be right next to each other.
What about the main office router, what if want to connect to the modem, by wirless instead of wire and thorugh it i broadcast wireless net to other router, can i do this?
dear Sir .. tQ for all your wonderfully simple to understand tech topics .. wishing that you will get more followers. may I know if one needs an extra MESH point to be of the same brand..? tQ.
Thank you for your Mesh vs Wi-Fi Extenders. You are clear, articulate and hope if I have any other Wi-Fi issues, I will definitely look to you first. I give you 5 stars. Thank you
Thank you for explaining this in a straightforward and concise way with clear diction. One question I have is - will it work through concrete flooring?
Great video! Looking to invest in a mesh network now. So if the signal was weak with the router in the living room, wouldnt the mesh broadcast be just as weak trying to send signal through floors and multiple levels?
Hey Great videos! But you can also set up extenders in bridge mode where the DHCP and routing is handled by the main AP/WiFi router and also setup same SSID/PWD
I don't think the point you make that you can only seemlessly move around the house with a mesh system is correct. You can use range extenders, run ethernet cables and use more access points etc and use the same SSID on all access points to create 1 wifi network For example I'm running 2 wifi routers in access point mode that are connected to my main ADSL wifi router via ethernet. They all use the same SSID and I pick up the same wifi network as I move around my house. I guess the point of a mesh wifi network that should really be made is that it simply involves less cabling and has more interconectivity between nodes.
Really you are great man👍, keep it up,❤️ I think I am wasting my lot of amount of money for nothing in my college, I didn't understand networking in my 2 years of college ,but here just after 10 days i think i am network expert😁
Mesh works great for me. Your network has the same name all over, no matter which unit you're connected to. No suffix to your network name for a repeater. Your device always hooks to the strongest signal automatically. And it's easy to set up!
This is fine in a single-family home. Trey this in a NYC apartment building. In my last apartment there were 120+ visible SSIDs. The 2.4GHz congestion was really a problem. I needed to use a commercial-grade AP (Aruba) to get seamless 802.11ac coverage. In my new apartment, I've just upgraded to 802.11ax (Wifi6).
an important point in mesh is that the units communicate over a separate channel from client devices, where older wifi extenders had issues in which the client-extender and extender-base would step on each other?
I build a 3 story house with solid core interior doors, modem and router are in my master closet on the 2nd floor horrible place to put it . I bought 2 ubiquiti Uniti AP for each floor and they are hard wired in to the modem using cat5 cables. Still the wifi signal sucks in the house with zero signal in the garage. I need great wifi throughout the house because I love my Sonus music. Will the mesh system truly work for me. I'm tired of dumping money into this problem.
The Ubiquti APs should work many times better than mesh networks. You will most likely get worse performance with a mesh network setup since the mesh devices talk to each other wirelessly. Which APs did you buy?
I have a question. I'm interested to buy 2 or 3 mesh nodes. After i connect the main node to the ISP's modem-router, how do I deactivate the wifi signal from my ISP's modem-router? Please help. Thanks in advance
You'll need to read the documentation for your ISP gateway. They may have help guides/help articles on their support page on how to disable the built-in wifi. Some ISPs may want you to use their app on your phone instead of the traditional method of logging into the router via it's web interface.
I recently purchased the Google WiFi system 3-Pack and now I'm having much better results with camera stability looking out for my mother with dementia on the camera in her home.
At that point, it makes more sense to buy a wifi access point rather than mesh setups. Mesh setups are primarily designed to use a wireless backhaul link between the mesh devices and base stations. If you already have mesh wifi devices, check to see if they support AP mode or a wired network mode. That way you can just use them as wifi access points.
Thank you so much for explaining this in layman terms! I'm a huge Google fan but Google's product videos are more stylized and less instructional or informational-- I always have to find other people to explain their products 🤦♀️. Hope you're getting commission from them!!!
Great explanation except that you seem to think that this is somehow superior to an extender because they use the same wireless network for bridging and that is not the case. At the end a mesh wifi system is nothing but a set of extenders that requires little to no user configuration to work reasonably well. Anyone with basic understanding of networking can produce similar results with a set of regular extenders and anyone who can should really invest a few bucks in wiring a basic 1Gbps backbone for home, then you can simply add access points where it makes most sense.
Totally agreed, but I am in the position where I cannot wire ethernet cables and my own network around my house because I have a dad who is adamant that will never happen. Only for one room where the fiber comes in and that is it.
Good video. My question: the remaining ports on the router (I have another two Ethernet and a USB port) - are they now lost to the mesh network? In my case they are as the router has a different name to the mesh network - anything plugged into the router uses the router name. To reclaim the router ports should the router and the mesh have the same SSID? Is that possible / desirable / safe? Or should I just forget those ports? Seems a shame!
good explanation, but some routers are capable of doing mesh setup (broadcasting 1 SSID for several routers), also forgot to mention bandwidth loss for wireless signal amplification
Too many variables. It depends on the model of the mesh network, how far outside you are from the nearest mesh network, any interference (metallic objects, walls, etc)
Great explanation. Question: how do end points know when to drop a connection to move over to a more powerful point? Is it a standardised process or does each end point implement their own policies? Thanks!
Each device (laptop, phone) has its own rules. They periodically look at all the signals that they see and and connect to the strongest. Usually there are additional rules like "don't switch if the other connection is only a little stronger than the current one", and "if there are both a 5GHz network and a 2.4GHz network with the same SSID, prefer the 5GHZ unless it's a lot weaker".
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Does that Mesh system overlaps frequency, i mean do they interfere with each other like 2 routers would interfere?
@@zOrg89 typically no the main mesh point should Auto select the least noisy non overlapping channel and then the other remaining mesh points should use the remaining channels either 1, 6, or 11
What if those channels (1,6,11) are just too crowded?
@@zOrg89 use 5ghz part of why it was developed to combat congested 2.4ghz bands as 5ghz has many more channels and significantly less interference. The only major drawback being older devices typically will not support the 5ghz bands and weaker wifi signal though with mesh systems that does tend to help to limit down on the wifi coverage issues of 5ghz
In 5 minutes, you just explained that 100 times better than the manufacturers or the sales outlets! Even I can understand it. Absolutely amazing! Thank you.
Great video. I completely understood finally what a mesh system is.
I totally agree
Agree :)
Yet he left out some important problems with a mesh, that's why it's "easy". How do you think an mesh AP from the end of the network(farthest away) get its connection and handles data transfers? through ALL intermediate mesh points. Can you say "lag"? Also if you put them too close they will jam each other or not be able to connect if they are too far. Signals can also reflect off walls and create all sorts of problems.
@@florinpandele5205 that's not really a problem about mesh. That's to do with understanding how to position the mesh wifi routers. This was a high level explanation about how it works, and it's advantages over a traditional extender. Placement is another issue. But that is the case with almost any technical solution. To get proper utility, you need to understand how to use it. Else you get sub-optimal results. Is a great video for explaining advantages of mesh as a dead spot solution
Your videos are the “gold standard” for You Tube viewers. The animations along with your easy to understand narration is a godsend for computer laymen like me. Your ability to impart knowledge is stellar.
I just started an IT based job with no background whatsoever a few months ago. I wanted to let you know that your videos have done wonders for me. You’re work on these videos is not in vein, and I thank you (:
I'm in your spot at the moment. This is perfect and most easiest way to learn fundamentals (:
Yep these videos are so helpful for IT.
I hope you're doing well buddy, I started my career off of RUclips too its like college but free
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Finally, someone explaining how a product works without all the extra crap!
Thanks :)
Dude, this is just too good. Your explanations are just incredible, and deffintly deserve way more attention. Can you please make a video about APIs?
This is the 1st time watching an educational video that you don't have to repeat all over again to get its point. This guy's very eloquent and straight to the point. Great job sir and thanks for the wonderful explanation.
I think you should point out that as the signal hops there is a serious reduction in bandwidth - and add that the mesh routers can be cabled thus avoiding any reduction is bandwidth
WOW! You are the first wonderful person that spoke to us and not at us. Your explanations were clear and concise and you didn't gallop on speaking expecting us to know what you are talking about. Thank you. So glad I found you😄
Glad it was helpful!
You know a video is well-made when you can simply listen to the information without watching, and you comprehend everything explained. :-) Keep up the awesome videos!
Thank you for sharing your precious knowledge and for hard work you are investing to create a easy understandable, visualized lectures. Keep up the good work!
Best ever words to describe this man efforts .. thank you
I just purchased the mesh system after watching your video looking forward to great results!!
I bought the 3 pak Wi-Fi mesh and gave one to my neighbor. He was very happy because he finally had Wi-Fi coverage on the other side of the house next to my other two extenders.
I can vouch for this mesh Wi-Fi Network I've been using it for over a year now and it works great not a lot of advanced features but if you're looking for a set it and forget it type of system this is perfect
The explanation here is on another level. I understood it better than the manufacturer. Well explained
Great video explains in detail
Thank you so much, I think you're the best one on the internet who explained what is mesh and how it is work in simple way!
I was so confused about this until I found this video. Thank for breaking it down in just a few minutes and you made it so easy to understand.
Thank you so much! I've referred to your videos so many times for clear and concise explanations of all of the materials I'm studying for my exam. None of the books I've been studying are able to provide the information in such a format. I appreciate your hard work and the excellence of your material.
Excellent video. Very well explained and depicted. Thank you!
You are a master at explaining things, gifted compared to other peoples attempts.
A nice and clear basic explanation of Mesh wifi.
However, I would have liked if you pointed out that for a mesh wifi network to be effective, you need to provide multiple paths/hubs between mesh endpoints for the mesh to be effective.
If you spread them out in such a way that the mesh hubs form more of a daisy chain than an actual mesh, your performance will be degraded and not much better than traditional wifi repeaters/extenders.
I was hoping he would mention something about this. For a year or so now I've been thinking about meshing but I thought I read it makes your speeds slower or something... More digging is needed for me I guess.
Can you kindly explain how to do that please? How could I create four different path for a wireless devices, if it was done with cable I could at least imagine. But with signal?
No IT background btw. Much thanks if you replied
I have an outbuilding for which I’m using a wireless bridge to get wifi out there. This requires a wired connection to one of my units in the house. Unless I’m mistaken, Google mesh points don’t have an Ethernet connection other than the main one connecting to the modem. Is there another mesh system with Ethernet ports you can recommend? My current wifi is a very old Apple system. When Starlink finally arrives I want to have a better setup. Thanks
Been watching mesh wifi videos on youtube and this is the best explanation video of what a mesh wifi is! Great work!
Question ❓ What if you wanted to connect to an wifi device 90ft outside the house?
Hello, and thanks for an excellent instructional video. The only challenge with this video is on the repeater side; you can define the same SSID on the repeater and existing router, then you won't need to switch SSIDs when you move from the router to the repeater. Have a great day.
I think you need to add that extenders works just on half duplex and it will get half speed of your wi fi speed, and mesh systems work on full duplex and in same transmitting and receiving.
Also each unit of mesh speaks with another 2 units simultaneously.
It's important for three floors for example. For two floors this is not a a problem, because you can make triangle or square. For 3 floors unit on third floor won't speak with a unit on first floor ,just with a unit on second floor and it decreases speed for 3rd floor. For 3 floor's you need cabling.
Sorry for bad English:)
Talking to netgear support... they do mention.. the more Satellites .. you have on ur mesh system.. the more the speed will reduce.. Only devices close to the router(same room) Will get 100% of the speed.. the rest of them will get :
Example with 500mb of internet speed
If you have 1 router + Satellite : you will get around 150-250 around the house .
If you have 1 router + 2 Satellites: you will get around 70-150 around the house.
Once again.. only the devices that are near the main router.. will get about 90-100% of the speed.
I saw the problems in small houses... they will get mesh system with 1 router + 2 satellites... and because the house is small (2500-2900ft) The extra satellite will slow down the speed. You only need 1 router + 1 satellite for that home. They cannot be right next to each other.
you can achieve similar results by bridging, which can be very appealing to someone who already has old router instead of buying expensive mesh set
im studying networking and you sir are a GODSEND
What about the main office router, what if want to connect to the modem, by wirless instead of wire and thorugh it i broadcast wireless net to other router, can i do this?
I was never lost through out the whole video, thank you 😺
I really, really appreciate your explanation of MESH wifi! Thank you so much for doing such an excellent job of explaining!
dear Sir .. tQ for all your wonderfully simple to understand tech topics .. wishing that you will get more followers.
may I know if one needs an extra MESH point to be of the same brand..?
tQ.
What distance can one expect this to communicate? I have a small house but want to extwnd my wifi signal to my workshop some 125' away. Thank you
I’ve been thinking about switching some people doesn’t know how to explain it this well
Thanks for detailed explanation ... I understood this concept very clearly now . I would say good bye to Wifi repeaters
Thank you for your Mesh vs Wi-Fi Extenders. You are clear, articulate and hope if I have any other Wi-Fi issues, I will definitely look to you first. I give you 5 stars. Thank you
How is this different from have a main router and 3 wireless bridged routers?
Short, Simple, and Sweet
Great video! Thank you. I bought the google wifi for my 3-floor house.
I see that someone purchased the Google Nest Wifi - AC2200...using my link. I assume that was you Abdullah...thanks for using my link :)
Thank you for explaining this in a straightforward and concise way with clear diction. One question I have is - will it work through concrete flooring?
This channel is amazing! I learned so much, thank you.
Great to hear!
One of the precious yt channels..
The mesh wifi concept will put extenders out of business. Hehe. Gotta love the dude on the upper floor running on the tread mill! Smiles.
@ Kenneth: Extenders being beyond belief bad helps too.
@C you r right. Besides I use the same SSID/pass on my extender as my main router, I have not issues doing so.
Mesh routers are very expensive here. So I don't think extenders will die out soon.
Great video! Looking to invest in a mesh network now. So if the signal was weak with the router in the living room, wouldnt the mesh broadcast be just as weak trying to send signal through floors and multiple levels?
Hey Great videos! But you can also set up extenders in bridge mode where the DHCP and routing is handled by the main AP/WiFi router and also setup same SSID/PWD
You explain us in simple way
I don't think the point you make that you can only seemlessly move around the house with a mesh system is correct. You can use range extenders, run ethernet cables and use more access points etc and use the same SSID on all access points to create 1 wifi network
For example I'm running 2 wifi routers in access point mode that are connected to my main ADSL wifi router via ethernet. They all use the same SSID and I pick up the same wifi network as I move around my house.
I guess the point of a mesh wifi network that should really be made is that it simply involves less cabling and has more interconectivity between nodes.
I love how you gave the stick figure running shoes. Lol! It distracted me. I had to go back and start the video over.
Oh no!
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I work in the broadband install industry, and I wish I could send this video to all of my customers.
Thank you for a straightforward explanation
Thank you some much, you really explained in layman’s terms.
Thnkyou very much, after watching about 10 vids , this was super easy to understand and explained it to me perfectly, cheers
Really you are great man👍, keep it up,❤️ I think I am wasting my lot of amount of money for nothing in my college, I didn't understand networking in my 2 years of college ,but here just after 10 days i think i am network expert😁
Thank you :)
This is a great solution.
Thank you!
Mesh works great for me. Your network has the same name all over, no matter which unit you're connected to. No suffix to your network name for a repeater. Your device always hooks to the strongest signal automatically. And it's easy to set up!
Great video. Very well explained. Thank you
Great explanation. Thank you!
thank you very much for this video !! now i know what is mesh wifi
Your explanation is superb. Direct to the point.
very good description! no bla bla... just straight to the point!
buddy this video just solved my problem
Straight to the point. Thanks!
Informative video, thanks a lot, brother
WiFi Extender and Repeater are the same ?
This is fine in a single-family home. Trey this in a NYC apartment building. In my last apartment there were 120+ visible SSIDs. The 2.4GHz congestion was really a problem. I needed to use a commercial-grade AP (Aruba) to get seamless 802.11ac coverage. In my new apartment, I've just upgraded to 802.11ax (Wifi6).
Part of that problem is people don't turn down their signal strength.
@@KaitouKaiju Consumers don't have the skills to change it or the knowledge it's even an option.
Man, you nailed it!‼ What a presentation‼ THANK YOU SO MUCH‼ 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
Thanks, Powercert.
an important point in mesh is that the units communicate over a separate channel from client devices, where older wifi extenders had issues in which the client-extender and extender-base would step on each other?
I build a 3 story house with solid core interior doors, modem and router are in my master closet on the 2nd floor horrible place to put it . I bought 2 ubiquiti Uniti AP for each floor and they are hard wired in to the modem using cat5 cables. Still the wifi signal sucks in the house with zero signal in the garage. I need great wifi throughout the house because I love my Sonus music. Will the mesh system truly work for me. I'm tired of dumping money into this problem.
The Ubiquti APs should work many times better than mesh networks. You will most likely get worse performance with a mesh network setup since the mesh devices talk to each other wirelessly.
Which APs did you buy?
I have a question. I'm interested to buy 2 or 3 mesh nodes. After i connect the main node to the ISP's modem-router, how do I deactivate the wifi signal from my ISP's modem-router? Please help. Thanks in advance
You'll need to read the documentation for your ISP gateway. They may have help guides/help articles on their support page on how to disable the built-in wifi. Some ISPs may want you to use their app on your phone instead of the traditional method of logging into the router via it's web interface.
I recently purchased the Google WiFi system 3-Pack and now I'm having much better results with camera stability looking out for my mother with dementia on the camera in her home.
Thank you bro, very easy to understand and straight to the point. Very coo.
Nice video. But one question: what happens to the integrated wifi of the modem? Does it also work? Or should be disabled?
I appreciate this explanation! It's the best one I've seen so far!
If my home is wired can i connect the meah network to each other by wire. Currently i am using AP setup by old routers changed to AP.
At that point, it makes more sense to buy a wifi access point rather than mesh setups. Mesh setups are primarily designed to use a wireless backhaul link between the mesh devices and base stations. If you already have mesh wifi devices, check to see if they support AP mode or a wired network mode. That way you can just use them as wifi access points.
Thank you for the simple explanation 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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What if I place the extender with same SSID name as of the router??🤔🤔
Thank you so much for explaining this in layman terms! I'm a huge Google fan but Google's product videos are more stylized and less instructional or informational-- I always have to find other people to explain their products 🤦♀️. Hope you're getting commission from them!!!
Your video really have the best explanation for everything... Thank you sir!
0:18 GODDAMN this educational video has no right being this badass.
Could you combine this mesh network with a router? Would it make a difference? Or is this meant to replace a router entirely?
Each movie has a different advertisment, I can see that the channel is growing:D
Great explanation except that you seem to think that this is somehow superior to an extender because they use the same wireless network for bridging and that is not the case. At the end a mesh wifi system is nothing but a set of extenders that requires little to no user configuration to work reasonably well.
Anyone with basic understanding of networking can produce similar results with a set of regular extenders and anyone who can should really invest a few bucks in wiring a basic 1Gbps backbone for home, then you can simply add access points where it makes most sense.
Totally agreed, but I am in the position where I cannot wire ethernet cables and my own network around my house because I have a dad who is adamant that will never happen. Only for one room where the fiber comes in and that is it.
God love you for this video!! Clear, concise, and STRAIGHT TO THE POINT!! BRAVO!! 👏👏👏
This is the best video I've seen to explain this. Thank you sooo much.
Good video. My question: the remaining ports on the router (I have another two Ethernet and a USB port) - are they now lost to the mesh network? In my case they are as the router has a different name to the mesh network - anything plugged into the router uses the router name. To reclaim the router ports should the router and the mesh have the same SSID? Is that possible / desirable / safe? Or should I just forget those ports? Seems a shame!
Only way to find out is to try it.
Can we hardline one of the Nodes to our PC upstairs in another room ?
Yes
Thanks for the good info here.
good explanation, but some routers are capable of doing mesh setup (broadcasting 1 SSID for several routers), also forgot to mention bandwidth loss for wireless signal amplification
What about walls and concrete? would that not inhibit the connection?
Yes all that can cause a negative effect on wireless performance.
In regards to the wifi extender having a different SSID, is it not just as simple as changing the SSID to that of the router?
Awesome 👏 thanks!
How good is the connection outside the house? I like to listen to music or podcasts while doing yard work.
Too many variables. It depends on the model of the mesh network, how far outside you are from the nearest mesh network, any interference (metallic objects, walls, etc)
Concerning the product you recommended by G, is there any reporting or talking back to G by the system, as far as monitoring, privacy invasion etc?
Thanks for this great video
Great explanation. Question: how do end points know when to drop a connection to move over to a more powerful point? Is it a standardised process or does each end point implement their own policies? Thanks!
Each device (laptop, phone) has its own rules. They periodically look at all the signals that they see and and connect to the strongest. Usually there are additional rules like "don't switch if the other connection is only a little stronger than the current one", and "if there are both a 5GHz network and a 2.4GHz network with the same SSID, prefer the 5GHZ unless it's a lot weaker".