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Wow - Orbi is unbelievable! with some tweaks
I wanted to give a bit of insight into my WiFi Upgrade over the past couple of weeks. I moved to a new house (live in Melbourne Australia) a few months back. It is a double fronted older victorian wi...
Can't go lower than 25%, so essentailly that means you can't turn off 2.4Ghz. I know that there are command lines to setup seperate 2.4 and 5 Ghz SSIDs. This could be a solution for some instances. In my case, the 2.4Ghz at 25% seems to achieve the outcome I am after, which is switch to 5Ghz relatively fast, but make sure in a few odd spots in the house, just seamlessly continue coverage at 2.4Ghz. Between messing with location and transmit power, I have a good outcome for my layout. In other cases, I could see where you could get stuck. If my house was actually 30 - 40 feet shorter, it might have been tricky (a bit too small for 3 nodes and a bit to big to have stong 5Ghz coverage everywhere). I might have had to have tried the split SSIDs then. Seems if you think about what you are trying to achieve, there is enough flexibility there to make it work how you want.
If they add ethernet backhaul and the ability to have seperate SSIDs in the interface, they will be there. The underlying power of the radios and backhaul in particular is impressive.
i can tell you now separate ssid's aint going to happen , ethernet backhaul is just a matter of time
That's fine, I don't need or really want seperate SSIDs, but I really think NetGear can have their cake and eat it too. They can easily hide the complexity and make the system operate like the other mesh networks like Google, Velop, Ero, etc. The mobile app is the best example, it is just like the Velop - simple and straight forward way to get a blanket of decent WiFi covereage in minutes. But they can then unlock the power of the system in advanced settings via web interface - they are clearly already doing this compared to all the other mesh systems on the market. Not sure why seperate SSIDs is sacred compared to adjusting radio power, controlling topology, setting up ethernet backhauls, etc. It's not a technical reason, so in the end it is just a marketing decision. Anyway, the point is moot as the radios and 5Ghz backhaul at the core is impressive, DaisyChain is implemented, decent control (i.e. transmit power) and information is implemented, ethernet backhaul is coming, and seperate SSIDs is a few command lines away. Great system for many situations.
