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Orion1wolf's avatar
Orion1wolf
Aspirant
Oct 08, 2022

Best Mesh Model for my problem Outbuildings

I have a Metal home 3000 sq ft. And a metal outbuilding 9000 sq. ft and another metal outbuilding 3000 sq ft.

I have cat5 to all 

When i go from building to building phone loses calls and often times has to be shut off and restarted to receive calls again

Will Mesh solve this problem?

Building 2 and 3 are close together Can I use Cat5 from Router to 1st building Sat. then hope fully signal will jump to final sat?

Which model has the best chanced here? It's not about cost its about only doing it once.

Thanks

I am considering

NH MK63

AX6000

AXE11000

 

4 Replies

  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User

    Orion1wolf wrote:

    When i go from building to building phone loses calls and often times has to be shut off and restarted to receive calls again

     


    How are these phones connecting?What are they connecting to?

     

    MESH is for wifi. It will do nothing to help your phones maintain a connection to the mobile phone network.

     

     

    • plemans's avatar
      plemans
      Guru - Experienced User

      Your other problem as well is the metal buildings themselves. Metal is great at blocking wifi. You could have amazing coverage inside the building but when you go outside, non of the access points are broadcasting through the metal so they'll drop outdoors (unless you setup outdoor coverage as well). 

      With as many access points as you'd need to cover that much area in each building, you might be better off to check into the business line of access points. 

      Wireless Access Points - NETGEAR

       

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru - Experienced User

        plemans wrote:

        With as many access points as you'd need to cover that much area in each building, you might be better off to check into the business line of access points. 

         


        That was my thought too. This is quite a bit of real estate to cover. But given the lack of any useful information on the number of users and what they are up to, I started off with a question that tried to get some details on that front.

         

        Another suggestion is to look at the product pages:

         

        Try plugging your needs into the filters on the product pages,

         

        Orion1wolf should start with the business stuff, but also check these:

         

        Wireless Routers for Home | NETGEAR

         

        and

         

        Orbi: Whole Home WiFi System for Better WiFi Everywhere | NETGEAR

         

        Then check back here for reports on the things you are considering, but remember that people turn up in this community with problems, not compliments. So look at reviews on Amazon, for example.

         

        I can't recall that any product pages suggest what will work in what is effectively a Faraday cage. Maybe the buildings are wired together n some way. That would open up other lines of thought.

         

         

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