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MK63 daisy chain and star network layout
Hello all, I'm having some connectivity issues with one of my satellites on MK63, although the light is blue, when I'm connected to this satellite, the speed is very slow, almost non-existent. When ...
hardwired is the way to go if you have that option. with the dual band mesh systems it has to use the same network to communicate router---satellites as it does satellites---devices. That cause a significant speed reduction (around 50%). If you're hardwired in, you don't take that speed hit and your latency is lower. That's why the tribands with their dedicated wireless backhaul perform so much better than the dual band mesh systems. but hardwired, the dual bands perform pretty much the same.
Thanks for the reply plemans, I thought that may be the case, I have a couple of days off work coming up so I will swap the two satellites to see if it's a location issue or a satellite issue but I have a feeling it's got a weak backhaul to the other satellite instead going direct to the router which is located in between the two satellites. Worse case scenario I will hardwire it to the router as it's only about 15m give or take from the router.
Matt
hardwired is the way to go if you have that option. with the dual band mesh systems it has to use the same network to communicate router---satellites as it does satellites---devices. That cause a significant speed reduction (around 50%). If you're hardwired in, you don't take that speed hit and your latency is lower. That's why the tribands with their dedicated wireless backhaul perform so much better than the dual band mesh systems. but hardwired, the dual bands perform pretty much the same.
plemans yeah I think I will end up hardwiring as they are not very far apart at all. The rest of my house devices, TV's, game consoles, CCTV, etc. are all hardwired going to a central network switch in a cabinet. Another two wires won't hurt đ€Ł
CheersI think it was a backhaul connection issue. I think if I reposition the boxes to create a daisy chain topology, I think it would have been ok but this is not possible in my situation and my setup is in the star configuration.
The reason I think this was the issue is that I have now hardwired both satellites and the connections are now (so far) rock solid and I now get consistent connectivity across the whole area.
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