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Using 2 separate Wi-Fi Mesh system - will there be interferences ?
Hello, I currently have a Eero mesh wifi system associated with a modem from a current internet provider (Telmex in Mexico). The Eero system was bought in 2019 (so not the Eero 6 system). It works...
Just personally.....
- I would tend to avoid having two local networks in the house because of the hassle of changing devices from one network to the other (and back again, and again, and again...) What would be the signal, "it's time to switch"??
Devices on one network will not communicate easily with devices on the other. Say the printer is on eero, but the computer has been switched to Starlink. How do you print? This would interfere with all sorts of common applications. Something as simple as Chromecasting a video. "oops. phone on eero. Chromecast on Starlink." - I would examine connecting a WAN Load Balancing router, both Internet Service Providers (Telmex and Starlink) and use it to balance the internet load across both services. Here's a description of how it works:
https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/205145990-EdgeRouter-WAN-Load-Balancing
Ubiquiti is a popular brand, but may be in short supply. Trendnet TWG-431BR is another. TP-Link ER605 V2 is really inexpensive ($59US on Amazon). I've had really good luck with TP-Link. For $59US, I would probably buy it and "see what happens." If it's a dud, either send it back to Amazon or take a hammer and reduce it to tiny bits. - At first, I would simply connect the existing eero network to the Load Balancing Switch.
One network in the house.
One WiFi system. - Replacing the existing eero WiFi system is (to me) a separate topic. Of the 40 devices currently on my network, precisely two support WiFi6 (802.11ax) What benefit will the other 38 devices gain from upgrading the router to WiFi6? (hint: not much) And, of course, the RBK852 does not support WiFi6E (6GHz) which I have zero devices that support.
- What about coverage? The RBK852 might provide greater WiFi coverage than the eero. (But, so might a newer eero.)
- I would tend to avoid having two local networks in the house because of the hassle of changing devices from one network to the other (and back again, and again, and again...) What would be the signal, "it's time to switch"??
Just personally.....
- I would tend to avoid having two local networks in the house because of the hassle of changing devices from one network to the other (and back again, and again, and again...) What would be the signal, "it's time to switch"??
Devices on one network will not communicate easily with devices on the other. Say the printer is on eero, but the computer has been switched to Starlink. How do you print? This would interfere with all sorts of common applications. Something as simple as Chromecasting a video. "oops. phone on eero. Chromecast on Starlink." - I would examine connecting a WAN Load Balancing router, both Internet Service Providers (Telmex and Starlink) and use it to balance the internet load across both services. Here's a description of how it works:
https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/205145990-EdgeRouter-WAN-Load-Balancing
Ubiquiti is a popular brand, but may be in short supply. Trendnet TWG-431BR is another. TP-Link ER605 V2 is really inexpensive ($59US on Amazon). I've had really good luck with TP-Link. For $59US, I would probably buy it and "see what happens." If it's a dud, either send it back to Amazon or take a hammer and reduce it to tiny bits. - At first, I would simply connect the existing eero network to the Load Balancing Switch.
One network in the house.
One WiFi system. - Replacing the existing eero WiFi system is (to me) a separate topic. Of the 40 devices currently on my network, precisely two support WiFi6 (802.11ax) What benefit will the other 38 devices gain from upgrading the router to WiFi6? (hint: not much) And, of course, the RBK852 does not support WiFi6E (6GHz) which I have zero devices that support.
- What about coverage? The RBK852 might provide greater WiFi coverage than the eero. (But, so might a newer eero.)
Interesting comment. Thanks.
If I understand, this system of balancing signals from 2 modems (from 2 separate internet serice providers) means that :
1. Connecting the two modems to that box.
2. Connecting the Orbi to the output port of the box to receive the signal from either of the 2 modems
3. The box would determine which of the 2 has better speed and connect automatically between one to the other one which will have a higher speed. And then we will have a single network for all devices which will be the network created by the Orbi. Is that correct?
However, we could determine the priority on either faster speed download or faster speed upload. Would if be possible to make this choice.
This system seems to be fairly complex and for a person like me with limited knowledge on network settings, that could be a nightmare. What do you think ?
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Interesting comment. Thanks.
If I understand, this system of balancing signals from 2 modems (from 2 separate internet serice providers) means that :
1. Connecting the two modems to that box.
2. Connecting the Orbi to the output port of the box to receive the signal from either of the 2 modems
3. The box would determine which of the 2 has better speed and connect automatically between one to the other one which will have a higher speed. And then we will have a single network for all devices which will be the network created by the Orbi. Is that correct?
However, we could determine the priority on either faster speed download or faster speed upload. Would if be possible to make this choice.
This system seems to be fairly complex and for a person like me with limited knowledge on network settings, that could be a nightmare. What do you think ?
fdormoy wrote:
This system seems to be fairly complex and for a person like me with limited knowledge on network settings, that could be a nightmare. What do you think ?
The TP-Link user manual is available on-line:
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/manual/2022/202208/20220830/1910013241_ER605(UN)2.0_UG.pdf
Chapter 7 shows an example of balancing two ISP connections, and load balancing is mentioned several times. In terms of a user manual, this one seems more detailed than the typical Netgear user manual (my two cents).
If you read through this, feel slightly dizzy, and have no teenager in the house, it might be a stretch.