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Choosing a MESH system for home office and streaming
Hi All, I am looking for advice in finding a good system for my needs. The background: Fiber gigabit in to the apartment, ending in living room where the router and Modem is placed. I then would ...
I'll start off with saying I'm a fan of the full mesh systems. They're great and can have satellites added as needed.
With that said, I'm not a fan of the dual band mesh systems. A triband system reserves one of the 5ghz chips just for router----satellite communication. They have faster speed, lower latency, and better stability.
so if I was looking, I'd be either looking at the Triband orbi AC systems or AX systems.
Again, the benefit is they can be hardwired or wireless for their backhaul and work seamless.
The mesh extenders are pretty decent but have some downfalls.
1. they work great with 1 extender. More than that and they can have stability issues if the extenders are in range of each other and running in mesh mode.
2. they only work in mesh mode while functioning as a wireless extender. If you hardwire them in, they don't work in mesh mode. Taking that option off the table.
3. Standard extenders (not triband) have to send and recieve on the same chip. And they cant do both at once. Meaning it cuts their throughput in half right off the bat.
Again if it was me? I'd be looking at the Orbi AC or AX systems that are triband.
I'll start off with saying I'm a fan of the full mesh systems. They're great and can have satellites added as needed.
With that said, I'm not a fan of the dual band mesh systems. A triband system reserves one of the 5ghz chips just for router----satellite communication. They have faster speed, lower latency, and better stability.
so if I was looking, I'd be either looking at the Triband orbi AC systems or AX systems.
Again, the benefit is they can be hardwired or wireless for their backhaul and work seamless.
The mesh extenders are pretty decent but have some downfalls.
1. they work great with 1 extender. More than that and they can have stability issues if the extenders are in range of each other and running in mesh mode.
2. they only work in mesh mode while functioning as a wireless extender. If you hardwire them in, they don't work in mesh mode. Taking that option off the table.
3. Standard extenders (not triband) have to send and recieve on the same chip. And they cant do both at once. Meaning it cuts their throughput in half right off the bat.
Again if it was me? I'd be looking at the Orbi AC or AX systems that are triband.