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Got the mesh nighthawk system from costco for 250 dollars with 2 satellite and 1 router. Works great. I have 4200 sq feet house. I am getting 200 mb second internet with comcast xfinity. I get ab...
- Ok returned this **bleep** to costco. Went to bestbuy and got the velop ax4200 triband for 430 plus tax normally 500. much better covers whole house and even deck. So please close this thread.
Thats a base model dual band mesh system. Its not going to have peak performance but it is going to provide good coverage with seamless roaming. You're also going to notice faster speeds when connecting to the router versus to the satellites because its a dual band system and not a triband.
If you have the option to hardwire the satellites, they'll be faster
- I will try wire again. If not I will return to costco and get the orbi triband ax or a linksys velop. Or tp link decos are cheap too. My old router by tplink was great. But never had a deco. I want AX so no google for now.
Even with the other mesh systems, if you're needing fast speeds, make sure its triband. The dual bands don't have the dedicated backhaul and suffer speed/latency wise because of it.
- I hardwired one of the satellites with ethernet. Speedtest ookla app still shows 91.4 mb. We are paying for 200 mb from comcast. So only getting half. Our contract expires April 17th this year. So might upgrade. But not sure if we will get 1gb or not. They have a 600mb option also so maybe that not sure. Plus if we get 600 mb or 1000 mb I will need a new modem because my old one is only 300 mb.