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jpsisko
Aspirant
May 19, 2020

Mesh wifi at home with pre-existing router and LAN cables

Hello everybody. I live in a 3 stories house, with several lan cables connecting the 3 floors. I would like to create a MESH network in the house, so to avoid manual selection of which WiFi to conn...
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jpsisko
Aspirant
May 19, 2020

Thanks for the help.

One extra questions that comes to mind: can I install a mesh system and connect the devices via LAN to maximize the speeds?

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
May 19, 2020
jpsisko wrote:

Thanks for the help.

One extra questions that comes to mind: can I install a mesh system and connect the devices via LAN to maximize the speeds?

you mean connect devices to the satellites lan? 

Not sure exactly what you're meaning but the lan ports are usable

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    jpsisko
    Aspirant
    May 19, 2020

    Nope. I meant connect the satellites together via LAN instead than via Radio... So I could have 1 mesh repeater and 1 mesh router, connected together via LAN.

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      plemans
      Guru - Experienced User
      May 19, 2020

      If your using MESH EXTENDERS and not orbi, you can connect via lan cable but they won't function as a mesh. 

      to use a hardwired mesh, you'd want the orbi setup that supports an ethernet backhaul. 

       

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      jpsisko
      Aspirant
      May 19, 2020

      I was thinking exactly about ORBI setup.

       

      Thanks!