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R9000 and EX8000 - add Mesh?
Hello, Did some searching, but still not clear I understand the best approach. My current setup is R9000 with EX8000 range extender. Not super happy with the range extender...I'd like to try mesh. ...
Thank you - sorry for the delay in replying, I don't seem to be getting notifications on this thread.
My home is 2100 sq ft. The R9000 is in back corner of home, downstairs (where cable comes in to modem). I currently have the EX8000 upstairs in a middle room - which means it is through a wall and ceiling.
I've checked speeds at devices and ping times and both seem OKish (150 down, 14 up, 18-21 pings), but still, games run slow at the far end of the house is the issue. I've been working on the gaming system to see if their server latency, but still, we have other random congestion on, what I think should be, a lot of bandwidth.
I do not have any mesh components yet. And, based on your note, sounds like I have enough gear to make this single home work.
If I read correctly, my next steps might be to move the EX8000 to see if removing a wall/celing might help.
I'm also going to check speeds using connected ether over the weekend, see if I should just run cat5 to one end of the house or not.
Thank you. Leon
If you could find a way to centrally locate the router, you might not even need an extender. Most routers can cover 2000-2500sqft depending on what its made from.
And if you're speedtesting off the extender and getting good speeds/ping, then its probably not your setup. its probably more along the lines of the game your playing. What gaming system is it? Do you have it on the 5ghz? or the 2.4gh? or have you tried hardwiring it in?
I'd try buying a cheap cat 5e/6 cable and direct connecting the gaming system. Just to test it out. If you get lower pings/good speeds hardwired in, maybe its a congestion issue or the wireless in the gaming console.
Yeah - I'll be honest I've been a bit lazy about trying to get my kit centrally located in the house as my interest in wiring under the home (where I can run cable) is pretty low. But I'll get on it.
I'll get some long CAT5 and try out some tests with direct wired soon.
Getting the kit to middle of the home, is just a wiring pain that I may need to address finally.
Thank you,
--Leon