The best equipment for the 2000 sqft house + outdoor

[Foshvad]

Hi community, 

I have a great experience using Netgear in the apartment and need the advice to choose the equipment for the house.

Internet source is LTE modem provided by the cellular carrier (no way to replace it). Speed is up to 50Mb/s. 

I need equipment for the three areas:

1. House (2000 sqft), ethernet cable available 
2. Outdoor point in 65 feet from the house. Ethernet cable available 
3. Small house, ethernet cable available 

Should I use wired access points instead of Mesh for a more reliable connection? 

Is any way to monitor traffic on the devices (clients) level?

Thank you.

[plemans · Accepted solution]

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@Foshvad wrote:

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@plemans wrote:

I'd go with a mesh system like orbi or the MK series. 

They allow both a wired and wireless backhaul to be used.

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I am afraid they don't: 

Internet port (the Orbi satellite does not include an Internet port)

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The satellite doesn't have a wan port but most of the satellites all have lan ports. RBW30 and RBS50Y don't have lan ports. I've used the others with wired backhaul. 

https://kb.netgear.com/000051205/What-is-Ethernet-backhaul-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-Sy...

[plemans]

I'd go with a mesh system like orbi or the MK series. 

They allow both a wired and wireless backhaul to be used. 

And being mesh, you won't have seperate ssid's to log into while roaming around. 

In terms of specific device usage, you won't find that on netgears consumer devices (unsure about business grade devices)

Its a popular feature request on the "idea's" forum. 

[Foshvad]

Hi plemans, 

Thank you for your advice. As far as I see Orbi satelite ethernet ports work for output only:

If I use AC3000 as access point will seperate ssid be activated?

Thank you.

[plemans]

photos have to be approved by a moderator. Not sure what you mean by orbi ports are only good for output. they don't differentiate between input/output as both are needed for communications. 

Are you wanting seperate ssid's? 

[Foshvad]

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@plemans wrote:

I'd go with a mesh system like orbi or the MK series. 

They allow both a wired and wireless backhaul to be used.

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I am afraid they don't: 

Internet port (the Orbi satellite does not include an Internet port)

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I definitely need the same ssid in all places. Does the Mesh the only way to get the same ssid? What is the difference between router + 2 wired access points (repeater mode) and router + 2 mesh satellite? 

Thank you.

[plemans · Accepted solution]

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@Foshvad wrote:

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@plemans wrote:

I'd go with a mesh system like orbi or the MK series. 

They allow both a wired and wireless backhaul to be used.

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I am afraid they don't: 

Internet port (the Orbi satellite does not include an Internet port)

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The satellite doesn't have a wan port but most of the satellites all have lan ports. RBW30 and RBS50Y don't have lan ports. I've used the others with wired backhaul. 

https://kb.netgear.com/000051205/What-is-Ethernet-backhaul-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-Sy...

[Foshvad]

Got it, thank you.