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  1. M

    Gwifi, Velop or Router+AP?

    Hey, I'm not the most finely tuned with networking so please bear with me; I've recently moved into a new home with inbuilt ethernet wiring in most rooms, and one that is larger than our old home. It's also quite thickly insulated with many walls in the way of the wireless signals. I am having...
  2. K

    Adding mesh to existing system or replace all together

    Thank you in advance for any feedback. My situation seems complicated to me, but likely is not. Here is my current situation. I have a two story house plus a finished basement. My network closet is in the basement and this is where my cable modem is. This cannot be moved. In my basement I...
  3. sigpop

    Is mesh the best fit for me? I have a wire...

    Using cable co for my ISP. The drop is downstairs in the basement in my corner office. I have an Apple Airport Extreme. From there I branch off to a switch in my office for a few drops, and also branch off to another small switch up on the first floor for my TV. Got a couple of kids on the...
  4. Julio Urquidi

    Tenda Nova Mesh Wi-Fi System Coming Soon

    Touted to cover up to 5,000 to 6,000 square feet, Tenda’s new Nova Mesh Wi-Fi System is the latest of several wireless home networking products that incorporate MU-MIMO, beamforming, Wi-Fi roaming, and mesh networking, all in a single package. Composed of three wireless units, Nova comes...
  5. Britewood

    Mesh Advice - Easy to use and best Bandwidth

    Hello, let me start by saying thank you for the great website, reviews and forums! I recently upgraded my provider to their Gigabit offering. We are cord cutters and I work from home so I can use all the speed I can get. I am looking to upgrade my home wireless network to make the most of the...
  6. V

    Amplifi HD vs Ubiquiti Unifi

    Hi I am considering replacing an old router in my house and and extra AP I use. I have looked at both Amplifi and unifi systems If I buy 2xUnifi AP AC Pro 1xUnifi AP AC Lite 1xCloud key (I can even drop this one and install software on my Raspberry Pi) 1xUnifi Switch 8 ports 150W (or Zyxel...
  7. sfx2000

    Insight from Google Fiber - WiFi Performance

    [edit - I've removed the kitten reference - was cute, but not relevant to the content - I've also merged a post below with this one for clarity purposes, and edited for context -- sfx] The author here was part of Google Fiber, and has some interesting stats across all things WiFi - Mesh, mixed...
  8. Julio Urquidi

    AirTies Gets Quantenna Into Mesh Wi-Fi

    Wi-Fi chipmaker Quantenna announced it is partnering with AirTies to add mesh capability to products based on its chipsets. Based in Istanbul, AirTies has quietly been providing its mesh Wi-Fi technology to service providers in Europe and Asia for years. The company has only recently begun to...
  9. M

    Is mesh a good choice if the number one priority is stability?

    Typical use case of the home Wi-Fi: a) Speed (bandwidth) is not important, as long as something above 40 Mbps (or 5 MB/s) can be maintained; b) Online gaming: consistently low latency is very important, and intermittent droppings of packages cannot be tolerated; c) Video calls: it is not...
  10. Q

    Wi-Fi over Coax for better signal strength

    Has anyone seen the Kickstarter project that puts a Wi-Fi splitter on a home's coaxial cabling, and puts Wi-Fi antennas on unused cable outlets? Curious if this has been tried out by anyone yet. It's basically a distributed antenna system so it sounds like it might work out better for ping times...
  11. thiggins

    NETGEAR Expands Orbi Family

    NETGEAR today unveiled two less-expensive additions to its Orbi Home Tri-band WiFi System family. The RBK30 (left, above) and RBK40 (middle, above) retain the dual-band 2x2 AC1200 class device-connect radio but change the dedicated 5 GHz backhaul radio from 4x4 to 2x2. NETGEAR has assigned the...
  12. JohnKiwi

    New from down under - New Zealand (NOT Australia)

    Kia ora (Hello), I'm interested to know why Open Mesh http://www.open-mesh.com/ is absent from SNB forums and SNB site? It appears to be an ideal solution for an installer business? Cheers JK BTW - I have no connection to them and have never seen or touched the product.
  13. M

    SNB in Ars Technica

    Just read this, with direct linking and mention of SmallNetworkBuilder! https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/going-hands-on-and-behind-the-scenes-at-the-plume-wi-fi-hq/ A good read, too! :) Cudos, SNB! Cheers, /MadGabZ
  14. O

    Covering a large house with thick walls/floors - price not important

    I've been asked to help figure out how some in my family can cover their house with proper WiFi that can handle a large-ish load. Main coverage of wifi would be basement, 1st floor and 2nd floor. Internet enters in the basement, and the floors are about 1 meter / 3 feet thick, containing about...
  15. sfx2000

    [info] - DIY mesh stuff

    Yes, it can be done... Rather than do a long DIY post myself, I'll share this... https://github.com/o11s/open80211s/wiki/HOWTO Enjoy - 3 nodes is ok, get beyond that, things tend to favor other approaches...
  16. Julio Urquidi

    Ubiquiti Introduces Mesh-Based Wireless AC Access Points - UniFi Mesh

    Ubitquiti Networks added two new access points to its family of enterprise grade Wi-Fi networking devices. The new APs are the UniFi AC Mesh and UniFi AC Mesh Pro. Both APs are designed for easy integration into indoor and outdoor installations, and are 802af PoE compatible devices that can be...
  17. Julio Urquidi

    Nest Releases Open Source Version Of Thread

    Nest just announced that it is releasing OpenThread, an open source version of the IPv6-based Thread protocol used to connect smart home devices over low-powered wireless mesh networks. With Nest’s release of OpenThread, and with contributions from companies like ARM and Qualcomm, the newly...
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