Suggest a MESH router

Hi friends, planning to buy a MESH router in the upcoming sale!

2 tours is enough for me.

However let me know what all points I must consider before buying this.
Also any other thing I must know before making the switch from normal router to MESH router.

What's the coverage area and physical topology like?

More often than not I'd suggest using a "normal" router due to the performance and latency implications. Also, Mesh routers are very expensive compared to normal routers.

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thetechfreak said:
What's the coverage area and physical topology like?

More often than not I'd suggest using a "normal" router due to the performance and latency implications. Also, Mesh routers are very expensive compared to normal routers.

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two storied home.
3 rooms, hall. Main connection would be set up in first floor as internet cable is in that room.

Plan to use one tower in first floor and another in ground floor.

Cost....ummm....plan to invest around 10k for this.

Probably cheaper and more convenient to setup a simple wifi and repeater setup for both the floors.

Running a quick search on amazon for mesh routers, found this *www.amazon.in/dp/B07TV5WQ78/

Personally don't have experience with this one but reviews look rather good. So you might want to give this a go.

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I've this setup now i.e. a normal router and repeater but having issues with speed and SSID connection.

What's the particular issue you're having?

rhitwick said:
I've this setup now i.e. a normal router and repeater but having issues with speed and SSID connection.

Did you change the channel for the repeater or are they on same channel? Changing channel should help performance considerably.

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thetechfreak said:
What's the particular issue you're having? Did you change the channel for the repeater or are they on same channel? Changing channel should help performance considerably.

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Do the repeater and modem connect if they are on different channel?

TheSloth said:
Do the repeater and modem connect if they are on different channel?

Mostly was taking about the "repeated" ssid that the repeater should broadcast for users to use from.

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thetechfreak said:
Mostly was taking about the "repeated" ssid that the repeater should broadcast for users to use from.

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I don't have enough knowledge to understand your reply :ashamed:

. I was trying to connect my W8968 as a repeater last weekend and found out that to connect to the main modem in bridge mode, channel has to be same. Now I gave up on that setup since I have no clue how to set up the entire thing after fighting with the settings for nearly 5hrs and losing.

TheSloth said:
I don't have enough knowledge to understand your reply . I was trying to connect my W8968 as a repeater last weekend and found out that to connect to the main modem in bridge mode, channel has to be same. Now I gave up on that setup since I have no clue how to set up the entire thing after fighting with the settings for nearly 5hrs and losing.

Personally I'm yet to setup extender. Have some experience with Mesh (using Rpi). I guess Extender shouldn't be too hard?

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I used to use a router in extender mode to connect to my primary router in another floor for my home. Speeds were low and sometimes connections would drop and I had to restart the secondary router to make it work again. Now I got a ethernet cable installed from the primary router to connect to the secondary router. Now it works flawlessly. My advice, get ethernet cable installed across the floors and use normal routers. MESH routers even though costly will probably be easier to setup compared to Router + wireless extenders combo.

No plan to use cable.

Mesh router it is I've decided.
Already using Normal router+extender for 3+ years and not happy with this solution.

If anyone here is using MESH router, do suggest one.

How about using a 5+ antenna router ?

@whitestar_999

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If not planning on using ethernet cable to connect primary & secondary router then nothing beats mesh router. However I have doubts about cheaper mesh routers working effectively on wireless link, go through comments here:

*www.flipkart.com/tp-link-deco-e4-2...jfs37k0000001602750174958&qH=f3395cd54cf857dd

I'm kind of fixated on MESH router (had already put that Decko E4 [2 pack]) in wishlist.
Lets see.

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Hello Everyone!

I have a large area to cover up with Wifi (approx 4k square feet on a single floor) (4 rooms and hall) Been using TPLINK WR-840N Router with Tpink Wifi Extender from some time but always had speed and connectivity issues.

Going for a FTTH Now (Local operator here in my area) with 100 mbps plan.

Should I opt for MESH Routers?

Or Dual Band TP Link Router would suffice with my wifi extender?

Pls. guide!

Thanks!

Mesh router would be ideal in that case, 4k squarefeet

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Nerevarine said:
Mesh router would be ideal in that case, 4k squarefeet

Thanks!
Then Tp-Link Deco E4 Pack of 2 would suffice or should I go with Pack of 3?

*www.amazon.in/dp/B07TV5WQ78/?coliid=I1U6BWQ42JPUMW&colid=3DUUBW3BBI9DR&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

*www.amazon.in/TP-Link-AC1200-Deco-E4-3-Pack/dp/B07P7KM4Y6/
This seems good, but sadly E4 just supports 100Mbps. Deco M4 has a gigabit port.

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ishan_kkr said:
Thanks!
Then Tp-Link Deco E4 Pack of 2 would suffice or should I go with Pack of 3?

Two is bare minimum for any mesh router setup & depending on your need you may add(an advantage of mesh system) more but keep in mind the point above mentioned about bandwidth of wan port(100mbps or 1gbps).

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Thanks a lot for the replies!

ishan_kkr said:
Thanks a lot for the replies!

Start with 2 (2 is minimum req. for MESH). If you think you are not getting good coverage. Can always stack new ones.

b/w can still use ur old extender if not wanting to buy another mesh router.
(I'm using mine)

Check if the router they are going to give you is more than 300MBps.
Note, for MESH router it would decrease speed.
Config would be This way
(Base router where your internet cable is to connect-->connect MESH router to it via lan cable(it would configure itself)-->Keep on adding new MESH routers)

Go for a good base router.

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rhitwick said:
Start with 2 (2 is minimum req. for MESH). If you think you are not getting good coverage. Can always stack new ones.

b/w can still use ur old extender if not wanting to buy another mesh router.
(I'm using mine)

Check if the router they are going to give you is more than 300MBps.
Note, for MESH router it would decrease speed.
Config would be This way
(Base router where your internet cable is to connect-->connect MESH router to it via lan cable(it would configure itself)-->Keep on adding new MESH routers)

Go for a good base router.

He has provided a dual band router of DBC Brand which says upto 1200 MBPS.

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ishan_kkr said:
He has provided a dual band router of DBC Brand which says upto 1200 MBPS.

This is optical fiber based router, pretty basic.