I think they left out one of the most important features of the mesh.... It's not just a meshed "wireless extension", but can also be a meshed "access point" system. Here is where the system truly shines. You can use each unit in the mesh as a separate access point with wired physical ethernet connections and take full advantage of the system's ability to mesh SSIDs without worry of signal slowdowns from being bounced from point to point. A properly implemented mesh system can, in this way, replace BOTH wireless extenders AND multiple wired access points at the same time. [And to add, some companies have created mesh ROUTERS as well] EDIT: I suppose I can add that wireless extenders also have ethernet connections as well, but it almost defeats the purpose since they just become additional access points
With a bit more time, James could be an A+ presenter. He needs a bit more screen time to get comfortable and learn how to not cover his face with his hands while talking, but he’s fantastic otherwise. Get him on more!
I can confirm that the Google Mesh router is amazing and well worth the price. Super easy to set up and you can even limit how long any device is allowed to be connected.
I was surprised when I looked into this a few months back that there are not more options. It was between Google and some other brand that I had never heard of before. I ended up going with Google and although you can only interface with the admin panel through your phone and the fact that you can't do a whole lot in the admin panel but basic stuff, it has worked extremely well as far as having good wifi in our house. If you are someone who just HAS to have the control to manually assign IP addresses and change dhcp settings, then you probs aren't going to be in love with that part either. But as far as the mesh networking is concerned, it does great.
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+1 vote spaceflight 1 hour 58 min ago I don't know why you are negged, paracetamol and alcohol are not a good mix. If you are hungover take ibuprofen instead. metro.co.uk/2017/01/01/why-you-shouldnt-take-paracet... (or Google and find a medical Journal about it for a non news article) votes bookmark hide +1 vote warenick 2 hours 1 min ago Don’t ever take paracetamol with or right after alcohol consumption. It becomes toxic and might cause liver failure and death. You were probably thinking of Aspirin, not Panamax
Biggest reason I wanted mesh wifi was because I have so many smart devices. They clog up the airwaves for very small amounts of data and it means constant resets of devices. Mesh wifi is able to put one room of devices on one channel, easily reach those devices, and then use a different wifi channel to connect to the other nodes. It's sped up responsiveness and eliminated the need to reboot devices on a near daily basis. WELL worth the investment
As a good and not overly expensive alternative, get a powerline adapter and set up another access-point at that place with the same ssid and password, which won't be a problem as long as the original wifi signal is very weak at that place. If you need to, you can lower the power output of the og router antenna to compensate for the increased range of having another access.point.
Ordered google's mesh setup not long after LTT had a video comparing different mesh networks. It's genuinely been wonderful and has faster speeds than my shit box router that was given to me by my ISP. I do wish they had more Ethernet ports though. Being able to reset the whole network through an app when I'm not even home is nice too.
Nice video, thanks! The most valuable thing about a Mesh WiFi is the *one* SSID. This is really essential. I used to use a Mesh system in which each unit plugs into a wall outlet. It was called Open Mesh. I hated it. It was slow, only about 10 MBPS. I now have a 3 unit EERO system, which covers my 3600 sq. ft home just great. it provides 50 MBPS speeed on my 100 MBPS Spectrum Internet. I could have got an ORBI but I'm glad I got the Eero.
Mesh Wi-Fi once and for all solved our Wi-Fi problem. We used repeaters for years and they never worked reliable in our three-story house. In peak hours, they were overwhelmed with all the traffic and crashed or at least slowed down dramatically. I can recommend Orbi to everyone trying to tidy up their Wi-Fi situation.
So I have a question. What is the difference between wifi routers with seamless roaming and Mesh? In my home I have a Linksys EA8300 max stream router and RE7000 max stream range extender. It works great as it automatically switches my devices to the best signal in the house. So since mesh does the same thing. I am confused at what the difference between the 2 is and which one is better.
2:48 If this is a device issue, then how is any infrastructure different? It's called "roaming aggressiveness" and you can change it on the properties of the Antennae
"Thanks for watching Techquickie, click the subscribe button then enable notifications with the bell icon so you won't miss any future videos" What's next? Super bell icon that will make my phone scream when there's a new video from my favorite channels?
Okay but what do the mesh links need to function and sync with the main unit that's connected to the net, just a power source? Can they take batteries or do they have to be connected to an AC outlet? Do they need anything more than just the power cables?
So a mesh network is basically always wireless? Because I just have multiple wired AP's around my house (6 inside, 2 outside) and devices switch seamlessly between them. I'm planning on building a new house and multiple people have told me mesh is the way to go, but if they all connect wirelessly, I can't see what the benefit is over a wired AP? Aside from that, they basically do the same thing, right?
For some reason they dont mention where you have a router/gateway and multiple AP like unifi system, should i get multiple UAP and mesh them and use the network cable as POE only or should i wire them all to the switch
"You have to manually switch to it" No, you don't. And if it does, then why not just configure your device to automatically connect to the extender if you've reached a certain range away from the main one rather than buying expensive overglorified extenders? I mean, it takes less than 5 minutes to do that.
just installed mesh network at home, with the linksys velop. it can actually communicate through ethernet cables, and thats how i set it up as the nodes where placed out of reach of each other. works very well, managed to cover the area in between the nodes so i have wi-fiin just about my entire home. One drawbakc to this though, is that you will use all your ethernet plugs in your first node, and only leave one up in the last one, should you actually need some cabled internet as well.
Can you do an episode on VPN Split Tunneling? Ie the method of routing some traffic over a VPN and excluding other traffic from it. It's a super useful feature that has sporadic support at best from major VPN apps. Better support on Android with the OpenVPN for Android app
Next up, what happens when EVERY PHONE is a mesh router so a dozen people at a stadium connected to high speed provide everyone internet and calls/shares at the stadium start reaching theoretical levels without ever going through a gateway to the internet proper. Normal cell networks breakdown with more people Massively-Distributed-Full-Mesh-Networks (MDFMN)'s could make phone companies and ISPs irrelevant.
So....what I'm seeing. It connects via wire from isp modem/ gateway and rebroadcasts (it's own) wifi to each node (cube) which also talks to each other to help coverage. Am I right?
@@kama6592 now that you mentioned I realised that if you use that "celebrity porn" technology to swap this guy's face with Linus' it would be exatcly the same.
1:27: Wrong. This only applies to cheap Single-Radio (One Wifi-NIC) extenders. Dual-Radio extenders (Two Wifi-NICs) don't have this problem, because all this mesh access points are Dual-Radio. 2:29: Wrong too. Depending on the configuration menu, you have just to set a different mode to be able to create a second WLAN with the same name (SSID) and you don't have to play with two networks. 2:56: Wrong again. The protocols for this are 802.11r/k/v and your extender has to support this, together with your clients. Btw. "Mesh-WLAN" is just the fancy name for these protocols. If your devices are supporting these protocols, you don't have to pay the premium for "Mesh-Marketing" devices like the ones from Ubiquiti. In summary: disappointed about this video, the other ones had better researched topics.
Sorry for such a nercro thread revival, however, if that's the case, what do you look for then in a range extender that could act like a mesh wifi and make it act like one?
@@redmurder13 Depends what you have. If your "base station" supports these protocols, it probably can act as an extender too. If so, buy another one, tell it one of the wireless network cards shall connect in "Client mode" (most call it so) to your base station, the second network card must now be configured to provide a WLAN with the same SSID/Network name. Last thing that needs to be done, is to enable "Fast-Roaming" and you have a DIY mesh wlan.
Get a dualband router, install openwrt or ddwrt, make a virtual ap, set the master as client and connect it to the main router, and set the virtual ap to copy the original one. Done. I've done this with a TP-Link 1043ND with ddwrt, works fine, but lan is way faster anyways. I'd rather have a wire across the house because its lots more stable, faster, and less latency. At the very least use one of those wall socket lan adapters if a cable along the walls is too ugly for you.
2:45 so if you configured a router and WiFi access point with the same SSID/WPA2 then devices may not be smart enough to switch between them automatically as you move around, but on a mesh network they can despite them still being Access Points?? Explain please
Unless Mesh has improved in the last year I don't think those numbers are accurate, Working with Ruckus Wireless solutions we generally see a 50% loss in speed for each hop. You can sometimes get lucky like having line of sight and such and only see 30% reductions. I'm a little curious what your sources are?
So here's the thing. I can pick up and AC wireless router for $35. I'm not seeing the difference in setting up the same SSID on each router turning off DHCP on all but one router and bridge each router together via a cat6 cable connected to it's switch port to backhaul the data. Wouldn't this essentially give me similar performance? Keep in mind I don't have to put the router into any type of repeater mode or bridge mode in it's software GUI for this to work. I've been doing this for years and it's worked out really well for me. My question is how is this different from MES WiFi?
But which system is fastest? single router or Mesh? I have a TP-Link ax11000 and get about 800-900Mb/s download over WiFi at a distance of 5 meters on a 1GB/s fiber line and the lowest WiFi speed in the whole house is 300Mb/s in the guest room upstairs at about 10-15 meters from the router. Can any Mesh system perform up to that? If not, what's the point using Mesh?
I'd like to think my house is standard, except it's made of concrete (cuz of where Iive). All that's really necessary is a router for upstairs, and a separate for downstairs. All these range extenders and mesh networks just make the setup expensive and to be quite honest, the two separate networks work perfectly fine for normal purposes.
Great video! I am wondering if you guys are planning a new/updated video comparing mesh solutions such as Orbi, Google Wi-fi, Velop, Eero,.... I am about to decide in one and your reviews always helped me! Thanks
Forgot to mention that this is only relevant to HOME network speeds; not internet speeds. Most US internet is so sodding slow that the 50% speed reduction on Wi-Fi routing through an extender wouldn't do more than add another ~80ms latency to the internet connectivity of devices using the extender.
Please do more videos like this I'm a senior in high school and we have 5 networks shown and two seem to not appear even though they are there. I have being trying to convince my parents to switch over. We use a mess of a modem/router too another router and an old router wirelessly connected it's a mess
3:00 most mesh devices support indeed seamless roaming, but it is a whole other subject than mesh. Your wired ubiquity accespoints do not support mesh, simply because they operate using lan instead of wifi. It is called 802.11 k, r, v. And mesh is called 802.11s. please make a video about seamless roaming on one day.
I personally just use 2 Unifi AC Pros. But this is an expensive solution and requires you to run ethernet cables to the APs aswell as have a POE switch or injectors Then set everything up either using a cloud key or hosting the unifi controller on a PC. Upsides i get flawless 5ghz coverage all over my house and can still get my 2.4ghz coverage few houses down the street
My house is so large the spectrum modem issued to me has a very week signal on the other end, so I need at least 1 extender. I tried to use a cheap dell router i found at a thrift store as a relay / extender but it made the signal drop from it's normal 110mbps to 30. Not a good option for streaming media on a roku device. lol
Will a mesh network be good to provide internet for two houses? I live in Ireland in a semi-detached house, they are smaller than average American houses but bigger than apartments, my mother's house is just next door, her wall is 6 meters away (20 foot) from the closest wall in my house, we share the same driveway. I currently have a good internet connection of 500 Gb/s, but the router is not the best, I've tried an extender, it worked for a while somehow, but not anymore, there is also a maximum-security prison in town, they use radio jammers. I am upgrading my internet provider's router with an Asus RT-AC86U. My mother only needs to watch movies and web pages on the laptop. Will a mesh system be too expensive for that purpose, bear in mind, that my modem is connected to the opposite side of the house, so in order to reach my mother's house to the nearest point, it'll have to go through 2 thick concrete walls and one plastered wall, overall, corner to corner, the two houses covers a distance of about 60 foot.
Good old cables and access points are still far superior and cheaper. You can even use old routers as APs. That's what I do at home, a decent main router (Archer C60) and two older access points with DD WRT installed connected by cable to the main router.
I have the Linksys Velop 3 pack for my grandparents house(whom I live with) it loses signal in my front house room sometimes, but mostly they mostly work good. And half the time are up to speed. Half the time... Not.
I normally just describe mesh WiFi as a smart WiFi repeater to non techie people. More or less what it is. Just manages the “repeated” signal much more efficiently.
I have an AVM Fritzbox 6490 as an primary router and an TP-Link Archer 2600 as an secondary connected via cable. Both have the same SSID and password. I never had any problems with hand-over. Guess theres nothing that one of these expensive mesh routers could do better.
@@Forgrim I hope so :D But the Archer definitely never will. Last update was shipped back in 2015, a few months after i got it. Im very disappointed in TP-Link, it wasnt cheap after all...
I almost had a heart attack when you showed the SSID: IthurtswhenIP. I was wondering what witchcraft it was since that is the name of SSID. I came to my senses very quick tho haha
Good extenders use the SAME ssid. So you can go to room to room and it automatically connects. Some extenders do not allow this. But the good ones do. I just use my UniFi WiFi, best WiFi system I have ever installed.
I think they left out one of the most important features of the mesh.... It's not just a meshed "wireless extension", but can also be a meshed "access point" system. Here is where the system truly shines. You can use each unit in the mesh as a separate access point with wired physical ethernet connections and take full advantage of the system's ability to mesh SSIDs without worry of signal slowdowns from being bounced from point to point. A properly implemented mesh system can, in this way, replace BOTH wireless extenders AND multiple wired access points at the same time. [And to add, some companies have created mesh ROUTERS as well]
EDIT: I suppose I can add that wireless extenders also have ethernet connections as well, but it almost defeats the purpose since they just become additional access points
Should've been named, 'ItHertzWhenIP'. lol
No, it should be named "I.T. Hertz WAN I.P."
Or just “ItHzWhenIP”
ItHertzWhenINTERNETPROTOLOG
It could just say FFFUUUUCCCKKKK
@@DominatingDrew I like yours best! 👍
0:17 watch in 144p. ***notice the difference
actually made it clearer lol whta is this witchcraft
With a bit more time, James could be an A+ presenter. He needs a bit more screen time to get comfortable and learn how to not cover his face with his hands while talking, but he’s fantastic otherwise. Get him on more!
As looking as he doesn't do that stupid voice he was doing there for a bit when we first started seeing him.
Already A+ imo
I can confirm that the Google Mesh router is amazing and well worth the price. Super easy to set up and you can even limit how long any device is allowed to be connected.
I was surprised when I looked into this a few months back that there are not more options. It was between Google and some other brand that I had never heard of before. I ended up going with Google and although you can only interface with the admin panel through your phone and the fact that you can't do a whole lot in the admin panel but basic stuff, it has worked extremely well as far as having good wifi in our house. If you are someone who just HAS to have the control to manually assign IP addresses and change dhcp settings, then you probs aren't going to be in love with that part either. But as far as the mesh networking is concerned, it does great.
Idea for a video - .msi vs .exe
Been searching and found it confusing as h*ck, the difference is not clear at all.
how has nobody commented on this
.msi files are installation packages, .exe files are executable files (programs).
Que onda wey
How is this at all confusing? Did you even *try* to look look it up?
@@michaellin7936 Probably because it's a stupid question
Dude he creepily described my internet trash 😂
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I don't know why you are negged, paracetamol and alcohol are not a good mix.
If you are hungover take ibuprofen instead.
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Don’t ever take paracetamol with or right after alcohol consumption. It becomes toxic and might cause liver failure and death. You were probably thinking of Aspirin, not Panamax
Biggest reason I wanted mesh wifi was because I have so many smart devices. They clog up the airwaves for very small amounts of data and it means constant resets of devices. Mesh wifi is able to put one room of devices on one channel, easily reach those devices, and then use a different wifi channel to connect to the other nodes.
It's sped up responsiveness and eliminated the need to reboot devices on a near daily basis. WELL worth the investment
Thank you
Samsung MESH Wi-Fi with the built in SmartThings Hub is awesome
XX-M.A. who cares about iPhones xD
This text ad brought to you by Samsung.
Hail Corporate.
Mesh equipment is also notorious for sending analysis data to the manufacturer.
So if privacy is important to you, you might want to avoid them.
Thank you. I"m not very tech savy and I've been trying for days now to figure all the stuff out. You explained it very well.
Great video.
I named my Wi-Fi network 'North Korean Spy Network'
Nice
Mines.... Pretty Fly for a WiFi
I named mine your inner demons
My mobile hotspot on my phone is named FBI Surveillance Van
Mine is named FBI for 2.4 and NSA for 5g. with the guest as CIA 🤣
As a good and not overly expensive alternative, get a powerline adapter and set up another access-point at that place with the same ssid and password, which won't be a problem as long as the original wifi signal is very weak at that place. If you need to, you can lower the power output of the og router antenna to compensate for the increased range of having another access.point.
hey James, thanks for the quickie this week, love you :)
Ordered google's mesh setup not long after LTT had a video comparing different mesh networks. It's genuinely been wonderful and has faster speeds than my shit box router that was given to me by my ISP. I do wish they had more Ethernet ports though. Being able to reset the whole network through an app when I'm not even home is nice too.
In my humble opinion, James should do all the videos.
Thank the maker for Linus and Friends and techquickie
Nice video, thanks! The most valuable thing about a Mesh WiFi is the *one* SSID. This is really essential. I used to use a Mesh system in which each unit plugs into a wall outlet. It was called Open Mesh. I hated it. It was slow, only about 10 MBPS. I now have a 3 unit EERO system, which covers my 3600 sq. ft home just great. it provides 50 MBPS speeed on my 100 MBPS Spectrum Internet. I could have got an ORBI but I'm glad I got the Eero.
Mesh Wi-Fi once and for all solved our Wi-Fi problem. We used repeaters for years and they never worked reliable in our three-story house. In peak hours, they were overwhelmed with all the traffic and crashed or at least slowed down dramatically. I can recommend Orbi to everyone trying to tidy up their Wi-Fi situation.
So I have a question. What is the difference between wifi routers with seamless roaming and Mesh? In my home I have a Linksys EA8300 max stream router and RE7000 max stream range extender. It works great as it automatically switches my devices to the best signal in the house. So since mesh does the same thing. I am confused at what the difference between the 2 is and which one is better.
I'd like to see a video on what all the different screws are meant for when building a PC
First tech quickie that taught me something new. A true thumbs up for this video.
Now this is an informative youtube Chanel that i can get behind to
2:48 If this is a device issue, then how is any infrastructure different? It's called "roaming aggressiveness" and you can change it on the properties of the Antennae
"Thanks for watching Techquickie, click the subscribe button then enable notifications with the bell icon so you won't miss any future videos" What's next? Super bell icon that will make my phone scream when there's a new video from my favorite channels?
Okay but what do the mesh links need to function and sync with the main unit that's connected to the net, just a power source? Can they take batteries or do they have to be connected to an AC outlet? Do they need anything more than just the power cables?
So a mesh network is basically always wireless? Because I just have multiple wired AP's around my house (6 inside, 2 outside) and devices switch seamlessly between them. I'm planning on building a new house and multiple people have told me mesh is the way to go, but if they all connect wirelessly, I can't see what the benefit is over a wired AP? Aside from that, they basically do the same thing, right?
For some reason they dont mention where you have a router/gateway and multiple AP like unifi system, should i get multiple UAP and mesh them and use the network cable as POE only or should i wire them all to the switch
You explained it a lot better than other UA-camrs keep up the good work 👍
"You have to manually switch to it"
No, you don't. And if it does, then why not just configure your device to automatically connect to the extender if you've reached a certain range away from the main one rather than buying expensive overglorified extenders? I mean, it takes less than 5 minutes to do that.
just installed mesh network at home, with the linksys velop. it can actually communicate through ethernet cables, and thats how i set it up as the nodes where placed out of reach of each other. works very well, managed to cover the area in between the nodes so i have wi-fiin just about my entire home. One drawbakc to this though, is that you will use all your ethernet plugs in your first node, and only leave one up in the last one, should you actually need some cabled internet as well.
Can you do an episode on VPN Split Tunneling? Ie the method of routing some traffic over a VPN and excluding other traffic from it. It's a super useful feature that has sporadic support at best from major VPN apps. Better support on Android with the OpenVPN for Android app
I think DD-WRT has such functionality, so you can literally place like 5 TP-LINK routers where each costs around 11-15 euros. :)
I didnt see that PIA spot coming. Good one.
Next up, what happens when EVERY PHONE is a mesh router so a dozen people at a stadium connected to high speed provide everyone internet and calls/shares at the stadium start reaching theoretical levels without ever going through a gateway to the internet proper. Normal cell networks breakdown with more people Massively-Distributed-Full-Mesh-Networks (MDFMN)'s could make phone companies and ISPs irrelevant.
So....what I'm seeing. It connects via wire from isp modem/ gateway and rebroadcasts (it's own) wifi to each node (cube) which also talks to each other to help coverage. Am I right?
2:06 that voice crack though
I know right, Linus never has those
Nice 😂
Lets be real cheif Luke is the best presenter
He's trying too hard to sound like Linus
@@kama6592 now that you mentioned I realised that if you use that "celebrity porn" technology to swap this guy's face with Linus' it would be exatcly the same.
mesh network boosted my Wi-Fi speed in my room from 19 mbps to 60-70 mbps (my internet package is 80 mbps) it saved my life!
May I know what mesh router system you bought and the price? I'm thinking of buying one but I'm having a hard time selecting.
Recommend mesh equipment pls. I’m in need of assistance 😰
Nice work James.
1:27: Wrong. This only applies to cheap Single-Radio (One Wifi-NIC) extenders. Dual-Radio extenders (Two Wifi-NICs) don't have this problem, because all this mesh access points are Dual-Radio.
2:29: Wrong too. Depending on the configuration menu, you have just to set a different mode to be able to create a second WLAN with the same name (SSID) and you don't have to play with two networks.
2:56: Wrong again. The protocols for this are 802.11r/k/v and your extender has to support this, together with your clients. Btw. "Mesh-WLAN" is just the fancy name for these protocols. If your devices are supporting these protocols, you don't have to pay the premium for "Mesh-Marketing" devices like the ones from Ubiquiti.
In summary: disappointed about this video, the other ones had better researched topics.
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Sorry for such a nercro thread revival, however, if that's the case, what do you look for then in a range extender that could act like a mesh wifi and make it act like one?
@@redmurder13 Depends what you have. If your "base station" supports these protocols, it probably can act as an extender too. If so, buy another one, tell it one of the wireless network cards shall connect in "Client mode" (most call it so) to your base station, the second network card must now be configured to provide a WLAN with the same SSID/Network name. Last thing that needs to be done, is to enable "Fast-Roaming" and you have a DIY mesh wlan.
Get a dualband router, install openwrt or ddwrt, make a virtual ap, set the master as client and connect it to the main router, and set the virtual ap to copy the original one. Done. I've done this with a TP-Link 1043ND with ddwrt, works fine, but lan is way faster anyways. I'd rather have a wire across the house because its lots more stable, faster, and less latency. At the very least use one of those wall socket lan adapters if a cable along the walls is too ugly for you.
James is awesome for this!
Clear explanation, love it!
Incredibly helpful, Thank you 👌
Hahaha I feel bad about people living in Tokyo now...
jaapan so sad life standard
2:45 so if you configured a router and WiFi access point with the same SSID/WPA2 then devices may not be smart enough to switch between them automatically as you move around, but on a mesh network they can despite them still being Access Points?? Explain please
I been waiting for this video
Unless Mesh has improved in the last year I don't think those numbers are accurate, Working with Ruckus Wireless solutions we generally see a 50% loss in speed for each hop. You can sometimes get lucky like having line of sight and such and only see 30% reductions. I'm a little curious what your sources are?
Do you think it is better to use a mesh wifi network or a second/third wifi ap that's connected via lan?
So here's the thing. I can pick up and AC wireless router for $35. I'm not seeing the difference in setting up the same SSID on each router turning off DHCP on all but one router and bridge each router together via a cat6 cable connected to it's switch port to backhaul the data. Wouldn't this essentially give me similar performance? Keep in mind I don't have to put the router into any type of repeater mode or bridge mode in it's software GUI for this to work. I've been doing this for years and it's worked out really well for me.
My question is how is this different from MES WiFi?
But which system is fastest? single router or Mesh? I have a TP-Link ax11000 and get about 800-900Mb/s download over WiFi at a distance of 5 meters on a 1GB/s fiber line and the lowest WiFi speed in the whole house is 300Mb/s in the guest room upstairs at about 10-15 meters from the router. Can any Mesh system perform up to that? If not, what's the point using Mesh?
Right after Austin's video I see. I now know where you get ideas
James hosting has got much better
So whats the best Mesh network kit? Ive got an 8 year old wifi-G network that desperately needs replacing.
I'd like to think my house is standard, except it's made of concrete (cuz of where Iive). All that's really necessary is a router for upstairs, and a separate for downstairs. All these range extenders and mesh networks just make the setup expensive and to be quite honest, the two separate networks work perfectly fine for normal purposes.
This is the best video ever keep up the good work
#uncensoredtechquickie
Great video! I am wondering if you guys are planning a new/updated video comparing mesh solutions such as Orbi, Google Wi-fi, Velop, Eero,.... I am about to decide in one and your reviews always helped me! Thanks
Are there any more commercial gems with Linus besides the pulseway and honey ones?
Greetings; Question: I want to assume that if the routers are wired connected there will not be speed lost, am I correct? ; Thanks
Forgot to mention that this is only relevant to HOME network speeds; not internet speeds.
Most US internet is so sodding slow that the 50% speed reduction on Wi-Fi routing through an extender wouldn't do more than add another ~80ms latency to the internet connectivity of devices using the extender.
Please do more videos like this I'm a senior in high school and we have 5 networks shown and two seem to not appear even though they are there. I have being trying to convince my parents to switch over. We use a mess of a modem/router too another router and an old router wirelessly connected it's a mess
Just use a descent powerlines with Wi-Fi. I recommend the comtrend powerlines. Or if you have cable use descent access point
so does having mesh node increase the max number of access point connections?
3:00 most mesh devices support indeed seamless roaming, but it is a whole other subject than mesh. Your wired ubiquity accespoints do not support mesh, simply because they operate using lan instead of wifi. It is called 802.11 k, r, v. And mesh is called 802.11s. please make a video about seamless roaming on one day.
Thank you, someone that can pronounce GIF correctly.
I personally just use 2 Unifi AC Pros. But this is an expensive solution and requires you to run ethernet cables to the APs aswell as have a POE switch or injectors Then set everything up either using a cloud key or hosting the unifi controller on a PC. Upsides i get flawless 5ghz coverage all over my house and can still get my 2.4ghz coverage few houses down the street
My house is so large the spectrum modem issued to me has a very week signal on the other end, so I need at least 1 extender. I tried to use a cheap dell router i found at a thrift store as a relay / extender but it made the signal drop from it's normal 110mbps to 30. Not a good option for streaming media on a roku device. lol
Will a mesh network be good to provide internet for two houses? I live in Ireland in a semi-detached house, they are smaller than average American houses but bigger than apartments, my mother's house is just next door, her wall is 6 meters away (20 foot) from the closest wall in my house, we share the same driveway. I currently have a good internet connection of 500 Gb/s, but the router is not the best, I've tried an extender, it worked for a while somehow, but not anymore, there is also a maximum-security prison in town, they use radio jammers. I am upgrading my internet provider's router with an Asus RT-AC86U. My mother only needs to watch movies and web pages on the laptop. Will a mesh system be too expensive for that purpose, bear in mind, that my modem is connected to the opposite side of the house, so in order to reach my mother's house to the nearest point, it'll have to go through 2 thick concrete walls and one plastered wall, overall, corner to corner, the two houses covers a distance of about 60 foot.
Good old cables and access points are still far superior and cheaper.
You can even use old routers as APs. That's what I do at home, a decent main router (Archer C60) and two older access points with DD WRT installed connected by cable to the main router.
At 2:23, the network extender (on the right) looks like a robot being robbed at gunpoint.
When talking about Wifi extenders why did you only mention the ones that connect via wifi? They are not the only ones that exist
Amplifi HD is one of the best mesh systems out right now.
Can you guys do a info on RCS Messaging
Transfer conciousness to nanobots interconnected with mesh wifi = key to becoming a changeling.
We need an update on this.. and a full guide for best wifi set up in a house
Thanks for the video!
This video was so good, I didn't even flinch when he said "GIF".
I have the Linksys Velop 3 pack for my grandparents house(whom I live with) it loses signal in my front house room sometimes, but mostly they mostly work good. And half the time are up to speed. Half the time... Not.
Thanks for the vid guys.
I finally understood... Great job man!
Is there a brand you guys recommend for mesh and can you guys do a live test video of the setup
My recommendation:
AVM Fritzbox in combination with Fritz Repeater
I’ve got the asus ac5300 rapture and asus ac1900
But doesn’t feel perfect
I normally just describe mesh WiFi as a smart WiFi repeater to non techie people. More or less what it is. Just manages the “repeated” signal much more efficiently.
Recommendations? Please
Good one !! friendly presentation
I have an AVM Fritzbox 6490 as an primary router and an TP-Link Archer 2600 as an secondary connected via cable. Both have the same SSID and password. I never had any problems with hand-over. Guess theres nothing that one of these expensive mesh routers could do better.
It is possible that your Fritzbox will support Mesh in the future.
@@Forgrim I hope so :D But the Archer definitely never will. Last update was shipped back in 2015, a few months after i got it. Im very disappointed in TP-Link, it wasnt cheap after all...
What’s the biggest difference between mesh and repeater mode?
I like this guy good energy
I almost had a heart attack when you showed the SSID: IthurtswhenIP. I was wondering what witchcraft it was since that is the name of SSID. I came to my senses very quick tho haha
How is this different from putting a router into bridge mode with another router?
Brochocho. I really enjoyed this episode lol.
whos idea was it to have james wear a white t shirt on a white background............. ghostly
They use a green screen. As long as nobody wears green or has anything green in front of the camera, it won’t mess anything up.
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Is it still a mesh if you line it up straight?
When you say most devices at 2:50, exactly what type of devices do you mean?
Neither because all devices these days are smart enough to Switch to the strongest wifi connection
Good extenders use the SAME ssid. So you can go to room to room and it automatically connects. Some extenders do not allow this. But the good ones do. I just use my UniFi WiFi, best WiFi system I have ever installed.
But is it good for business use and large scale public wifi deployment?
Can you not litterally configure a router to be an acces point (extender) with the same ssid so same network?
Something like that, yeah it's possible. But signal tends to drop a lot . At least that's how it went for me. Will definitely try mesh