> But yeah, I've also considered getting an electrician in and wiring some rooms with CAT-6 and go wireless AP in that room. But sounds like it's still going to be the same as mesh doing this and halving my speed?
as long as there is an ethernet cable from your switch/router to the AP, then speed will not halve. speed halves only when using mesh.
> Awesome! Thank you for the links. I'll check them out!
no problem. i started out my career in networking, and have always kept a soft spot for it even thou i'm doing software these days.
the minimum you need is:
- 1x Dream Machine (Pro or SE doesn't matter)
- 1x Access Point (could be long range, could be lite, depends on your needs)
you plug in the internet and the AP into the Dream Machine and that's about it.
from this barebones setup you can add further hardware depending your needs. for example I've added a PoE switch and another smaller non-poe switch (that funnily enough is powered by the other PoE switch).
You might look at some of the replies in this thread. The poster you’re replying to has an outdated view of how mesh networks work with modern hardware.
Mesh networks can use Ethernet as backhaul and they can also use dedicated radios on 6GHz for backhaul. I’m using a mix of both (still have a couple I need to run Ethernet to) and it’s fantastic.
> Mesh networks can use Ethernet as backhaul and they can also use dedicated radios on 6GHz band for backhaul. I’m using a mix of both (still have a couple I need to run Ethernet to) and it’s fantastic.
I wouldn’t recommend wireless backhaul to people who have bad experience with WiFi. Some people have bad WiFi because their (older?) buildings have problems with wireless in general: I am not saying they live in a faraday cage but still their if their WiFi isn’t great, wireless backhaul won’t be either. Go wired if you have a choice.
For sure, that's why I mentioned that I'm still in the process of switching over to pure ethernet for backhaul.
That said, if you have enough nodes, 6GHz for backhaul works pretty nice right now. My home has concrete block exterior walls with some interior concrete and plaster walls and the nodes that use dedicated 6GHz for backhaul are doing just fine as is.
as long as there is an ethernet cable from your switch/router to the AP, then speed will not halve. speed halves only when using mesh.
> Awesome! Thank you for the links. I'll check them out!
no problem. i started out my career in networking, and have always kept a soft spot for it even thou i'm doing software these days.
the minimum you need is:
- 1x Dream Machine (Pro or SE doesn't matter)
- 1x Access Point (could be long range, could be lite, depends on your needs)
you plug in the internet and the AP into the Dream Machine and that's about it.
from this barebones setup you can add further hardware depending your needs. for example I've added a PoE switch and another smaller non-poe switch (that funnily enough is powered by the other PoE switch).