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Mesh Wifi vs using access points

Daniel_1104
By Daniel_1104
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So my home wifi speed is 900mbps which is pretty quick. I’m currently using my router modem which isn’t bad at all getting speeds of 700 up close and 50 at the furthest away points. My house is about 4,000 square ft.

 

My question is shall I get a mesh wifi network or use an access point with a killer router? My budget is around £350 and that gets me an Orbi RKB 752 which is AX4000, 1 orbi router and 1 satellite extender.

 

My other option would be to by a high speed router and I have an ethernet cable could to the room right about and install an access point there wired.

 

Pros in my head of the orbi is that it will be more evenly spread because I can have the router 1 side of the house and the satellite on the other side. This should be better than the upgraded router and wired access point as the access point is for the room above so the upstairs coverage may be better but downstairs at the other side of the house i’m not sure unless the improved router I buy would improve the slower wifi speed compared to the stock router.

 

Not sure how clear that was but any advice on which one to pick would be great thanks

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So your wifi network works well and meets your needs now?  My temptation would be to not mess with it till it stops doing that. If it’s NOT meeting your needs though, the way it is not might inform the path you might take. 

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

So your wifi network works well and meets your needs now?  My temptation would be to not mess with it till it stops doing that. If it’s NOT meeting your needs though, the way it is not might inform the path you might take. 

No the standard modem router provided by the service provide gets overloaded by devices and loses connection in some parts of the house

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7 minutes ago, Daniel_1104 said:

No the standard modem router provided by the service provide gets overloaded by devices and loses connection in some parts of the house

Ah so you need more devices on the network.  My memory is mesh is better for that.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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