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Bladerunner

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It's Mesh you want....

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We have the Deco system - a trio of units

Great kit and think it was £90 all in but boosts the signal from unit to unit all round the house and out to our man cave / garage.

1 plugged in at router downstairs, the other in an upstairs office and the 3rd in the garage space.


TP-Link Deco S4(3-pack) AC1200 Whole-Home Mesh Wi-Fi System, Qualcomm CPU, 867Mbps at 5GHz+300Mbps at 2.4GHz, MU-MIMO, Beamforming, Works with Amazon Echo/Alexa [Amazon Exclusive] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0851D6MXY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabt1_poyVFbHF2R83W
 
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JonW

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Hello all I need help
I am a novice with all things wifi
I have a wifi router that is ok in reaching almost all parts of the house but the signal gets weaker as it passes through my solid brick walls (an old house) and upstairs to the more remote rooms.
I believe a Nest system may be a good problem solver?
A quick look on line says the Google model is a good one - 3 bits of kit to spread around the house.
I do not want to pay lots of dosh say around £100. For the future I would like to run a smart tv too.
Am I on the right lines here? No technical jargon please as I do not understand it. Any recommendations would be appreciated and I may take the plunge on this Cyber Friday Blue Monday thingy coming up
Hi Dave

As Rockits mentioned (and as per the thread link above) I went down this route at the beginning of lockdown. My mesh system is brilliant, and I’m delighted I did it.

I ended up going with a TP-Link Deco mesh system, and one of the main reasons was ease of set-up... lots of the review say the Ubiquiti syestem is really good, but it sounded too complicated for me... with the Deco it really was plug it in, connect the app, and then follow some deadly easy instructions.

I suspect it will cost you more than £100 for a three disc system (mine was more than that), but it’s definitely money well spent. Happy to answer any questions, from one non-technical person to another...
 

CatmanV2

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I read yesterday that there's a mobile app to set the Ubiquiti up now. Looks quite simple, but the 'full fat' is probably not for virgins.

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Felonious Crud

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In the most basic terms, a 3 or 4 story home has a router on each floor. You walk around the home, changing floors and your devices automatically switch and stay connected to the one with the strongest signal. Without you having to do anything.

All witchcraft, but works really well.


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My BT WholeHome thingy does that. Clever little bugger.
 

PaulCambio

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No, not power line, ran a cat 6 cable and WiFi router..
I did the same for my garden pub. Ran a CAT6 cable from the router in my study to another router that I have reconfigured as an access point. Works perfectly for Sky TV, Wi-Fi and anything else I need out there.
 

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We have thick walls so cannot use std stuff. This is commercial quality and faster than all else I looked at. Easy to configure unique IP addresses to all your kit - good practice.
We've used these and some other Ubiquiti kit for wireless point to point links of 100-1000m a few times and they work well and is great VFM.
 

rockits

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Sometimes you do and sometimes you don't but if you don't spend much don't expect to get much. For a 3 AP system for 60-100 quid it is going to likely be pretty pants. Either in speed, throughput or reliability.....or all of this.

The AP in my existing office is of course way over the top but cost RRP circa £800. Needless to say it works very well and is reliable without issue. Needless to say I didn't pay that for it as bought it on eBay second hand for £52. You can tell the difference between a two bob AP and an £800 one!