Better Mesh Options?

pete8oes on 08/07/2021 - 10:45
Last edited 08/07/2021 - 11:04 by 1 other user

Howdy,

We currently have telstra NBN HFC 100mb plan, after a year of swearing at telstra things now seem to be more stable.

2 storey terrace house, with a telstra gen 2 smart modem, and 2x telstra gen 1 'boosters' to get the signal out. Our nbn modem is under the stairs in the middle of our house

Our wifi speeds are rubbish, so looking to get them as close to our connection speed as poss

I have seen the nighthawk x6 ex7700 (ac2200) extenders that look decent (2x for $100 from a mate).

Are these any good? Will it solve my issues? I will put one upstairs and the other downstairs

The other option is to throw it all in and replace the whole system with something new (wifi 6 something)

Thoughts or suggestions?

Appreciate your help

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  Twix on 08/07/2021 - 11:00

  Before buying anything get a long Ethernet cable and move the Telstra gen 2 modem from under the stairs into the open. Does the Wi-Fi speed improve?

  For $170 you can purchase a 2pk TP-Link Deco M5 system. With Ethernet the Deco M5 does around 850Mbps and Wi-Fi 5 up to around 460Mbps. How much do you want to spend to get a Wi-Fi 6 system?

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  BOGOF on 08/07/2021 - 11:01

  I'm on a NBN HFC 100mb plan as well. I had a black spot furthest point from the telco supplied router. I bought a couple of Tenda Nova MW6 and now no black spots, and getting around 75mb download speed wireless. (I get 105mb plugged in to the primary node)

  Edit. Signal rate is around 850Mbps at 5 GHz, and a twin pack cost $99 from Amazon. Very happy with them.

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  abs898 on 08/07/2021 - 11:14

  Controversial statement but love the new Xiaomi wifi 6 range. I am running an AX6000 with AX3600 on a FTTP 250mbps plan.

  5hz gives me 250+ speed and 2.5ghz at just over 100.

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  spackbace on 08/07/2021 - 12:11

  +3

  Ditch the telstra router. No need to splash out on wifi 6, but at least swap it for something like the Deco mesh

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  FoxJump on 08/07/2021 - 12:17

  +1

  I have a Deco X60 twin pack on 2 storey 4br free standing home.
  Before, two rooms would struggle with Wifi.
  Now i put one of the repeaters in one of the struggling room and now voila! Wifi is great everywhere.

  I picked the Deco X60 as both master and slave are physically identical. So, technically, I could use the satellite as a travel router :D

  I'd need some USB to Eth to share internet from my phone to make into a travel router.

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  pete8oes on 08/07/2021 - 13:26

  Ahh thanks all, I will look into alternate mesh solutions suggested

  I can get 2x nighthawk x6 ac2200 for $100 (cheap)- I think that should help, though interested in thoughts

  I have wifi on current telstra modem switched off - the booster base station plugged in via ethernet, then the other 2 connected to it via wifi (mesh)

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  vince088 on 08/07/2021 - 20:52

  +1

  you need proper wifi mesh.

  something cheap to start off like Tenda Nova MW3 MW6 etc 3 to 5 units is a good start

  not extenders, When you extend a network over a wireless extender you can lose up to 50% speed you will not get the full speed as your main router.

  i have the telstra modem gen 2 also, it is acting as my a modem only and has the wifi signals disabled,

  my tenda nova is doing the wifi signals

  i get 90+Mbps speed test everywhere throughout my house

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  Cheaplikethebird on 09/07/2021 - 07:27

  I would try and run Ethernet upstairs somehow and have a WAP on both levels. You’d be surprised how subtly and cleanly you can do it with white coloured flat Ethernet cable.