Hey guys,
We're doing up our summerhouse type thing and I'd like the WiFi to extend to there to do smart type stuff like Hue, Eufy etc as well as just general Internet access.
We're on Vodafone at the moment, a speed test on my phone tells me I'm getting 62 Mbps.
We're not especially heavy users, streaming mostly on say Netflix, I player etc and we don't game.
Essentially I'm looking for suggestions for a three node mesh, one next to the router, one somewhere else towards the back of the house, and one in the garden room, which would have a hue bridge hanging off it.
I want to maintain the speed I have now, and (as I believe is the point with a nesh network) just have one set of credentials - not say acb abs abc_ext etc.
Side note, could I give the mesh the same ssid and password as I have now to prevent changing details on umpteen devices like thermostats, laptops, tvs, Google home thingies etc!
But of a ramble lol, thanks for reading!
We're doing up our summerhouse type thing and I'd like the WiFi to extend to there to do smart type stuff like Hue, Eufy etc as well as just general Internet access.
We're on Vodafone at the moment, a speed test on my phone tells me I'm getting 62 Mbps.
We're not especially heavy users, streaming mostly on say Netflix, I player etc and we don't game.
Essentially I'm looking for suggestions for a three node mesh, one next to the router, one somewhere else towards the back of the house, and one in the garden room, which would have a hue bridge hanging off it.
I want to maintain the speed I have now, and (as I believe is the point with a nesh network) just have one set of credentials - not say acb abs abc_ext etc.
Side note, could I give the mesh the same ssid and password as I have now to prevent changing details on umpteen devices like thermostats, laptops, tvs, Google home thingies etc!
But of a ramble lol, thanks for reading!
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Regarding the ssid and passwords, I've found some things do connect and some need to be changed, (that's not much help really is it!!)
Re passwords - you will have to reconnect to the new network I assume as everything in my house was connected to the Virgin Media box now only a handful of things are (edited)
I have Virgin 350 and get at least 300 around most of the house.
The office is around 5 meters away from the house and still gets a decent signal in there. I did add PLA as I need rock solid signal for work.
It's not the cheapest setup but is a tri-band system so should help with keeping a stable connection.
Whilst a mesh would solve the problem, this may also do the same - and we have no issues with WiFi in the house really.
Was just reading some articles on the mesh options and this was a side link.
I know my oldskool homeplugs, wired, always worked well!