Posted 6 hours ago

Advice required on upgrading my Mesh Wifi

I've had a BT Mesh system in the house for about 5 years and it has served me well (3 discs). But I noted that one of them constantly loses signal and needs resetting every 3-4 days. I also noted that it can no longer receive any software updates (not since 2019), so I'm guessing it is time to change.

I bought it without any research last time and don't know enough about the new models. It'll be used for the usual stuff. 4-5 smartphones; 1 tablet; 2 smart TVs and streaming; Couple of laptops (1 used for WFH); Playstation; Firestick; Chromecast etc.

These are the 3-4 I am considering are (in order of choice):- Any good? Cheers

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  1. 001Cisco's avatar
    Tenda Nova MX3 with wifi6


    I currently using this one. Good value for money
    scan.co.uk/pro…gle
  2. Uridium's avatar
    Rather than those budget options I'd personally look at used Google WiFi, very very reliable, has dual ethernet if required for faster pod connections and backhaul.
    Management is ultra simple using the Google Home app.

    You can find it reduced in a few places but to be honest it's so reliable buying used isnt an issue.

    I get 500Mbps plus almost everywhere in my four bed brick house using 4 of these .

    All pods are the same and can be a router or acces point so just buy as many as you want/need and build up your network.

    £22 for example at CEX (edited)
    Palwan's avatar
    is this 2016 variant still good to purchase 2024 (understand it works well for you)? (edited)
  3. mossmanfly's avatar
    All the ones you listed are Dual Band. Best of stretching your busget and getting Tri Band. Especially if you are using in Wireless backhaul. If you are using voa Wired Backhaul, then it's less of an issue.

    Basically, in a dual band system, the network traffic between the mesh nodes operate on the same wireless band as the traffic for the devices. So, the bandwidth and speed is reduced because everything is running on the same channel.

    Tri Band will use a separate channel for the data passing between the nodes and will leave the channel being used for devices free of extra traffic.
    Gollywood's avatar
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    That's useful to know. My budget is limited to about £80 at the moment so I'll start looking into Tri band.

    I'll be honest I didn't understand the backhaul stuff!
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