Mesh WiFi versus WiFi Extenders: What's the best fit for your budget?

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Covering a home in strong WiFi is a challenge. There are different options and solutions to help fill in dead spots. Depending on your needs and your budget, which solution is the right fit for you? Let's chat WiFi!
0:00 Intro
1:40 What is an Extender
3:30 What is Mesh
6:24 Using another router instead?
7:09 What do YOU use?
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@MrSaeedted 3 жыл бұрын

I switched to Mesh last year ditching my wifi extender, best quality of life upgrade to date lol

@rspanther Жыл бұрын

I did use WiFi extenders at first, but the coverage wasn't that great. Then I switched to a mesh system, and it worked so much better.

@davidalexander7914 Жыл бұрын

Best explanation I have heard yet!! Great job tech carry on, thank you, keep it coming!! 💪🏾💪🏾💯🙏🏾🙏🏾

@Bropes 2 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate the explanation in this vid 👏🏼 👏🏼

@ghenrique366 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u so much for explaining 2 a newbie

@ashace6092 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info

@alanroberts8968 Жыл бұрын

I had a range extender which added ,EXT to my WiFi name which was a pain to reconnect if j walked from one place to another whilst working on a website so I changed to a MESH system and it's fantastic

@donrenfro3750 2 жыл бұрын

You may wish to do a segment on WiFi Mesh Extenders. One more option to be considered.

@happo_time Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice... I have since heard other horror stories about Motorola Mesh. Lesson learned

@Bu2Spike 3 жыл бұрын

Now I have an option to get my house internet all over, thank you for this. I'm not too smart on setting it up but this helps

@MAFion 2 жыл бұрын

My question this: Do manufacturers deliberately keep these routers low powered to lower our expectations so they can sell us more units? And to prevent sharing? Sure seems that way.

@miasanmia3229 2 жыл бұрын

Nope, they are not allowed to exceed those values regulated by law, since too much power could be unhealthy for you.

@H.T.2forever Жыл бұрын

And make interference with other nearby WiFi systems worse.. Of which it already is problematic in apartments and other MDUs. ...

@imperfectxennial3008 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a comparison between a regular mesh network vs a thread mesh network?

@hadifelani 2 жыл бұрын

mesh system is outright a clear winner

@vrjake81 Жыл бұрын

The best solution I have found are mesh wifi systems that have a wireed backbone option. The issue is that is that wireless networks operate on a hub topology. The more devices sharing the network, the slower the connectivity between each device. Mesh networks also have to be in range of another, and the extended network is only as good as the link to the main router. A wired backbone where the access points are connected to a switch can have a gigabit of bandwidth to each access point.

@gordons1816 Жыл бұрын

@Vrizzle - which mesh WiFi systems with a wired backbone option have you investigated or purchased?

@eriknienhuis332 2 жыл бұрын

In our country house, In Portugal, a few years ago I found out that renaming the satellites to one name solved most of my wifi issues. In effect used powerline as ad hoc solutions, ie outside for the hammock area. Also for connection to a non-lan area that feeds a Ubiquiti beamer that allows me to share fiber networking to a neighbor over 300m. In addition, for the guest room I used an access point. we’re about to move to another area to a house that might allow me to cover the whole house with one powerful router. A router that takes over the duties of the Isp’s router, that doesn’t allow me to use Cloudflare dns and that doesn’t do 2,4G well. For remaining deadspots I can use powerline and the access point.

@Jeryl2337 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings, Excellent video. Can you provide me with a few recommendations? I live in NC, Spectrum is the cable/WiFi company, they supplied the router with a max speed of 200 mbps. Currently I have a WiFi extender and the signal is starting to weaken upstairs, no issues downstairs. The WiFi speed is cut in half upstairs and the extender is on a different SSID network,. Often when walking upstairs I have to connect to that extender to get the best signal and the opposite when down stairs at which point I connect to the Spectrum WiFi. What mesh WiFi system you recommend that will not require replacing the router but comes with hub and two mesh extenders? Thank you! Spencer

@bluebmw6808 Жыл бұрын

Your voice is beautiful 👏👏👏👏👏👏

@mirawinograd7721 Жыл бұрын

Any advice on how to help my Network if I have a spectrum modem and spectrum wifi router?

@minshum 2 жыл бұрын

Do you do voiceover work? 😊

@ChielScape Жыл бұрын

mesh systems are getting pretty affordable if you don't want 6Ghz, which 99% of users aren't even gonna notice any difference from.

@dsantostv3711 10 ай бұрын

Can you use mesh on and existing router ?

@daviddaniels7343 3 жыл бұрын

Just switched to mesh (Eero 6; 30% off deal) with two extenders and I already notice a big difference in my DSL wifi uploads & downloads, as well as TV apps (Hulu, Netflix, Prime/HBO). Only downside was having to get all devices to identify the "new" wifi even though it was the same name as the old one with the same password. Getting my Sonos sound bar to recognize it is frustrating me. Need to do the same with our Ring app. Still, mesh seems sooooooo much quicker, so far. Plus Eero's customer support, on a Sunday afternoon no less, was AWESOME!!

@hoihoi9866 Жыл бұрын

Yes new identify sucks that's why I put my new mesch behind my existing router and works good.

@newwaylw 2 жыл бұрын

So mesh network also halfs the wifi bandwidth then? As the satellites also need to communicate back to the main router

@tsmith3802 3 күн бұрын

On another video you talk about the pro's & con's of ditching the cable company's router for your own. It sounds like going mesh would require having your own router that you have more control over configuring than the Cable Company rented router, is that correct?

@anita5252_ Жыл бұрын

I live in a rural area, so have a portable wifi system like a dongle, but better. I putting a tiny house on my property about 15metres from main house. What’s best, so whoever Uses the Tiny house, will get a good wifi connection, without affecting my wifi speeds in the main house?

@bobwilliams2121 2 жыл бұрын

I live out of town and the only internet I can get is using the ATT WiFi hot spot. I can usually get 75 on this for just the cost of the device renta, about $24 per month, as apposed to the long distance Windstream that I could get up to 12... but I never saw that and it was usually around 5 but often below 1...... So I have a 3800 sq ft, three level home. The signal has been a bit off lately. Three smart TVs, 4 iPhones, three macbook pros and a ipad pro plus two chromebooks. To increase the signal I installed a google mesh to the port on the ATT WiFi device/hotspot. Top floor is where the host is, the middle floor in the master bedroom and the basement apartment, in the common area. Still having problems...any suggestions?

@Dillox05 2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't get my mesh system to work. I was so confused cause I have hooked up extenders and boosters

@pixelsgraeme-baker8933 Жыл бұрын

Here in the UK - I used a BT wifi extender to get a signal in my studio ... 30 metres down the garden. (this uses the electricity cables to channel the signal) Worked okayish but now seems to have collapsed altogether (think it maybe a hardware fault) The rest of the house seems to work pretty well with the ISPs router, it's just my studio that's the problem. I know running an ethernet cable would solve the problem but it's not a practical solution. Should I be looking at a new Wifi Extender or Mesh given that the studio is the only really dead spot ?

@nitindoc2000 3 жыл бұрын

Planning wifi network for my new home. Just bought the modem... Was thinking of extender when I got the the knowledge of Mesh network. Which mesh networks would you recommend. Thank you. 👍

@samhawkes6597 Жыл бұрын

I have the eero 6 pro mesh with a router and two additional hubs. It's a 1gb connection. I get 600/700mb average in the living room with the router wirelessly, but I only get 150 to 250 (hub area) I'm the bedroom and around 150 upstairs (hub area in hallway). Honestly, was expecting a little better from my first ever mesh system

@y1ink Жыл бұрын

I have exactly the same problem, the drop off is significant. I’ve heard rather than space them out into black spots it’s better to have them in your house vertically above the floor above.

@samhawkes6597 Жыл бұрын

@@y1ink my houses internal walls are concrete so i think thats causing a huge drop off between rooms. my isp has arranged for my eeros boosters to hardwired to the eero router to hopefully improve this. ill let you know how that goes

@susanmoncrief9433 Жыл бұрын

@jeffyoung8185 10 ай бұрын

I have Hughesnet 2000 router and too many devices connected directly to it, many that I dont use unless I am away from home. Can I move these temporary devices to a second router connected to my Hughesnet router?

@africanhistory 2 жыл бұрын

dont know why but putting on same ssid causes issues for phone with getting ip. Also smart devices dont like connecting to it

@jenpalubicki3179 2 жыл бұрын

I have a ? I’m hoping u could help me with. I use the Verizon jet pack for my Wi-Fi cuz in my area we have very limited companies that provide good internet service. And the jet pack is not the best but it’s what I have until I can find something better. Anyway, I live in a 2 story house n I always have to relocate the jet pack from upstairs to downstairs if I need it one place or the other n I would really like to just keep it upstairs and I’m wondering if there’s something I could use to extend my Wi-Fi because I can’t use Ethernet cuz there is no plug in..in the back of jet pack for that. Would I just use a Wi-Fi extender? Could u suggest one that’s not real expensive. Thank u so much for ur help

@ProductsChannel 2 жыл бұрын

After I connected the mesh, things got even worse. I ended up having to switch back to just router and modem.

@dreamingrightnow1174 Жыл бұрын

I'm thinking I should probably go with a mesh system, but I'm not sure what's up with my netgear (r6200) because I've go dead spots in my yard that are only 20' from the router..

@H.T.2forever Жыл бұрын

I have a three node mesh system (Asus XT8s) here in an old 2200 sq. ft. two-story house with "lath & plaster" interior walls. And still have an annoying dead spot in one of the far corners of the house requiring me to place an old Netgear WAC 104 (AC1200 rated) wireless access point there to fill the hole. Plus I need to use a cheap 2.4 GHz WiFi extender in a detached garage about 50 ft. from the main house to extend WiFi connectivity to three low bandwidth IOT devices there. A smart garage door opener, a smart power plug, and a ring wireless doorbell chime. ...

@santoshvreddy 3 жыл бұрын

I have connected a 2nd router using a LAN cable sharing the high-speed plan with my neighbour.

@Elaba_ 9 ай бұрын

My Eufy C120 camera needs a strong Wifi-connection to set up in my second house. I want to use it to record to SD-card. In my first house, I have a Telenet internet subscription. Therefore, I can use the internet anywhere through Telenet Wifree. This uses the neighbors' Wi-Fi channel to log in to my subscription. Now, I don't have a strong enough Wi-Fi signal. Can a Wi-Fi extender strengthen the signal for me? After all, I don't want to purchase a second subscription in my second house.

@unclefester9113 Жыл бұрын

Do Mesh devices connect directly to a PC ???

@Colefinney1234 2 жыл бұрын

I got a extender for my weak spot on the second floor of my house and have saw no improvement to Wi-Fi speed

@ManCodeTV Жыл бұрын

Colefinney 1234 Get the Mesh System. Extenders are Trash!

@sachin2842 3 жыл бұрын

home's not that big two use either of them one router is enough for me 😁🤣

@truyentruong9015 2 жыл бұрын

If I already have ethernet cables throughout my home and it's connected to my modem, will connecting it to my Extender basically turn it to a Mesh Network? Or at least make it closer to a Mesh Network?

@nauxsi 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's what I've done.

@jmhollabaughgaming9329 Жыл бұрын

In my understanding with the mesh is the nodes do not piggyback? The 2 child nodes only recieve a signal from the parent node they don't communicate between themselves?

@happo_time Жыл бұрын

Switched to mesh from access points... using Motorola 4 Model MH7021's. Performance has been TERRIBLE! WE have been having to reboot the mesh access points 2-3 times a day due to lost signal. We have a 2 story at about 3200 ft2 and a mechanics shop 150 feet away. Can't get any signal to the shop at all and the fam is about to shoot me for causing their devices to drop WiFi so often after going to mesh. Does the Motorola MH7021 just suck this bad? Do I need to go back to access points?

@ManCodeTV Жыл бұрын

Kelly White Why the heck did you get a Motorola Mesh System? lol. I have an Eero Mesh System for the past 2 years, and it's been amazing. I have a 3 story home with about 4K Sq ft. And I had dead spots in the far bedrooms where I used to get absolutely no coverage at all. I tried the wifi extenders, and those were trash. Kept dropping the signal, and it was so inconsistent, and the speed was terrible. Then I got the Eero Mesh and Mannnn couldn't believe I got the speed and connection in those backrooms. I was able to stream, upload, download at about 150 mbps from those spots. Way more than enough than I needed. The Wifi extenders I had were barely giving me 10 to 12 mbps with signal drops all the time. Buy the Eero or some other reputable mesh system my man. And you'll be happy. I didn't even know Motorola had a mesh system. You get what you pay for like they say. If you still got it, take that Motorola crap back, sounds like it's trash.

@anthony21roman 2 жыл бұрын

My house is small so we only use 1 router for the whole house and it works the same lol

@NadeemGorsi Жыл бұрын

I've Mi Wi-Fi Amplifier Pro, it has something named as roaming in settings if turned on it broadcasts same SSID and password, I'm wondering if it is using mesh technology in that roaming mode? OR it's just setting it's SSID and password same as main router but not optimising the device connection?

@deloresprichard5049 2 жыл бұрын

HI! I have a strange situation and I don't know if a mesh system will help me. We have a cottage that actually consists of two small cottages that sit side-by-side. The total living area of both cottages combined is probably about 1000 sq ft (say, 110 sqm). The wifi router is in the main cottage. We have an extender to the other cottage. Someone told me that I **CANNOT** use a mesh system because these to cottages DO NOT share a single electricity source. Each cottage is wired separately. But this does not make sense to me. If the separate units just need electricity and then are connected to each other via wifi, what do they care where the electricity comes from? Can you please tell me if this will work? Please and thanks

@CurseTheDarkness 2 жыл бұрын

It doesn’t matter where the electricity comes from.

@dreamingrightnow1174 Жыл бұрын

they probably confused a mesh system with a powerline network adapter that uses the house wiring to transport the wifi signal. Sounds like they're not the best advisor on this subject, lol.