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Me and a group of friends are planning to buy a Mesh system as a gift for one of our friend's House warming
He's using a TP Link router + a bunch of extenders (the plug in type)
we are thinking of getting him a nice mesh setup.
Our budget is around 10K. (+/-3k)
He has two floors in the house, but different ISP's for both floors, so whole house coverage is not a priority.
He is not keen on connecting the networks, any sort of load balancing.
He is fairly technical (started from helpdesk and ended up as head of IT Infra for APAC for a big 4 consulting firm before going into a security startup)
He's not a tech enthusiast though - hence his basic setup, and not looking for any advanced features etc.
I have shortlisted the following
Mercusys H80X
Deco X20
Nighthawk M62
Orbi RBK352

The mercusys is a AX3000, others are AX1800 - I am not able to figure out the difference between these - any inputs ?
 
ok so first up AX300 vs AX 1800. AX1800 uses 5ghz max 80mhz channel and AX3000 uses 5ghz max 160mhz channel. Simply put, The wider channels have higher theoretical max speeds but they can also have more interference from neighbors. For the speeds in India, we will not really see a big difference between AX1800 and AX3000.

I've been using the Deco X60 for 2 years now and its been fantastic. Go for the X20.
 
@TheRealCreepy Are you using an Ethernet Backhaul or a Wifi Backhaul? I am considering between 3 X20s wired using Ethernet or just choose an access point. Is the device handover seamless in the X60 in your experience? Did you mount your X60 on your wall/desk? Heard that mounting it on the ceiling is not optimal for these devices as the waves are horizontal instead of conical. Ceiling mounted devices are 2x more expensive for some reason.
 
Deco is a safe bet. I have been using it for a long time now. the only issue i have faced is with my SOny TV which finds it difficult to join at times. A quick reboot of TP link fixes this issue
 
Ps: i recently bought a renewed moto mh7022. Apparently the company that makes them went bust and all the cloud features and app are dead. But you can still set them up using the web interface.
Good value at 4.5k for a two piece tri band 2200ac set
 
greenhorn said:
Ps: i recently bought a renewed moto mh7022. Apparently the company that makes them went bust and all the cloud features and app are dead. But you can still set them up using the web interface.
Good value at 4.5k for a two piece tri band 2200ac set
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From where did you get it for 4.5k?
 
greenhorn said:
Ps: i recently bought a renewed moto mh7022. Apparently the company that makes them went bust and all the cloud features and app are dead. But you can still set them up using the web interface.
Good value at 4.5k for a two piece tri band 2200ac set
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is alternative firmware available for this ? openwrt , tomato
 
@greenhorn Few questions for this model, does this support Wifi 6, and ethernet backhaul. Also on wireless backhaul does the speed drop when connected to satelite, or you get the same speed as on the router.
 
Dushie said:
Also on wireless backhaul does the speed drop when connected to satelite, or you get the same speed as on the router.
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That depends on whether the router has an extra band to use as wireless backhaul otherwise using same wireless band as backhaul as well as for connecting devices will see the speed drop. That linksys router group deal in US avoids this issue by having "tri band" aka two 5GHz band out of which one is used as wireless backhaul.
 
guest_999 said:
That depends on whether the router has an extra band to use as wireless backhaul otherwise using same wireless band as backhaul as well as for connecting devices will see the speed drop. That linksys router group deal in US avoids this issue by having "tri band" aka two 5GHz band out of which one is used as wireless backhaul.
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this is also triband , thats why all the interest same as LN1301
LN1301 is Tri-Band, with one 2.4GHz radio and two 5GHz radios
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guest_999 said:
That depends on whether the router has an extra band to use as wireless backhaul otherwise using same wireless band as backhaul as well as for connecting devices will see the speed drop. That linksys router group deal in US avoids this issue by having "tri band" aka two 5GHz band out of which one is used as wireless backhaul.
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Do you have both the units connected seprately via ethernet, or its via wireless backhaul, where main router is via ethernet and other via wireless.

Also if its via wireless backhaul what are the speeds you get on the satelite when compared to the main router which is connected via ethernet.
 
guest_999 said:
That depends on whether the router has an extra band to use as wireless backhaul otherwise using same wireless band as backhaul as well as for connecting devices will see the speed drop. That linksys router group deal in US avoids this issue by having "tri band" aka two 5GHz band out of which one is used as wireless backhaul.
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Both these routers will max out 1gbps connection but the price difference is huge - 1500/ vs 4500/ , As i can see both have exact same bands with a dedicated channel for WiFi backhaul
 
Sharing pics of the interface for those who are wondering.
I am using them with the base unit connected to my modem and the satellite as a wireless repeater in my bedroom.

I'm unable to do any additional tests as I'm a bit tied up with some personal stuff
 

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Dushie said:
Do you have both the units connected seprately via ethernet, or its via wireless backhaul, where main router is via ethernet and other via wireless.

Also if its via wireless backhaul what are the speeds you get on the satelite when compared to the main router which is connected via ethernet.
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I don't have a mesh system but ideally it should be main unit connected to primary router/modem via ethernet & satellite units connected to main unit via dedicated wireless backhaul & link speeds of a single 2*2 160Mhz channel width supporting client like intel ax200/201/210 should be 867mbps very close to satellite units & on this one should be able to get around 60% as actual data transfer speeds so ~520mbps or 65MB/s in one direction (upload or download).
 
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