On 19/07/2019 16:54, Tim+ wrote:
Chris Green wrote:
Tim+ wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
On 19/07/2019 11:32, Chris Green wrote:

Finally, do any of the more reasonably priced 'mesh' systems have
wired interconnections between the mesh boxes? Just relying on the
WiFi to connect them is a bit hopeful in our house.

You don't need a mesh system for wired interconnects - ordinary APs will
do for that.

The whole point of mesh is it establishes potentially multiple
connections between the devices giving redundancy and added throughput.
So to work well you need enough of them in a layout that allows them to
actually mesh rather than forming a long chain.



Dont forget the advantage of a single SSID for wireless connection.
Thats been a huge boon for us.

You can have a single SSID without mesh. It's the way I have my two
Draytek routers set up, both have the same SSID and password. Clients
do move from one to the other without my intervention but not as
easily as one would hope.


Well yes, but the downside of using the same SSID with multiple access
points is that you cant quickly see which access point your device is
pigheadedly sticking with rather than migrating to a stronger one. ;-)

well you can. Look at the MAC address.

In any case it lead to 'route flap' as the PC swapped between the two
signals interminably.

Now I have three ssids on the three furthest apart channels and let the
device pick the strongest. Mostly it does, since the places I am in tend
to favour one over the other two, massively.





Tim



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