Mesh WiFi

I have the google mesh in my house. Love it.

My house is about 5000 square feet and I have 4 of them. It works really well.

Second google mesh

I have 4 set up and have great coverage

I have an Orbi system in my home. So far so good.

No experience with the others, but I also have Google mesh. 2600 sq ft, I've got the 3 pack. Plugged it in about a year ago and haven't thought about it since.

I have trouble with getting a signal In my back yard even though my current nighthawk router is in the back of my house. Would a mesh system help this?

most likely not. mesh is just a wireless antenna to talk to your device then talk to the modem. So if you have interference between either or those wireless connections. you will have trouble.

How far in you back yard are you "having trouble"? Is there a big concrete wall on the back side of your house? it is a metal wall? There are a bunch of things that could distort your signal. Which night hawk, how are the antennas oriented.

which nighthawk? is there radiant barrier in that insulation? 15' shouldnt be a point where you lost signal. What phone? Most phones dont have a strong transmitter and could see wifi signals but not push a signal back. So idk what exactly your problem is. So just moving to a mesh router may or may not work.

you said your router is in the corner of your house, it is low to the ground? you might want to raise it up to increase coverage.

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Orbi is a better system than Google as it has a dedicated backhaul 5ghz channel where Goggle doesnt. So if you have multiple heave users, it could get congested talking back and forth. It also has 4 i think Ethernet ports on each satellite.

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This right here.

We have a 3 puck (soon to be 4) Google WiFi system at the camp working on a 50-75 Mbps (down) connection. It works well in this application with limited bandwidth and it handles those speeds reliably.

At 2 family members homes in Lafayette with 1 gig (up/ down) connections, I've installed the AC3000 Orbi RBK50/ 53's and they've worked just as reliably but have the additional backhaul channel which allows those networks to get closer to their max speeds. The extra Ethernet ports are also very handy and kept me from having to add a switch.


Fwiw, Costco has the 3 pc Orbi RBK53's on sale for $299 currently. Very good deal IMO

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It’s in the attic in my media closet which is on the second floor. No radiant barrier because of the foam insulation. It’s a stucco house so maybe the wire mesh is the stucco is hurting it?

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very much could be. a mech systey could help if a satellite was set up to where it could broadcast outside better via near a window or door. Or if it is in the attic you could run a quick cat6 wire to a soffet and put a POE access point for the outside area.

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I will probably go with the big Orbi's and just do a wired backhaul between them.

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thats what i figured i could do if i felt like running true APs. But how long until standard wifi antennas are wifi6? then even this will be obsolete.