I have fiber optic cable coming into my house. I have their model connected to a TP Link AX1800 dual band router. This is set up in my upstairs office on the far end of my house. I would like to improve my wifi connection all the way through my house and on the opposite end of my house is a detached barn/garage. I would like to try and get my signal into the barn as well. At lease into the closest part of it. I am not a network knowledgeable person. Any ideas on what system I can buy and easily set up so that I can accomplish this?

Just had fiber installed in our hood and went from Xfinity to Att fiber. Way better. We have an eero mesh system and it works great. Only issue I occasionally have is iPhones don't do a great job with WiFi handoff between WAP. I have 5 eero in a 3400 sq ft house covering garage and patio in addition to inside.

Do you have ethernet runs in your house? if so, using access points hardwired into the ethernet ports is going to the best solution. Or, if you are even remotely handy and have ceiling/attic access, you can run the ethernet yourself and mount access points on the ceiling. will likely be a little more costly upfront to get the equipment (need at least one POE capable switch and at least 1-2 access points)

Otherwise Eero, TP link etc will be plenty good if you want the most basic plug and play.

Check if your router is OneMesh compatible (It should be). If so, you should just be able to add TP Link Deco nodes to your existing router to create your mesh network.

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Check if your router is OneMesh compatible (It should be). If so, you should just be able to add TP Link Deco nodes to your existing router to create your mesh network.

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I have the Deco, and it's been awesome. Huge range, probably twice what I used to get with my eeros.

I have a strong signal in my trilevel 2700sq foot house, extending past a back building workshop and well into the back of the pasture, on 3 nodes. Literally my entire acre has wifi internet on 3 nodes, and probably couldve done the same with only 2. The first is in the middle of the house (in the basement level, literally below ground level) with the router, the second is on one end of the house (probably not necessary honestly), and the 3rd is in the back building maybe 20-30 yards from the house.

Would probably not even get a strong enough signal to reach the back building to extend the mesh coverage with a node back there if I still had the Eero setup. Kind of crazy how much better the range and speed is with the Deco, giving a massive upgrade in performance. Probably couldve covered the same area with only 2 nodes based on signal strength. And cheaper too, from what I remember, especially since you need fewer nodes for larger areas. Oh and it's is blazing fast; the newer ones should be able to handle the fast speeds of fiber, id think, with the right modem.

FightinTAC08 said:

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Do you have ethernet runs in your house? if so, using access points hardwired into the ethernet ports is going to the best solution. Or, if you are even remotely handy and have ceiling/attic access, you can run the ethernet yourself and mount access points on the ceiling. will likely be a little more costly upfront to get the equipment (need at least one POE capable switch and at least 1-2 access points)

Otherwise Eero, TP link etc will be plenty good if you want the most basic plug and play.

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Based on how much the performance of wifi mesh systems has improved over the years, IMHO running Ethernet within the house seems unnecessary. If the mesh system can get close to the same speed, what would be the benefit of that extra expense?

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Check if your router is OneMesh compatible (It should be). If so, you should just be able to add TP Link Deco nodes to your existing router to create your mesh network.

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Thank you for this. I do have this setup so I do plan on going with the Deco extenders to make a mesh system. I have two ordered so I am thinking either one mid downstairs and the other upstairs on far end closest to barn, or maybe set that one up in the barn if possible. (and/or get a third for the barn). Appreciate all the advice.

What works for you may not work for everyone. Anytime you're dealing with RF, you have to consider materials of the walls and other forms of RF interference. Every environment is completely different.

It's possible your exact setup could work great for him. It's also possible he has more devices blasting RF into the air or has a fluorescent light in his garage that keeps disrupting the mesh network.

I would always aim to hardwire if possible just to avoid any possible complications. Sometimes, that's not feasible, but it is "best practice" for a reason. I would NEVER sell a customer a mesh solution if there was some way to home run each WAP because I don't want to spend the next several years fielding calls from them with wifi issues. Home networks are obviously different and it comes down to what is acceptable for the individual.

I don't trust TP Link - there are some questions about their ties to China.

I used a Google Nest WiFi system for a long time and now use a couple Ubiquity Unifi Express 7s. Works great.

I my Asus 68U is not putting out what I am paying for (600mbps). Spectrum says it's the router after replacing the modem. Suggestions on what to get for home. (3000 sq ft, 2 story, open concept). Plus the WAP that was connected to it (ubiquiti) stopped having consistent connections a few years ago.

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I my Asus 68U is not putting out what I am paying for (600mbps). Spectrum says it's the router after replacing the modem. Suggestions on what to get for home. (3000 sq ft, 2 story, open concept). Plus the WAP that was connected to it (ubiquiti) stopped having consistent connections a few years ago.

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There are A LOT of factors that can impact your wifi speed (especially with a wifi 5 router). The only way you'll know for sure if you getting the correct speed to your house from your ISP is to test it hard wired.

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zag213004 said:

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I my Asus 68U is not putting out what I am paying for (600mbps). Spectrum says it's the router after replacing the modem. Suggestions on what to get for home. (3000 sq ft, 2 story, open concept). Plus the WAP that was connected to it (ubiquiti) stopped having consistent connections a few years ago.

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There are A LOT of factors that can impact your wifi speed (especially with a wifi 5 router). The only way you'll know for sure if you getting the correct speed to your house from your ISP is to test it hard wired.

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And for a truly accurate test, plug a computer with a gigabit Ethernet port directly into your modem and do a Speedtest, bypassing the router. If you have DHCP (most likely) do a release in your IP address first from the router. Then when done with test on computer onto a command prompt and type: ipconfig /release

Ok so I read this thread carefully and am a bit lost, as I am not quite this tech savvy.

Here's the situation: replaced my AT&T router with their latest model. It's a "BGW320-505"....whatever that means. I had previously used one of their extenders with average to bad results. The old extender apparently has some firmware issue and does not work with this new router. I am not interested in wiring anything as we don't need it to be perfect...just need more range due to where they dropped the wire.

I was in contact with AT&T and they wanted to replace the extender and charge me an additional $10 per month for it. I think this is silly that I would have to pay $120 a year because their 2 pieces of equipment can't talk to each other.

Long story short - is there a one time purchase I can make for a 3rd party extender that works better, or do I have to suck it up and pay AT&T for their extender? I am looking for specific recommendations if this is an option.

Thanks in advance!

Slight derail, but anyone use coax and Moca adapters? I have coax run in the house, but not ethernet. Have Eero already and it is ok, but think it would get much better if I could hard wire them using the coax and moca. Am I on the right track?

Got impatient and took the question to ChatGPT....ended up going with the TP-Link AC2600 WiFi Extender(RE650).

$70, next day delivery, no monthly rental fee. Hopefully I can set it up correctly.

Yes moca is a valid way to connect nodes. You want at least v2 to get 1gig throughput. Not sure which eero you are using, but later moca supports 2.5 qnd 10gig but likely overkill with most eeeo and home internet.

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Ubiquiti. There's nothing solid like Unifi.

www.ui.com

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Great for home, not so great for office. The price point on their WAP's make it a fantastic buy. If it breaks, buy another and you still are ahead. Aruba, Ruckus, Palo, etc...all make a better product, but you pay for it.

They use 3rd party threat analytics for their firewalls, so you get a little slower threat detection. Once again, great for home use but not even good for SMB or enterprise.

I would get a SonicWall SOHO Gen 8 firewall for under $500 and bridge your ISP router, then throw the Ubiquiti AP's behind it.

So I just learned about moca and this will absolutely solve my internet issues as the house (built in 1994) is already pre wired with coax in virtually all rooms that need a connection. While my eeros will do most of the heavy lifting in terms of WiFi coverage (two story house with a basement/media room), the moca solution will help significantly in terms of higher speeds and stronger connections for consoles, TVs, etc. the eeros were doing an admirable job, but I think moca will instantly provide closer to 1gig speeds on the heavy user devices (direct connection).

Just my 2-cents....we did a major renovation to the first floor of our house last year, so I had the chance to run 40+ cat wires all over the house to various locations (TVs, access points, cameras, network drops). I installed an entire TP Link Omada system (fed by AT&T fiber) and it has been awesome. Good web interface, solid wi-fi coverage for the few devices that are not hard-wired, and a good bit cheaper than Unify.

Plenty of videos on YouTube if you are interested.