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Old 01-04-2019, 16:17   #5
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Re: Mesh Wifi

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees View Post
My trusty old AC66u unfortunately does not provide great whole house wireless coverage.

I've been looking at either the Asus Lyra or the Linksys Velop

Not sure if the Lyra is compatible with my router?


Anyone own/used either of the above or can suggest alternatives?
I have a Asus Mesh solution which is working well, fast and reliable. I sold my AC66U and bought 3 second hand AC68U on eBay. These all use a Cat6 backhaul and provide WiFi throughout the house, one on each floor. The latest ASUS firmware seem solid in the Mesh configuration. On my iPhone I can get my full broadband speed over wifi: 382/21 so the AC68U although a few years old seems more than capable enough.

A friend tried the low end Tenda MW3 3 pack solution at ~£80 from Amazon. He seems very happy with it. Only a 100MHz LAN port but if this is fine then a good cheap house-wide mesh solution. Their MW6 is the next step up but is approx £150 ..
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