Hi there.!
About 10 years ago I had a major house renovation and set up a 24 port modem feeding into multiple Ethernet ports around my three story house, including an outbuilding. All cabling and ports are Cat 6, and my source internet is fiber-optic. I have various wireless devices such as IP cams plus internet TV and Sonos throughout the house.
I replaced the 24 port modem with an expensive commercial grade fan-less (and very quiet) Cisco router about 5 years ago. This is working fine. I need it fan-less as it's in a bedroom.
I have multiple wired access points around the house and in my outbuilding. A mixture of Amped and Cisco. Again, I probably upgraded these about 5 years ago.
Some of my APs (particularly the Amped ones) are getting a little unreliable, plus a couple of my outdoor IP cams sometimes drop out. As I am now working from home I figured I would now take the time to upgrade all of my APs and add one or two outside the house to help avoid drop out from my security IP cams.
I have been looking at using Netgear Orbi MESH range, with wired APs inside the house and wireless repeaters outside, as the Orbi range seems to have a good outdoor repeater. I am prepared to go top of the range for domestic products as my family is always complaining about the wifi and I don't want my security cams dropping out any more. I know that part of this is that I am probably stretching my internet provider's bandwidth but I want to do the best I can with the bandwidth that I have.
Does MESH needs a MESH router to work properly? Im asking as I was not intending to change my 24 port CISCO router as this was expensive at the time and is an expensive fanless (quiet) one. If I go all MESH AP's and repeaters will this work ok?
Sorry if this is a basic question, I'm fairly OK, on networking knowledge but out of date and don't really fully understand MESH.
About 10 years ago I had a major house renovation and set up a 24 port modem feeding into multiple Ethernet ports around my three story house, including an outbuilding. All cabling and ports are Cat 6, and my source internet is fiber-optic. I have various wireless devices such as IP cams plus internet TV and Sonos throughout the house.
I replaced the 24 port modem with an expensive commercial grade fan-less (and very quiet) Cisco router about 5 years ago. This is working fine. I need it fan-less as it's in a bedroom.
I have multiple wired access points around the house and in my outbuilding. A mixture of Amped and Cisco. Again, I probably upgraded these about 5 years ago.
Some of my APs (particularly the Amped ones) are getting a little unreliable, plus a couple of my outdoor IP cams sometimes drop out. As I am now working from home I figured I would now take the time to upgrade all of my APs and add one or two outside the house to help avoid drop out from my security IP cams.
I have been looking at using Netgear Orbi MESH range, with wired APs inside the house and wireless repeaters outside, as the Orbi range seems to have a good outdoor repeater. I am prepared to go top of the range for domestic products as my family is always complaining about the wifi and I don't want my security cams dropping out any more. I know that part of this is that I am probably stretching my internet provider's bandwidth but I want to do the best I can with the bandwidth that I have.
Does MESH needs a MESH router to work properly? Im asking as I was not intending to change my 24 port CISCO router as this was expensive at the time and is an expensive fanless (quiet) one. If I go all MESH AP's and repeaters will this work ok?
Sorry if this is a basic question, I'm fairly OK, on networking knowledge but out of date and don't really fully understand MESH.