[SOLVED] Wifi 6 vs Mesh networks

[pectin232]

I had recently got some off market Mesh network.. it worked way better than my one.. but still I notice latency and slowdowns. I have comcast 150 mbps service. it has all the latest stuff but still I feel is gimicky and slow. Will wifi6 help improve it?

 

[bill001g]

Mesh is almost all marketing hype. The majority of the so called "new" function is a slightly different form of wifi repeater and not all device even have separate radios for the backhual.

You should never use wifi repeater functions if you expect performance. You are transmitting extra signals all of which can interfere. You automatically increase your latency by having mulitple wifi hops.

Be interesting to see what wifi6 really does. It will well over a year before enough equipment is on the market to really say. You can not trust some of the early installs by the fan boys. It will be when the technology is used by people who can barely take it out of the box and turn it on.

The major issue with wifi is everyone stomping on each other. These mesh systems make this even worse since now everyone has multiple wifi sources in their house and everyone is attempting to use all the wifi bandwidth.

I can't see how they are going to fix this interference issue. I doubt there is any method to make all the neighbors share bandwidth equally.