On Mar 30, 2017, at 7:12 AM, John Robinson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Those in the know, what is the opinion of the new Linksys Mesh Wi-Fi’s? I don’t know about the Linksys version, but I helped install an Eero <https://eero.com/> mesh several weeks ago in a big house and it worked really well. > Good, bad, indifferent? If you have a big house or one with impenetrable walls, a mesh or extender would no doubt help get strong WiFi to the secret nooks and crannies. For most people, with reasonably-sized homes, a centrally placed single unit is probably just as good. In my house, which is of normal size, I have a single router in a closet near the center of the house and there are no signal problems anywhere. If I had to put the router in a corner of the basement instead, I’d probably be thinking about an extender or a mesh system. It’s a current fad. During the last couple of years all the consumer-grade router companies have come out with these mesh systems. > Is the technology real or tech talk? Yes it’s real. This is how the pros have been covering big venues for many years. It’s well-tested technology that’s just now trickling down to the consumer level. > SAFE? It’s probably no less safe than any other router. All the traffic on the mesh is encrypted. L^2 --- Lee Larson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability. — Oscar Wilde
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