Hi all,
I live in a ~2,300 square foot house. The way my networking was done requires the router to be on one side of the house. The router i'm using is no slouch (ASUS RT-AC87U), but the wireless signal is still very weak on the opposite end of the house. I've been looking into Open Mesh for a while now and was about to pull the trigger when google dropped Google WiFi.
Price looks to be pretty much the same with Google Wifi being about $100 cheaper though if you get 3 of each.
OM5P-AC Dual Band 1.17 Gbps Access Point $140 for one.
Google WiFi $130 for one, $299 for three.
Both have dual band AC and two ethernet ports.
For someone not too network savvy, the Google WiFi seems like the way to go. I'd imagine the Open Mesh system would have more features and customizations, but would require greater networking knowledge.
Just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on this.
I live in a ~2,300 square foot house. The way my networking was done requires the router to be on one side of the house. The router i'm using is no slouch (ASUS RT-AC87U), but the wireless signal is still very weak on the opposite end of the house. I've been looking into Open Mesh for a while now and was about to pull the trigger when google dropped Google WiFi.
Price looks to be pretty much the same with Google Wifi being about $100 cheaper though if you get 3 of each.
OM5P-AC Dual Band 1.17 Gbps Access Point $140 for one.
Google WiFi $130 for one, $299 for three.
Both have dual band AC and two ethernet ports.
For someone not too network savvy, the Google WiFi seems like the way to go. I'd imagine the Open Mesh system would have more features and customizations, but would require greater networking knowledge.
Just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on this.
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