ᐅ Wi-Fi Access Points – Which Ones to Choose?

guckuck2 schrieb:

Wrong highlight?

Thanks for that, I’ll add that mesh does not affect bandwidth at all. That’s actually the point. What an access point does via cable, mesh does through its own dedicated wireless network so that the “main” Wi-Fi remains undisturbed. This eliminates the disadvantage of a repeater.

But only for repeaters that have a “separate channel” for this...

For example, the 1750e from AVM does not... they “optimize” a bit so that if your device is using the 2.4 GHz network extensively, the repeater communicates with the main unit over 5 GHz... or vice versa...

You’re right in a way that the “new” devices trick the system so that bandwidth is not effectively halved... which would be the case with a “real” repeater operation (for example, 2.4 GHz is repeated by a 2.4 GHz-only repeater).
This does not directly apply to mesh... for example (to stick with the 1750e), it could do so-called crossband repeating long before mesh was “invented.” Still, it’s not an optimal solution.

The best setup (for Wi-Fi devices) remains... an access point (whether a dedicated one or a repeater in access point mode, it doesn’t matter) connected via LAN.

Schimi1983 schrieb:

but only with repeaters that have an "extra channel" for that....

For example, the 1750e from AVM does not.... they "optimize" it a bit so that if, for example, your device heavily uses the 2.4GHz network, the repeater communicates with the router over 5GHz... or vice versa....

You are right in that the "new" devices use tricks so that the bandwidth is effectively not halved, which would happen with a "real" repeater operation (for example, a 2.4GHz signal is repeated by a 2.4GHz-only repeater).
This has nothing directly to do with mesh.... for example, (to stick with the 1750e) it could do so-called cross-band repeating long before mesh was "invented".... However, it is still not ideal.

The best solution (for Wi-Fi devices) remains... an access point (whether a dedicated one or a repeater set to access point mode, it doesn’t matter) connected via LAN....

Then, in my opinion, that is not mesh. In mesh, a second network in a different frequency band is created to handle the communication between repeaters. That is the purpose of it.
Additionally, features like improved roaming and so on come with it.

But mesh also significantly affects the bandwidth. Just not quite as much.
Repeater 50% per hop with mesh less than 50%

Yesterday, I connected the first cables to the patch panel and then attached the AVM access point as a LAN bridge. The coverage is now very good everywhere. Now we are just waiting for our DSL connection...

Good morning everyone,

I am currently using the Fritz Box only as an access point, or rather, I have configured it so that the DSL signal comes from another router. Does anyone know if I can still create a single Wi-Fi network with one SSID using just the access points?

Grantlhaua schrieb:

Does anyone know if I can still create a single Wi-Fi network with just one SSID using the access points?

Sure.
Why wouldn’t that be possible?