Recent content by mactenchi

I’d contribute to a Patreon, if you decide to change your mind.

Orbi does 2.4GHz backhaul even when you're using 5GHz?

@thiggins Any plans to test iOS at some point? Is it even feasible?

You can set reduced power settings to solve this, right?

And yet, the best performing "mesh" so far is Orbi, with no cloud service.

I've done that with my setup using two APs connected via powerline, but am waiting for someone to support 802.11k, v, and r before I upgrade.

Ugh, why won't any of the vendors support the standards that help roaming?

I wonder if they will support a wired link between router and satellite.

If you're in the same building, I'd look into using powerline adapters instead of wifi.

Sounds like you want a travel router.

I have so many questions that their fancy website doesn't answer. Does it do automatic power management? Does it support 802.11k/r/v?

Try different outlets. Those nearby outlets may be on different circuits; far from each other wiring-wise.

Might be interesting to try, see if results change. Probably not worth adding to the test process, though, you're right.

Tim, any chance for a long-term component to testing? I find performance/features degrade over time. For example, my Archer C7 seems to need a hard restart periodically to fix NAT.