Hi, great thread, love it!
I currently have 4 MW6s in a mesh system. I use them in bridge mode, connected to my 5G mobile ISP router. In order to get the best 5G signal possible, the 5G router is actually in the roof of the house, with gigabit powerline adapters feeding the rest of the network as shown in this first pic:
In addition to the devices shown here there are also 11 smart plugs, one wireless Fire TV stick, and all the standard phones and iPads etc - somewhere around 35-40 devices could connect if we are using lots of things.
Speeds are generally good across the network, but I've noticed recently that the speeds from devices connected to the living room node are slow. This is the case for wireless devices as well as the wired devices connected via 8-port gig switch - not great for 4K streaming for example. I was wondering if this was because of either (a) there are just two many wired devices connected to that node, or (b) there's too many devices on our network so the wireless connection between the nodes is struggling. I know that the MW6 config app has an option for "capacity oriented mode" for when >30 devices connect, but all I can read about this is that it throttles certain devices and therefore doesn't sound great. Do I need to suck it up and turn it on?
I don't currently have any kind of wired backhaul in place, and installing cables around the house isn't an option. I was wondering if I could add to my existing powerline adaptors to give at least the living room node a wired backhaul to fall back on. Would something like the setup shown in the second pic work, or would it need to be connected in a different way?
Thanks in advance for any ideas!
I currently have 4 MW6s in a mesh system. I use them in bridge mode, connected to my 5G mobile ISP router. In order to get the best 5G signal possible, the 5G router is actually in the roof of the house, with gigabit powerline adapters feeding the rest of the network as shown in this first pic:
In addition to the devices shown here there are also 11 smart plugs, one wireless Fire TV stick, and all the standard phones and iPads etc - somewhere around 35-40 devices could connect if we are using lots of things.
Speeds are generally good across the network, but I've noticed recently that the speeds from devices connected to the living room node are slow. This is the case for wireless devices as well as the wired devices connected via 8-port gig switch - not great for 4K streaming for example. I was wondering if this was because of either (a) there are just two many wired devices connected to that node, or (b) there's too many devices on our network so the wireless connection between the nodes is struggling. I know that the MW6 config app has an option for "capacity oriented mode" for when >30 devices connect, but all I can read about this is that it throttles certain devices and therefore doesn't sound great. Do I need to suck it up and turn it on?
I don't currently have any kind of wired backhaul in place, and installing cables around the house isn't an option. I was wondering if I could add to my existing powerline adaptors to give at least the living room node a wired backhaul to fall back on. Would something like the setup shown in the second pic work, or would it need to be connected in a different way?
Thanks in advance for any ideas!