Unlocking the Secrets of Wi-Fi Mesh Technology: The Power and Pitfalls of Wi-Fi 6E & 7 Mesh Wireless

[@waynesmith2549]

Lot more involved than people resallize, with 15 APs, Controllers, Rogue detection,back haul tunnels and then the authentication servers. God job!

[@TechsavvyProductions]

Great comment, I didn't even begin on the Enterprise side of the house!

[@akretschmann6384]

Thank you for your new content ❤ make my sunday and of course a part of my future

[@TechsavvyProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@VANKLAB]

Great video. Very clear and well explained.

[@TechsavvyProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@jaxraj]

Great and Simple explanation on MESH.. keep going

[@TechsavvyProductions]

This was a topic I wanted to better understand and enjoyed learning how they create the "backhaul" circuit using the 6GHz band. Most mesh routers will allow a wired backhaul which is the best. Roaming protocol support is the key here with mesh!

[@DaveITGuy]

We have an Eero mesh system with 4 base stations for a 3-story house (basement, first and second floors), and Xfinity cable Internet. We get a pretty solid signal which slows down very infrequently.

[@TechsavvyProductions]

Awesome!

[@sanilalkuttimon1755]

Great

[@TechsavvyProductions]

Thank you for your support

[@bobbyboygaming2157]

I live in a concrete house and I needed mesh to work with a wired backhaul. I spent nearly 1000 dollars on WIFI6 hardware from TP-Link which said "Easy Mesh" on it, only to find out that the Mesh mode only works if the backhaul is wireless. What this means is that Mesh is pretty much a hoax if you live in a concrete house, because you'd be forced to have a mesh device in every single room, including rooms that are seldom used since the wireless backhaul range on them is so bad in concrete buildings and you need these intermediary devices to act as signal relays.

[@TechsavvyProductions]

You are soaking in the limits of RF wireless, even with 1watt amplifiers you would have difficulty. Microwave signals and concrete walls do not mix well. Ouch! You better start drilling holes for CAT6A and enjoy ethernet again. Thanks for the comment and your support.

[@bendunaway8296]

I would like to centralize wireless access in my home, which is not very large. My Internet connection is in the office. I'm considering getting a Ubiquiti Edge X router, 4 port and created a wired connection to a Deco running in access point mode. Is this a good setup? Do you suggest any other configuration, such as wired back hall with 2 decos. Thanks!

[@TechsavvyProductions]

Ubiquiti make good network gear, Deco can run in AP mode and depending on the size of the home and where wireless needs to have a strong signal, then two Deco's would be better. If you can do a wired backhaul that is the best (not sure if it supports this feature) I would have to dig into the manual further.

[@jeytis72]

Very interesting video! I'd like to delve a little deeper into the physical/technical aspect of bandwidth over Wifi, if you don't mind. In particular, from about min: 10.55 we see the loss of signal as it has to go through walls. We all experience the drop in bandwidth resulting in slower and slower download speeds, for example. I'd like to know what happens to frames/packets sent over Wifi in these circumstances. I mean, is the slower download speed because some of them don't make it through the wall and have to be re-sent by the AP, or what exactly? I have never figured it out? I hope I was clear. Thanks.

[@TechsavvyProductions]

Your client radio and AP auto adjust speed as your RF signal decreases and the error rate goes up both agree on a slower speed. This happens dynamically between the two radios/transmitters.

[@jeytis72]

@vvyProductionsok, but what exactly does the AP change? I mean, physically. Frequency? Thanks

[@TechsavvyProductions]

Frequency will change but is much more complex than that.

[@sjobbefin]

Mesh and roaming are totally different things. Mesh is where uplinks are also wireless. Roaming is a functionality that happens mostly on the client, ie. phone or laptop. Accesspoint can assist with roaming using 802.11r. I think this video confuses roaming with mesh.

[@TechsavvyProductions]

Thank you for the input and feedback, this channel always welcomes both! Thanks for watching!

[@johnsenchak]

Stop picking on me ! LOL I just use a professional SOHO WIFI router witha real good firewall

[@TechsavvyProductions]

That's good enough!