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Setup:
Have these areas in the house:
- House - 3 stories around 3,000 sq ft
- Garden Office - all insulated with ethernet going to it
- patio and BBQ area in back garden
- orchard/lawn in front garden
I want wifi everywhere as I have various devices, sonos outdoors for parties etc
Current Setup:
I currently have an Orbi mesh network which has been very good to be fair to it.
It has one main hub in the hall and then four other satellites on each floor
I've also got an external satellite that's weatherproof etc, so this covers the front garden nicely.
The challenges
For whatever reason, Netgear have an advised limit of up to 6 devices.
For whatever other reason, Netgear appear to also have discontinued the external satellite in the UK/Europe.
The ask
What would a networking guru do??
- Should I get some other external routers and just set up an 'external wifi' network? (only problem here is the constantly flipping of devices between the two different networks)
- Can I somehow connect non netgear routers to the same wifi network?
- Is there a better wifi network I should be looking at?
Any help much appreciated, I'm a bit of an amateur when it comes to wifi/networking!
Setup:
Have these areas in the house:
- House - 3 stories around 3,000 sq ft
- Garden Office - all insulated with ethernet going to it
- patio and BBQ area in back garden
- orchard/lawn in front garden
I want wifi everywhere as I have various devices, sonos outdoors for parties etc
Current Setup:
I currently have an Orbi mesh network which has been very good to be fair to it.
It has one main hub in the hall and then four other satellites on each floor
I've also got an external satellite that's weatherproof etc, so this covers the front garden nicely.
The challenges
For whatever reason, Netgear have an advised limit of up to 6 devices.
For whatever other reason, Netgear appear to also have discontinued the external satellite in the UK/Europe.
The ask
What would a networking guru do??
- Should I get some other external routers and just set up an 'external wifi' network? (only problem here is the constantly flipping of devices between the two different networks)
- Can I somehow connect non netgear routers to the same wifi network?
- Is there a better wifi network I should be looking at?
Any help much appreciated, I'm a bit of an amateur when it comes to wifi/networking!