Yeah, our setup has our Virgin cable modem/router combo unit set to "modem only" mode and connected to one mesh node via ethernet. Then we have two more mesh nodes, one in each of our offices, with our gaming desktops and work laptops hooked up via ethernet to the mesh nodes. Everything else in the house just connects to the WiFi. You'd presumably want something similar with your BT connection, though I don't know exactly what the modem/router setup they provide looks like.exogenesis wrote: ↑Sat, 15. Jan 22, 00:37red assassin, thanks, so I see these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-ZenWiFi-W ... B083QSG6QK
6.6 Gbps WiFi (it says), up to 230 sq m, £230
(I think they're saying : remove the BT router & connect this direct to the modem,
possibly requires two for this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-ZenWiFi-W ... B082T48132 £400)
and
eero pro
https://www.amazon.co.uk/amazon-eero-6/dp/B086PL9KPT
900 Mbps, up to 140 m², £97
Or more probably eero pro 6
https://www.amazon.co.uk/eero-pro-mesh- ... B07WFJCSYX
up to 1Gbs, 190 sq.m, £172, "now has 'UK compatability' " (PPPoE - or something, whatever that is).
(maybe connects to modem as primary router)
All with available extenders, if required.
Looks hopeful, but for me, a few too many numerical specs (that don't necessarily mean much to me),
but anyway I pushed the button & now have to look forward to buying one of the above + setup....
I would love to have real ethernet, and if I'm ever building or renovating a place I'll get it fitted for sure. But that's often not really an option.Gavrushka wrote: ↑Sat, 15. Jan 22, 08:36I think I must be the only muppet who uses physical ethernet connections wherever I can. - Back in the noughties, my company built and developed an 350 square metre church in which I lived for some time. - I had the electrician install ethernet points in every room, and there was this huge patch board in a cloakroom... - I have *NO IDEA* what that was for! - But the upshot was, it was ridiculously cheap to install the cabling while the rewire was taking place, so I am perplexed as to why it isn't standard to put ethernet points in new houses / during rewires as standard.
I do get how essential quality wifi is, but surely devices like TVs, Sky boxes, desktop computers and the like could benefit from direct ethernet connection. - I know modern modems seem to have less ethernet ports, but you can still use quality switch boxes next to the router to connect a mass of devices with ethernet.
There are also some problems: my parents' place has ethernet to every room, but a combination of time and some corner cutting by the installers has meant that a bunch of the lines don't work, or don't work reliably. And they're not run down nice cable ducts you can pull another cable through easily. So they've ended up on a BT mesh WiFi setup regardless of having ethernet in theory everywhere!