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Best "just works" mesh router for open wrt? (lemy.lol)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I currently have a mesh (wired) google wifi setup but want to switch so something... not google. Preferably wifi 6 but I don't need anything insane.

Cheap is good but I also want to be able to basically ignore it for the next 10 years.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'll just quote the OpenWRT Wiki here, because I think half the comments here confuse mesh and roaming:

Are you sure you want a mesh?

If you are looking for a solution to enable your user devices to seamlessly roam from one access point to another in your home, you need 802.11r (roaming), not 802.11s.

It is unfortunate that some manufacturers have used the word “Mesh” for marketing purposes to describe their non-standard, closed source, proprietary “roaming” functionality and this causes great confusion to many people when they enter the world of international standards and open source firmware for their network infrastructure.

The accepted standard for mesh networks is ieee802.11s.

The accepted standard for fast roaming of user devices is ieee802.11r.

These are two completely unrelated standards.

Source: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/mesh/802-11s#are_you_sure_you_want_a_mesh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Thanks for this, so any 802.11r router would work?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Which standard should I be looking into if I want a second AP/device that connects to the “main” router wirelessly, that extends the network range. I live in an apartment and can’t run Ethernet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Creating a mesh would make sense in your instance. I recommend following this video.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Thank you for the video, I’ll check it out!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

There is this overview showing the options: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/wifiextenders/overview

I have only used the WDS mode once and none of the others, so my experience isn't enough to make a recommendation.