[Mesh] preferred router

Fri Aug 28 14:15:01 PDT 2015

Cool, I think I'll be around Tuesday.

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 1:36 PM, max b <maxb.personal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Morgan,
>
> I've been out of town for a couple weeks, but just got back and I'll be at
> the mesh hacknights 7:30pm-late this coming Tuesday and Thursday if you
> wanna swing by. I'll make sure to have a mynet for you. If there's a better
> time/place we can figure it out off list.
>
> Max
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Morgan Allen <morganrallen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey awesome! if mesh has routers available I'd love to buy one, range
>> shouldn't be a huge issue as I live in a big, relatively empty room!
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:00 PM, max b <maxb.personal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah thanks for reminding us - we should probably update the wiki with
>>> that info.
>>>
>>> My recommendation right now would be a tp-link wdr4300 or wdr3600.
>>> They're both dual radio (2.4 and 5ghz) with 5 gigabit ethernet ports (I
>>> believe that the 4 LAN ports are on a switch and the WAN port is its own
>>> interface, but openwrt supports VLAN tagging, so you can do whatever you
>>> want with all 5 of them), and 802.11n wireless. They're both fully
>>> supported by openwrt and it's pretty easy to get it on there. They can
>>> usually be found for $40-50. The only difference between the wdr4300 and
>>> the wdr3600 is that the wdr4300 has 3 external antenna compared to the
>>> wdr3600's 2 and it has 3x3 on the 5ghz stream compared to 2x2 for the
>>> wdr3600.
>>>
>>> If you'd like something cheaper, we have a bunch of mynet n600 and n750s
>>> that we could sell you for something like $10-20. They're basically the
>>> same device as the tp-links, but with pcb antennas instead of external.
>>> That just means that the range will be worse. I wouldn't necessarily
>>> recommend them for a medium to large size house, but if you only need to
>>> feed a couple rooms, they could work. They could also be paired with a
>>> longer range extender node. We haven't finished the new firmware for the
>>> picostation extender nodes, but likely we'll pair the mynets with a
>>> picostation and sell them together for $20-30.
>>>
>>> The mynets and the tp-links are both currently supported by our mesh
>>> firmware.
>>>
>>> If you want the new hotness, it looks like the tp-link archer c7 v2.0 is
>>> the way to go. It's an 802.11ac router, so it can theoretically do up to
>>> gigabit speeds over wireless. The v2.0 is the ONLY one of the c7s that is
>>> currently guaranteed to work with openwrt, but newegg is selling the v2.0s
>>> for $100 a piece. We don't currently have a sudomesh configuration for
>>> them, but we'll likely have a couple to play with sooner than later, so
>>> depending on demand we could probably get it working pretty quickly.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope that helps!
>>> Max
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Morgan Allen <morganrallen at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've checked the wiki a couple times but cannot seem to find the answer
>>>> I'm after...
>>>> curious what the current best option for both a mesh and home use
>>>> router would be. I've been running OpenWRT on a WRT54G for years but it
>>>> just cannot keep up any more and has zero space available. Basically I need
>>>> something that meets the needs for the mesh network and has a built in
>>>> switch/multiple ethernet ports.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
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>>>>
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