Solved! Fios Gig Service with Tenda MW6 Mesh System

[ZMonet]

I have Fios Gigabit service and just got the Tenda MW6 cubes (3 of them) for mesh WiFi. My question is what is the optimal way to set these up? I've turned off the WiFi on my Fios router and currently have the Tendas on bridge mode. Is that the best setup, or should I set the Fios router to bridge mode and the Tendas to DHCP? Thanks for any help!

 

[mnewsham]

For optimal results, i'd set the G1100 Fios router to bridge mode, have one of the MW6 cubes to DHCP, and the others to bridge mode.

I only say this because i'm unsure how the MW6 handles mesh activities if all of the mesh points are in bridge mode. With at least one acting as the router, it should have it's full mesh functionality available.

Of course for best speeds each access point should have an ethernet connection, using wireless backhaul for access points generally just leads to poor performance.

 

[ZMonet]

Thanks, Mnewsham! I've decided to scrap the Fios router and just go with the Tenda MW6. Thanks for the advice on the wired backhaul. I'll give that a go.

 

[JackMDS]

Just keep in mind that the Access Point of the G1100 is AC 1750, its Wireless performance is Better than the Tenda.

 

[ZMonet]

Thanks, JackMDS. Will the difference in performance be noticeable? I could see if I was doing some wireless gaming, but the most I'm doing wirelessly is streaming HD video. With the mesh system, that seems fine right now and I'm hoping that with a wired backhaul it will be even more rock solid.

 

[mnewsham]

Wifi speed is mainly determined by your client device, and the distance from the access point.

While the Tenda units are a bit slower, most of your client devices will only have 2x2 radios anyway, and the Tenda are 2x2 access points.

So unless you want 500mbps+ over wifi, the tenda units should be perfectly capable of delivering ~150-400mbps depending on how close you are to an access point, which should be more than capable of delivering fluid HD streaming.

 

[JackMDS]

Wifi speed is mainly determined by your client device, and the distance from the access point.

While the Tenda units are a bit slower, most of your client devices will only have 2x2 radios anyway, and the Tenda are 2x2 access points.

So unless you want 500mbps+ over wifi, the tenda units should be perfectly capable of delivering ~150-400mbps depending on how close you are to an access point, which should be more than capable of delivering fluid HD streaming.

While this is absolutely true if a Wireless client is close to the AP and only one client is served at a given time.

It might different if the distance (or number of obstructions) changes, and more Clients are served at the same time..

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