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TP-Link Tl-Re305
867 Mbit/s, 300 Mbit/s
Question about TP-Link Tl-Re305
If I have understood correctly, the router must also support this mesh or OneMesh technology for mesh to work, so I would have to connect my provider router to the mesh router, which then represents the mesh together with the individual repeaters and sets up its own WLAN. What happens if I connect several of these RE305 repeaters to my non-mesh-capable provider router (Sunrise Internet Box) as repeaters via the WLAN and define the same SSID for each as the router? Will my devices then always connect to the best available WLAN when I go from the kitchen to the office, for example? Thank you in advance for your experience.
Yes, TP-Link has routers that can do OneMesh (not all) and the repeater should also support it. But before I would buy such a repeater, I would invest in a mesh system, they are better than a router and repeater combo.
If you use one or more repeaters, you get Wi-Fi everywhere, but the data rate will be lousy and the individual repeaters are not on the road as a mesh, but each on its own. The devices will then not be able to move from repeater to repeater in the WLAN without the connection being interrupted, and that is not very optimal, because a real mesh allows the WLAN devices to roam without the slightest interruption.
I would either buy something from TP-Link as a mesh router, e.g. the Deco M5 or M4, or then a mesh system from Xiaomi, e.g. the AX3000, which can even do WiFi 6. The WLAN on the Sunrise Internet Box device is then switched off and the first mesh router from the set is connected directly to the Sunrise Box and then takes over LAN and WLAN functions in the network. This is the best solution, as such small repeaters are more or less all pretty meh in terms of performance and throughput.