I'm looking for an affordable router (att fiber modem) to install opendns for kids devices, nordvpn for the network, and pierce the walls of my 3400 sq ft brick and wood home. Any suggestions? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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[-] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Mesh would be terrible if your walls block most signals. Mesh networks are already bad as it is.

The worst thing is that the mesh network nodes constantly need to communicate with each other, and that will slow down any transmissions from devices to nodes.

Check out MOCA networks or even powerline. Moca is ethernet over coaxial so you can reuse old coax cables. Powerline is ethernet over the houses electrical wiring. Powerline is neat but its performance can be very dependent on how old your wiring is and how it's setup, and which outlets you choose. Sometimes it doesn't work at all.

Moca is more expensive but allegedly (haven't used it personally) much more reliable.

You could also do what I did and replace the coax with normal Ethernet cables by using the coax as a pullcord for ethernet.

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 months ago

Yeah i know, im working on getting cables into the wall, but thats basically impossible. I bought mesh nodes that can be wired. Powerline is sadly not a good option, it works barely for some reason (cables are basically new) and besides electrical wires there haven't been any wires in the walls in general, the one that had the house before apparently just had some cable laying on the ground... Mesh is currently the only option to get decent speeds around the house.