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sillyjav
5 years agoNeighbour
Telus Fiber with non-Telus Mesh Network
Hi there, I currently have the Wifi Hub on a gigabit fiber connection. I'm finding the Hub sometimes has spotty wifi signals and I want to opt for a non-Telus Mesh network. Has anyone done thi...
- 5 years ago
Yes, you can run a mesh network independent of the Telus hardware, as long as you don’t have Optik TV.
sillyjav
5 years agoNeighbour
Oh side note: i dont have optik tv, so just really looking to do a mesh internet setup while simplifying and hopefully getting rid of the wifi hub if not necessary
NFtoBC
Community Power User
5 years agoYes, you can run a mesh network independent of the Telus hardware, as long as you don’t have Optik TV.
- sillyjav5 years agoNeighbour
If i run a mesh network, is there any downsides with speeds on the ethernet side? A lot of the mesh wifi systems dont really talk about the ethernet side of things.
- NFtoBC5 years ago
Community Power User
Not really sure what you mean.
A mesh network is usually slower, because of the store and forward nature of sending packets.