Home network router question

Sounds like you have mesh network with a gateway plume node connected to main router and other mesh nodes plugged into wall outlets for better wifi throughout the house. This is similar to my setup - I use EERO mesh network.
In my setup the main unit is in another room upstairs connected to the optimum tv router. Downstairs where my stereo system is I have an EERO mesh node connected to outlet that’s not on the same circuit with my system and an Ethernet cable from this node feeds my streamer. Network components radiate a good amount of EMI that results in distortion, smearing and higher noise floor - the further you keep them from your stereo system components and cables the better.

@fastfreight EERO nodes communicate to each other via wifi signal they receive from the gateway unit. Plume appears to be mesh as well. It is actually not Ethernet over Power.
Using your streamer wired to mesh node shouldn’t be any different than hard wiring your streamer directly from the router. Moreover, it provides an opportunity to use a high quality relatively short Ethernet cable as opposed to a 30 meter run of generic cable and drilling holes in the walls etc.

@mpomerantz if you can move the modem and the gateway plume away from the system all you will need as I mentioned above is to situate that node 1-1.5m away from system and run good cable. You should be fine. 

 

 

impaler

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10-29-2024 at 11:11am

Question for the IT guys, isn’t a mesh network supported by nodes in a hierarchy with each node connected by WIFI? So if you Ethernet cable to a node, you are still ultimately using an RF signal (WIFI) rather than a direct Ethernet connection to your cable modem, is that correct?

Correct - the nodes communicate with each other wirelessly. However, you’re using Ethernet cable to connect the node to your streamer. This gives you ability to minimize EMI and RFI by moving the node as far away from the streamer as possible.
The data was transferred from the hard-wired gateway node to the node feeding your streamer via wifi and those data packets are intact correct? The data is essentially identical to what your router is pushing?
The data handled by the satellite node is 1 to 1 with the router. You’re now feeding that data thru Ethernet cable to your streamer. So are you still using wifi to feed your streamer in this configuration or is the streamer hard-wired? I’m asking you now…

With mesh network it doesn’t really matter where the modem/router is located as long as you have the nodes positioned in the right locations throughout the house.