To reduce the number of devices connected directly to the wifi router.
Is a bridge the same as a hub? My understanding is a bridge goes from one protocol to another, eg zigbee to wifiā¦Iām not sure? A hub takes a number of devices of the same protocol and funnels it into one connection out in a particular, eg the ihost takes all my zigbee devices (4 sonoff zigbee thermos) and is plugged into the wifi at the router.
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No, itās not. Ask Uncle Google
Thatās almost correct.
Why do you want to do this? Any reasons for this or you just feel like itās needed?
Because our router is overloaded channel wise and I had to put an additional access point to up the number of 2.4ghz channels. Plus Iām under the impression from the network guy that putting a large quantity of direct connections is not the best thing to do to the router.
How can you tell that? One router/access point = one WiFi channel. There is no such thing as āchannel wise overloadā. What does this supposedly manifest itself as?
Network guys tend to impress users with nonsense, pseudo expert stories. They believe that it makes them sound highly professional. The average router will easily handle more than 100 devices at any one time. How many WiFi devices are connected to your WLAN?
My isp router can only do 30 2.4 channels. He tried to change it but could not get it working due to the isp locking down. The cheap ZTE only has 30 concurrent. And he advised an access point. This is why I asked the question. Btwā¦the network guy cost us $450au for the time!
You have an exceptionally interesting router! Because there are only 13 WiFi channels in the 2.4GHz band, even Down Under. I wonder how this guy wanted to change that? Either he was making fools of you, or it was about something else.
I am moving to Australia! At half that rate Iāll be telling even more twisted stories.
For Wi-Fi solutions and easily tidy.If you are having problems because you have too many Wi-Fi and wired devices and your router is not able to handle it. This is easily fixed Getting a solution from Unifi or Omada or even Deco.The vast majority support 128 simultaneous clients
I canāt believe you have more than 30 wired clients and a few phones and tablets.
With these solutions, you can put all IoT clients on the same network and use the 5G network for cell phones, tablets and notebooks. With this, you would hardly have any problems.
Please keep in mind thatās an ideal situation using both 2.4G and 5G antana. Most Wi-Fi IoT devices only use 2.4 GHz radio, so it just wonāt read that number.
30 can be the amount to slow everything down for a cheap router.
50 clients is enough to break it.
What Iāve read about this is that this number of 128 is the number of devices connected to the router as a whole.
This includes 2.4G, 5G and wired networks.
Thatās why I suggested using something more robust from a brand.
Because I believe that most users nowadays have their devices with a 5G network, few of them probably have a 6G network.
Leaving the 2.4G network free for IoT.
would be ideal for a network like the one he described.
It depends on chipsets, antenna solution, and load electrics arrangements.
I set up one just for IoT devices; 6GHz, however, is not approved in all regions for Wi-Fi 6E (AX) and Wi-Fi 7 (BE).
What wifi system do you use?
TP-Link Deco BE65. Itās not bad, except it wonāt allow me to select the channel. It insists on taking control of some settings.
Hey all
Thx for your interest in SONOFF and iHost Wi-Fi features.
As eWeLink CUBE officially introduced the Wi-Fi feature (as a client alternative to ethernet) on iHost, Iām closing this topic.
Please kindly move to this topic for further discussion on iHost and Wi-Fi:
https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/release-note-ewelink-cube-v2-2-0-update-wi-fi-support-sunset-sunrise-schedule-and-more/16376/451