Wifi router recommended by B&O

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Will change ISP at home and need to replace my current router.

Do B&O recommend certain routers?

From the various threads in the forum, Mesh seem to be something that is not recommended in conjunction with B&O stuff.

Location: Sweden

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I have a Xyzel Multy X mesh system - now a couple of years old. 

Its certainly not the latest, greatest or fastest by any means, nor the latest protocols.

Works fine with a generic (UK) Smarthub with all my B&O NL gear without issue - including TV Streaming.

I dont think you will have any problems once you have tethered the router or Mesh wifi to the NL products.

Thanks.

Got a response from my dealer. He said that B&O recommend Cisco or Unifi but not Netgear / TP-Link .

Will probably go for Unifi Dream Machine since I already use two Unifi access points.

Location: Sweden

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I use Unifi with router, several switches and access points combined with a cloudkey. You then get perfect control and insights about your network. Every time you add an access point, it will be automatically configured with the right settings and credentials. 
Using switches with POE functionality makes that you can feed your access points without any extra powersupplys for them. 

Location: Utrecht

Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.

Just an example when you use the topology function from the Unifi app.

Location: Utrecht

Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.
Beobuddy wrote:

I use Unifi with router, several switches and access points combined with a cloudkey. You then get perfect control and insights about your network. Every time you add an access point, it will be automatically configured with the right settings and credentials. Using switches with POE functionality makes that you can feed your access points without any extra powersupplys for them.

Hello

Which router do you use?

I have a netgear managed switch but sometimes it’s buggy.

What is cloud key?

I have a AC-Lite AP and it’s great might expand further with a POE switch and perhaps new router.

I use the Unifi security gateway. 


A Unifi Cloudkey is a kind of small dongle you connect to your network. It has a memory card and it used to store your settings (different network id's you can use and credentials you have for accessing your wifi. I still use the first one (V1).

Every time you add an extra access point , settings are transferred from the dongle to the new access point. So, you only need to have to program only once your Wifi id and password. Every access point gets the same settings and the Unifi system regulates to which access point you will be connected.

It's a rather smart system.
You need to have all components from Unifi to get the full potential. If you use a different brand switch in your network, it will not be visible in topology. The connections will be visible, but visible as connected to the former (Unifi) component.

The advantage you have with this system is that it helps when your network doesn't perform as expected. As an example the lines are green (1000Mb/s) or orange (100Mb/s) or dotted when it is wireless.  When,  for instance, there is orange connection between 2 gigabit devices, you know that there is an issue.

Location: Utrecht

Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.

I bought tp-link deco x60 mesh system about 2 months ago and never got it to work flawlessly with my B&O system.

Last week I installed the unifi dream machine. So far it has worked without any problems. This includes two access points to cover the entire house. This feels like a very stable premium system, the only remark is that it requires perserverance during installation. It takes time to configure, so wait out the system so it's easy.

Moningsand wrote:

I bought tp-link deco x60 mesh system about 2 months ago and never got it to work flawlessly with my B&O system.

Last week I installed the unifi dream machine. So far it has worked without any problems. This includes two access points to cover the entire house. This feels like a very stable premium system, the only remark is that it requires perserverance during installation. It takes time to configure, so wait out the system so it's easy.

B&O recommend to avoid Mesh networks.

Location: Sweden

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Hiort wrote:
B&O recommend to avoid Mesh networks.

Anyone with some networking/IT knowledge would recommend to stay away from mesh networks 😁

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