In other words, the EasyMesh Wi-Fi system offers a way much easier to create a Wi-Fi network in a wide area.
Router manufacturers have their own Wi-Fi mesh systems that cannot communicate with each other.The EasyMesh standard would solve this problem.
Manufacturers like Eero, Google, Linksys, Netgear and D-Link have their own proprietary systems.
At the time of writing this article, none had subscribed to the new standard yet.
What problem does a Wi-Fi mesh network solve?
A standard Wi-Fi router has a limited spatial range of action.In houses or large buildings The Wi-Fi signal may not properly reach the entire area of interest.
The current solution is to add hardware devices, such as Wi-Fi extenders and the like.Yes, but they are usually difficult to configure or require different Wi-Fi network names (SSID) for the extended network.
Mesh Wi-Fi systems work similar to using a router and several Wi-Fi extenders.Fi, but they are much easier to configure.
Different units of the Wi-Fi mesh must be connected within the area that requires Wi-Fi and an easily configured mesh network will be created.
In practice, within the chosen area a unique Wi-Fi access point with a unique name will be created and the device that requires connection will do so using the best access point it finds.
Even if you need to extend the Wi-Fi network even further, you can add another Wi-Fi unit from the same manufacturer and link it to the mesh network.
What is the advantage of the EasyMesh Wi-Fi standard?
There are multiple manufacturers of mesh Wi-Fi network systems such as Eero, Google WiFi, Linksys VELOP, Netgear Orbi and D-link Covr.
Unfortunately each manufacturer makes you In its own Wi-Fi mesh standard and they are not compatible with each other.
For example, if you have an Eero-branded Wi-Fi mesh system, you cannot buy a Google Wi-Fi or Linksys VELOP unit to connect to that network.Only another Eero unit will work.
The Wi-Fi Alliance (industry group that defines Wi-Fi standards) created the EasyMesh standard to allow interoperability between different Wi-Fi hardware.fi.
Within a mesh, one of the Wi-Fi devices works as the (main) controller, while the remaining ones will work as agents.
Then if manufacturers accept and meet the standard will ensure that their devices can communicate with each other.
Advantages of a network compatible with EasyMesh
• Interoperability between different manufacturers.
• It allows to extend a Wi-Fi mesh network without relying on a single manufacturer.
As a disadvantage, one of the manufacturers of these devices, Eero, clarified that its network mesh pr Opponent, called TrueMesh, allows them to continuously optimize and improve their performance within their own space.Accepting the EasyMesh standard would lead to the mesh network to a "lowest quality common denominator".
Acceptance of the EasyMesh standard
At the time of writing this article (May 2018), no manufacturer has yet accepted the standard, nor does it seem that they will accept it in the near future, probably for competition reasons.
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