thanks for watching Techquickie click the subscribe button then enable
notifications with the Bell icon so you won't miss any future videos we've all
been there you get a fancy-looking wireless router that promises lightning-fast speeds and ridiculous
range only to find that you can't even load a gift in your upstairs bedroom
heck maybe you're experiencing this right now and I look blockier then the
questionable content you used to watch on your parents 56k modem and with our
increasing reliance on mobile devices these days like tablets and smart phones
and laptops solutions for extending the
range of your Wi-Fi have become more popular than ever including mesh
networks and I'm not talking about meetups of fishnet donning fetishists
you know I'm talking about a Wi-Fi setup that uses multiple nodes that can spread
a Wi-Fi signal all of your home office or pillow fort as it were on the surface
the way it operates seems pretty simple just connect one of the hockey puck
looking nodes to your modem and place the others around your house or you need
a signal boost each node connects to the others in an attempt to give you a
stronger wireless signal over a much larger area than you'd get with a single
router well hold on a second James I have a cheap range extender for my
wireless networks then it sounds like it does the same thing what's the
difference so here's the deal bro Chacho garden-variety Wi-Fi extenders or
repeaters are notorious for degrading the network speed because their antennas
have to communicate with both client devices like your phone and laptop as
well as your main router your effective
speed can be reduced as much as 50% while using one which is bunk by
contrast nodes in a mesh network are typically engineered with separate
antennas so they can talk not just with the main router but to each other this
helps them handle network backhaul backhaul is all the traffic other than
what's being transmitted to and from the iPhone in your hand although this isn't
a perfect system and mesh networks can still slow down if you add lots of nodes
they do tend to be much quicker than simple range extenders but hold on again
these days you can get fancy network extenders with multiple antennas and
even models that support mu-mimo which lets the extender send and receive from
multiple devices simultaneously which you can learn about right here so are
there still benefits to going with a mesh network instead as it turns out yes
there are you see what an extender does is create a whole new Wi-Fi network
instead of being a true extension of the one created by your router this puts you
into one of two less than ideal situations one if your extender uses a
different network name or SSID you have
to manually switch to it when you want to use it or two if your extender shares
the SSID with your main network most devices aren't smart enough to
automatically switch to whichever one is giving off the stronger signals leading
to frustration when you walk between your router and the extender mesh Wi-Fi
on the other hand uses one single glorious network that's intelligently
managed by whichever node serves as your primary router making it a seamless
experience as you move around your house additionally mesh networks can adjust
automatically if you add or remove nodes and quickly reroute the network traffic
between them to account for the new node configuration and mesh networks also
come with creature comforts that are harder to find on traditional wireless
routers everything from easy network management with a mobile app to
integrated support for smart home devices making them attractive to folks
who want a set it and forget it experience however they do tend to be
pricier than extenders so make sure that a mesh network isn't overkill for your
home you probably don't need one if you're living in Tokyo and the only
thing you can afford is a studio apartment the size of a sardine can
speaking of affordable private Internet access not only does P ia work on up to
five devices at once by hiding your true IP address and allowing you to bypass
your restrictions and censorship by making you appear that you're connecting
from somewhere else it also blocks unwanted connections to help you prevent
attacks Auto blocks all traffic if the VPN disconnects keeps your data out of
the hands of advertisers and other snoops who are trying to track your
activity prevents DNS leaks and even includes MERS P is built-in malware
blocker PIAA supports multi VPN protocols and encryption levels allowing
you to dial into the exact level of protection that you need they have apps
for Windows Mac Android iOS Linux and a
Chrome extension with support for more platforms coming soon and P ia has over
3,000 servers in 28 countries and does
not log user activity check remote today at the link below so thanks for watching
guys like the video dislike the video leave us a comment for suggestions of
future videos look at all the other videos we already made from the side huge back catalogue subscribe follow
dream of us marry me
hit that Bell smash it
yeah