🌐 Elevate Your Wi-Fi Game!
The Mercusys AC1200 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi System offers expansive coverage of up to 2,800 ft², delivering high-speed dual-band Wi-Fi with a combined speed of 1.2 Gbps. Designed for seamless connectivity, it supports up to 100 devices and can be easily managed through the MERCUSYS App. Expand your network effortlessly by adding more units from the Halo H series, ensuring a robust and reliable internet experience throughout your home.
J**R
You get more than what you pay for.
Ive spent 2 days setting this up. On day 1 I set up a Halo network based on the sequence of operations on the App, which worked fine but it wanted to work as a router. This was ok but my existing router network uses around 18 smart devices including bulbs, switches, thermostats, Alexas Roku devices and printers. I decided to use a separate Halo network name and SSID and password.It seems that these all need to be accessible around the house, and so I could either switch them individually to my Halo network or change the network to use the existing router as an access point. and set the Halo Network to the same SSID and password as my routers Network. The idea being that The router would handle IP addressing, and the Smart devices should just appear on the Halo network.On Day 2, I changed the Halo net name to my Routers SSID and Password. (easy) Then set the Halo net to work as an Access point (also easy - via the Mercury's App). Then optimised the network - again on the app.There was some conflict going on between the router Wifi and the Halo Wifi so I turned off the Router Wifi.Now I have 12 devices showing as online on the app. the other 6 devices show as offline.2 are actually offline but 4 are not - These 4 are smart switches , and fortunately they work fine via both the smart life App and via Alexa. It's just that they show as offline on the Halo network. Not sure why . FAQ and the online manual don't help with this issue. I guess I need to try out their Tech support. Another issue is that my wifi printer is too old (10 years - Epson BX525WD) to connect to the Halo Network - :^((. It keeps showing Network connect fail incompatible wifi.So Im quite happy with the system. I could use a couple more Halo units to cover our conservatory and hopefully the garage, but will get used to the current system first.Pros: easy to setup. Works well once configured correctly. The Phone App is really good.Cons: range less than expected. Detailed configuration is complex. Interaction with existing wifi has conflicts.My biggest ask: It would help to have a setup manual or at least FAQs for how to apply to a smart device network.Pics :1 - Connecting the main halo to a router.2- The halo running after closing down the router wifi.3- Main halo with some clients inc Smart Thermostat.Update after 1 month Use:1. Upgraded 3 to 4 stars2. Very reliable wifi at a min speed so far of 300 mbs (the more clients the lower the speed)3. Printer working in the mesh by connecting it to a Halo in my upstairs office - working really quickly.4. IoT smart switches seem to show as online if they are in a line of sight from a hub rather than behind objects. In the main they still work even if showing offline in the app.5. Now planning to extend the mesh with a couple extra Halos
P**F
Early days but so far so good.....
Bought this to replace my TP Link Repeater I've had for a few years now. It's a bit clunky and a faff to connect to every time you wanted to use it, and so it was time to upgrade to a mesh wifi system.I settled on this little mesh setup, and in 15 minutes using the app, it was all up and running on my home network. One node sits next to my 4G router and is connected via Ethernet, and the other node via wifi which sits upstairs in our landing, near our house extension - a known wifi blackspot. As well as setting the nodes up, I switched off my routers own Wifi system since it will be replaced by the new mesh network instead.Everything works well and is speedy too. The nodes give me excellent speeds, that previously would have only gotten straight from the router itself - our old repeater was sluggish by comparison.I can now use my laptop, as well as my other IoT devices upstairs without a hitch. Excellent!
L**Y
Transformed my wifi performance!!
I had Fast Fibre installed and was given a new Eero 6 Router by TalkTalk. I have an older property with thick interior walls and with the basic one Eero I only got my 150 Mb/s in the room the modem was located. Elsewhere in the house Wifi was very poor and unstable, reducing to 1-5 Mb/s in the next room! I looked up the cost of expanding the Eero 6 Mesh system and found the cheapest 3 Eero 6 pack was around 300 pounds! Instead I opted to continue to use the Talktalk wifi hub/router (which can cope with 150 Mb/s) and look for a cheaper Mesh system. Having ploughed through dozens of adverts I found the Mercusys system. I know the Talktalk Wifi Router and the Mercusys are Wifi 5 rather than Wifi 6 but, as I said, this set up can cope with and produce Fast Fibre speeds of 150 Mb/s which is more than enough for me.Having bought the Mercusys system, set up was really easy using the Android app you can download. You do need (at least I did) to create a new wifi network ID but this was very easy. I basically have the main Mercusys unit plugged into my Talktalk Wifi router/hub and you then set up each additional Mercusys unit by connecting it to the main unit using the app. Although this might all sound complicated believe me it is not. I had the whole Mesh system running in15-20 minutes.The improvement in wifi performance in my home has been outstanding. I have the main Mesh unit in my front room. I placed one Mesh unit on the same floor in my main living room and the third on the upstairs landing. I have now got 150 Mb/s throughout the majority of the ground floor and first floor. I have five bedrooms and four reception rooms and even at the furthest point, through several thick walls I get 50/60 Mb/s. I could also expand the system further if needed very easily. I have had 9/10 devices using the Mesh network simultaneously with no performance loss. This is, without doubt, the best £80 I have ever spent on enhancing my wifi - thoroughly recommended.
C**O
Great coverage, poor speeds
Bought these for the purpose of expanding coverage which they did. I was a little disappointed however that anything connected through these loses about 10% in speed. I have ran several speed tests both connecting directly to my router and connecting to the halo. Same results everytime. That said the connection is stable and it does what it's purpose is for. I know have great coverage thought the house and garden.
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