LinkSys Mesh & EE Smart WiFi Pro

[AndyB23321]

Hi,

Recently moved to EE full fibre and am using LinkSys Mesh network throughout the house.

I have the EE Smart WiFi Pro which I believe is a repeater/extender but the SSID is different to the mesh SSID.

Is it feasible to introduce the EE Smart WiFi Pro device into the LinkSys mesh as a new node?

Thanks

[JimM11]

@AndyB23321 No unless you have the Pro smart wireless connected to the Pro Router, it's not going to work on a stand alone Mesh! 

[AndyB23321]

Thanks!

I have the pro smart router, the primary Linksys node is wired into it which then beams out to other Linksys nodes in the mesh.

So I guess the EE extender thing is redundant unless it can bridge into the mesh


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[tnj]

In theory the EE Smart Hub Pro with EE Smart WiFi Pro extenders should make a full mesh network without additional devices.

[AndyB23321]

Thanks - I have 5x Linksys Nodes already, a different  mesh using 2x EE devices wouldn’t have the same coverage and would also mean a separate SSID. 

[JimM11]

@AndyB23321 They all can have the same ssid, and the Pro would have to be turned on and adjusted for everything to match, which in turn would pass through to the smart wireless pro device, but you would not get the same control off the mesh devices like you will have with your linksys Mesh system, although not familiar with your devices can imagine what you can do with it, run Asus AI Mesh myself with wired/wireless backhaul nodes and it's pretty powerful for setting devices and attachment!