Mesh WiFi Explained

Mesh WiFi Explained: Eliminate Dead Zones in Your Home

Struggling with patchy WiFi in certain rooms? Tired of dropped Zoom calls in your home office or sluggish speeds upstairs? You’re not alone – and the solution might be simpler than you think. Enter Mesh WiFi: the smart way to create seamless, wall-to-wall internet coverage throughout your home.

What Is Mesh WiFi?

Mesh WiFi is a system made up of a main router and one or more mesh access points (also known as mesh units or mesh repeaters) placed around your home. These work together to create a single, unified WiFi network that keeps you connected – no matter where you are in your home.

Unlike traditional WiFi extenders, which create a second network (and can slow things down), mesh systems share the same network name and allow your devices to switch seamlessly between points as you move around.

How Does It Work?

Imagine your WiFi signal as a team of relay runners. With a standard modem, you have one runner carrying the baton – and if they’re far from the device (say, your smart TV upstairs), performance drops.

With mesh WiFi, you’ve got a relay team passing the baton smoothly from one mesh point to another. The result? Faster speeds, less buffering, and more reliability, even in hard to reach corners of your home.

Signs You Might Need a Mesh WiFi System

Your WiFi signal is strong near the router but weak in other rooms
You have a large or multi-story home
You use lots of connected devices at once
You work from home and need stable, uninterrupted internet
You stream in 4K, game online, or use smart home devices

Mesh WiFi Options from Digiweb

At Digiweb, we offer powerful mesh WiFi solutions to help you get the most from your fibre broadband connection – whether you’re on our 1Gb or 2Gb Fibre packages.