Fritzbox 7530 & 2 X 7490 Mesh in Aus

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Wombat1

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#300725 30-Sep-2022 09:16

Hi all, I use to love my Fritzbox 7590 in NZ on 2degrees, anyway I had to hand it back before I moved to Brisbane. I am wanting to buy another set of Fritzboxes to set up a mesh here in my new house, problem is they are vary rare in Aus and nobody seems to use them. They are very expensive if bought new.

I have seen some used 7490's and 7530's online which are reasonable, I just want to make sure that they will mesh together. I am planning on purchasing a 7530, and 2 X 7490's.

Thanks all.

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#2975252 30-Sep-2022 09:24

my 7490 is so unbelievable slow, it was a good router back in the day for ADSL/VDSL, but its so slow and old, I wouldnt waste my time with fritzbox tbh. I always found the wifi on it to be rubbish and disabled that and used unifi wifi.

No experience with a 7590, but the 7490... no.... stay away from.

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#2975259 30-Sep-2022 09:34

I would use the 7490's as the Mesh repeaters, so I would not need to log into them much and change/use routing functions etc. They would just act like repeaters in the house.

I had no issues with a 7590 in NZ and found it to be an an amazing router. I did have a 7530 for a while too and did not find that to be any different to the 7590 to be honest. I think the 75XX modems are newer generation and I believe these are the routers that 2Degrees still hands out today. I would use the 7530 as the Mesh Master.

Anybody else using 7490s as repeaters? How you finding them?

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#2975279 30-Sep-2022 10:23

I suspect there are better / better value products around for creating a WiFi mesh network. I suggest you read up on the best mesh products (e.g. this thread), or start a new thread to ask a more general question for a mesh recommendation.