Reliable Wi-Fi coverage is essential for daily life, whether you’re taking online courses, streaming video, texting with friends, or checking your social media feeds. Hughesnet® satellite internet services offer Whole Home Wi-Fi for home internet. Whole Home Wi-Fi and Mesh Wi-Fi Nodes increase your network’s range for wall-to-wall coverage and reduce dead zones, so you can access your network from anywhere in your home or office.
Overview of Traditional Wi-Fi Systems
Traditional Wi-Fi networks have two main elements:
- A modem to relay incoming data from your internet service provider’s network to the router.
- A wireless router that transmits signals between connected devices and the modem.
Traditional Wi-Fi networks work well under the right conditions but have significant disadvantages. A single router emits wireless signals in all directions (think of a globe with the router in the center). Because traditional Wi-Fi cannot augment the wireless signal, the signal weakens at the edges of the router’s range. Walls, large furniture, and electronic appliances can disrupt the signal, resulting in dead spots with little or no connectivity.
Overview of Whole Home Wi-Fi
How Whole Home Wi-Fi Works
Whole Home Wi-Fi is a residential network system consisting of a Hughesnet Wi-Fi Modem with added optional Mesh Wi-Fi Nodes. Each Mesh Wi-Fi Node acts as a router, receiving Wi-Fi signals from the main router and retransmitting them to Mesh Wi-Fi Nodes positioned around the house. The result is a single wireless network with a consistently strong signal, unlike traditional wireless network signals, which weaken the further away you are from the network router.
Whole Home Wi-Fi allows users to take full advantage of Wi-Fi 6, the latest wireless standard. Wi-Fi 6 provides user devices with more paths to communicate with your main router and Mesh Wi-Fi Nodes for better connection.
Whole Home Wi-Fi resolves many of the problems associated with traditional wireless systems. Here’s how:
Advantages of Whole Home WiFi
- Reliable Wi-Fi: Whole Home Wi-Fi automatically connects devices to the clearest signal and strongest Ghz band for a more consistent signal and wall-to-wall coverage (with optional Mesh Wi-Fi Nodes). All Hughesnet satellite internet plans include a new Hughesnet Wi-Fi Modem that supports Wi-Fi 6. Wi-Fi 6 delivers faster speed and more reliability than earlier Wi-Fi standards.
- Extended Wi-Fi Coverage: Each Mesh Wi-Fi Node in a Whole-Home Wi-Fi system retransmits the Wi-Fi signal from the router, maintaining a consistent signal throughout your property.
- Reduced Dead Zones: When setting up Whole Home Wi-Fi, you can strategically position Mesh Wi-Fi Nodes to eliminate dead zones. Your Hughesnet representatives and installer will help you determine if your home or office requires Mesh Wi-Fi Nodes to eliminate dead zones.
- Convenient Mobility: The consistent signals provided by Whole Home Wi-Fi allow you to move through your property without network interruptions.
- Easy Set-Up: Hughesnet mobile apps and web interfaces help you manage your network with parental controls, guest access options, and device prioritization (some features are available now, with more coming soon).
Real-World Applications and Use Cases
The reliability and flexibility of Whole Home Wi-Fi go much further than increasing the coverage of your satellite internet service.
Home Environments
Mesh networks are excellent for larger homes, homes with troublesome dead spots, and outdoor living environments. A Whole-Home Wi-Fi system allows you to extend your wireless coverage so you get a reliable signal where you need it, including in carports, basements, and accessory buildings.
Small Business and Office Settings
Mesh Wi-Fi networks offer easy-to-use management options. Business owners can secure networks while ensuring a strong connection throughout commercial properties, even when multiple devices connect to the network.
Benefits for Smart Homes and IoT Devices
Smart devices make up the internet of things, or IoT, a growing interconnected network that includes everything from major appliances to smart bulbs. In a smart home, IoT devices connect wirelessly to a central hub. Whole Home Wi-Fi ensures a reliable, strong connection for when your IoT devices need to communicate with each other.
Switch to Hughesnet Today
When you switch to Hughesnet, adding Whole Home Wi-Fi is an easy process. Customers may lease or purchase optional Mesh Wi-Fi Nodes to further extend their Wi-Fi signal throughout their home or office and eliminate dead zones. Contact us today to learn more about our satellite internet service and discover how Mesh Wi-Fi can improve your home or office connectivity!
