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In my home at least, two mesh nodes is the sweet spot. Throughput jumped considerably when I added the second node and dropped back only a bit when I added the third (this happened even more with the Google Wifi). As you can see from the chart below, I didn’t see that with the Mac.
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When I tested the Velop with a Windows PC client, the router’s close-range performance dropped as I added nodes.
Buying a two-pack and adding the third node later would cost $50 more than buying a three-pack to begin with. I wouldn’t spring for that third node unless I lived in a larger or multi-story home.
Throughput at close range and in the sun room increased marginally, but it dropped a bit in the great room and the home theater, presumably because the third node increased the hops the data packets had to make. The Velop was three percent slower than Google’s Wifi mesh router, but it was 42-percent faster than Eero’s mesh router at this location.Īdding a third node was overkill for my space.
That’s 41- and 43-percent slower respectively than the non-mesh routers I compared it to: a Linksys EA9500 and an Apple AirPort Time Capsule.
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When MacBook Pro client was in the same room as the router, nine feet away and without any walls between the two, the Velop delivered TCP throughput of 475.3 megabits per second. If you live in a smaller home or an apartment, you might be able to get away with a single Velop. As it stands, you’ll need the app to perform these tasks yourself.) The Velop app also has basic parental controls. I’d also like to see support for prioritizing client devices with voice commands (you can select up to three devices for bandwidth priority if your internet connection is constrained. Once Amazon certifies the Velop skill, you’ll be able to use voice commands to turn its guest network on and off and request login credentials for its main and guest networks. Linksys says the Velop will work with Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant, but that feature wasn’t ready in time for us to review. Two ethernet ports (the router auto-configures these as WAN or LAN ports) are recessed inside the base of the router along with the power connector to reduce cable clutter. The wait is annoying when you’re setting up a three-node system as I did, but you only need to do this once.
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Bluetooth discovery process took longer than I’ve experienced with other mesh routers, and Linksys tells me there’s a bug that causes the app to time out if you leave it to do something else.
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The app (there are Android and iOS versions) pairs with the router’s Bluetooth 4.0 radio and then guides you through the rest of the process, which includes setting a Wi-Fi password for the router.Īs you add each node, the app automatically evaluates the strength of its connection to the next closest node and will suggest moving it closer if the connection is weak. You’ll need a smartphone or tablet to set up and configure a Velop router, as there is no web client. The ethernet connections automatically configure themselves for WAN or LAN duties, and each satellite Velop can also function as a wireless access point or a wireless bridge for clients that would otherwise need to be hardwired to your network. There’s an on/off switch and a reset button here as well (you won’t need to bend a paperclip to reach the latter). Two ethernet ports and a power connection are located inside a two-inch-deep well inside the bottom of the unit. Cables emerge from the notch in the corner.Ī single multi-color LED on top reports the Velop’s status, and there’s a silver Linksys logo printed on its solid face. The Linksys Velo offers generous ventilation for its quad-core ARM CPU, 512MB of DDR3 memory, and 4GB of flash storage. I suspect a lot of these routers will still end up in closets, but the access points might see the light of day. Be that as it may, everyone who buys an understated mesh router will still need to plug it into their ugly old broadband gateway. But that’s typical of mesh routers-manufacturers are doing their best to design network devices that consumers won’t object to placing out in the open. With its six antennas hidden in the top of its enclosure, and its cables emerging from a cutout in one corner, the Velop looks more like a room air freshener than a router. The Velop’s off-white vertical enclosure is perforated with ventilation holes on the left side, the back, and the top.
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