We offer two different families of the AyrMesh Hub – the HubDuo family and the Hub2 family. There is currently only one product in the HubDuo family, but the Hub2 family has two members: the Hub2x2 and the Hub2T. What’s the difference? We do have a quick comparison chart, and this provides more depth.
All AyrMesh Hubs will provide excellent range and speed to your WiFi devices – phones, tablets, laptops, WiFi cameras, sensors, controllers – there are literally millions of different WiFi devices that will work with the Hubs. If your device is equipped with 802.11n MIMO, the AyrMesh Hub2x2 or HubDuo will provide about twice the speed of the AyrMesh Hub2T to those devices. The Hubs are “tuned” to trade off bandwidth (speed) for range – maximum range, with the best bandwidth at that range.
The HubDuo provides the best bandwidth – up to 100 Mbps at close range. The Hub2x2 is designed to provide high bandwidth – up to 65 Mbps – for the longest range. The Hub2T, on the other hand, offers limited bandwidth – up to about 35 Mbps – at long range.
The Hub2x2 and Hub2T are designed to provide coverage over the largest area – up to 100,000 acres using about 30 Hubs – in use with the AyrMesh Cab Hub2, but should not be used spaced any closer than 1 mile apart. The Hub2x2 and Hub2T can be spaced as much as 2.5 miles apart.
The HubDuo can be used in “close mode” as little as 150 feet apart. In “normal mode” they can be 2 miles apart or 2 miles from another Hub2 device. In “Hybrid mode” the HubDuo can be used as the Gateway Hub for both networks: a group of other HubDuos close-in, providing intensive WiFi coverage around a central area, and a group of Hub2 products out in the fields, providing broad coverage.
One other consideration is power – if you are going to power the Hub with solar or wind power, the Hub2T only draws about 4.5 watts, while the HubDuo and Hub2x2 draw almost twice that. This makes the Hub2T preferable for any installation where power is critical, especially for solar/battery operation.
Which to choose?
For your Gateway Hub, the HubDuo is almost always the best answer. If you have Internet service at less than 30 Mbps., it really doesn’t make a difference in terms of Internet speed, of course (your Hub can’t make your Internet access faster). But with the AyrMesh HubDuo you will have more bandwidth on your own network, which makes simple things like printing or downloading a file off a local file share faster and makes it more practical to do things like stream media from a local server or use multiple high-resolution security cameras.
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