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forum thread Posted by lindseyp2655 • Feb 29, 2024
forum thread Posted by lindseyp2655 • Feb 29, 2024

Motorola MH7603 Mesh WiFi 6 Router $39

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The questionable: Motorola in name only, made by another company; Very mixed Amazon reviews; I think discontinued and support is reported to be poor. The good: I've had it a week and no issues if set up correctly, good coverage, speed, phone app is fairly complete but some unneeded features hinky. You get 3 routers, pick one, scan QR on back with app, that's the primary, add 1 or both others, they become nodes. The nodes can't go too far from primary but their range to devices is fairly long. Our 4k sf house required only primary and 1 node. If you have an experience like some Amazon reviewers and set it up properly, don't blame me. 30 day return.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HZ7K...MEYY2DNHMT
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The questionable: Motorola in name only, made by another company; Very mixed Amazon reviews; I think discontinued and support is reported to be poor. The good: I've had it a week and no issues if set up correctly, good coverage, speed, phone app is fairly complete but some unneeded features hinky. You get 3 routers, pick one, scan QR on back with app, that's the primary, add 1 or both others, they become nodes. The nodes can't go too far from primary but their range to devices is fairly long. Our 4k sf house required only primary and 1 node. If you have an experience like some Amazon reviewers and set it up properly, don't blame me. 30 day return.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HZ7K...MEYY2DNHMT

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Model: MOTOROLA MH7603 3-Pack Mesh Wifi Router System, matte white

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sarcasmogratis
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank sarcasmogratis

3 wifi 6 mesh wi-fi system for this price is pretty great,
But agree reviews are quite mixed

edit: apparently OEM is "Minim" and they aren't supporting it well. Apps for the router have bad ratings too. I'd have some security concerns if the manufacturer isn't going to push updates
Last edited by sarcasmogratis March 2, 2024 at 09:39 AM.
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lindseyp2655
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Quote from sarcasmogratis :
3 wifi 6 mesh wi-fi system for this price is pretty great,
But agree reviews are quite mixed
Our isp speed is moderate and modem slow but get 1-200mps. Walked down street maybe 400' and still signal. Even if only 1 router works, it's still better coverage and 3-4 times speed of our netgear c3700.
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Quote from lindseyp2655 :
Our isp speed is moderate and modem slow but get 1-200mps. Walked down street maybe 400' and still signal. Even if only 1 router works, it's still better coverage and 3-4 times speed of our netgear c3700.
Since this product is discontinued and it comes from a weird third party as the manufacture, once the online connection to the phone app is disabled these become junk and useless, unless there is a way to set them up without the phone up...

For $40 I guess if you even get a year out of them, might not be bad, but I doubt they will be functional longer than that.

I almost picked some to play around with but requiring a phone app that has to phone home to set up the product kills its ability to function in the long run.
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Here's a review from a guy who received the item free to review (which was more of an achievement at $250+ than $39). Cover's it pretty accurately. https://youtu.be/p7qOyRRAR4U?si=x5okmBYRlzNj5Wrr
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Quote from lindseyp2655 :
Here's a review from a guy who received the item free to review (which was more of an achievement at $250+ than $39). Cover's it pretty accurately. https://youtu.be/p7qOyRRAR4U?si=x5okmBYRlzNj5Wrr
Does he mention if you can set this up without a phone app? Or a phone app that has no internet? Dont want to go through it all, if you already covered it.
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Quote from PeteyTheStriker :
Does he mention if you can set this up without a phone app? Or a phone app that has no internet? Dont want to go through it all, if you already covered it.
Requires app but I suspect a network guy could, routers have Mac address on them.
Last edited by lindseyp2655 February 29, 2024 at 12:43 PM.
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Keep in mind.. last time these went frontpage the Minim backend was down for weeks, making these unable to do anything. I returned them as this happened a few days after I set them up. Shocked they actually got things working again..

Bummer as they performed great, and supported ethernet backhaul with an ethernet port to spare.

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Can you add 6 or 9 or 12 to same network? Thinking as a low cost option for my church…
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Installed this for a client.. Is been a few month no issue so far.

Does requires app to setup but after it's setup it will work as is. App works well for remote monitoring
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The router I replace was modem/router combo so I turned off the router section, connected this Moto to its ethernet out. But some devices such as thermostats and plug switches only use 2.4ghz band thus can't communicate with a mesh system. Mesh has 2.4 but devices can't see it as separate. The old router wifi so close interfered with new so relocated the old router 20' away, had existing ethernet. Now they don't conflict and old devices work. Set phones to not auto-connect with old network.
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triikan
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Be aware these can't really be used as APs. There's no way to disable its DHCP server or change the IP range. Works fine otherwise, in my experience. Requiring an app is a deal killer for me, will never buy again. I've relegated these to be my IoT network.
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rbstern
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Great value, but from the reviews, too many pitfalls trying to integrate into an existing, modestly complicated network. If I was starting from scratch and these were going to be my only network, I'd probably take the plunge.
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Cheapskate27
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Shame. Motorola used to be a name that meant quality, you didn't even need to think about it.
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Quote from silverbullet361 :
Can you add 6 or 9 or 12 to same network? Thinking as a low cost option for my church…
Yes you can all units are the same. For an all WiFi solution the performance would degrade..the more hops between your "router" unit and nodes the greater the latency.

Or optionally you can hardwire using a 12 port Ethernet switch. Connect the "router" to a 12 port Ethernet switch. And the other 11 nodes to the switch. In which case the performance would be great.
Last edited by techdesai2 March 4, 2024 at 06:06 AM.

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I left bad reviews on Amazon. If you can get it to work, it's definitely a great price. There is no app support. I can't even log in to setup the system after the update. I was able to log in after initial purchase and it's basically a paperweight after updating.

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