Questions & Answers for Linksys Velop Whole-Home Mesh Wi-Fi System (2-pack)

The Velop Mesh takes the place of the existing router. Unless you have the Linksys MR8300 wireless router, which is designed to work with the Velop, your existing router will not work. The main node of the Velop is connected directly to your modem. You can have a switch after that node, but cannot put a router in as the parent node does all the routing. If your existing router can function as an access point, then you could add it that way. Otherwise, the Mesh will not work with it.

• Answered by Charles R from Niceville
• 11 May 2020
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (I am looking to add the velop mesh system to my home. Do I need to buy a different router or will the router I currently have be sufficient?)

Put your time capsule in bridge mode and turn networking off. Then connect it via ethernet to the Velop. That way it just acts as a server for your backups. You won't want the time capsule to do any of the networking.

• Answered by Avery H from Madison
• 16 Jan 2018
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (I have a Time Capsule and rely on Time Machine to handle backups. Will these nodes co-exist with my existing Time Capsule/Machine and extend WiFi?)

Technically yes, as long as there’s a sufficient amount of space between the nodes in the house and the one you put in the garage. Also the density and material of your outside walls will have an affect on the signal strength in garage.

• Answered by Justin H from Salt Lake City
• 12 Feb 2020
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Will this work in a detached garage? Meaning will it supply wifi to the garage using the other two in the house?)

Yes, each base station has an ethernet port

• Answered by Maury A from Vernon Hills
• 29 Oct 2019
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Will it work with HomeKit devices that require a bridge?)

Yes, they need to be plugged in.

• Answered by Sean P from Los Angeles
• 18 Oct 2019
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (do the mesh system units need to always be plugged in? Nothing indicates that these units need to be at an outlet. Can they be charged and then discon)

Likely not. Your FIOS is a modem, in that it should have a coaxial cable input on the back. The linksys is a router, that is, it pushes wifi out to devices and has no coax input.. I have an Airport Extreme, and connect from my modem to the router via ethernet.

• Answered by Joseph B from Honolulu
• 15 Aug 2018
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (I have Verizon fios. Does the Linksys router replace the Verizon router?)

Yes, Linksys Velops Mesh WiFi system works fine with Air Play. We use Air Play frequently and have had no problems.

• Answered by William M from Germantown
• 25 Apr 2019
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Is the Linksys mesh system compatible with air play?)

WiFi signals do not penetrate concrete or other mass material very well at all but by interconnecting them with ethernet cables through the concrete OR by locating them stair step fashion around the concrete barriers, they'll work. As to combining it with an Existing Apple Airport, the answer is no, you should either replace it with all Velops or buy another Apple Airport Extreme.

• Answered by William M from Germantown
• 22 Feb 2019
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Will these work in a house with internal concrete walls?)