Mesh System

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Netgear Orbi, rock solid

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looking into the 4200s now..I did graduate from nighthawks placed all over as Aps to the eeros, lol

I installed a TP-Link Deco XE5300 about 5 months ago. It provides good speeds throughout the 5200 sqft home, thanks to its use of the new 6GHz band for backhaul.

TP-Link also has their new BE95 which is WiFi 7 and claims to cover 7800 sqft.

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Ubiquiti UniFi Access Points

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not a name I've heard in a while for sure..

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Don't know why, their sales have exploded since 2020.

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No kidding. They’re huge.

I just taught a 60 year old buddy over the phone now to set up a UDR + 2 Beacons (he refused any other option) + split into 2 isolated networks (2 SSID, reserved a port on the router itself for the same network)


Took an hour to explain how to do all they over a phone, and at least 10 minutes were convincing him his phone reverted to his old wifi network (it did).

Another vote for Orbi. I installed my 750s about 2 years ago, and honestly haven't thought about it. I have one in my house and 1 outside (protected from the elements), and I have great coverage in my backyard.

OP, the distinction between some of the suggestions (Orbi, Ubiquiti, Omada) is that the latter two are business class products, where as the former is consumer grade.

Business class products are far easier to manage, since the manufacturer probably knows that the place that installs the equipment likely has to manage tens if not hundreds of client locations for troubleshooting.

Meanwhile, there are five different Netgear apps in the iOS app store. I *hate* crap like that.

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Don't know why, their sales have exploded since 2020.

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Current company employs around 22k people, its been a while since we needed a ubiquitin type solution

I use Rockspace's Mesh Network. It's the older less secure Mesh 5 technology that cost about $150 for 3 nodes. I'm really happy with it as it is really reliable and fast and I get 5 bars all around the perimeter of my house including multiple outdoor cameras one of which is about 80' away from the house. The Rockspace app has all the functionality I need. No one has ever hacked my system, as it takes about 6 hours to hack mesh 5 systems and that is a single logon per hack just to capture current packets which would be Netflix, exterior cameras, etc. in my case. I'm of the opinion that the cost of a mesh 6 network is not worth it. I'm definitely in the minority on that. I do live in the country now and no one is close enough to my Wi-Fi anyway, but I felt safe using Mesh 5 even in our last house in the suburbs.

I’ve got two of the TP-Link Decos in our house and they’ve worked great over the past year or so. Got them setup on Ethernet backhaul.