I did home AV for years and the only consumer mesh system I would ever recommend is Eero. Everything else I used was total shit
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Toribor@corndog.social 11 months agoIdeally houses would have ceiling drops for Ethernet. Consumers are getting all these wireless mesh networks that cause more problems than they solve.
glimse@lemmy.world 11 months ago
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Agreed. We requested 2 ceiling drops when building our house (the basement mesh AP is in the network closet on its base). Used PoE to power the 2 mesh APs. Works great for full coverage.
grue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If they’re wired back to a switch, they’re not “mesh” APs. Having a wireless AP-to-AP backhaul connection is what “mesh” is.
atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I put a Ubiquiti long-range Wifi 6 AP on my ceiling, fed with a Dream Machine Pro SE. Google Fiber just kept saying, “You know, we could ‘upgrade’ you to our mesh stuff for free!” Ha, no thanks.
grue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You’re much nicer than me. My response would’ve been something like “that shit is a downgrade. Your suggestion is bad, and you should feel bad.” I’m just so fucking sick and tired of assholes trying to upsell me…
Chobbes@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I would avoid Google for utilities like the fucking plague. I do not want to pay for terrible customer service on a vital service only for them to cancel it 6 months later.