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Best Mesh Router/Wi-Fi System To Date





What do you think is the best mesh router/wi-fi system in the market right now? And what make it standout than the rest?
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-Warden Anastasia Luccio, Captain
I have five Unifi WAPs in and around my house to give me good service.
Community Manager at Fing
I am looking to use a AP style setup i.e the Ubiquiti ceiling mountable POE devices, however they are not mesh so would this be a step backwards from a BT Whole Home setup?
Do Ubiquiti (or any other brand for that matter) do a ceiling mountable / POE Mesh wireless system?
@John for this one - "Do Ubiquiti (or any other brand for that matter) do a ceiling mountable / POE Mesh wireless system?" - should we start up a new thread? I think we can get some more helpful answers on this one!!
Community Manager at Fing
I moved from WiFi extenders to a WiFi mesh at home nearly 3 years ago and was the best thing I did. I opted the BT Whole Home WiFi (UK) as it's comes as 1-6 disks and with a initial disk plugging into any router and the other disks backhauls using separate WiFi or Ethernet cables. So didn't need to change my router Client devices are supported using 2.5/5 mghtz. BT do provide a router with added Mesh disks but it's part of a ISP monthly plan. I believe Hughes sell the disks in the USA
I like Goggle WiFi best. I have used Eero, TP link M5.
- Marco Arment (podcaster, developer) years ago recommended "Ubiquiti for folks who want to fiddle with the technical details, Eero for everyone else." I can't find the tweet, so sorry, no source.
- Ubiquiti UniFi is a terrific non-mesh solution if you can run Ethernet lines. It's not cheap, and requires some technical skills, but it's enterprise grade Wi-Fi in your home, at a non-enterprise price.
- Ubiquiti has a couple different mesh solutions. AmpliFi is their version of Eero-like simplicity, and it's supposed to be pretty good.
- The Wirecutter has recommendations for mesh networking equipment, and specifically talks about Ubiquiti in that context. https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wi-fi-mesh-networking-kits/#what-about-ubiquiti
Personal recommendation: I've used UniFi for years, and love it. I'm on my third generation of Ubiquiti UniFi products, and will install a 4th generation when they come out with equipment that supports Wi-Fi 6.1x AP currently nearly as good as the 3x BT Whole Home Mesh APs!
@Long_John_Sliver I've been generally happy with my 3 Eero Pros and so far, apart from one oddity, they've played well with the Fingbox.
I got the Google WiFi with three nodes. Although it’s been a few years old, it’s been absolutely brilliant. I was a bit concerned about it being part of Google, but the privacy settings are good and it’s uptime has been outstanding, as well as the speed.
it does have some overlap with Fing, as you can pause internet access for devices, check speeds, etc. Fing does a better job of that though, as well as provide an added layer of security, so I run both in parallel.
I’m now seeing problems with my tenda ms3/6 mesh wifi
it looks like they go off line and possibly they are rebooting but you can’t get any logs from them so have no idea what is going on!
not sure they are as good as they might be
@bena Hi, I have a Tenda Router and it has a feature called "Automatic maintenance" and is supposed to reboot the router at a set time every day. Maybe your mesh nodes has that feature activated. I have de-activated mine because it was a problem in my home to be rebooting daily the router.