Mesh Wi-Fi options?

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Looking for Mesh Wi-Fi setup best suited for below

- House (New Build) 1,728 square feet
- 6 out door and 6 indoor Ring Cameras
- 900Mbps FTTP line Sky
- Devices are a mixture of Wi-Fi 5 & 6, but future proofing is good, I suppose?
- Tenants are non technical: stability and reliability are important, so basically install and forget kind of thing..

I was thinking about Tenda MX12 3-pack, any other recommendations?
 
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IC3 said:
I was thinking about Tenda MX12 3-pack, any other recommendations?
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Not a chance.

Get the most expensive system you can afford.


Better yet, you could have 2x APs connected over a MoCA system which would give you very good reliability (based on experience) and much better speeds.


You could still use the MoCA adapters as the backbone for a mesh system. This has the benefit of eliminating the need to have the mesh points close enough that their speeds remain decent, meaning you can place the points further apart for better coverage.

Would advise going for the most highly specced twin system you can afford.

WiFi 6E with 4x4 MU-MIMO.
 
Can recommend Asus AiMesh stuff, useful because if you need to add more points in future they don't have to be the exact same make. Can mix and match to get a good balance of what you need (e.g. high speed LAN ports in certain locations, better wifi spread in others).
 
Minato said:
Can recommend Asus AiMesh stuff, useful because if you need to add more points in future they don't have to be the exact same make. Can mix and match to get a good balance of what you need (e.g. high speed LAN ports in certain locations, better wifi spread in others).
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I've been using the Asus XT8s, and whilst they've been solid for the most part, I have to occasionally reboot the whole system or update the firmware (which takes ages on 3 units if you do it the proper way). Since OP is looking for the 'install and forget' kind of approach, I don't think Mesh is the way to go, I'd opt for AP as others have suggested.
 
Can you run ethernet cables around the building? Having proper access points will work out a lot better especially for management. With the right gear too you can also isolate the cameras in their own virtual network away from tenants too.

Actually, depending on how many tenants you have it might be best to give each group their own VLAN, in case they have Chromecast or something, so other tenants won't accidentally cast to it.
 
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I forgot to mention one detail, which I can now see is relevant. I'm asking for a friend who just recently bought a new house, its just him, his wife and 1 kid that'll be using it with the exception of some guests occassionaly. In his current situation, he did mention that cheaper would be better, but he doesn't want to upgrade after few months, so something not too overkill would be best.

Hence why I thought of Tenda MX12 and Eero 6 Pro as the first options.
 
My house is a similar size, a single UniFi AP (U6-Enterprise) on the ceiling upstairs covers the entire house. I got 1100+ Mbps from the bog downstairs via Virgin Media. It's easy to route cat5/6 to the loft in new builds, either DIY it, or if the house doesn't have network cabling already you can use the phone cabling in most cases as they use cat 5. Or MoCA as suggested above.
 
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Fit the stability, set and forget for sure. Had them going on 2 years, been rock solid. You have to check to make sure they work with your ISP though, as in how easy to set up, in my case its easy by just setting the Virgin Media hub to modem mode.
 
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Dialup said:
I got the Pro 6 from TalkTalk and the signal is weak in my kitchen which is only about 10 feet from the Eero.
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Ok yeah thats poor, but thats not my experience, signal strength is good, so it may be something interfering like mentioned or you have a duff Eero, also don't the ISP supplied ones have slightly different software loaded on them. Mine were purchased.
 
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I got the Pro 6 from TalkTalk and the signal is weak in my kitchen which is only about 10 feet from the Eero.
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Kitchens can be quite bad for signal intereference - I'm thinking mircowave ovens. But I'm pretty sure that's just 2.4Ghz band. So 10 feet from the device, open plan room, on 5Ghz shouldn't be giving a weak signal. :(
 
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Firegod said:
Kitchens can be quite bad for signal intereference - I'm thinking mircowave ovens. But I'm pretty sure that's just 2.4Ghz band. So 10 feet from the device, open plan room, on 5Ghz shouldn't be giving a weak signal. :(
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My fridge freezer and oven do an amazing job of creating a wifi shadow in the kitchen, if they are in LOS to the AP then the signal is reduced massively
 
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Dialup said:
Perhaps it is just the environment then, perhaps I should give it another go.

Is the Max 7 better do we know?
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I had 4 of the Eero 6 Pro that I picked up used at about 45 each. That blanketed the house and I placed one in the kitchen which fixed the blackspot caused by the fridge freeer and oven. The only reason I went for so many is because they were cheap, and the insulation we have upstairs under the flooring is metal coated which cuts the signal signficantly between floors.
 
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