On 2024-02-27 Adam Thompson wrote:
Mesh != Extender. More precisely, mesh deployments *can* use all-wireless extenders, but are more commonly deployed with a mixture of wired-where-possible and wireless-where-not.
Some mesh products exist that don't allow extra wired nodes - avoid these.
Otherwise, the "mesh"-ness means 100% seamless handover between the APs as you walk around the house with your phone.
Ya, I was taking liberties with definitions a little bit. However, my point still stands that if his "extender" is wireless (most are), it could be part of the problem, not the solution. If his extender is wired, then my point is moot. Ideally you'd have the best of both worlds by having wired extenders and mesh-y WAPs. If that's what Dan's solution can do (and it's cheap(ish)) then that sounds like a winner.
Yes, mesh-y has the advantage of the seamless handoff that JBOW (just a bunch of waps, hehe) would lack. However, the phones are pretty quick to change to a different auto-connect WAP as soon as they get the exclamation mark barf-out.