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NHtrailsI have not had range issues in my mid-sized house with the AP7 and gold to date (2 months in), but I am adding two ceiling mounts to make sure I don't (as I read that others have had issues too) in the barn and office. I love all the details the AP7 gives me, so much better than the erro 7 system it replaced. I upgraded to a decent switch that helped the 10gb WAN as I'm running a cable modem with a failover to Starlink.
hitek_RdneckIn my research it seems the POE 7 and Pro 7 have about the same performance and specs, with the POE 7 being able to power with POE they can be mixed and matched. If I was in your situation I would use the POE 7’s in the locations that are mounted and needing to be powered with POE and in any location that would work for not needing mounted using a Max 7 for the benefit of the extra output and extra antennas.
jgstewThe best case is to get the Max 7s and then run Ethernet between them where you can, but that is optional and you can use mesh. The only thing the PoE stuff adds is a different way to power it and form factor. Technically you could run only power over PoE and it would just mesh, but that would be a waste of ethernet. The only PoE ones I use are the outdoor ones because I don’t have an issue placing eeros around and I like the flexibility of not requiring PoE. Another use case is you can have an eero that connects to the network over mesh, but you can Ethernet devices to them and the devices will use the eero as a wifi bridge. This means any device connected to a Eero 7 Max via Ethernet and using the mesh does get the full benefit of the extra radios. I like this option because the less devices you have connected to WiFi the more free the airwaves are for devices that must use WiFi.
opticspipeIf you’re going to buy eero, get either Pro 7 or Max 7 access points. That size house might take 3 of them. As people are saying, hardwired backhaul is better than wireless, but the wireless with eero is pretty darn good.
arrecebxEero 7 line if you want set and forget, otherwise Ubiquiti POE Unifi Pros are on sale for today only left if you are tech savvy
Future_Knee_5024I have an Eero system with one WiFi 7 unit and the rest 6E. They work flawlessly for me. I love that you can mix and match devices. No problem
SnooPickles7307I haven’t used the max but have used the 0to 7s on a fiber connection at a gigabit and works great, much better then previous meh system
throw-away6738299I think eero makes the best "mesh" system, especially if you need wireless backhaul. OTOH if you have ethernet runs to your your APs so you can use wired backhaul I feel other brands are just as good and give you more control with fewer features behind a paywall. I do miss the technical deep-dives from roybatty we used to get with different FW releases... and I still think the original Eero 6 Pros were bullet proof after the first 3 or so months after they were released. Way ahead of their time and great wireless range... Not sure if the 6Ghz band in 6E/7 products overcomplicates things or if it was the comprise CPU relying on HW acceleration rather than raw CPU with the chip shortages from the pandemic... at least for the 6E Pro... the 7 line should be OK... I appreciate the 4 port 2x10G-2x2.5 switch in each... Only have two Wifi 7 devices (iphone and ipad pro)... The extra ports did allow me to hardwire many more things though.
