NETGEAR - Nighthawk Mesh WiFi 6 System (MK63)

In 220 sqm, you shouldn't need more than 3 nodes, unless you want more coverage outside, but with too many as you've already experience, they will sometime fight for the best signal, even more so when they are just wifi based. If you can get more Cat6 installed, the location of the router (primary node) becomes irrelevant since they will all share the same exact signal with the same bandwidth so you should be able to test it now and confirm better coverage. If you have baseboards, they make 1/4 round that has channels in them where you can hide the Cat 6, and if that's not an option there are some manufacturers who make flat cables. As for me personally, both system have been challenging but that is more related to my own person situation than the hardware. The Linksys Velop system started out great, but as my need for IoT devices grew, the system struggled a bit. I came to find out well after the fact, the nodes which I thought I set up as wired, someone defaulted back to wireless which impact my bandwidth for devices connected to it. I ended up giving them to my inlaws since the coverage at their home sucked and they have been working perfectly since. I moved over to the Night Hawk system on the recommendation of a friend who has their gaming router and overall it has been really good. It took a lot of additional setup and tweaking to get it up and running at full capacity. The biggest challenge I had (again my own issue, not product issue), was I forgot how many of my IoT devices only run off 2.4 gHz. The Night Hawk system (unlike the Velop) has a default SSID that combines the 2.4 and 5 gHz bands. The Velop had these automatically separate with different SSID's. Due to this, some of my IoT devices had trouble connecting and I regularly lost their signal. (see Ring Cameras, smart switches/outlets, etc) so this meant I had to reconfigure my network with customized networks. But on the Nighthawk system this works differently than I was used to. The main 2.4/5 ghz network will always remain, so I had to create a custom standalone 2.4ghz network and then reconnect all my IoT devices to that. This was a tedious effort, but again, this was my fault, not the hardware/software. Since I have finally got all of that figured out, its run flawlessly. I have a 1GB fiber line. If the device is hardwired, I will get 850 Mbps (up and down) on average (www.speedtest.net). On a wireless device it will vary from 100Mbps to 500Mbps which is dependent on how much bandwidth is being used at any give time. The coverage is better than the Velop overall. I have a few friends who have the Orbi systems and swear by them. Since I run a lot of wired, I wanted some more raw high performance in certain locations. (Night Hawk lets you prioritize devices better IMO) I both game and run a home theater server so I stream not only from the net, but also across the network from that service to 4 different locations in the house. Even if they are all running at the same time, the wired connection means they don't bog down and don't impact the wireless bandwidth that is remaining. The Orbi overperforms with wifi only based stuff and provides a stable network across a larger area. From what I understand the setup is also easier on the Orbi. If and when my night hawk system dies, I will seriously consider and Orbi system but thats not going to be for quite a long time.

Nighthawk rax 200 And nighthawk mesh as my backup. All wifi 6 Rarely issues.

Yes! Purchased a NightHawk system 5 years ago, died, took months, Netgear sent replacements, sold off replacements on eBay. Lost 50% of original purchase. Never buying Netgear again!

There are no "free booster" Rogers will give you but they do have a WiFi Pod Gen 2 for $7/month rental. Its a simple enough mesh system but if you want to manage your own without a rental fee then look into google mesh, orbi, or ubiquiti if youre more tech savy. I use these myself at home usually [https://www.amazon.ca/NETGEAR-Nighthawk-Mesh-WiFi-System/dp/B094DRKNGW](https://www.amazon.ca/NETGEAR-Nighthawk-Mesh-WiFi-System/dp/B094DRKNGW)

I would personally go with a 3rd party mesh router. Brands I come across are NETGEAR nighthawk, eero, TP link, etc. I would not go with the Wi-Fi pods, super trash.

Had Netgear 6 for about 3 years. Going with Unifi 7

Agreed, switched from NETGEAR Nighthawk to 7 Max and couldn't be more satisfied.

Eventually will switch to unifi (when i have the money) however im very happy with my current deco system! Bought my current deco to replace a nighthawk mesh(stay away) and its been rock solid since the initial set up