Deco P7

Will powerline work in your house? If so I'd get something like TPLink Decos with the powerline backhaul.

it's not, but the decos have it built in and will pick the best signal strength between wireless backhaul and powerline. In the OPs case wired of some kind will be the best option, first would be ethernet, second powerline (provided the wiring is good enough for it)

I have two apartments both are like faraday cages, I have Ubiquiti in one and Deco Powerlines in the other. I'm pretty impressed with the Decos for the prices

For context, I live in a basement apartment where the router needs to be located just outside the apartment. Given I am renting, I don't have the ability to run any ethernet cables into the apartment, or to the satellite units. I have a 1.5 GB/s service from my internet provider. I recently upgraded an old mesh system (Deco AC1300) that was not serving my needs to an Orbi 770 mesh system (1 router + 1 satellite). The speed has significantly increased with the Orbi system compared to the Decos, but the stability/reliability of the connection has been quite poor. I've used the Orbi app and other scanning apps to ensure the wifi is set to channels with the lowest amount of interference, which has helped, but has not eliminated the issues. In use, I am getting significant lag spikes and occasional disconnection issues, both while gaming, and in Teams calls. This has been experienced across multiple devices. While the upload/download speeds were much lower with the old system (as expected), I did not experience any of these reliability issues. At this stage, I'm looking at alternatives to the Orbi 770 as it is still within the return period, and for the price, the performance is frankly not acceptable. I do not necessarily need a WIFI 7 mesh system (6E would be fine), and would welcome any input on viable alternatives.

Appreciate it - as I had some Deco's already and was happy with the stability of the old ones (just not speed), I went ahead and ordered some BE65s as they were \~25% off. I can always add one of my pre-existing Deco's from before if I need to extend the mesh anywhere in the apartment too. My parents do have the nest wifi system as well which they seem to be pretty happy with, so if this alternative goes poorly that will likely be my next step. I'd went into the settings pretty deep with the Orbi to make sure the channel selections were correct, updating firmware, etc. but the intermittency of the performance was just too bad to keep them.

Top of the line and the latest 7 tech and latest mesh tech is going to be from Ruckus. It’s expensive though. Pro-sumer Grade High: UniFi U7 Mesh Pro-Sumer Grade Low: TPLink Omada 7 Consumer Grade High: Eero 7 Pro Consumer Grade Low: TPLink Deco Pro 7

It’s apparent you’ve not used Ruckus equipment at all *at the very least recently.* There I fixed it. Someone below lost their mind. I suspect a common occurrence. They could have just said boom and whipped out the pic (that we can’t confirm as theirs) and would have gotten a “Touche’” and an updoot. But they went made assumptions just the same and then went cookoo for Cocoa Puffs

I’d love to converse and have some back and forth. My comment I think you implied some tone that wasn’t there. If you are a vet, I’m grateful. I have several sites with 770s and T670 in place. Along RuckusONE. Then there is my Omada setup I’m not even a fanboy of Ruckus. But my Ruckus deployments out last and out perform everything else by a good mile until we get to ISP end of things. I can get just under 10Gb (theoretical 12 possible) bandwidth with Ruckus. I have them deployed in several RV parks and auditoriums. The setup and deployment is great too. The change from 6e to 7 is a straight vertical gain. I have used (and recommended Omada, Fortinet, UniFi, Eero (meh)) to OP in a separate comment. Edit: driving text to speech They are pricey. Always have been.

I appreciate the discussion. I have not served. I have however taken several friends, crossed a few branches through getting disability and ptsd support. I take pride in their current station in life, independent and healthy. I’ve had the honor of trust for those who’ve come back and been fully demolished. Thank you for your service. (And sacrifice. Only those who know can know.) I am also well respected in my field and have a litany of titles, education, and experience under my belt. The same is true for me as well. And it never can be known really in the internet. Someone once said, “Of every age and clime we see, two of a trade can never agree.” The price reflects their lifetime warranty as well. Which no other vendor offers (admittedly price difference.) but I know I don’t have to worry about them. And their support is second to none. I can call them and they will send a unit sitting in their desk out the door while on the phone for overnight just a a loaner!

Not reliably. Our team when specing a house would pull two coax and a single Ethernet. To access ports around a house. Given moca acts like a hub and not a switch. The. You have the investment of injectors, Poe devices, filters, etc. We have never had a long term moca setup stay reliable in the same ways that Ethernet has. Our SOP Moca has its own coax. Cable/Sat its own. The sharing of lines “works” but speed is affected, reliability is affected and spof. It’s not even the power over coax is the signal over shared coax. Can be done, seen it done, never seen it work near as reliably as Ethernet or good WiFi. That may be different with MOCA 2.5 MOCA is a last resort for us. Much line power line adapters

I second that recommendation to get a mesh system. Also make sure the mesh system is capable of “WPA3 security”. I am using a TP-link Deco system, with 3 units. I have a 2 story 2100 sq ft home and this system covers all areas well.

I moved into a new place a year ago and ran.limited Ethernet cable. Using a tp-link deci mesh system to cover 3200 sqft (two floors). Great coverage throughout. I was surprised as I took the approach you are describing with my old house. Honestly, both perform the same. General use is streaming and remote work. No gaming. So, depending on your use, you might be overthinking. I saw the cat8 comment - you have a house not a colo, no need for cat 8.

I have a TP-Link Deco mesh system running to cover my 3200sqft two story house. I have no issues whatsoever. And mesh systems are not simply extenders. As you move about your house you will have seamless coverage with mesh.

1000 sqft does not need a mesh network. Get a solid AP or wireless router. I have the TP-link Deco network and it covers my 3200 sqft two story 4 bedroom house nicely. Anymore than one AP or wireless router will be overkill and unnecessary.

In my old house I had PoE unifi APs all with the same network name and it generally worked as a mesh network. When I moved I switched to a TP-Link Deco Mesh network with three APs. I was going to backhaul all of them, but after using it for a few months I found the speed and coverage was fine and the backhaul wasn't needed. They are not PoE units, so each one would need to be plugged in. But they are unobtrusive in the house. The first month the system seemed to learn as it was spotty. But then I found great coverage. The biggest difference I have found is that the Unifi APs tended to hang on to the connection vs handing it off to the next AP like the Deco does. I was very reluctant and skeptical of mesh after reading reviews, but I really could not be happier and the set up was a heck of a lot easier than running new Ethernet lines.

I use deco pods. Super easy to set up. I'd recommend wiring in every access point. Mesh systems tend to lower total available bandwith, since things need to get broadcast more than one.

Yup, if you go in the app it will show you. I use deco pods in my home.

Yup, if you have Ethernet where your desktop is, you can wire up the deco and have it provide WiFi to that area.

If you go with Ubiquiti, have IT guy install it. Otherwise go with simple (TP link Deco with Ethernet back haul). Ubiquiti is not for amateurs

Deco is easy / inexpensive: minimal level of effort. Ubiquiti is expensive / high maintenance and for very high number of users (public buildings)