Access Point U7 Lite (U7-Lite)

Every topology has its weaknesses. Many people may think that mesh is the golden goose, but that is not the case. The biggest weakness is the backhaul. If it is too weak or the AP-to-AP section has poor reception, the mesh will also perform poorly. Since many people tend to push 3-4 Wi-Fi networks onto the transmitter, there is often a problem with beaconing on light consoles, as these only have 4-6 max streams. Therefore, it makes sense to use a good AP instead of a light one. For example, two xgs can be placed further apart because their reception strength is 30dBm and more instead of a u7Lite. Then there are Wi-Fi-specific issues: a backhaul that is too weak can cause the MLO on the end devices to not function properly in Wi-Fi 7, for example. Individual AP cells still deliver the best quality.

It was so good for me that when I accidentally messed up some wiring it was doing wireless back haul from an older udr to u7ap’s and I only noticed it due to the app showing topology looking wrong. This is 2 story house with udr in basement and aps on the 2 above ground floors.

Ubiquity hands down. Their WiFi 7 gear is reasonably priced too

Get ubiquity. Fuck that other crap. I tried all that other shit you are looking at, get a couple WiFi 7 access points and a gateway and have some reliable easy to upgrade stuff. If your existing Poe is the 48 volt Poe+ stuff you won’t need to get Poe injectors or Poe switches for the access points. Since I went this route I do t know what to do with my free time, as I am not battling my iot shit disconnecting and going off line.

I've used Netgear Orbi, Eero, and Ubiquiti UniFi WiFi 7 systems all long term. If you want an excellent ecosystem all behind one very sleek pane of glass WITH better performance and reliability and control than the other stuff, just get UniFi. The only caveat is lack of a dedicated wireless backhaul channel but this is often inconsequential because of better range and overall bandwidth. If you want to set it and forget it and have tolerance when a forced botched firmware update is pushed with no rollback option, consider Eero.