UniFi Express

Fwiw, unifi can also do mesh. I have a temporary setup in our new home until I can pull wires which has an ac 6 pro wired to my router, and a 6 long-range in our bedroom and nano ap in the garage wifi meshed. They just each have a Poe ac adapter powering them but they are meshed to the 6 pro. Prior house each was hardwired cat6, and house prior to that I had only 2 of them but used coax moca 2.5gbps to the second one. All setups worked great.

I would return the dream router get the Unifi express series either the regular or the 7s. put one in the cupboard and put another in the house they mesh.

The express is designed to mesh with other expresses. Ive installed a few for people that wiring is not an option.

Yes they can he was asking about a router. The expresses are meant to be meshed together like the tplink decos.

Things like unify express are about 200 a pop. You get one of those and then standalone access points like i7 pro. And for wired devices you add some 2.5 gbe or 10 gbe switches.

If you have a home with brick wall or concrete wall or just a larger area I would get something wifi 7 capable. I replaced my 2 Google nest pro which I had setup as a wired mesh system with a single Ubiquiti UniFi Express ux7 and it’s been incredible.

I use mesh routers with a wired back haul it’s great. I have Unifi express 7 on each floor