If you don't mind previous generation, say wifi 6 instead of wifi 7 then check out closeouts. Picked up a pair of Linksys Velop (MX4200) for $20 a piece from woot.com. Each node can cover 2700 sf and up to 7 nodes per mesh. I upgraded so I can deploy NDI cameras for streaming.
Linksys MBE7000 series covers 1700+ sq ft
1 unit is enough (i had two of the earlier model. Only need 1 now at the far end of our house)
How much area are you trying to cover. Is your modem in the middle or end of your house?
I have have a couple AX 4200 tri band. One with a Ethernet connection to my router and one node meshed to the first. It works well in my home. They have 2 or 3 walls between them.
You could just try them meshed first. If they don't deliver the speeds you want, you can consider hardwiring them. Hardwiring them is ideal for speed and latency, but there's nothing wrong with wireless backhauls IMO.
I bought one of the popular linksys AX4200 kits, as well a couple of the LN1301 units and played around with the mesh setup and it was just trash. And those claim to be tri band.
So my question is this, is mesh only worth it if you CAN do you a wired backhaul? I can't really do that in my current place and when I do move I'm just going to skip to a unifi setup.
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