Same, I’ve setup Unifi stuff a lot, it’s great until it’s not. It seemed like every update broke at least one of my WiFi devices. I generally like their stuff, but I’ve never had anything personally as reliable and as consistently fast as eero (Max 7 mesh).
I tried many routers and the Google nest pro wifi 6e is the only one that worked.
It broadcasts multiple 2.4 ghz network on channel 1,6 and 13 simultaneously.
No other brand does it this way. I tried deco BE95, Asus Zen wifi and eero max 7. All of them broadcast a single 2.4 ghz band. If you have a lot of cameras like me that single channel get saturated quick.
The gold standard is running CAT cable to all access points (the WiFi broadcast devices) so they are connected with a wired backhaul. For some people this is too expensive or too much work. although almost always possible. Next best is a true WiFi mesh system. Tri-Band is the best option so the APs communicate with each other on a dedicated wireless channel. I run my mesh with wired backhaul using eero Pro and Max models but they are also highly rated for use with wireless backhaul. When going with wireless backhaul the placement of the units becomes extremely important so that they have a strong signal to each other and you minimize the number of hops between the APs and the router.
My relative got several eero 7 max routers from her internet provider.
They were very easy to set up (you do need to set up an account) and extremely fast.
But they are very expensive!
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