eero Pro 6 AX4200

Used to have Eero Pro 6's provided by my ISP but when I switched ISPs i moved over to a Unifi UCG Max with a U7 Pro for AP

Nice guide, and it validates my budget-driven choice to run a Pro 7 gateway and Pro 6 mesh.

I use Eero mesh, a mix of 6 and 6 Pro nodes from a few years ago. My home is about 1600 sq ft, with 5 nodes because the walls seem to be WiFi-resistant. Network is reliable and easy to manage* No network issues on AVP. *2.4 GHz-only IoT devices can be a pain to set up because Eero doesn’t offer a separate dedicated 2.4 network

Yes just out of the box. We had one of the original google mesh networks and just outgrew it. I bought a 3 pack of the eero pro 6s and it has no trouble with three HomePods and four Apple TVs, ipads, and some cameras. Reaches all corners of our house and even the garage and most of the yard.

I can only get full signal in the room the router is in. I have a WiFi 6 MEO gateway and ordered another node, but I am not sure that will help with the second floor. I have dealt with signal issues outdoors in a log home, but never inside like this. In our 50’s stick built house, a 3 node Eero gave me coverage throughout the house and the detached garage, but I doubt that would be any better and I never liked the lack of control of the admin interface. Anyone with a big two level solid wall house found a good mesh solution? Anyone with a MEO WiFi 6 gateway added a 2nd node and had success?

Get a Eero 3 pack and call it done

Avoid unify. You have parents evidently aren’t technically savvy and having them do anything with this when you’re not there will be a nightmare. The TP Link Decos you’ve suggested will be fine, or even a three pack Eero would suffice. You likely won’t even need a poe switch (unless you’re thinking about security cameras or similar down the track) as most routers will have three or four ports anyway that you can patch directly to your wall sockets and then mesh wifi units. Just get a cheap $125 tp link router from Officeworks and a deco bundle.