My Atlas Pro Wi-Fi 6 mesh are one of the rare HomeKit Wi-Fi Routers. They allow special network-level security benefits for HomeKit accessories. I get they're not super industrial or from new up and coming companies offering commercial Wi-Fi solutions, but they get the job done and I'm pretty satisfied.
AX4200 with 2 nodes
I got a 3 mesh system Linksys MX4200 used for $25 and it works great covers my house in WiFi for the cameras and cellphones and gives me full 950mbps wired connection to my computers.
Linksys Mx4200/Mx4300/Mx5300/Mx8500. You can purchase these off eBay for under $100. The hardware is great and will last a long time for routing purposes (supports Qualcomm hardware acceleration).
Linksys Mx4200/Mx4300/Mx5300/Mx8500. You can purchase these off eBay for under $100. The hardware is great and will last a long time for routing purposes (supports Qualcomm hardware acceleration).
In 220 sqm, you shouldn't need more than 3 nodes, unless you want more coverage outside, but with too many as you've already experience, they will sometime fight for the best signal, even more so when they are just wifi based.
If you can get more Cat6 installed, the location of the router (primary node) becomes irrelevant since they will all share the same exact signal with the same bandwidth so you should be able to test it now and confirm better coverage. If you have baseboards, they make 1/4 round that has channels in them where you can hide the Cat 6, and if that's not an option there are some manufacturers who make flat cables.
As for me personally, both system have been challenging but that is more related to my own person situation than the hardware. The Linksys Velop system started out great, but as my need for IoT devices grew, the system struggled a bit. I came to find out well after the fact, the nodes which I thought I set up as wired, someone defaulted back to wireless which impact my bandwidth for devices connected to it. I ended up giving them to my inlaws since the coverage at their home sucked and they have been working perfectly since. I moved over to the Night Hawk system on the recommendation of a friend who has their gaming router and overall it has been really good. It took a lot of additional setup and tweaking to get it up and running at full capacity. The biggest challenge I had (again my own issue, not product issue), was I forgot how many of my IoT devices only run off 2.4 gHz. The Night Hawk system (unlike the Velop) has a default SSID that combines the 2.4 and 5 gHz bands. The Velop had these automatically separate with different SSID's. Due to this, some of my IoT devices had trouble connecting and I regularly lost their signal. (see Ring Cameras, smart switches/outlets, etc) so this meant I had to reconfigure my network with customized networks. But on the Nighthawk system this works differently than I was used to. The main 2.4/5 ghz network will always remain, so I had to create a custom standalone 2.4ghz network and then reconnect all my IoT devices to that. This was a tedious effort, but again, this was my fault, not the hardware/software. Since I have finally got all of that figured out, its run flawlessly. I have a 1GB fiber line. If the device is hardwired, I will get 850 Mbps (up and down) on average (www.speedtest.net). On a wireless device it will vary from 100Mbps to 500Mbps which is dependent on how much bandwidth is being used at any give time. The coverage is better than the Velop overall. I have a few friends who have the Orbi systems and swear by them. Since I run a lot of wired, I wanted some more raw high performance in certain locations. (Night Hawk lets you prioritize devices better IMO) I both game and run a home theater server so I stream not only from the net, but also across the network from that service to 4 different locations in the house. Even if they are all running at the same time, the wired connection means they don't bog down and don't impact the wireless bandwidth that is remaining. The Orbi overperforms with wifi only based stuff and provides a stable network across a larger area. From what I understand the setup is also easier on the Orbi. If and when my night hawk system dies, I will seriously consider and Orbi system but thats not going to be for quite a long time.
I've been using a Linksys Velop Mesh system for the last 6 years. We put our Virgin Media router into modem mode and run everything through the Linksys kit.
I was actually thinking the other day that it's getting on a bit but fibre connection is 250Mb and the Wi-Fi delivers that on [speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net) across our flat. (I don't know what the walls are made of but signal was terrible in some parts of the flat without the extra nodes.)
We also ran ethernet to each room when we had the place rewired, so the Wi-Fi nodes in each room are hardwired. Works well.
I do worry it's getting on, so will check out some of the other recommendations in this thread!
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