MikroTik - hAP ax S (E62iUGS-2axD5axT)

If you do manage to get stable wifi, it may only be temporary if you're travelling around; however, there are wireless APs with ethernet you can buy. Mikrotik E62iUGS-2axD5axT is an expensive option; however, it's the model I'm most familiar with. Not sure what the latency would be like, wifi signal strength plus quality of the upstream provider will affect this.

The hAP ax is a great router/AP combo unit and has a good default config out of the box, but if you end up wanting to change any of the default settings, it’s probably the least user friendly networking gear I’ve ever used. I personally run Mikrotik for my home lab and setting up things like VLANs is horrible compared to other brands listed in this thread

To answer your questions and to add more ideas to the topic: \- AX-Line cant run WDS (easiest repeater setup) \- AX-Line can run as a "stupid" repeater as in: Connect to Wifi X Bridge to own WiFi in AP Mode. No capsman. See: [https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/313262189/Configuring+repeater](https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/313262189/Configuring+repeater) As you already want to go the "buy another" device route it seems like i could recommend an AX3. Might be a lot more expensive depending on where you live, but it can offer quite a bit more Wi-Fi range. For a "real world" comparison of the ax2 or ax3: In one setup i did the ax3 has around 4x the range of an ax2 (always depends on A LOT of factors, but the big antennas do help a lot) But if you just want to add an AP id personally would just go with a hap ax S (cause cheap) and then ignore capsman. And yes keep in mind the usual of "location scouting" and "frequency optimizations".

hap ax works for me as a station, not a repeater

Separate the router and the access point. Gives you a lot more options. I have a Mikrotik Rb3011 router and 2 Mikrotik cAP ac. But if you want a good all in one. Look at the hAP line. Ax is WiFi6.

NGL I think it’s smarter to buy older gen wifi or used with one of the managed solutions, rather than bleeding edge unmanaged wifi 7 Potentially OP if interested in one node might dig in and research Mikrotik hAP very closely to see if it can do the needful WiFi VLAN. They’re not known though for strong wifi. My hAP is only used as a firewall as a Temu UDM , with the WiFi as an emergency fallback during a power outage, when I don’t power my APs

Do you have any references comparing firewalla to UniFi, Mikrotik, and PFsense/other x86 software firewall? I got some “upgrade to 1/10Gb fiber ads and am tempted”. Currently at 0.6/0.6, which my hAP can do no problem

Yeah, it is but bang for buck Mikrotik can't be beat. From home gear to their cloud core gear, unbelievable value for money.