Dream Router 7

Unifi Express 7 if you have a switch, Unifi Dream Router 7 if you need just a few ports. If you plan many cameras, you'll need a PoE switch anyway. Unifi Network is by far the best web UI on the market, outstanding monitoring. And their cameras integrate into the application suite excellently. If it can be placed somewhat central-ish, one AP should provide decent coverage. If not, more access points can be added to it, wired or wireless backhaul.

If you want to stay with an all-in-one setup I would recommend the Unifi Dream Router 7- https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-cloud-gateways/products/udr7 Breaking it up into the component parts by getting a router (not wifi), a PoE switch, and connecting access points (wifi) will naturally cost more, but the benefit is in the added control, expandability, and opportunity to learn.

It would be multiple products and it's very customizable based on your needs. Going to be comparing to the Pro Deployment which is $699 No Wiring but only need WiFi? Dream Router 7: $279 2x U7 Pro + 2 POE injectors: $408 Total: $687 Need at least 1 ethernet ports near the mesh AP? Dream Router 7: $279 2x Unifi Express 7: $398 Total: $677 Have at least 1 ethernet port wired and need both multiple ethernet and wifi? Dream Router 7: $279 Unifi Express 7: $199 U7 In-Wall: $149 Total: $628 It's a whole ecosystem of devices meant to work together and you can continually expand or replace as units get old. Eeros and Orbis would require replacing the entire stack when it comes to upgrading. With a Unifi setup you can pick and choose which components you want to replace, usually you keep the gateway/router and swap out the Wireless Access Points.

I use UBIQUITI UDR7 WI7 10GB POE GW. Works great.

I just replaced my entire network here wjth Ubiquiti gear. I’m a time IT pro turned cybersecurity consultant for small businesses. The install happens to be at my house, but bring self-employed, I set things up like a business network. I am really impressed with the UDR7, and I will recommend it to just about any of my small business clients. Edit: my setup is a UDR7, Pro Max 24 Port Switch, and a U7 Pro Wall AP. Networks: Management, Work, Kids, IoT, Lab, and Guest.

Get the Unfi Dream Router 7 - its better than all of them.

Asus or Unifi. New Unifi dream router 7 is good. You can add more AP like u7-pro or u7-pro-xg if you need more coverage.

None of them. Get unifi Udr7 and probably u7 lite or a pair of Asus like xd6 or something similar.

500mbs is more than enough for couple of people. Even for doing 4k streaming is fine. Don't really see any benefits of 1gig unless you are downloading/uploading tons of data. 2gb is just overkill and definitely not required. Look at review website dongknows to narrow down the choice of routers based on your requirement. Everyone is different so hard recommend, still some are good. Few router recommendations 1. Unifi UDR7. Great all-in-one router with lots of features. 2. Asus with wifi 7 and support for merlin firmware. Check above website for reviews. 3. If you want more control and would like to go DIY route, Any N100 mini pc with dual nic running opnsense/pfsense on it. Maybe directly or virtualized. Add an AP like unifi or omada or something else.

I just upgraded from an eero 6e to a UDR7, it’s barely more money and so much better. Eero is pretty set it and forget it but if you want any advanced features at all, or maybe in the future, go with ubiquiti

Ubiquiti is more on the commercial side, but you can buy it for home use. They support their devices for longer than consumer routers. The dream 7 would be plenty for a 1k sf place.

I was more concerned about the price point when replying. He’s starting from an old TP-Link Archer and there are current models in that line that are Wi-Fi 7 that cost a lot less than a Dream Router 7. Now, since that one is mentioned, I think it’s not much more expensive than the tri-band Archers and a lot less expensive as a starter than two APs, a switch, a gateway, and something to manage all that.