dunno why you're over complicating things.
The TP-Link nodes (however many you want) will form 1 single WiFi 6 mesh, with a single SSID, and you'll get WiFi access throughout your EA.
I appreciate your information but I’d like to understand what’s actually going on. For example, let’s talk about channels. Again I’m saying this based on what I read on the internet. I don’t want to quote urls here so as to keep it short.
I read that a mesh network uses the same channel throughout the network and hence it’s like all devices share the same lane on the highway. Not good for bandwidth. But channels on the APs, on the other hand, can be set individually and they should be set to different channels to avoid interference. But others say they should be set to the same channel to facilitate roaming.
Hence I wanted to understand more about wired mesh vs AP mode.
When I asked network contractors who can set up the network for me about this, their answer is everything is “auto” which may mean they don’t know how it actually works, especially when I press them for an answer.
If the internet is consistent in what they say about wired mesh vs APs, I won’t be asking the question here. Unfortunately the internet says it differently.
I’m guessing that maybe all these network people are actually saying the seam thing but because of my lack of knowledge, I understand them to be different. So I’m trying to learn here.
A pair of Asus XT8 or a trio of XD5 would likely be sufficient for my EA and I know they are as easy as simply turning them on to get them all connected. But I just want to understand more about how they are set up, and if I go with the TUF-AX4200 + 2 or 3 nodes of RT-AX55 solution, how would I set up the AX55 since they are not mesh nodes by default. Could I set them up as APs? Then what about the channels?
But thanks for sharing about your EA home setup. That helps.
