Mesh hardware in 2025

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
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Hello,

I've read a lot of thing about mesh networks and roaming networks. In my case I can attach multiple routers to my wired LAN so, I would like to setup a mesh network.

In terms of performance I'd like a Wifi 6 mesh network (2,4Ghz for some devices, and 5Ghz for computers and telephons) and my ISP provides me with 10Gb fiber (in fact I have 200 Mb up and down)
I have also to avoid some wifi chipset because my doorbell doesn't support broadcom devices for example.

I also would like to know whatis the prefered architecture between multiple wifi router, versus 1 wired router and multiple APs

Waiting for your adivses.
Thanks

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If you have wired back haul, you won't be running a mesh.

How does this compute ?
Or is 10Gb the speed of the fiber, not the speed of the plan ?

How many devices (APs) are we talking about, anyway?

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That's a truly smart doorbell, because neither does OpenWrt.

Just to make clear, you understand that "mesh" has nothing to do with roaming, it defines a wireless backhaul system, right? https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/mesh/mesh11sd

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Sorry for my mistake, what I'd like to write was : "In my case I can't .."

Yes 10Gb is the speed of the fiber but in fact it depends on the fiber lenght. So I have only 150/200 Mb

I'd like to add have 3 APs

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I always thought the speed limit was controlled by the hw where the fiber's terminating...

And where are you located, geographically?

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I'm located in France

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Then get three Zyxel T-56, 120€ + shipping, assuming you are using wired back haul, if not, you want tri band devices.
T-56s are just a PITA to flash :slight_smile:

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My bad, I sould have wirte : "In my case I can't attach..." so, I can't install a fast roaming network

My doorbell is a ring, it has nothing to do with openwrt you're right but it was to eliminate some incompatible harware.

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An (probably) incomplete list of supported tri band devices "tri band" (triple interface) router list.

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You're right I don't have a wired back haul so I need tri band devices.
I'm actually using a banana PI R3 which was also hard to flash..

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Thanks; I'll take a look at it

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How about building a mesh with 2 or 3 Linksys MX4200, do you think it's a good choice
I saw that only the snapshot version of openwrt is supported, so..