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Wow. Those search engines are so bad they outright removed your advertisement link. Crazy
I dunno. I think any review of an all in one router with an emphasis on performance/technology is, at best, irresponsible at this point. "Mesh" systems have gotten cheap enough that they are genuine products to consider for consumers which means buying a wireless access point (WAP) is actually reasonable. Hardware for a router (whether home built or a dedicated appliance), a switch, and a wireless access point comes out not that much more expensivee than a "performance router". And then just replace the WAP in a few years for a fraction of the price of a new "router" and you have Wifi 9.5161616
If you just need "a router that works" then... Amazon and/or Wirecutter have you covered because they are all "more or less the same" and it becomes a matter of what brand and price you like. If you care about performance and coverage and so forth... the all in ones are horrible.
It depends on the brand since very few allow the user to properly configure and control the mesh system. Then again, there’s AiMesh available.
TP-Link (and I think even ubiquiti?) allow the WAPs to be used in both standalone and mesh mode. The pricing required for meshing means a standalone WAP is dirt cheap.
And the standalone plays well with any router.
Even entertaining the idea of buying an all in one "router" at this point is comparable to buying a prebuilt PC. If all you need is something that works, they can be a good choice. But for anyone who would know how to interpret performance numbers you are a lot better off building it yourself (or slipping microcenter a 20). Same here. I think it is pfsense that even sell theirs preinstalled on pretty decent hardware (that you can then reformat for opnsense...).
Oh, I wholeheartedly agree. But I don’t think we’ll manage to convince many people, outside the tech enthusiasts that this is the best way for good WiFi.
I am more interested whether the testing methodology is good enough and clear. I can apply it to multi node systems, as well as wireless APs.
Noted.