>> I see the current offering is a mesh network, and some are recommended using a "ethernet backhaul" - a sexy term for joining up the APs with cable (which kind of defeats the object IMO).
Bit of an old one, but basically mesh networks are for people that don't have any wired infrastructure. They use the Wifi network itself to communicate between the mesh nodes. The posher more expensive units use another frequency for this so that they they don't jam up the actual Wifi part with inter-node traffic.
if you have a ethernet wired points in various locations it is much, much better just to use a set of any old Wifi access points linked into the ethernet. (That's what they mean by ethernet backhaul - just that the mesh ones also allow this. But no real need for a mesh device to do this)
Just give them all the same SSID and password and your roaming device will jump from one to another as you move around and a better signal comes into play.
I have 6 such access points - even in the garden in the pond filtration room! It's possible to begin a FaceTime at one end of the property and just walk around the garden from the back of the house to the front with no dropout.
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