[rbranson]

> It's a much better answer to hook up everything on Ethernet that you possibly can than it is to follow the more traveled route of more channels and more congestion with mesh Wi-Fi.

Certainly this is the brute-force way to do it and can work if you can run enough UTP everywhere. As a counterexample, I went all-in on WiFi and have 5 access points with dedicated backhauls. This is in SF too, so neighbors are right up against us. I have ~60 devices on the WiFi and have no issues, with fast roaming handoff, low jitter, and ~500Mbit up/down. I built this on UniFi, but I suspect Eero PoE gear could get you pretty close too, given how well even their mesh backhaul gear performs.

[chrneu]

lol 5 APs for ~60 devices is so wasteful and just throwing money at the problem.

I'm glad it works but lol that's just hilarious.

[xmprt]

I'm not super familiar with SF construction materials but I wonder if that plays a part in it too? If your neighbors are separated by concrete walls then you're probably getting less interference from them than you'd think and your mesh might actually work better(?)... but what do I know since I'm no networking engineer.

[rbranson]

It's all wood construction, originally stick victorians with 2x4 exterior walls. My "loudest" neighbor is being picked up on 80MHz at -47 dBm.

[Marsymars]

FWIW you don't need POE Eero devices for a wired backhaul, all of their devices has support it.

[sidewndr46]

you have five access points and 60 devices? How many square feet are you trying to cover?

[chrneu]

He said SF with neighbors so I'm assuming condo/apartment. Probably less than 2000sq feet would be my guess.

5 aps for 60 devices is hilarious. I have over 120 devices running off 2 APs without issue. lol