In 2023/2024, is there any reason NOT to be buying a mesh network?

posted 11 months ago

I am reviewing what I have… ASUS - ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro. I know this is a beast but I’m wondering if I made a small mistake with this after talking to some friends.

My house is totally covered by this and the speeds are great. I really have no issues at all with it. I was talking to a friend who has a “longer” house where his router is in 1 corner so he has trouble reaching wifi at the other end. Naturally I recommended a mesh system and sent his family a Nest Wifi 6e Pro which will be delivered tomorrow.

It made me wonder why I bought the router I bought instead of upgrading my older Nest Wifi (from 2019 I think) to also getting a Nest Wifi 6e Pro. And that made me wonder why anyone even makes these routers anyway that aren’t just mesh systems…

Yes, I know the AX11000 can use Asus AImesh proprietary thing but I don’t think it would work as well as a router designed to work around mesh like eero or Nest.

Thoughts? Why does anyone sell stand-alone routers at all? Simply cost?

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Skill_Deficiency@alien.topB

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11 months ago

What? Mesh always underperforms against properly deployed AP’s. Mesh is shittier in every way.

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puremojo@alien.topOPB

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11 months ago

Isn’t an access point part of a mesh network? Sorry if that’s a dumb question, I guess I just don’t understand it as much

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