I am looking for a wifi mesh system to improve the coverage in my home. I looked around and found a cheap solution with decent reviews, the Halo 50G by Mercusys (TP Link). I am not a fan of super cheap, super easy to use “magical” solutions, and within minutes of connecting just the access point I was seeing calls to the likes of google, facebook, amazon, etc in my network coming from the device. Not ideal.

I also found that Ubiquiti and Netgear may be the best options out there, but the prices I found are north of 600€ and I can not afford to pay that much right now.

So, my question is: Is there any wifi mesh system that is not using my network against me and does not empty my wallet? I am based in Europe and would like something under 200€ if possible, and ready to buy from the shelf.

Thank you for reading and for any recommendation.

  • rouxdoo@lemmy.world
    71·
    2 days ago

    I ditched Netgear due to poor performance and went with Ubiquiti. I’m fortunate that I could afford to buy a console for management but if you’re willing to self-host then there is no cost there. You could then get several APs (they have some as low as $99) and you’re all set.

    • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
      1·
      8 hours ago

      I also use ubiquiti. It is the apple of WiFi systems, for better or worse.

      I have yet to be able to find if they are privacy respecting or not. I am leaning more towards no since everything is by default through their cloud (my brand new UCG-ultra wouldn’t even let me set it up locally, it would break when trying to set it up locally via the app and DNS & IPs would be messed up so I couldn’t even contact it to fix it, I had to hard reset it and do it via their cloud)

    • icmpecho@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      18 hours ago

      i just moved into a place where wired networking is not an option, and did this to get Wi-Fi into my bedroom. It works great - I’m hosting my controller on a Raspberry Pi and have two APs, with one wired to the router and one meshing. it works great :)

    • magikmw@lemm.ee
      42·
      2 days ago

      FYI all ubiquity aps I ever bought broke within 5 years. Ymmv

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        14 hours ago

        I’ve only ever lost one, I have six installed at home in 12 installed at work.

        I’m not saying they’re the height of reliability but your mileage very well may vary.