On Fri, 19 Jul 2019 14:39:48 +0100, Chris Green wrote:

John Rumm wrote:
On 19/07/2019 11:32, Chris Green wrote:

Finally, do any of the more reasonably priced 'mesh' systems have
wired interconnections between the mesh boxes? Just relying on the
WiFi to connect them is a bit hopeful in our house.

You don't need a mesh system for wired interconnects - ordinary APs will
do for that.

The whole point of mesh is it establishes potentially multiple
connections between the devices giving redundancy and added throughput.
So to work well you need enough of them in a layout that allows them to
actually mesh rather than forming a long chain.

But doesn't mesh mean that client devices will 'roam' transparently,
whereas adding wired WiFi access points won't do this (i.e. it's down
to the client, or me, to change WiFi connection).

Wouldn't you simply set the SSID and password on all AP's to the same
so that clients could / would reconnect to the loudest AP as required
(when reconnecting) albeit not the same handover as on a full system?

No user intervention required though or was that what you were talking
about above?

Cheers, T i m