Slightly OT? WiFi problems

[Liam Proven]

On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 21:35, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> How can you have a mesh consisting of one router?  I thought the whole
> point was that you have multiple access points working seamlessly
> together.

I was going to say the same.

1 router is not a mesh. It's a bog-standard normal WLAN AP.

2 routers is not a mesh. It's an AP + a repeater.

3 is a minimal mesh but with almost no redundant paths and will not
give much better results than one. It's a flip-flop: there are 2
possible paths for the signal.

4 has some chance of working better than fewer.

5+ is a true mesh, where the signal can take various paths and be
rerouted on the fly for roaming access, where clients can hop from one
AP to another and remain connected.

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