Connecting Mesh Wi-Fi for interaction with nearby gadgets.
Connecting Mesh Wi-Fi for interaction with nearby gadgets.
But, using several Ubiquiti devices is essentially a mesh network since it involves more than one access point with improved roaming capabilities. I had a mesh configuration with multiple Asus routers as APs too. However, whenever you have more than one AP sharing the same SSID, it becomes a mesh setup. Ubiquiti refers to this as a UniFi system, but it functions as a mesh Wi-Fi network. If your setup includes multiple APs, you’re dealing with a mesh. The key improvements come from 802.11r, 802.11s, and 802.11ai extensions, though these must be supported by the hardware. My question is about what you mean by mesh. Ubiquity is a mesh network if you have more than one AP. Are you referring to devices like Eero, TP-Link Deco, Linksys Velop, and similar consumer mesh systems? I think it’s clear that if the APs don’t support those roaming extensions—like in my older Asus setup where everything was on the same network—it required a lot of router configuration. When handoff between APs should happen automatically, it became much easier. With most modern boxed mesh setups, they operate similarly to your Ubiquiti configuration because all devices support the extensions I mentioned.