Does anyone have any recommendations concerning Google WiFi?
In my current setup I have 2 wireless Access Points (one in house and one in separate office). I have also added 3 Range Extenders to the house. I keep having difficulty with something in the house and I have to reboot all 4 devices in a specific order. When the trouble starts all my devices (Sonoff, Tuya, etc.) (all running Tasmota 2.2.1) seem to switch to the second AP (in the office even though it is a weak signal (RSSI ~32). Tasmota 2.4.1 had a lot of networking issues for me that went away when I downgraded to 2.2.1.
I have the second AP configured to the office because that is where I setup and test all of the devices before installing them in the house.
Now I’m thinking about switching to a mesh network in the house and Google WiFi was what a colleague recommended. But I’m concerned that I won’t have enough control over it for effectively running Home Assistant and all my devices.
I have been using Google WiFi for a couple of years. I have 3 nodes. Works well and is very stable. The app is simple but does everything you need - port forwarding, reserved IPs etc. Also allows control of your router when you are away from your home network - very useful.
Although I’ve never used their mesh systems, anything by Ubiquiti would probably work, although 2 regular APs wired to a switch might be faster due to the lack of requiring wireless backhaul.
EDIT: Also range extenders are horrible IMO. They almost always cut the speed in half, or more if you’re connecting one to another. This is coming from my own experience.
Been using Google Wifi for about 18 months (3 nodes), not had any problems, does all that HA requires. Had a couple of minor issues with speaker pairs on Sonos, but all resolved and can’t pin the issue on google wifi. Really is very simple to manage.
Here’s a rundown, i use the ASUS ai mesh system and I love it, basically ASUS released a firmware update for most of their routers so you can have one router and your main one and mix and match other ASUS routers as mesh nodes.
Ubiquiti: The best without a shadow of doubt, enterprise grade equipment. However they are the most (very) expensive.
Google mesh: pretty good for most home users lacks multiple ethernet ports (you will need a switch probably) it also lacks features you would find in “full” routers.
ASUS ai mesh: slightly more expensive than Google but outstanding features for a consumer router (prosumer level) MAC address filter, parental control, bandwidth control, vpn, hostname support, great app, mix and match routers.
From personal experience, i have had an Asus router for 7 years and it has been rock solid, and now on their mesh system and very impressed.