Jrref - it’s not that much money. I think I got my buddy a 5 pack of the latest mesh network routers for around $300. I used a 5 year old router in my garage to extend my wifi into the garage.
If you use just wifi to connect all your TVs, ecobee thermostats, and pretty much all your home devices, you are using the 2.4ghz band which has terrible speeds and latencies. 1 of the reasons I use this many routers is because I come out of the router rj45 ports into my TVs/dvd/streamers and all these devices are using 1G speeds, not the slow 2.4gjz band, huge difference in speed and latency. The other reason I use so many routers is I have fully automated my house and control it from anywhere in the world. I stream music to all my home stereos plus I stream to all my cars anywhere in the country. Plus, outside cameras require so much bandwidth to work right.
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