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Re:Run Your Home on a Raspberry Pi by nybble41 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @02:38PM (#30182846)
The Ubiquiti Access Point AC Mesh Pro[0] (~$200) appears to support multiple SSIDs and VLANs. Of course you'd need at least two of them to count as a "mesh", which is $400… was your $500 budget per access point or for the whole system (and if so, for how many APs)?

[0] https://store.ui.com/products/unifi-ac-mesh-pro-ap

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Re:Run Your Home on a Raspberry Pi by vladgur on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @06:00PM (#30185413)
2 will cover my needs. Do they actually work like a mesh? As in use backhaul radio to communicate between them and allow seamless switch from one to another as you travel around your home?
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Re:Run Your Home on a Raspberry Pi by nybble41 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @09:04PM (#30187486)
Yes, this model supports Wireless Uplink with Plug & Play Mesh:

> Wireless Uplink functionality enables wireless connectivity between APs for extended range. One wired UniFi AP uplink supports up to four wireless downlinks on a single operating band, allowing wireless adoption of devices in their default state and real-time changes to network topology. For devices that support Plug & Play Mesh, this functionality is extended to allow multi-hop wireless uplink – so wirelessly uplinked APs can support uplink to other wirelessly uplinked APs.

(quote is from the datasheet PDF)

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