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Originally Posted by photon
With the Amplifi stuff does the 2nd one need to be on a wired connection? Or I guess should/can it be?
EDIT: Rebooted my router after updating the firmware and wifi speeds seem a bit better, but I can't pull up the wifi UI webpage now. Guess I might need to replace it sooner rather than later.
EDIT2: Hm the Amplifi Alien one has Wifi 6, but it has a fan, which I don't want if I put it in my office where the current router is.
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Sorry, I never used the mesh points. I used two routers and set the second router as a mesh point (with additional features) but I think it's the same.
AFAIK, with the mesh points, you cannot hard wire them (ethernet backhaul), it's wifi only. The AmpliFi mesh system is plenty fast and blows away old systems and low end mesh systems without a second thought.
It's your call whether to try and wait it out and go with 2x AmpliFi HD routers at $199 x 2 = 398 (but out of stock) or whether at $453 for the HD mesh kit (currently available) which is a single router and two wifi mesh points, would suffice for your purposes. The absolute worst case scenario if you go with the mesh kit is that you can always buy another Amplifi (not Unifi) router to add to the mesh system as an ethernet backbone mesh point. You also retain the options to sell a mesh point or two to pay for that router.
The AmpliFi routers are also much stronger broadcasting vs other lower end routers I've previously used. It's possible you might be able to put it elsewhere and still get strong wifi, thus rendering the fan inside the unit issue a non-issue if you can move it out of your office and still be satisfied.