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Originally Posted by stumped
It may be useful to give this a blue sky rethink.
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Yes. Then try to fit the results into what equipment one already has and hope it works.
I did something like this when I had an ISP router and several Netgear wireless routers. I turned the routers into bridges (access points) and spread them around. This worked, sort of. Unfortunately internal roaming didn't work well.
I now have a three node Linksys mesh system connected to a Virgin router in modem mode. The mesh boxes are connected by cable. They are located near desktop computers, so the desktops can also connect using cable. This system work very well for me. None of the desktop machines use WiFi. The portable devices that do roam seamlessly as I walk around, with no blackout spots. The cost: some £180, which may put it out of reach of some people. You get this price by using a 2-band router instead of 3-band, which is OK if the backhaul is cabled.