What mesh system and cable networking?

[bikerguy696]

Hey there! Thanks for looking!
I have quite a large place where my family all live I have just got a 200 meg connection and I have been comparing mesh systems and have potentially decided on the orbi or google wifi.
Not really worried about getting that max speed through the wifi as most people in the house dont really do anything heavy on it apart from myself so I am looking to put a cable from the router to my area of the house and use a switch to connect.

I know I will need at least three mesh units including the one connected to my router.
My question is firstly would you guys recommend a particular mesh system? And also if I still connect myself via a cable to the router to my area to connect xbox and pc for gaming etc that should all work fine?
I am a bit geeky but not overly techical any help would be most appreciated! Thanks

 

[RealBeast]

If your wallet can handle it the Netgear Orbi RBK50 is still the best performing mesh system based on THESE SNB reviews and later follow ups on newer models. The two unit setup runs close to $400 and for really large homes the three unit runs around $600. For the situation where you have a large and long two story ranch style floor plan I still tend to go with a primary router and (assuming CAT5e is off the table) a set of three to four AV1200 PL adapters (usually the TL-PA8030) and cheap TP-Link routers for coverage so you can have more control over the wireless radios and have no issue with poor backfeeds (also it is a fair bit less expensive at around $300 for all hardware).

I've only used the RBK50 in a few situations but it worked out quite well. The cable to your gaming machine is a great plan.