aha! Sweet, thanks... ok, looks like this is the way to go!
Edit: to be honest, I'm actually excited to try this out now. I've been on bad wireless for at least 4 years
Edit: to be honest, I'm actually excited to try this out now. I've been on bad wireless for at least 4 years
Mesh networks can use Ethernet as backhaul and they can also use dedicated radios on 6GHz for backhaul. I’m using a mix of both (still have a couple I need to run Ethernet to) and it’s fantastic.
I wouldn’t recommend wireless backhaul to people who have bad experience with WiFi. Some people have bad WiFi because their (older?) buildings have problems with wireless in general: I am not saying they live in a faraday cage but still their if their WiFi isn’t great, wireless backhaul won’t be either. Go wired if you have a choice.
Thus, in older houses, WiFi signal may not be great, and brick walls will make wiring the house an absolute pain.
I have seen some people dropping wire outside of the house, which is not great either (surges can and will happen).
For sure, that's why I mentioned that I'm still in the process of switching over to pure ethernet for backhaul.
That said, if you have enough nodes, 6GHz for backhaul works pretty nice right now. My home has concrete block exterior walls with some interior concrete and plaster walls and the nodes that use dedicated 6GHz for backhaul are doing just fine as is.
I would never consider 5GHz for backhaul, though.