I live in a small house with a big garden that wraps around the house. My newly installed Smart Hub 7 does a good job inside the house but I've got no signal whatsoever outside. I've already got a PoE switch on the opposite side of the house which would also be the obvious place to install an access point because it's on the corner of the house that the garden wraps around. I can't install an EE extender there because there are no mains sockets and EE extenders don't work with PoE. Plus I need it to be outside to reach the end of the garden.
So my question is, how can I install an external mesh node that is compatible with the Smart Hub 7 and powered by PoE?
I realise that external access points powered by PoE are ten a penny and I could install one tomorrow but I want it to be a mesh network. The reason is that even when outside the external access point is likely to have a stronger signal than the Smart Hub in certain places like the kitchen. I want my devices to seamlessly jump to the strongest point.
I'm fairly clued up on networking but I'm a bit old school. I've got no idea how mesh actually works. All I know is what the marketing rubbish says!
