Wi-Fi Mesh: Why It Is Not Just "Multiple APs with the Same Name"
Wi-Fi Mesh is often reduced to one simple image: there are several nodes in the house or office, the phone stays on the same SSID (Service Set Identifier) all the time, and internet access follows you everywhere. That leads to the overly simplified explanation: multiple AP (Access Point) devices are just broadcasting the same name, and the terminal simply chooses the closest one.
That sentence only describes the surface experience. It does not explain the key difference between Mesh and “several independent APs with the same name.” What separates Mesh from plain same-name AP deployment is not the SSID itself, but the fact that these three things are organized together:
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