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Best WiFi Solution for unique long/tall home.
I just moved into a new home and I am trying to get WiFi coverage in all spots. It's a very unique skinny/tall home with 2,700+ sq feet of space. There are 4 floors including the basement with the living spaces at opposite ends of each floor connected by a long hallway (home is 60FT long front-to-back with 9+ ceilings on each floor). I set-up Verizon Gigabit service and currently have the Verizon Gigabit router located in the living room (front room) of first floor and it reaches all areas, but am looking to replace/augment as the performance is slower in the back rooms of floors 2 & 3 (office + master BR). I have already have already installed 3 nest thermostats, 2 Alexas and plan to add more smart devices (e.g. Cameras), so connectivity is essential. Additionally the home is fully pre-wired for ethernet in every room with multiple jacks with the main box in the basement, so I could potentially connect routers directly to the ethernet jacks in the rooms if I added a switch in the main box in the basement. Though I prefer to do something easier with plug and play. I'm looking for a solution that will offer the same network name (mesh-experience) across all 4 floors front-back of the home with the fastest possible wifi. I have compared Orbi, Velop, Google, Eero etc. and it seems that Orbi/Velop are the two that would be best. I would appreciate some help from the community! If Orbi, which system is best (RBK50, RBK53)?