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They aren't separate networks if you use a layer 2 access point (eg Ubiquiti UniFi) and not a layer 3 router.
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Got ya!
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Fair enough, think I’m getting my terminology confused. Was conflating AP’s with the older, dumber types of range extender stuff that you often ended up seeing a couple of different networks with the same name and things flip flopped between.
Sounds like given Ethernet back haul then a decent AP and a decent mesh (also with Ethernet) will be mostly indistinguishable.
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duncs
The faff with non mesh stuff I think can be since they're technically separate networks then you can have problems with devices on different but same named WLANs talking to each other.
Probably not an issue if you just want your phone to connect to wifi, but if you have one thing as a host on one WLAN, and a client on a different one