+Provides fair amount of control (priority, ip reservation, preferred bands/ap)
+Integrates with home assistant
+Can assign 2.4ghz for iot
Cons
โsome mesh WiFi systems don't allow you to turn off the wireless backhaul network
โRequires fiddling with a few settings
โcheaper consumer systems might use the same set of antennas for backhaul and client-facing network
โmight not let you set each access point to use a different channel
โI have a very similar setup - ISP connection set to Modem only, connected to a TP-Link X50 router with a second X50 at the other end of the house, creating a mesh setup.โ