Here’s How To Tell How Many Wi-Fi Mesh Nodes You Need – SlashGear

The most obvious fact is that the bigger your apartment, house, or office, the greater the number of mesh nodes you’ll need to ensure the Wi-Fi signal is adequately transmitted across the entire property. If you live in a small apartment, you may be fine using the two nodes typically included with a mesh networking bundle. Someone who lives in a medium-sized condo or townhouse may need to buy an additional node, and someone who lives in a family-sized house may need to buy two or three extra nodes.

The number of nodes needed to cover any given space depends on the product itself. For example, while a single Google Wi-Fi access point can offer coverage for up to 1,500 square feet, a single Nest Wi-Fi router can cover up to 2,200 square feet, and tossing one access point on top of that boosts the number all the way to 3,800 square feet (via Google). 

Asus, meanwhile, uses a clever illustrated guide that provides consumers with a visual example of where mesh networking hardware may be placed in different types of homes and how many nodes may be needed based on the size and design.

If you don’t have access to the official floor plans for your home or office, you can figure out the square footage by using a tape measure to determine the length and width of a room in feet, then multiplying those two numbers to get the square footage. Alternatively, you can enter the numbers into an online square footage calculator like Calculator Soup. Do this for each room in your home or office, then add all of the numbers together to get the total square footage.