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Soul
Question:

I currently have two Airport Extremes and one Airport Express (all wireless n standard) covering three main areas of my house:
1. Airport Extreme - TV / Sky / Xbox (#1) / Apple TV / Hue Hub - Main router / hub, connected to Virgin modem in modem only mode and wired to three of the items listed
2. Airport Extreme - Mac Mini / PC / Xbox (#2) / Femtocell - Main spoke, wirelessly connected to main router and wired to three of the items listed
3. Garden office / shed - Another spoke, wired to the main router (via a cable through the garden) and just used for wireless connection
I want to upgrade to AC standard for more throughput as I have 200Mbps fibre which the which is being limited by the wireless connection. I don't have any issues with signal dropout between the units.

What are my options? Ideally, i want all the listed items to be wired to the main hub or the upstairs spoke.

Should I just buy two of the latest Airport extremes and a couple of switches?

@Velocio: I seem to remember you offering advice recently but can't find it.

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Velocio in reply to @Soul

My advice was in the Mac/Apple thread, and was effectively: Throw away everything and go buy all Ubiquiti equipment.

Which is rock solid advice, except for the bit that involves spending lots of money.
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aggi in reply to @Soul

I imagine he'd recommend one of these https://linitx.com/product/ubiquiti-edgemax-edgerouter-x-uk-psu/14588
and however many of these you require for coverage https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ac/

I think Ubiquiti switches were also recommended but I found those to be a bit of overkill when I looked. You'll probably need some sort of switch.

Not sure if the wired connections are necessary in number 2 given the connection is wireless.

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