I’ve used APs to mesh (5ghz) two buildings together, with a switch on the far side of the arrangement as a bandaid prior to cabling work. APs and switch in the bridged building were managed, minimal load, worked well enough. I’ve also had good luck with UBBs, though these were always mounted outdoors, and at 1km or less. PoE in both examples. Other parts of the networks in all cases were a mishmash of different vendors.
I wouldn’t expect the meshed APs to care about what’s on the other side of them, either, but haven’t tried with unmanaged devices/different vendors. I also wouldn’t expect high performance from 5ghz meshing, but depends on several factors. UBBs definitely don’t care what’s behind them.
I’ve used APs to mesh (5ghz) two buildings together, with a switch on the far side of the arrangement as a bandaid prior to cabling work. APs and switch in the bridged building were managed, minimal load, worked well enough. I’ve also had good luck with UBBs, though these were always mounted outdoors, and at 1km or less. PoE in both examples. Other parts of the networks in all cases were a mishmash of different vendors.
I wouldn’t expect the meshed APs to care about what’s on the other side of them, either, but haven’t tried with unmanaged devices/different vendors. I also wouldn’t expect high performance from 5ghz meshing, but depends on several factors. UBBs definitely don’t care what’s behind them.