Update...I guess if you wait long enough.  The wired GR60 in the garage just got an ip address after a couple of days in Alerting mode (multiple reboots during that time), and a day or so as a meshed repeater without an ip address.  At the same time I connected to MoCA adapters to either end of a coax that runs from my basement to the attic.  One end connects to my FIOS router and the other end to a GR10 in the attic.  It's been Alerting all day.  Then like magic, both APs snapped into online mode with ip addresses obtained from my FIOS router. So all looks good at the moment. ... View more

@hidden0 checking in...I finally got my wire to the garage.  Strange part is, the AP I plugged into it is still showing as a meshed repeater.  For some reason it's not getting a LAN IP address from my router, despite being connected back to my FIOS modem the same way as my indoor AP is connected.  Looks like I'm going back to support!!! ... View more

Thanks @hidden0.. I'll update once the wiring is finalized.  I should have the CAT6 to the garage early next week and the MoCa in place this weekend.  I did use powerline adapters in my old house and like so many others found it to be 'just ok'.  It gets the job done but not with any great performance. ... View more

To close the loop on this.  I opened a support ticket and the the feedback I received was helpful.  Basically, while mesh allows you to extend a network, it still has dependencies on wired connections for best performance.  The architecture of the mesh is actually to have as many wired access points as possible, with unwired 'outposts' to reach those hard to reach areas.  I was architecting almost opposite, with one wired anchor point, and many unwired access points in the effort to extend and reach a lot of hard to reach areas.     What I learned is, every unwired AP has to depend on a wired connection as a source.  So if I only had one wired connection and seven unwired, each was taking up a slice of bandwidth of the source connection.  I disconnected a few of the unwired APs and almost immediately achieved a level of stability in the network.   So, my next steps will be to do some wiring.  I'll be able to tap into my second floor in the house via a coax line and a MoCa adapter, and I already have a spare conduit out to my garage which I'll pull some Cat5 through and set a switch out there to connect two GR60s into.  This will give me 4 wired APs.  From there I'll see where I might still need some unwired APs to supplement the coverage for my cameras and IoT controllers in other outbuildings.     ... View more

Thank you both for the feedback.  For starters, my Fios router is connected directly to a GR10 as the base of the wireless network.  As I progress, and read your feedback, I'm feeling more like this will come down to analyzing channels and interference.  The inconsistency seems to lend itself to this.  I can go a whole day on Zoom calls connected to any one of my GR10/GR60 APs then all of the sudden I lose internet.  I also woke up this morning to all of my APs randomly disconnecting and reconnecting all night.  I'm now just looking for a good iOS app for analyzing wifi signals that will give me some insights to channels and potential conflicts.  Will post results back here.   Ironically the Fios wifi network that I re-enabled and fall back to inside the house is only 2.4Ghz, and is remains rock solid. ... View more

Thanks...yes, I think I will open a support case.  My previous set up was with Linksys Velops.  I moved from that for two main reasons.  One, they did not have outdoor APs like the GR60, and most of my APs are now attached to the outside of the outbuildings in our farm yard.  And two, I had sporadic outages when running Zoom on that setup when not connected to the AP that was hardwired to the modem.  Ironically I'm having worse performance now with the Meraki setup, but I have to believe there is something I can change to improve this.  I'm having outages inside my house with the network just dropping out or very slow to respond.  As a test, I enabled the wifi on my Fios modem and whenever I have a network drop on Meraki, I switch over and everything is fine....so I know it's not the service. ... View more