I need a new solution to my networking issues. I have a 2 story house with a finished basement. Currently I have Att gigabit fiber connected to a Netgear Nighthawk R7500v2 and Netgear WAC124 Wireless access point. The router is on the main floor with the access point on the 2nd floor. I think the router is just showing it’s age with random dropouts and we have always had certain locations with spotty wifi.
I have ethernet run to 3 locations in my house, one on each floor. I have been looking for a networking solution that would be low maintenance and solve our wifi coverage issues and dropouts. Mesh systems seem like they would be the easy answer, but I know that easy isn’t always best. I only want to spend around $300-400, so I think most Ubiquiti or enterprise level stuff is out.
Would a $100 Asus router on each floor be the best solution, or is there a better option? Thanks!
Consider buying something that supports openwrt. I currently use Asus RT-AX53U, it is cheap, wifi 6 compatible, and if you want you can use openwrt, which you can use to create a mesh, or just fast roaming access points. If you dont want to mess around with itj ust now, you can still use the asus aimesh. I had an existing mesh, but I wanted vlans for my iot devices, and I had to replace some of my devices.
802.11r was what I needed, which is fast roaming (thats what they call ethernet backhaul) Mesh is 802.11s. You might need both, but you can combine it