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This makes sense, thanks. But won't it also have considerably less wireless capability even than a BE58U, BE82U or BE86U? Is the thinking to add multiple less expensive AIMesh/extenders for cold spots rather than a more powerful single AIMesh node? Sorry for noob questions, I'm definitely not...

Thanks I'm trying that now and will keep an eye on it. I guess I was nervous to hardcode channels because you're also hardcoding for the wireless-connected AIMesh node. But I'll try to manually pick the best area of the spectrum.

This is very helpful real world experience! I see your argument exactly and will check that thread if I get in that position. It doesn’t sound optimal to have to configure this via trial and error, and I think I’ve noticed it happening already on the very asymmetrical AImesh set up I have. But...

Thanks for this suggestion. I hadn’t even considered an extender. I know little about these but isn’t the problem that they are effectively a new AP repeating at the RF level which might happen to have the same SSID? So a wireless device may or may not choose to roam back to the main router if...

Apologies for keeping to push on this, but budget is tight. The BE88U was a big spend for me and this second router is to cover a much smaller number of clients. I want to be clear if anyone has experience of the 86 compared to the 88 and their interoperability to help me decide.

Thanks for replying. Are you saying that the 86 is significantly less capable in terms of wireless reach than the 88?

Thanks, this is helpful advice. I’m surprised to see the RT-BE58 GO on that list, although I assume its network reach is quite poor. Might the RT-BE86U suffice or is it significantly less capable in terms of range and penetration compared to the BE88U?

Can someone advise what router I should buy to replace at RT-AC86U to work with a Merlin firmware RT-BE88U? Surprisingly the AC86U seems to work ok as an AIMesh node in spite of being two generations behind, but it clearly needs updating. I don't need more ports on the peripheral node, but I'd...

I'll be the first to admit I've never touched Guest Network Pro - first I heard about it is this thread - but I'd ideally like to set up a single isolated network for third party IoT devices, both wired and wireless. So apologies if this is a misunderstanding - are you saying this would work...

This is all really useful, thanks for your thoughts. So if using my old AC86U proved problematic or too slow as an AiMesh node and I wanted to buy a small Wifi 7 device instead for my BE88U, would a BE58U suffice as a fully functional AiMesh node for just one or two clients? Might it run GNP in...

Thanks, useful. I have a couple of cheap and cheerful Netgear unmanaged switches but if these don't passthru I can buy managed when I want to use VLANs.

Thanks for this - good to know I'm on the right track. This prompted me to look up what Guest Network Pro actually is and made me want it! However it's just a desirable. If I needed it in due course, would I be able to if I bought (say) an RT-BE86U?

Apologies if this post is inappropriate here - I looked at forum rules but I might have missed something. If so please move/delete this thread. My time with my somewhat-loyal RT-AC88U is coming to a close, and having run Merlin on this and previous routers for many years, I'd like to buy a...