1 highend router vs aimesh

[Crimliar]

TP-Link Router Placement Guide

 

[webdigo]

I put the router up on wall, with antenna horizontal.
Signal went from -65db to -61db. When measured 5Ghz from living room.

Now I'm really curious if I can get it even further down, by enabling AiMesh and have 1x node in living room.

Will a node signal be better, if the node router is more powerfull?
Is there a high chance it can backfire in general, and make the signal worse with AiMesh?

 

[Clark Griswald]

I put the router up on wall, with antenna horizontal.

On the wall or Shelf?
If on the shelf, then place the antennas vertical.

 

[webdigo]

I tryed both. But signal seemed to be better on the shelf. The antenna are vertical on the shelfs now. On the wall I had them horizontal.
Right now router has entire mid shelf all for itself.

 

[L&LD]

With such a small area to cover, an AiMesh node (or AP for that matter) will cause you other problems. Too much WiFi in too small a space.

Where is that shelf located with regard to the diagram you posted?

Can you test the location beside the door?

 

[webdigo]

Router is here. I dont have option for now to test it beside the door. It would require new ethernet cables. Ah damint, so if AiMesh is out of the way, perhaps my best bet is the superior Asus AX88u-pro?

 

[L&LD]

Even the better (known/stable) GT-AX6000 would need to be placed better than where your router is located now.

Get the cable. And don't buy it for the exact distance you want now. (100' Cat5e is what I would buy, and a picture frame or two will hide the extra cable not needed today).

 

[webdigo]

I'm trying to learn here.

How would it backfire for my wifi, if the house is too small, by adding 1 node in the living room?
Does the performance of the node matters? Like an AC1750 vs AX3000

 

[L&LD]

To much WiFi. Too small an area. Says it all.

The clients will be constantly jumping from the main to the node and back again, with constantly varying levels of performance.

I would not consider those two models at all.

 

[webdigo]

So the decision came to this:

I returned my Asus TUF AX5400.

Then I bought the Asus AX88u-pro instead.
This thing is a BEAST. I now literally have wifi in my entire garden.

The difference betwen these two routers (in my case) has been day&night.

Asus TUF AX5400
5Ghz in living room is around 140Mbps.
Kitchen around 50Mpbs.
Bedrooms around 240Mbps.
Garden / outside of house I have none.

Asus AX88u-pro
5Ghz in living room is around 276Mbps.
Kitchen around 110Mpbs.
Bedrooms around 290Mbps.
Garden / outside of house 134Mbps

The garden has full cover everywhere. The size is 1000m2