hi all, i currently have a 1900P and AC68u used in a traditional setup with the 1900P serving as a wifi router and the 68u is wired by ethernet and serving as an access point with the same SSID. the performance overall is excellent. in my three level townhome*, i get 200 Mbps performance everywhere including the front porch and garage. most of the time, it's in the 300-550 range. in short, it's working fine for us, but being the ever tinkerer, i've observed that sometimes, either the router or AP is slow to give up connection to the other to get optimal wifi performance. i'm assuming a mesh would do this handoff better and give slightly better performance?
how mature is AIMesh these days (i'm running Merlin right now, but i understand there is a 2nd generation AIMesh on the standard Asus firmware that will ultimately come to Merlin)? i recall a few years back, a friend said it was really buggy and he went back to a more standard setup to avoid issues.
i'm assuming one downside of the mesh is i lose control of the AP and setting things like channels, etc.
anyway, nothing is broken here (and my dad would say: "don't try to fix it!"), but i'm curious if my already very good performance might jump to a new level with AIMesh.
ps. i should also note that i have access to another 68u if i wanted to really cover more ground in the house, but that would seem like overkill for our 1700 sq ft townhome, even with it's three levels.
* technically it's a trilevel if i include the garage, but our main living area is 2.5 floors since the living room (base living area) is a half level up from the garage and has a vaulted ceiling (spanning level 1.5 and level 2). i have the router placed high on the third level in the Master bedroom closet and surprisingly, in spite of all of the walls, that 1900P blasts a very strong signal. i have the AP on the 2nd floor in the family room. (again, living room is level 1.5, garage is level 1)
how mature is AIMesh these days (i'm running Merlin right now, but i understand there is a 2nd generation AIMesh on the standard Asus firmware that will ultimately come to Merlin)? i recall a few years back, a friend said it was really buggy and he went back to a more standard setup to avoid issues.
i'm assuming one downside of the mesh is i lose control of the AP and setting things like channels, etc.
anyway, nothing is broken here (and my dad would say: "don't try to fix it!"), but i'm curious if my already very good performance might jump to a new level with AIMesh.
ps. i should also note that i have access to another 68u if i wanted to really cover more ground in the house, but that would seem like overkill for our 1700 sq ft townhome, even with it's three levels.
* technically it's a trilevel if i include the garage, but our main living area is 2.5 floors since the living room (base living area) is a half level up from the garage and has a vaulted ceiling (spanning level 1.5 and level 2). i have the router placed high on the third level in the Master bedroom closet and surprisingly, in spite of all of the walls, that 1900P blasts a very strong signal. i have the AP on the 2nd floor in the family room. (again, living room is level 1.5, garage is level 1)