just want to share my best pratices on using and old router as a repeater.
sure you can use a router and repeater and give them different ssid's but i noticed iphones/ipads do not connect to the fastest or preffered network .
I am very happy with my current RT-AX88U. It is very stable and can handle high workloads.
One thing i am not that happy about is the range.
My previous router was a RT-AC66U with fork firmware and #a mod for maximum power.
So how can i have the best of both without buying a second expensive AX router to use as AImesh.
well simple
first i enabled Smart connect to make sure i always connect to the fastest connections(5Ghz) (iphones do not do this)
second i use my old RT-AX66U with fork firmware and connect it as repeater to the 5Ghz of the RT-AX88U
This was my setup before.
Now the trick is to disable the 2.4Ghz on the repeater once it is up and running as a repeater
Sure you do not extend the 2.4Ghz range but this way the connection switches back and forth between the router and repeater seamless.
i had the experience that when 2.4Ghz was enabled i would loose connection while running around in the house but that the client could not connect back once it was back in range.
Disabling the 2.4Ghz solved this for me
This setup works very well on both ground floor(connect to router), second floor(connect to repeater) and outside(connect to repeater)
RT-AX88U with smart connect enabled)
2.4GHz SSID:A
5Ghz SSID:A
RT-AC66U
2.4Ghz SSID:A
5GHz SSID:A
DISABLE 2.4Ghz radio
call it a poor mans AImesh but it works for me.
sure you can use a router and repeater and give them different ssid's but i noticed iphones/ipads do not connect to the fastest or preffered network .
I am very happy with my current RT-AX88U. It is very stable and can handle high workloads.
One thing i am not that happy about is the range.
My previous router was a RT-AC66U with fork firmware and #a mod for maximum power.
So how can i have the best of both without buying a second expensive AX router to use as AImesh.
well simple
first i enabled Smart connect to make sure i always connect to the fastest connections(5Ghz) (iphones do not do this)
second i use my old RT-AX66U with fork firmware and connect it as repeater to the 5Ghz of the RT-AX88U
This was my setup before.
Now the trick is to disable the 2.4Ghz on the repeater once it is up and running as a repeater
Sure you do not extend the 2.4Ghz range but this way the connection switches back and forth between the router and repeater seamless.
i had the experience that when 2.4Ghz was enabled i would loose connection while running around in the house but that the client could not connect back once it was back in range.
Disabling the 2.4Ghz solved this for me
This setup works very well on both ground floor(connect to router), second floor(connect to repeater) and outside(connect to repeater)
RT-AX88U with smart connect enabled)
2.4GHz SSID:A
5Ghz SSID:A
RT-AC66U
2.4Ghz SSID:A
5GHz SSID:A
DISABLE 2.4Ghz radio
call it a poor mans AImesh but it works for me.