ElShaddai Edwards
Occasional Visitor
My primary router is an AC68U. I've been using an old AC66U as a media bridge in my office, but the LAN ports have started failing. I could still use it as a range extender, but want the wired option for my laptop which only has a N card.
Since the AC66U doesn't support AiMesh, I really never looked at that option for expanding coverage. However, now I'm looking at either getting another AC68U and creating a mesh network with a pair of the same models or upgrading my primary router to the AC86U and making my current AC68U the mesh node. I know the AC68U is many years old now, so is the AC86U a significant step forward even if you're just staying with AC connections? Or is the AC68U still a solid performer and works well in mesh mode?
I'm not looking to upgrade again for a while, so probably not considering AX devices at this point.
Since the AC66U doesn't support AiMesh, I really never looked at that option for expanding coverage. However, now I'm looking at either getting another AC68U and creating a mesh network with a pair of the same models or upgrading my primary router to the AC86U and making my current AC68U the mesh node. I know the AC68U is many years old now, so is the AC86U a significant step forward even if you're just staying with AC connections? Or is the AC68U still a solid performer and works well in mesh mode?
I'm not looking to upgrade again for a while, so probably not considering AX devices at this point.