Michael James
Occasional Visitor
So I kind of jumped into the whole mesh scene last year. Since I already had an Asus router, so I decided to expand using that.
At that time, I was just worried about compatible mesh components.
My home network is not for gaming. its for cameras around the house and for streaming movies for my wife and I (Firestick 4k and Apple TV 4k)
Asus RT-AC88U main router and added 4 RT-AX82U as client mesh. Setup mesh so the wireless cameras were close to a client mesh router or I could plugin cameras as wired units.
TV's all wired.
I have 14 cameras:
3 Amcrest ASH43 (4 MP)-2 wireless, 1 wired,
3 Amcrest IP4M-1041 PTZ (4MP) 2 wired, 1 wireless,
1 Loryta SD49225XA-HNR Dahua PTZ (2MP)-wired,
1 SD49425XB (4MP)-wired,
1 REOLINK RLC-523WA PTZ (5MP)-wired,
2 Foscam R43 (4 MP)-1 wireless, 1 wired,
1 Foscam F1990P (1080P)-wireless,
1 Foscam Z2 1080p-wireless,
1 RCA Doorbell HSDB1 (1080p)-wireless
Asus laptop UX501VW i7-6700HQ 24 gig RAM running Blue Iris 5, external WD hard drive 2 TB USB 3.0
Each camera is either 2.4 or 5ghz compatible.
I'm wondering if I need to move toward WIFI 6/6e? I dont believe my RT-AC88U is WIFI 6 compatible. if so, replace main router with what? What will I gain going WIFI 6 / 6e?
At that time, I was just worried about compatible mesh components.
My home network is not for gaming. its for cameras around the house and for streaming movies for my wife and I (Firestick 4k and Apple TV 4k)
Asus RT-AC88U main router and added 4 RT-AX82U as client mesh. Setup mesh so the wireless cameras were close to a client mesh router or I could plugin cameras as wired units.
TV's all wired.
I have 14 cameras:
3 Amcrest ASH43 (4 MP)-2 wireless, 1 wired,
3 Amcrest IP4M-1041 PTZ (4MP) 2 wired, 1 wireless,
1 Loryta SD49225XA-HNR Dahua PTZ (2MP)-wired,
1 SD49425XB (4MP)-wired,
1 REOLINK RLC-523WA PTZ (5MP)-wired,
2 Foscam R43 (4 MP)-1 wireless, 1 wired,
1 Foscam F1990P (1080P)-wireless,
1 Foscam Z2 1080p-wireless,
1 RCA Doorbell HSDB1 (1080p)-wireless
Asus laptop UX501VW i7-6700HQ 24 gig RAM running Blue Iris 5, external WD hard drive 2 TB USB 3.0
Each camera is either 2.4 or 5ghz compatible.
I'm wondering if I need to move toward WIFI 6/6e? I dont believe my RT-AC88U is WIFI 6 compatible. if so, replace main router with what? What will I gain going WIFI 6 / 6e?