I'm having issues with coverage in a few spots of my house and am looking to overhaul my network with something that can reach those locations. Mesh would be ideal.
My house is 1800 sqft 2 story house with a Basement and the walls are constructed of Lath and plaster.
I currently have 2X ASUS RT-68U's running in mesh mode for wireless clients. One positioned on the ground level of my house and one in my detached garage.
Two of the rooms upstairs have spotty coverage. I've tried putting a third RT-AC68U upstairs As another node (has hardwired connection to the main router) but I then ran into an annoying issue where clients between the two routers would flap back and forth between then, temporarily losing connection each time. I'm already using a directional antenna for my Ring Doorbell so adding another one isn't an option.
I've looked at newer ASUS routers however they all seem to have issues with the 2.4 or 5ghz radios burning out at some point, making me hesitant to purchase one given their price.
Here's the criteria I'd need in a replacement.
- At least a basic level of IDS/IPS
- Can operate in mesh mode.
- Has 2.4/5ghz band steering.
- Can handle a decent amount of bandwidth and concurrent connections.
- Has at least 4 LAN ports.
- Ability to create Guest WiFi Networks
- (preferable but not mandatory) can failover to 4G.
My own research has lead me towards UniFI hardware, especially as I could then isolate my servers and IoT devices from the rest of the network although that would be a fairly expensive jump.
My other thought is temporarily going with a TP-Link AC4000 for the main unit and putting the Router in my Detatched Garage in Bridge Repeater mode but ultimately saving up the $800 or so I'd need to switch my setup over to Unifiardware.
Any advice is much appreciated.
My house is 1800 sqft 2 story house with a Basement and the walls are constructed of Lath and plaster.
I currently have 2X ASUS RT-68U's running in mesh mode for wireless clients. One positioned on the ground level of my house and one in my detached garage.
Two of the rooms upstairs have spotty coverage. I've tried putting a third RT-AC68U upstairs As another node (has hardwired connection to the main router) but I then ran into an annoying issue where clients between the two routers would flap back and forth between then, temporarily losing connection each time. I'm already using a directional antenna for my Ring Doorbell so adding another one isn't an option.
I've looked at newer ASUS routers however they all seem to have issues with the 2.4 or 5ghz radios burning out at some point, making me hesitant to purchase one given their price.
Here's the criteria I'd need in a replacement.
- At least a basic level of IDS/IPS
- Can operate in mesh mode.
- Has 2.4/5ghz band steering.
- Can handle a decent amount of bandwidth and concurrent connections.
- Has at least 4 LAN ports.
- Ability to create Guest WiFi Networks
- (preferable but not mandatory) can failover to 4G.
My own research has lead me towards UniFI hardware, especially as I could then isolate my servers and IoT devices from the rest of the network although that would be a fairly expensive jump.
My other thought is temporarily going with a TP-Link AC4000 for the main unit and putting the Router in my Detatched Garage in Bridge Repeater mode but ultimately saving up the $800 or so I'd need to switch my setup over to Unifiardware.
Any advice is much appreciated.
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