I just purchased a new home, 1900 sq ft ranch with a partial finished basement that includes play area for the kids and two offices in the basement. The house has an Ethernet cable that runs from the family room (middle of the house) through the basement into the end of the living room (south end of the house). I also saw an Ethernet jack in the family room and the only other room that has another Ethernet jack in the house is the master bedroom suite (north end of the house) although I've yet to test those jacks out to see if they work.
I currently have the following in our home we are moving from
main router - Asus AC66U B1 running merlin
set up in AP mode - Asus N56U
spare router - Netgear R6700 v3
The new house internet speed will be 200Mbps down and 20Mbps up. We have the following clients, three rokus, three cell phones, one laptop, one printer, and one computer.
My question; I was planning to place the AC66U B1 in the family room and run the N56U in the living room (hopefully hide it somewhere) via Ethernet. That should easily cover the house.
Another option would be a mesh kit like the TP-Link M-5 (not looking to blow the bank after buying a new home and making updates to it) that I can set up in the same locations and maybe even in the master bedroom. The TP-Link units look better than the black antenna routers and easier to hide in the rooms (that will please the wife). Will mobile clients have an easier time switching between AP's if it's a dedicated mesh set up as opposed to piecemeal setup? With three mesh units, range won't be an issue and they will be fairly spread out.
I can also set up something like the TP link multi-wan router in the basement and run a TP - Link Omada AP in the family room and living room. Maybe add a third AP in the bedroom down the road if needed. I'm sure it will give me network street cred but will it actually work any better than the other two choices in real world performance?
I currently have the following in our home we are moving from
main router - Asus AC66U B1 running merlin
set up in AP mode - Asus N56U
spare router - Netgear R6700 v3
The new house internet speed will be 200Mbps down and 20Mbps up. We have the following clients, three rokus, three cell phones, one laptop, one printer, and one computer.
My question; I was planning to place the AC66U B1 in the family room and run the N56U in the living room (hopefully hide it somewhere) via Ethernet. That should easily cover the house.
Another option would be a mesh kit like the TP-Link M-5 (not looking to blow the bank after buying a new home and making updates to it) that I can set up in the same locations and maybe even in the master bedroom. The TP-Link units look better than the black antenna routers and easier to hide in the rooms (that will please the wife). Will mobile clients have an easier time switching between AP's if it's a dedicated mesh set up as opposed to piecemeal setup? With three mesh units, range won't be an issue and they will be fairly spread out.
I can also set up something like the TP link multi-wan router in the basement and run a TP - Link Omada AP in the family room and living room. Maybe add a third AP in the bedroom down the road if needed. I'm sure it will give me network street cred but will it actually work any better than the other two choices in real world performance?
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