Please help me improve my Asus mesh setup...thanks!

[GabrielPhoto]

Hi!
So I have the following
AXE-16000 (office) as my main router
AXE-11000 in my basement and hardwired to one output from a Switch hardwired to the AX-16000 (office)
AX-11000 in my garage not hardwired.

I was going to replace the AX-11000 with another AXE-11000 but after reading this article it would seem that it is not hurting anything?
https://dongknows.com/asus-tri-band-routers-gt-ax11000-vs-gt-axe11000/#comments

Or do you have some suggestions on how to best implement them?
I was going to grab a cheaper model to use as AP in my basement to create a dedicated 2.4 for my smart bulbs that are having issues connecting.
So I figured I would ask for suggestions on how to improve my mesh with the above gear or if I should remove, or add anything else.
Thanks!

 

[Tech9]

do you have some suggestions

There is no way to help you improve your "mesh" without knowing details about your place. All we know is you have 3x routers with some bands mismatch and one is using shared 5GHz radio. This specific band and channel will have performance impact in specific scenarios. All of your routers are using the same 2.4GHz channels and perhaps blast on full power causing the issues you have with this band.

or if I should remove, or add anything else

I personally would remove all of the above gaming spiders and replace the entire system with something else.

 

[bbunge]

Dongknows does not know everything.

If you are having issues with IoT devices such as your "smart" bulbs do you have a guest WIFI set up for them with just WPA2-Personal encryption? For the IoT clients keep the SSID and passphrase simple: upper and lower case letters, numbers and no special characters or spaces. 20 MHz on a fixed 2.4 GHz channel may help.

 

[GabrielPhoto]

Dongknows does not know everything.

If you are having issues with IoT devices such as your "smart" bulbs do you have a guest WIFI set up for them with just WPA2-Personal encryption? For the IoT clients keep the SSID and passphrase simple: upper and lower case letters, numbers and no special characters or spaces. 20 MHz on a fixed 2.4 GHz channel may help.

interesting idea. I am going to try that! Thanks

 

[GabrielPhoto]

Dongknows does not know everything.

If you are having issues with IoT devices such as your "smart" bulbs do you have a guest WIFI set up for them with just WPA2-Personal encryption? For the IoT clients keep the SSID and passphrase simple: upper and lower case letters, numbers and no special characters or spaces. 20 MHz on a fixed 2.4 GHz channel may help.

You are a freaking genius!!!
That did it. Thanks a ton!!

 

[OzarkEdge]

You are a freaking genius!!!
That did it. Thanks a ton!!

Can I ask... did you change any SSID characters?

OE

 

[GabrielPhoto]

Can I ask... did you change any SSID characters?

OE

The password and network name is similar with no special characters but I selected only the axe 16000 so maybe that was the key.
Whatever it was, it is more solid than ever on 2. 4 with zero connection issues

 

[OzarkEdge]

The password and network name is similar with no special characters but I selected only the axe 16000 so maybe that was the key.
Whatever it was, it is more solid than ever on 2. 4 with zero connection issues

Thanks... I was interested in knowing what 'it' was... like was it a space character in the SSID or was it WPA2 vs WPA2/WPA3 encryption. Maybe it was just too much 2.4GHz WiFi in too little of an area.

OE

 

[GabrielPhoto]

Thanks... I was interested in knowing what 'it' was... like was it a space character in the SSID or was it WPA2 vs WPA2/WPA3 encryption. Maybe it was just too much 2.4GHz WiFi in too little of an area.

OE

I wonder that too but I am so happy that dont want to risk testing to find out lol