Andy Smith
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Hi all! Long time reader, first time poster!
I've been running an RT-AC87U for years now, but it's struggling under load. As well as all the usual stuff (2 kids, 1 wife, a billion devices etc), I've got a few IP cams in the loft. They're connecting via wifi to the router (unable to run ethernet), and streaming constantly. Then I have a raspberry pi connected to the router via ethernet, and it writes the video streams to a USB drive. There's a lot of data moving around via wifi and it's having an impact on the rest of the devices in the house. So I'd like to try to isolate the camera network activity in some way.
I was thinking about :
Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
I've been running an RT-AC87U for years now, but it's struggling under load. As well as all the usual stuff (2 kids, 1 wife, a billion devices etc), I've got a few IP cams in the loft. They're connecting via wifi to the router (unable to run ethernet), and streaming constantly. Then I have a raspberry pi connected to the router via ethernet, and it writes the video streams to a USB drive. There's a lot of data moving around via wifi and it's having an impact on the rest of the devices in the house. So I'd like to try to isolate the camera network activity in some way.
I was thinking about :
- Getting another router - say an RT-AC66U.
- Put it into media bridge mode, connected to the RT-AC87U via wifi.
- Put it in the loft.
- Connect the IP cams to the new router via ethernet.
- Move the Pi into the loft, connect to the new router via ethernet.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give!