Hi Everyone,
I'm a first timer on this forum hoping to get some feedback on the RT-AX86U router. I have been using the router for the past 6 months now and it had been working fine. However, I realized that my IoT devices starting to drop connection recently, which I can only attributed to my growing number of IoT devices in the home (no other changes made to router). The router is serving approximately 80 devices at this point, most of which are on the 2.4ghz, being smart light bulbs / strips, power sockets, etc.
I was thinking of splitting the load to improve the performance / connectivity by adding a node via the wired aimesh route but have a few concerns. Namely, my home area is quite small ~750ft in total and most devices are in the living / study (~400ft) - which means the new node would be placed ~ 4 metres or 13 ft from each other. Would this be too much wifi in the area? Would it be counter productive? I'm unsure as there is already quite alot of wifi interference from neighbouring signals (roughly 30 SSIDs found on wifi analyzer between 60 - 80dBm).
If the close proximity is not an issue, I was thinking of getting a pair of XD4 (one in the study (4m away from main router) and one in the bedroom (6m away from main router separated by a thick concrete wall fitted with full length of mirrors - this actually reduces the wifi signal quite abit despite being only a few meters away - I get a -33dbm signal in the living room and -60dbm in the bedroom in which the IoT devices are often unable to connect or disconnects). Would I be better off getting lower end Aimesh nodes such as the RT-AX58U, RT-AC86U or Zenwifi CT8 AC3000? Since I'll mainly be using 2.4ghz with wifi6 disabled. My 5.0ghz band works mostly well, except for the google speakers at the end of the house (around 10 meters / 32ft away from the main router).
Much thanks in advance for your kind advice.
I'm a first timer on this forum hoping to get some feedback on the RT-AX86U router. I have been using the router for the past 6 months now and it had been working fine. However, I realized that my IoT devices starting to drop connection recently, which I can only attributed to my growing number of IoT devices in the home (no other changes made to router). The router is serving approximately 80 devices at this point, most of which are on the 2.4ghz, being smart light bulbs / strips, power sockets, etc.
I was thinking of splitting the load to improve the performance / connectivity by adding a node via the wired aimesh route but have a few concerns. Namely, my home area is quite small ~750ft in total and most devices are in the living / study (~400ft) - which means the new node would be placed ~ 4 metres or 13 ft from each other. Would this be too much wifi in the area? Would it be counter productive? I'm unsure as there is already quite alot of wifi interference from neighbouring signals (roughly 30 SSIDs found on wifi analyzer between 60 - 80dBm).
If the close proximity is not an issue, I was thinking of getting a pair of XD4 (one in the study (4m away from main router) and one in the bedroom (6m away from main router separated by a thick concrete wall fitted with full length of mirrors - this actually reduces the wifi signal quite abit despite being only a few meters away - I get a -33dbm signal in the living room and -60dbm in the bedroom in which the IoT devices are often unable to connect or disconnects). Would I be better off getting lower end Aimesh nodes such as the RT-AX58U, RT-AC86U or Zenwifi CT8 AC3000? Since I'll mainly be using 2.4ghz with wifi6 disabled. My 5.0ghz band works mostly well, except for the google speakers at the end of the house (around 10 meters / 32ft away from the main router).
Much thanks in advance for your kind advice.