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  1. Abbas

    Move back to a consumer router

    Over the last few years as my family has grown, I have moved from a single router to a mesh system to UniFi. And then replaced USG with PFSense and Untangle. While I agree that these last two solutions and incredibly powerful, they can also be very complicated. So I was thinking of moving back...
  2. Abbas

    AIMESH or Two Networks?

    You, sir, have a gift for writing. I'd reply just to read what you write back! I have one second gen eero with a beacon and a couple of first gens. I'm using the second gen as my main router which is also the one closest to the gate- about 50 feet away behind wooden doors and concrete walls...
  3. Abbas

    AIMESH or Two Networks?

    I've enabled Smart Connect - I'm guessing that puts both bands to use. According to control panel, my 22+ devices are connected using a mix of both bands. The troubled doorbell is connected via 2.4 GHz.
  4. Abbas

    AIMESH or Two Networks?

    The issue I probably have that could be different is thick concrete walls. Very thick concrete walls. The outer perimeter of the house has concrete walls that are about 18-inches thick while indoors and between rooms, they're half that size. I find it very interesting that the ASUS with such...
  5. Abbas

    AIMESH or Two Networks?

    Appreciate your response Steven. I will definitely check out RMerlin's firmware but my only concern is that I'm not 18 and single anymore. Work requires frequent travels and my wife and three kids shouldn't have to worry about troubleshooting. During my younger days of DD-WRT, I remember lots...
  6. Abbas

    AIMESH or Two Networks?

    Roku 4 doesn't allow that.
  7. Abbas

    AIMESH or Two Networks?

    I've set them up with AIMESH. Let's see how goes. I am a bit surprised on it's coverage. It appears as though my Eero (Gen 2) was reaching my gate doorbell better than this ASUS is. I do have a question- I wanted to use Roku with it but since I'm not in the US, I have to use a US DNS provider...
  8. Abbas

    AIMESH or Two Networks?

    I ordered a couple of 86U routers and they've come in today. I am planning on connecting the two using a wired connection between them. For setting them up, I could either set it up as AIMESH or have the first router connected to my ISP and have a WiFi Network created and then the second...
  9. Abbas

    Large house with concrete walls

    The Ring doorbell is actually running off rechargeable battery. Supposedly lasts almost six months on single charge which is quite awesome.
  10. Abbas

    Large house with concrete walls

    Unfortunately not. Ring is about 50 feet away from the house and I dont have power outlet or Ethernet near it.
  11. Abbas

    Large house with concrete walls

    4K streaming in Amazon/Netflix/iTunes. And no Coax unfortunately. I guess what I will do is start with the two 86U routers with the first one connected to my ISP and the second one connected to the first 86U with Ethernet. Considering how AiMesh isn't quite ready, I'll set these up as two...
  12. Abbas

    Large house with concrete walls

    Appreciate your help and support. With regards to streaming content, with the ASUS router upstairs and extra Gigabit ports, I can wire the Apple TV and Shield. This upstairs unit can also be hard wired to the downstairs unit. That could solve the streaming issue. Coming to reaching my gate...
  13. Abbas

    Large house with concrete walls

    Thanks for the links. I’ll check it out. One more option using the ASUS routers would be to create a separate network upstairs and downstairs. The upstairs router will be wired to the main downstairs wire which will be connected to the ISP fiber box. The issue with the gate is that there isn’t...
  14. Abbas

    Large house with concrete walls

    Thanks. My assumption was that Extenders slow the network and mesh is more optimized. I remember having an AirPort Extreme and multiple Expresses around the house and WiFi was slow.
  15. Abbas

    Large house with concrete walls

    Haven’t checked that out yet. Is it the same as amplifi hd?
  16. Abbas

    Large house with concrete walls

    Didn’t realize AiMesh isn’t ready for prime time. My bad. I could try and cancel the order. The bigger question I want to figure out is if I can get one super powerful router that can power the entire house. I had tested TPLink OnHub and it covered about 60-70% of my house fine. So if there is...
  17. Abbas

    Large house with concrete walls

    Thanks for your response Tim. The Express is set up to simply connect to my ISP via PPPoE and then using a wired connection, to the Eero. It's a double NAT config. The primary Eero (Gen1) is acting as the main router for all connected WiFi devices. Using Ethernet, this primary Eero is...
  18. Abbas

    Large house with concrete walls

    I live in a decently sized house (about 5000 sq ft) but the walls are concrete. I also have a Ring Doorbell on the gate that is about 50 feet away. I have wired networking across most of the house but not at the gate. My ISP provides a PPPoE connection. At the moment, I have an Apple Airport...
  19. Abbas

    Time Capsule died- need an alternative

    I've had the first generation of Time Capsule for a long time now and for some reason, it doesn't want to connect to my ISP anymore (PPPoE.) I borrowed a Linksys E4200 but was surprised to see the bad range. I live in a two story villa and if I close my bedroom door, I dont get any signal- this...
  20. Abbas

    Question about Extending the Network

    Thank you sir- I shall try this out and bookmark it. @
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