I found an important difference between aimesh and repeater modes that was helpful for me.
In aimesh mode, both Wi-Fi bands share the same channel on both routers. I was having some roaming problems and suspect this was part of the cause.
In repeater mode, I was able to manually select 5 GHz backhaul connection and set the SSIDs for the repeater network. I matched the SSIDs used by the primary router. When the repeater came up, I found the 5 GHz band sharing the same channel as expected, but the 2 GHz band was auto selecting channel 9 on the repeater and channel 2 on the primary router.
While the primary router channel can be configured manually, the repeater mode channel is automatically selected and not configurable. The difference is that the routers don't have to share the channel and bandwidth for the non-backhaul band in repeater mode.
While not strictly enforceable, it does seem possible to change the SSID and password on the repeater. In fact, it defaults to a modified SSID with "-RPT" appended.
In aimesh mode, both Wi-Fi bands share the same channel on both routers. I was having some roaming problems and suspect this was part of the cause.
In repeater mode, I was able to manually select 5 GHz backhaul connection and set the SSIDs for the repeater network. I matched the SSIDs used by the primary router. When the repeater came up, I found the 5 GHz band sharing the same channel as expected, but the 2 GHz band was auto selecting channel 9 on the repeater and channel 2 on the primary router.
While the primary router channel can be configured manually, the repeater mode channel is automatically selected and not configurable. The difference is that the routers don't have to share the channel and bandwidth for the non-backhaul band in repeater mode.
While not strictly enforceable, it does seem possible to change the SSID and password on the repeater. In fact, it defaults to a modified SSID with "-RPT" appended.
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