I currently have an AC86U set up using Merlin firmware, and thanks to Amazon Prime + Asus cashback, today took delivery of an AX88U!
The plan is to replace the AC86U with the AX88U as my main router. However I was thinking of setting up an AIMesh network with the AC86U near the rear of the house, so that it could be used for providing wifi access to the garden. (First I will test everything with just the AX88U in place!)
Assuming I do try and go for a mesh network, am I better off with wireless or should I try using "wired" backhaul, with a couple of TPLink AV1000 powerline adaptors that I have sitting around? It's maybe 6m from where the router sits to the rear of the property, but there are a couple of walls in the way (1 breeze block, 1 partition) that I think have been responsible for the reduction in wifi signal so that my current signal barely gets half way up the garden when you factor in the 3rd wall at the back of the house.
The plan is to replace the AC86U with the AX88U as my main router. However I was thinking of setting up an AIMesh network with the AC86U near the rear of the house, so that it could be used for providing wifi access to the garden. (First I will test everything with just the AX88U in place!)
Assuming I do try and go for a mesh network, am I better off with wireless or should I try using "wired" backhaul, with a couple of TPLink AV1000 powerline adaptors that I have sitting around? It's maybe 6m from where the router sits to the rear of the property, but there are a couple of walls in the way (1 breeze block, 1 partition) that I think have been responsible for the reduction in wifi signal so that my current signal barely gets half way up the garden when you factor in the 3rd wall at the back of the house.
