I have enough coverage right now on its own, expecting to move to a bigger house at some point this year, so I played around meshing my AC86U to my AX86U. I particularly wanted to look at AiMesh 2.0's new AP binding. It seems because I MAC filter around 50 clients, it's too many rules and I can't bind any devices unless I start deleting rules in the MAC list (which I'm fine doing as I have some devices filtered on both 2.4 and 5, and it only needs to be on one of them). I didn't know that limitation existed.
I guess later if it's more important to bind a large number of stationary clients to AP's, I won't MAC filter at all? (just use strong WiFi password, which I'm already doing)
Has anyone tried binding, does it consistently work?
I ask because I had previously tested meshing the routers and stationary clients would sometimes randomly pick up and stick to weaker nodes, even drop off and they weren't smart enough to re-connect (Kasa smart switch), I had to reset them at the switch. As I said, using the AX86U alone, nothing is disconnecting good dBm so it's fine right now in our current home. When we search for our next property, I am definitely looking for wired backhaul which I don't have now.
I guess later if it's more important to bind a large number of stationary clients to AP's, I won't MAC filter at all? (just use strong WiFi password, which I'm already doing)
Has anyone tried binding, does it consistently work?
I ask because I had previously tested meshing the routers and stationary clients would sometimes randomly pick up and stick to weaker nodes, even drop off and they weren't smart enough to re-connect (Kasa smart switch), I had to reset them at the switch. As I said, using the AX86U alone, nothing is disconnecting good dBm so it's fine right now in our current home. When we search for our next property, I am definitely looking for wired backhaul which I don't have now.
