Cain
Occasional Visitor
I have a three story house, counting my basement, where I have a home theater.
On the top floor I have an Asus AC5300 and I love it, it's blasting wifi all over the place.
I've tried connecting an eero 1st gen (as wifi only, I still let the 5300 do DHCP and hand out IPs) for better wifi downstairs and in the basement but its performance is spotty.
I have Cat6 ethernet to every place I'd put a mesh or AP.
What would you guys suggest for me to improve my wifi on main and basement floors?
The only reason I've shied away from a true Access Point, is my wife would go nuts having to log into an different access point on every floor! I want something that when she logs in, then she will automatically connect to the closest most powerful access point. I haven't looked at access points in years tho.
I'd also really like to KEEP the wifi on my AC5300, it is unbeatable for all bedrooms and office upstairs, I want the AP only on main floor and basement, but like I said I want to log into only one wifi network, if possible. I know mesh systems do this.
Any suggestions appreciated!
On the top floor I have an Asus AC5300 and I love it, it's blasting wifi all over the place.
I've tried connecting an eero 1st gen (as wifi only, I still let the 5300 do DHCP and hand out IPs) for better wifi downstairs and in the basement but its performance is spotty.
I have Cat6 ethernet to every place I'd put a mesh or AP.
What would you guys suggest for me to improve my wifi on main and basement floors?
The only reason I've shied away from a true Access Point, is my wife would go nuts having to log into an different access point on every floor! I want something that when she logs in, then she will automatically connect to the closest most powerful access point. I haven't looked at access points in years tho.
I'd also really like to KEEP the wifi on my AC5300, it is unbeatable for all bedrooms and office upstairs, I want the AP only on main floor and basement, but like I said I want to log into only one wifi network, if possible. I know mesh systems do this.
Any suggestions appreciated!