Too many devices. How to increase 2.4Ghz devices? AiMesh?

[Grefyne]

I have a ASUS RT-AC66U B1 wifi router running Asuswrt-Merlin 386.12_6.

I have about 50 devices on my wifi network. Most of these devices are 2.4Ghz smart devices. (light bulbs, plugs, switches, etc.)

I have a problem where some of these devices almost take turns dropping off and reconnecting to the network, making them unavailable.

If I buy a second RT-AC66U B1 wifi router and use it as a second node with AiMesh, will that allow me to connect more wifi devices and remain stable?

 

[L&LD]

Theoretically, yes.

 

[bennor]

If I buy a second RT-AC66U B1 wifi router and use it as a second node with AiMesh, will that allow me to connect more wifi devices and remain stable?

Possibly. Either wired AP mode or AiMesh mode for the additional Asus routers/devices.

 

[sfx2000]

MIght be running DHCP off the end of it's ledge with 50+ devices...

 

[Grefyne]

no. i have 200 IPs in the DHCP pool

 

[Grefyne]

my understanding is that most consumer routers start to have problems over 30 clients per freq... thats why i had the idea of a second router