I live in a two story condo where the floors/ceilings are 8" thick reinforced concrete. Wireless signals are hard to get from the router on the lower floor to the devices that need wireless service on the upper floor. In particular, in the master bedroom on the upper floor I have a Samsung Frame TV (the smallest one) that does not have an ethernet connection on its mini-connect1 box. Therefore, the C4 control of that TV has to be via wireless. I have numerous C4-controlled devices (TVs, audio components, Rokus, etc.) on both floors that are all wired to ethernet switches and a couple EA-1 controllers. Therefore, I can get an ethernet connection from the router to the upper floor.
Here is my question: I have a new Asus router that has mesh capabilities. I have an old Asus router that can be set to Access Point (AP) mode but does not have mesh capability. Should I
a. Set up the old router (ethernet connected) on the upper floor as an AP. If my wireless coverage on the upper floor is through this AP, should I give the SSIDs for 2.4G and 5.0G the same names on both floors? If I do that, are the networks on both floors the "same" network because some things caution that they will not work unless they are on the same network.
b. Buy a cheap extra Asus router that has mesh capability and wire it on the upper floor and have the lower floor and upper floor have mesdh coverage. Again, are the networks on the two floors the same network?
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I live in a two story condo where the floors/ceilings are 8" thick reinforced concrete. Wireless signals are hard to get from the router on the lower floor to the devices that need wireless service on the upper floor. In particular, in the master bedroom on the upper floor I have a Samsung Frame TV (the smallest one) that does not have an ethernet connection on its mini-connect1 box. Therefore, the C4 control of that TV has to be via wireless. I have numerous C4-controlled devices (TVs, audio components, Rokus, etc.) on both floors that are all wired to ethernet switches and a couple EA-1 controllers. Therefore, I can get an ethernet connection from the router to the upper floor.
Here is my question: I have a new Asus router that has mesh capabilities. I have an old Asus router that can be set to Access Point (AP) mode but does not have mesh capability. Should I
a. Set up the old router (ethernet connected) on the upper floor as an AP. If my wireless coverage on the upper floor is through this AP, should I give the SSIDs for 2.4G and 5.0G the same names on both floors? If I do that, are the networks on both floors the "same" network because some things caution that they will not work unless they are on the same network.
b. Buy a cheap extra Asus router that has mesh capability and wire it on the upper floor and have the lower floor and upper floor have mesdh coverage. Again, are the networks on the two floors the same network?
c. Is there a different better way to do this?
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