Good afternoon. Our home is currently set up with our main router, an EA9500, multiple RE9000 tri band range extenders and multiple repurposed EA8300 & 8500 routers set up as bridges/APs and connected to the main router over the pre-installed Cat5 cable in the house. All of this in an effort to get wifi into the far reaches of the garage, office, backyard, etc. All the APs and REs are setup on different channels best suited for their location. The REs are used to get a good boost to the main wifi into the bigger rooms of the house (kitchen & LR). Most of the wireless traffic flows through the 2 range extenders via one of the 5 ghz bands to the main router. (The main router would not have any wireless clients except for the REs). Our have not had any issues until late due to increased traffic due to 2 remote workers, adding a T-Mobile booster (mini cell phone tower tied back to the internet), and all entertainment being streamed.
Question is this -
A) would I be best served to use the band steering on the 2 - 5ghz bands on the main router combined on the back haul wifi?
-or-
B) Setup each RE on a separate BH 5ghz channel from the main router?
Either way, this would force all wireless traffic over the APs tied into the hardwire side of the router or onto the RE9000 units. As a sidenote, the 2.4ghz band in our neighborhood is jammed packed with traffic and dropouts are very frequent due to interference.
Thanks for the feedback!
Question is this -
A) would I be best served to use the band steering on the 2 - 5ghz bands on the main router combined on the back haul wifi?
-or-
B) Setup each RE on a separate BH 5ghz channel from the main router?
Either way, this would force all wireless traffic over the APs tied into the hardwire side of the router or onto the RE9000 units. As a sidenote, the 2.4ghz band in our neighborhood is jammed packed with traffic and dropouts are very frequent due to interference.
Thanks for the feedback!