I have an Asus RT-AC66U B1 as my main router which is in one corner of my 2 story house. I wanted to improve the signal to the other side of the house and out to the back garden so I bought a Tp-Link RE700X and set it up in AP mode using a cabled connection. I set the RE700X up with the same SSID and password as the Asus and this has worked well. We've recently had some building work done and I seem to have a location where I want to use my wireless devices that is in between the coverage of both the Asus and the Tp-Link which is causing issues with devices losing the connection and having issues reconnecting.
I think my first step is to reduce the signal strength from the Asus so that the devices in the problem area pick up the signal from the Tp-Link but wanted some advice on other ways of addressing the issue. I was looking at getting a new Asus RT-AX58U and using this with the AC66U in MESH mode and selling on the Tp-Link or picking up a pair of Deco X20 and using these instead of the existing Asus and Tp-Link kit. But would prefer not to spend money if it's not necessary.
I think my first step is to reduce the signal strength from the Asus so that the devices in the problem area pick up the signal from the Tp-Link but wanted some advice on other ways of addressing the issue. I was looking at getting a new Asus RT-AX58U and using this with the AC66U in MESH mode and selling on the Tp-Link or picking up a pair of Deco X20 and using these instead of the existing Asus and Tp-Link kit. But would prefer not to spend money if it's not necessary.