Master/slaves setup

[Maloneyk70]

I have an RTAXE7800

RT BE88U

and (2) RTAX3000

which one should I use as the first one off the fios? 
all of them will have cat 6 backhaul. 

[jzchen · Accepted solution]

Interesting.

I'd try the RT-BE88U as the primary router and the rest as nodes.  Hopefully that works okay as it is dual band while the RT-AXE7800 is tri-band...

[Maloneyk70]

Thanks, I will try that. 

Alao I was wondering, I have a mesh system right now, can I copy all the settings and upload them so all my current items using the WIFI connect automatically? or am I going to have to pair all my 70+ items again... like recepticles, cameras, appliances, etc...

[jzchen]

That's a very good question.  I have about half of your devices.  Supposedly you can backup the configuration and restore it on the new router, (ASUS designates the primary router connected to the ISP as simply "router", the rest are "nodes").  There could be a few settings you'd need to adjust, and hopefully it doesn't introduce bugs.  I haven't tried it personally, but don't have that model either, so I can neither confirm nor deny it works.

[jzchen · Accepted solution]

Oh, I forgot to mention as it is has been a while since I started this practice, but I use the same SSID and password for devices to "hopefully" connect to the new router..