I am overthinking but would like to see opinions if anyone is willing to share! Just need the best optimization for wifi management with multiple devices.
My family's internet needs are pretty typical, 2.4 smart devices, wyze cameras, govee lights, laptops, cell phones, smart TVs all connected via wifi. House is around 2400sq ft.
I currently have att fiber at 1G. Connected to the att modem/router (bridge mode) is a AX86U Pro. The att equipment lives behind a door of a laundry room that is on one side of the house. The AX86U pro sits on a wire shelf at least 8ft in the air. The laundry room is also the main connection point where all single run cat6 cables are connected to various rooms throughout the house. Today I purchased a BE88U and decided to use it as an access point (for now) with a single cat6 backhaul to the AX86U Pro. The BE88U sits in the living room and is the most central part of my one story house.
I know it would be ideal to run the att modem/router bridged to BE88U then backhauled to AX86U Pro. However, there is only one run of cat6 cable in each room from the laundry room. If I connect the att equipment to the BE88U in the living room, there is no other cat6 cable to backhaul to second router to use as an access point. I guess I could set both routers side by side but the laundry room location has helped me view the live feeds of my exterior wyze cameras when needed.
Would it benefit to switch routers so that the BE88U as the main and the AX86U Pro as the access point? Even though the BE88U will live 8 feet up and also behind a door?
Also does connecting the routers via the 2.5G ports enhance/optimize the backhaul?
Thanks in Advance
