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I had issues with my 3 year old Linksys Velop mesh system so I recently replaced it with the RAX120. The single router downstairs nearly covers my entire house with the exception of one room upstairs. I have a lot of devices 50+ online at a time (sometimes up to 4 4K streams) and only expect that to grow in the coming years. I considered an Orbi but concerned it have the same limititations as the Velop with number of high bandwidth devices.
But I would like to fix that one room. Does anyone see any issues if I were to put an RAX80 in that room as an access point, or would I be better off waiting for the Orbi with wifi 6?
I don't currently have the wifi off on the RAX200 but not running all 3 radios and I'm on channels the Orbi isn't using. Helps prevent interference. Basically testing the RAX200 out to see how it performs, how the firmware works, and it lets me help others because i have experience with it.
The benefit to orbi is the seamless integration of a single ssid with multiple AP's. The RAX devices probably have better coverage for a single device but you'll end up with more than 1 ssid going this route. I don't think the RAX devices have mesh capability.
It kind of depends on what you prefer for SSID usage and integration. I love using Orbi because I have a lot of devices and a large house. I do run my Orbi in AP mode as I'm running a RAX200 as my primary router with orbi providing the main wifi coverage. A bit of overkill but works for now. Any chance you could setup something simlar with your RAX120 and the Velop to provide coverage for the time being?
So is the thought there that your RAX200 is the brains of your network and the Orbi's just provide wifi? Do you have the wifi turned off on the RAX200?
I don't currently have the wifi off on the RAX200 but not running all 3 radios and I'm on channels the Orbi isn't using. Helps prevent interference. Basically testing the RAX200 out to see how it performs, how the firmware works, and it lets me help others because i have experience with it.
