Dear sifu here, I have a question that i cant figure out and cant seem to find enough information.
The situation:
I house is 3 storey high, i have a maxis 300mbps plan with the maxis wifi6 router, but it cant cover my hold house so i am looking to buy an Asus router (2 or 3 units) to serve as Mesh network.
So my question is on how to connect the router are a better choices?
case1:
Fiber -> Maxis router -> Asus router (Mesh)
For me this is simple just plug in the asus router and use them as mesh.
case2
Fiber -> Asus router (and other mesh) -> Maxis Router (for VOIP only)
this more work but will the connection be smoother and faster?
Will case 2 make connection faster since it doenst loop through another router?
But i seem to recall reading before case 1, usually the Local Network and other more smooth, becoz the maxis will just be handling only internet without and local traffic to bother it? while Asus will handle all the local network traffic?
Seriously need some advice
My setup is almost like case 1, except I enabled bridge mode on Maxis router. The PPPoE request comes from Asus router instead.
Fiber -> Maxis router (bridge mode + VoIP only) ->Asus router (WAN/Mesh).
I've been running on this setup for more than 2 years, and so far, so good.