Choose the correct WiFi setup

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Hi all

Here is my dilemma

So I have a mR60 mesh router with one satellite and i have separated 2.4 Gh for better connection yo my iot

Recently im experiencing connection being finicky with speed drop and connectivity issues

And last week it froze to the way i had to reset it

I noticed that i have 70+ devices connected but the router can support no more than 30

My budget os tight

My place is the way that maybe doesn’t need a mesh but that would be cool

So would you suggest if I should but what router

Or what if I hook another AP to the router with a different SSID and connect half of the devices to the other AP

What would be the preferred? Would there be any downsides or miscommunication for doing this?

Thank you

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If you have over 70 devices connected, you are moving out of the realms of a home router into professional, enterprise equipment… The limit for most radios is 30-40 devices, some enterprise kit has multiple radios, so can cope with 80 devices or more. Bandwidth is also a problem, if they are all trying to talk at the same time, the airwaves will be choked, although a lot of IoT is low bandwidth and it just sends keep-alive packets, until it is needed.

I use Unifi enterprise kit at home, it is reasonably priced, but you need a Unifi controller to manage the wi-fi and you need to understand wireless networking and networking in general (VLANs, for example) to set it up cleanly, but it is the simplest of the enterprise tools I’ve worked with to set up - we have Dell, Zyxel (enterprise), Cisco, Aruba and a few others at work and Unifi is by far the easiest to manage. Unifi’s controller is also free to install on a Linux or Windows PC running as a server.

At home, I have a Unifi Cloud Gateway behind my router and 2 access points connected to that to cover our flat, with the router in passthru mode.

If you need home kit, it is more difficult, but something like Eero might be a way to go, they can allegedly support up to 128 devices.

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Thanks

Yeah i have linux server mainly for homebridge and octoprint and maybe nas but i need homekit

As it is acting up so badly now that homekit hoes offline or so slow most if the time

I had eero 6+ before and it’s so annoying for 2.4 devices and kinda weak

What do you think of zenwifi tx9 as im seeing much more comparing with orbits 370

Please let me know