Looking for Opinions/Suggestions for Upgrading WiFi

[MEATLIFTER]

I currently have an Asus RT-AX1800 and it seems to have decent enough performance, but I keep it in the basement. I am looking to expand my wifi range, or upgrade entirely.

 

Recently, I grabbed a couple Linksys Velop nodes on Woot for pretty cheap. Read a few Reddit posts stating I could use them for bridging. Not the case.

 

Now, I'm thinking about just buying 1 or 2 more matching Asus routers, then adding them to the AiMesh already offered by the router. Is this a suitable option? Should I consider upgrading the entire thing? What are my downfalls going this route?

[Needfuldoer]

Can you move your existing router to a more central location in the house? Or at least closer to where you spend most of your time?

[MEATLIFTER]

7 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

Can you move your existing router to a more central location in the house? Or at least closer to where you spend most of your time?

Unfortunately, no. Or at least not without a lot of effort. The coax comes into the basement and the basement is finished in a way that would make that a giant pain.

 

Plus, I am hoping to get wifi into the garage, at least to a minor degree, and the garage is detached and about 10ft from the house. Granted, the garage is more of a "nice-to-have" kinda deal for wifi coverage.

[CaiPott]

It would be the best if you could buy a couple of access points and lay a cable between AP's n the router in the basement. That's what I would do.

 

If it's not an option for you, AiMesh would work pretty decent when you placed bridge routers on a good place tbh.

[thevictor390]

Sure wireless mesh is not as good as running a wire but for most use cases, as long as the nodes have good signal to each other it will work just fine. It will offer way more range than you can get out of one AP. I've been running Netgear Orbis for a few years and it completely blows away any other wireless solution I've ever had.