Mi Router 4C

I assumed it wasn't safe to keep using routers well past their last security firmware update, maybe the risks are exaggerated? My Netgear had its last update almost 4 years ago and I'm still using it, but still I got mad for it only getting or 2\~3 years of updates. I currently have a single router doing everything. I am moving to a new house that will require 2 access points/nodes for whole house wifi. Both points have LAN, so I thought a Mesh wifi with wired backhaul would be my best option. Is AP better? I remember when there wasn't a seamless AP solution and you would get a small "hiccup" when the device switched routers. That does not happen anymore, right? My current budget is 30,000 JPY (about 180 USD), but of course cheaper is better. I was surprised to see the Xiaomi mesh routers cost only 12,000 JPY (\~75 USD) for two routers, but no idea how reliable those are. I think most routers available in Europe and US are also available in Japan, but Japan models have lower limits on wifi power, so signal is much weaker.

Considering that I live in an area where the internet is worse than in Grenland 🫠mobile sim card 5G router is the only solution. I've always wanted to have a PS5 and a good gaming TV, but our internet connection, which we've had for the last 10 years since we moved here, of 10-15 megabits, didn't allow me to buy a console. Then one day I accidentally found on Google that there are mobile 5G routers with a SIM card that convert mobile signal in Wifi. I immediately searched the internet for mobile 5G routers, routers with a sim card and at least 2 Lan ports. I decided on the Xiaomi cpe 5G PRO V2 mobile router unlocked to all networks. The mobile signal tower is on a hill about 1 km as the crow flies from my house and there were no obstacles in between. I can literally see it when it's sunny. So the mobile signal is strong and the quality is maximum. I bought the already mentioned xiaomi router (the prices of mobile 5g sim routers are quite high). I paid 220 euros for it but there are many more expensive ones. The advantage of mobile internet is that it is unlocked to all networks and I use mobile tariffs from providers that seem the most favorable to me. For the last 6-7 months I have been using a mobile tariff ( internet week ) which last 7 days and cost 4.99 euros. I can use flat internet and speed is maximum avaliable. I have no contract with any ISP. I can insert a sim card from another provider whenever I want. The Xiaomi router has proven to be very good. Speedtest speeds were 350-370 for download and130-140 for upload. But the problems started when I bought a PS5 laptop and a gaming TV. Also, the bands would go wild, the speeds would vary, the latency would be very high. Speedtest via mobile phones would drop to 100, 50, even 20 megabits, and the upload from the ideal 130 would drop to 20 or 10. Unfortunately, this would also be reflected in PS5 gaming. At the beginning, I would test PS5 speed and it would be 250-270 and the upload would be around 25. If someone would start YouTube on their mobile phone, for example, it would also be reflected in PS5 speeds. Although it has an excellent Snapdragon x62 and decent cooling, router would heat up after 4-5 hours of PS5 gaming. and up to 10 devices connected to the router. I decided to buy a powerful Asus Tuf gaming be3600 Wifi 7 router and connect Xiaomi in bridge mode. Asus is now the main one and Xiaomi only has the task of collecting the mobile signal, converting it to Wifi and all other actions are performed by Asus. There are no more sudden speed drops, latency lag and jitter are reduced. There is no band rampage and the 2.4 GHz network is locked which also contributed to stability. QoS starts game mode and in general I am very happy with this router. Stable speeds, excellent gaming, no sudden drops and no more network instability... Asus has fixed all that. Yes, I forgot to write how strong the Asus router is. The processor is a quad core at 2 GHz and the RAM is an incredible 1 Gb ddr4. Only models 3 times more expensive have these speeds. It also has 4 antennas and cooling; it has built-in fans on 5 sides.

Buy from xiaomi instead if you want a power bank

Xiaomi gives a new SSID Automaticly, I didn't change it to avoid interference with the devices which are already connected to the main router. Could this create a problem for the TV which doesn't connect to the new SSID anyway?