<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I've been experimenting with two WNDR3800s and meshing, and I'm starting to wonder if meshing is the right answer for a typical residential user who needs multiple APs.<br><br></div>My use case is a single cable internet connection, and a footprint that needs 2 APs to provide sufficient high-performance coverage. I would like to provide guest and internal WiFi networks at both APs, so that both will be reasonably fast.<br>
<br></div><div>I initially set up mesh mode according to wiki directions, and have it mostly up and running. I can ping from a machine connected to the second router, across the mesh, to the first router and out to the internet. <br>
<br>The problems I am experiencing are that<br></div><div>1) the second router by default isn't set to forward DNS requests to the first router, so I have to configure each of the interfaces manually to supply the IP of the primary router as the DNS server<br>
</div><div>2) both routers try to maintain DNS for home.lan and do not exchange information. <br></div><div>3) the Macs in the household go a little nuts when they change networks as they seem to detect the mdns repeater as a conflict when trying to assume ownership of the hostname on the new network. My Mac's hostname has changed repeatedly to avoid the conflict and is now tesla-71.local. <br>
<br></div><div>Is mesh the right way to go here? What are best practices for tackling these issues?<br><br></div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div> Kelvin<br></div></div>