How to setup radios - what to use where (Linksys MX5300)

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I have everything up and running on a Linksys MX5300 and being used as a wired AP. It has has three wifi radios as follows:
R0 - 802.11ac/n
R1 - 802.11ac/ax/n
R2 - 802.11ax/b/g/n

I need to setup three SSD's as follows: primary, guest, IOT (2.4g only).

What SSD should I put on each radio and what mode/channel/width do I use or something I can review to make sense of it? I thought I had a handle on it, but apparently I don't. Thank you!

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R0 I guess.

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The 2.4 GHz radio will be slow in any case, although ax helps a bit. I would assign loT to it.

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My "guess" for 2.4 GHz only usage woud be R2. Not sure why the OP is using these arbitrary names instead of e.g., showing the default wireless config.

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For security reason, you should isolate IoT

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Looking at documentation to find out what those could be...

Commit creating support for the device:

WiFi1: 5GHz ac 4x4 (Qualcomm QCA9984 + Skyworks SKY85746-11) - channels 100-169
WiFi2: 5GHz ax 4x4 (Qualcomm QCN5054 + Skyworks SKY85755-11) - channels 36-64
WiFi3: 2.4GHz ax 4x4 (Qualcomm QCN5024 + Skyworks SKY8340-11)

Wiki:

phy2	QCA9984 802.11ac/n (5.8GHz)	Disabled
phy1	IPQ8074 802.11ac/ax/n (5.8GHz)	Disabled
phy0	IPQ8074 802.11ax/b/g/n (2.4GHz)	Disabled

Really confused numbering variation :thinking:

I would use the slow 2.4 GHz ax for IoT, wifi5 AC (9984) for guests, and the most modern 5 GHz ax for primary use.