That was quick! I'll read through it. Thanks.
OK, I've got both of them on OpenWRT now. I started looking into the setup in more details now.
If I do the backhaul via WiFi I lose half the speed on the upper floors. I can already hear my son complaining with this affecting his gaming...
Would setting a wireless, dedicated backhaul to a raspberry pi with a good WiFi dongle and connecting it to the AP router via a wire mitigate the drop? (to an extend - I know it'll never be as good as running a wire). I'd be essentially adding an external 3rd radio to the router, or is my logic flawed?
Thinking if the cost/setup effort and complexity is worth the hassle.
If he's the only one using it, make it a wireless client, then use an ethernet cable for the connection between the computer/console and the EX5601.
USB wifi is never a good solution.
Powerlan adapters ?
The ones I have, and they're old, are at least good for 100mbit.
Sooo, basically what you were told to buy in the 1st place ?
Powerlan will not work as the floors are on separate circuit, buuut it looking into it gave me an idea. I have TV wall sockets in my living room and upstairs, need to figure out where the cables go 
I have no aerial so I hope they are laying somewhere loosely in the attic.
Kinda, was never good with following instructions 
Joking between availability, price, and your and slh's recommendation I still think I made a right call with a good compromise/balance Just was thinking if there's a hack-ish solution to shift the "compromise" slightly in my son's favour with the stuff I already have lying around.
Don't know landlines are hooked up in UK, but using the old telephone piping would have worked at my old place (not in UK).
Remove the old 1 or 2 pair land line copper wire, before pulling it out, attach a cat5e (or better) wire to get pulled in at the same time.
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Adding OpenWrt support for Zyxel EX5601-T0 - #920 by jekaho could perhaps be related to the performance degredation you're expecting.
No, you don't. Unless you're in an enterprise environment with hundreds/thousands of APs and clients, you're far better off using the same SSID and PSK, even on different channels and/or frequencies.
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Yep, I keep it simple with those settings and never have an issue using GL-MT6000s (Flint 2).
@rokfor2000 not sure why you want a Flint 3 that is running a 3rd party fork of OpenWrt. Just get Flint 2.
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If you have a TV coax cabling, you may try Moca. However it seems most popular in US. See here: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/powerline-adapter-vs-tri-band-router/172616/6?u=underworld.
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Thanks for the replies, I already have the 2 x EX6501, running the OpenWRT. Arrived last week. Didn't have time to hook them up and am away this week, but will try to set it up next week. I'll initially try the WDS with home, IOT and guest and fast roaming enabled. Measure the speeds and then dive into MOCA / telephone line if not satisfactory.
Having said that I have a question about the setup.
Guest Wi-Fi basics states that I need to create "br-guest". This would result in Multiple bridged networks. I had some chat with friendly AI and we clarified that what I'm after is Multiple networks using VLANs.
Apparently additional bridge interfaces were needed once upon a time, but it's not the way to create them in current OpenWRT version(s). I should instead assign my networks like this "br-lan.20" for IOT for example. All should be done within a single br-lan with just appropriate VLAN assignments.
Am I missing something or is just that the Wiki for setting up a guest wifi outdated?
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There's a separate wiki page for guest wifi on APs, might be worth reading...
I do not think you can get Vlan using WDS, but only trough B.A.T.M.A.N - read about it. Anywayif it is only to separate/isolate devices in guest network as @frollic mentioned the wiki is : https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/guestwifi/guestwifi_dumbap
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