Hi, I wanted to start by saying thanks for all the info in this community. I have been able to find the solution to 99% of my questions just by searching through here. This is a situation I can't find a clear answer to and don't know if it's actually possible or how to.
So, TLDR: I have a Archer C7 and 841ND and want to use the C7 as the main router for 5GHz only, so have the 2.4GHz radio off, and the 841ND to handle all the 2.4GHz network.
So, a bit of background. I have been using an Archer C7 v2 on 23.02 for about a year now. I have the 5GHz and 2.4Ghz enabled as well as a guest IoT network to keep those devices and visitors off my main network. Just so the setup is clear I also have everything going through a pi-hole and the setup has been working very well for me once I figured everything. Anyone familiar with the C7 knows that it has it's limitations which I accepted but the one thing that I could not solve was the 2.4GHz constantly going out. I tried multiple workarounds that were mentioned here and elsewhere but have to accept that it's a limitation of the hardware and software on this device. Right now I have it scheduled to reboot once a day my IoT devices will just stop responding at random requiring yet another reboot or manually stopping, restarting the 2.4 radio.
While looking through my older hardware I found a TP 841ND that I had forgotten about and wondered if it was possible to have the Archer as the main router for the 5GHz and then have the 841ND handle all the 2.4GHz wireless traffic along with the IoT Guest network.
I already found the necessary guides about how to setup two routers but when it comes to what I want to do I can only find how to ( sorry I am not that good with the proper terminology ) use the second router as a bridge for the 2.4GHz main and IoT network but nothing that seems to come close to what I want which is to have all 2.4GHz traffic handled only by the 841ND. I think I am on the right path by using the 841ND as a dumb AP but am not sure. Not looking for hand holding step by step but wanting to know if it is possible and which things I should look into to get started.
Sooooooo, cause I know this question is going to come up: Why don't you just make things easy on yourself and just buy a better router? Well, cause at the moment I have many other financial responsibilities and and buying a new router, even a cheaper one, while not going to break the bank, would not be wise. It's something to consider in about a year or two but not now. I would rather buy a much better router that it overspeced and last me a while than a cheap one I will be looking at replacing again in a year or two anyways.
Yeah, I am one of those who wants to work with what I have until I can get the proper equipment plus, I like a decent challenge to keep learning something different.
