In fact, this router has this and 4 other operating modes: access point mode, repeater mode, media bridge, AiMesh network node and of course the standard mode as a wifi router.
Hi, the main differences are that the 82 only has four lan ports instead of 8 and only 1 USB 3 and only one gigabyte wan instead of 2.5 gigabyte. The AiMesh works to the full extent
Yes, that works 👍
I use the same, with a hard drive on the USB port for smb, ftp etc. Can also be used with your own access data, or the data from the router can be used. Everything is very easy to set up.
The walls in my house are too thick. For example, I connected the SALT router normally as it should be and set up this device in the other part of the house and connected it to the Salt router via cable. So I have wifi in both parts of the house.
If I have understood everything correctly
1 the weakest link in the chain is your provider. You can't override it. The important thing is not the wifi speed, but the lan speed
2 Yes, you have a router installed that does not come from your provider. If you know how.
In addition to the router, you also need a fibre optic modem, which is then plugged in between your telephone socket and the ASUS router. As usual, you have to register the internet as a contract with one of the usual suppliers and pay monthly.
Yes, this should be solvable with the router settings.
Keyword: IGMP proxy and multicast.
Article from Wingo (first section on fibre optics):
https://www.wingo.ch/de...
On settings:
https://www.init7.net/de...
Although the article is from a different provider and for a different router, the underlying technology is the same and the GUI should also be quite similar for the ASUS routers.