setup for second router
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I bought an Archer AX10 in the hopes of using it as an access point to extend my WIFI upstairs. I have a 2600 SF home(1400 down, 1200 up). My downstairs router is an Archer AX20. The AX20 is wired to a switch in my basement and I ran a second wire out of a LAN port on the AX20 into the WAN port of the AX10. Both routers work fine and have great signal on both frequencies. My question is what can I do to make one router “handoff”(hopefully the right word) to the other and vice versa when switching floors? Right now you have to physically switch routers on your devices WIFI settings. I should state that the AX10 was switched to access point operation mode.
What you're describing is called seamless roaming. That's a feature of the mesh networks (like EasyMesh).
This has been implemented in AX20 v3, but not in AX10. Here you can see what are the router models that can be used in EasyMesh with an ethernet backhaul.
Despite that, you can still achieve a decent switching of your client device between the two wireless radio (routers).
Switching to another wireless radio (router) depends on the client device - not the router.
That means if the client device thinks that the current wireless signal is still strong enough, it won't switch to another wireless radio (router).
To stimulate the client device make this switch, you could lower the transmission power of desired wireless bands from high to middle:
Try that and check if the your device switching between the two routers automatically.