EA6400 with a Telus Actiontec modem/router

I've been using the Telus modem/router for a while, and it has worked fine. Once we moved to the new place the signal got a little weak in the rooms farthest from the router, but its a little 2 bedroom single floor condo ... it's not that big. At any rate, our LG SMart TV was crapping out on Netflix, and we would get poor quality and the movie was having troubles playing without reloading, etc. So we though that buying a dual band router might fix it.
Here is how it is set up.
The main router is the Actiotec. It is plugged into the internet through a telephone cable - I believe this is DSL. The Actiontec wifi is on, and I am not bridging the router (I would rather not, as it looks a little intimidating, and the Telus HD boxes are connected to it. I have plugged the EA6400 into one of the 4 ethernet plugs, not WAN, using it as a secondary router.
The 5GHz is working great. Netflix is smooth and worry-free. But the 2.4GHz drops often, so we have to connect to the main router's wifi, which does not allow us to use the 6400's USB port for sharing printers, drives, etc.
Should I trade the Actiontec for a dedicated modem?
Is there a way to EASILY make the 6400 more stable?
Am I doing it right? I imagined being able to set up the 6400 as an AP ... was I wrong?
ANY help is appreciated!

As another suggestion, If the modem can't be bridged then see if the modem has a DMZ option and input the IP address the router gets from the modem and put that into the modems DMZ.

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