I could get a second 10 Gig capable router from another manufacturer and use it as an AP, but I think the convenience of a mesh is probably a better option. Reply Right now it varies and might sustain a weak connection of ‘speed test results internally’ of 10 Mbps give or take. Similarly, would there be any benefit in upgrading system to newer Zen Wi-Fi XD6 (hub & satellite)? XT8 looks like better solution though is too costly. With Roaming Technology on AiMesh AiMesh automatically and seamlessly connects your devices to the router with the strongest WiFi signal, wherever you are. Have not seen this answered, is it best to use one’s best performing router in the client wifi position, or the router position with wifi disabled?

AiMesh Node: RP-AX56 ( Firmware: 3.0.0.4.386_42862-ga9f43cc) (Product Link: https://a.co/d/1fL9diz) I have a GPON Fiber connection (1,000/1,000) running to an Asus RT-AC88U Router. This is the only router I have running for a 3,000 square foot , 2 story home. The AC88U runs the network wired/wireless and is located on 2nd floor on one end of home. (Yes I realize this isn’t the ‘optimal’ location but it’s where the primary office/computer server room/and subsequent location of where I ran multiple Coax cables, and now Cat 6 dedicated lines from the ONT in Garage downstairs. Your response was that I should get the house wired. It is wired, as I mentioned already. If you can provide an answer it would be much appreciated. Your posts say that a ‘lesser router’ should work as well, so not sure why I get slower speeds. If I need to replace the 56’s, just say so. One or Multiple WiFi Name, the Choice is Yours– When extending an AiMesh network, you can keep one WiFi name (SSID) for the entire network or give individual names to each WiFi band for different uses.

Works Perfectly with Any WiFi Router

Next-Gen WiFi Standard– Supporting the latest WiFi standard 802.11AX (WiFi 6) and 80MHz bandwidth for better capacity and efficiency. On the inside, both are modest 2×2 Wi-Fi broadcasters with a single Gigabit port. They share the Asuswrt firmware with identical web user interfaces and feature sets. Either can work as a Wi-Fi repeater ( extender), media bridge, access point (for a wired home), or an AiMesh satellite node. The RP-AX56 (or its replacement, the RP-AX58) is an extender (repeater) by design and can work with any router. But it works best as an AiMesh node in a wired (recommended) or wireless setup.

At first I thought about buying the XT8 but I’m now considering going a different route. I can get my hands on another RT-AX86U Pro which I would set as the main router. I would use the older RT-AX86U as a wired node and these two would cover my main floor with great performance I believe. For my lower floor I would use the XD4 as a wireless node since that floor is not wired. However getting maximum performace is not that important on the lower floor so I’m thinking this should work? Since these are dual-band broadcasters, it’s best to use them (either as primary routers or satellite nodes) in a wired setup. But a wireless configuration works, too, especially for the two AX5400 broadcasters, which have the top-tier 5GHz band. So from the broadband providers modem, you connect to a WAN port of the RT-AX68U. This is what you call the Primary node? For my upper floor (above the main) I’m thinking it might not even need a separate node since the main router might cover it quite well. That part remains to be tested once I set everything up. If in any case it turns out there is not enough coverage on the upper floor I might just add a RP-AX58 to strengthten the signal. Performance is also not that important on the upper floor.

With a total networking speed of about 1800Mbps - 574Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 1201Mbps on the 5GHz band - RP-AX56 is 1.5x faster than 802.11ac 2x2 dual-band range extender. I hardwired my house (cat6) homerunned to a wiring closet in the basement. Closet has 300 Mbps fiber Internet, 24 port unmanaged switch, 4 bay NAS as movie server, a NUC music server, 3 IP cams. My existing router is the Asus RT-N66U. Running OpenVPN for outside access to NAS and cameras. Wifi is disabled as the basement location makes the signal useless on the 1st floor. AiMesh started as an add-on feature with firmware version 384 in early 2018 — represented by the RT-AC86U— and was stable by the latest minor update of this version. In early 2020, Asus released version 386, buggy in the early stages, to add AiMesh 2.0 via the introduction of the ZenWifi product line. By late 2022, version 386 became fully mature, and Asus started releasing version 388, and the history repeated itself. So on and so forth. On the surface, with the support for the 160MHz, the RP-AX58 is clearly better than the RP-AX56. In reality, that depends. The devil is in the details.

My question is would this work well and am I thinking correctly? One thing to add is buying the RT-AX86U Pro + XD4 would be much cheaper for me than getting the XT8.

Un nume WiFi sau mai multe nume WiFi, alegerea îți aparține

If the ZenWiFi XT8 (below) is the AiMesh choice for a wireless home, the ZenWiFi XD6 is the wired alternative. Easy Setup with Mobile App – with ASUS Router app and ASUS Extender app, you can upgrade your home WiFi with just a few taps. Can anybody point me to proper settings for the wifi settings/professional tabs to try to eliminate that from the equation? Easy Setup with Mobile App– with ASUS Router app and ASUS Extender app, you can upgrade your home WiFi with just a few taps. Some updates may inadvertently cause a particular model to go haywire, likely because the company tries to do so much with its routers.