slurmsmckenzie wrote: > That is really good to know, thank you - just the sort of experience I > was hoping to learn about. Obviously the AX56U and the AX88U are > different routers to the AX86U so I can't be sure but it does give me > confidence that the AXxxU line of routers is more compatible than the > ZenWifi. Also good to hear that one router is enough coverage - do you > mind me asking how many floors? > >
My house is a single story, 1500 square feet or 140 square meters. It is wood stud construction, with lath and paster, and some drywall. The router is located in an upper cabinet in the middle of the house. When I ran the ethernet wire, I planned to put the router in the best possible location. Locating the Wifi in a good spot can make a big difference. Multi story does present a challenge of horizonal and vertical. Many of the ASUS routers have external antennas which can be adjusted to try and optimize signal. slurmsmckenzie wrote: > > Also the other point about this is that wiring up the whole house is a > pipe dream but unlikely to become a reality. I have put two external > wires from the modem/router location to the living room and my man-cave > study which are two areas that really need wired access. The downstairs > AP is running from the living room. But I don't feel that adding more > external wires is really an option and trying to run them in the house > would mean re-decoration which would not get approval (if you know what > I mean). I like the idea, but just not really an option unfortunately. > If we lived in a house that had stud walls everywhere then sure, but > most internal walls are solid with a mix of old and new plaster, some of > which would crumble all over if I started chasing out channels. Also > conduit would not be approved :-) > Could the existing wiring (I assume ethernet) be used for the back haul between the upstairs and downstairs in a mesh network? This would give you a single SSID and devices are supposed to have better sucess switching to the wifi source with the best signal. Be creative with your old wifi router because in access point mode (DHCP server turned off) and wifi turned off, it can be used as an ethernet switch. Here is my write-up of my attempt to use ASUS mesh network on two RT-AX55. I had issues with the stability of the mesh network due to possible equipment problems. I ended up returning the two RT-AX55 and getting the one RT-AX56. https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114996-ASUS-RT-AX55-Mesh-Router%92s-Compatibility-with-SB-Radios&highlight=rt-ax55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Nelson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58158 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112167 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
