I just recently added a 2nd router and enabled AiMesh. I now have 2 Asus RT-AC68U routers with the latest firmware as of last week. Firmware 3.0.0.4.386_43129 , one is of course the master router and the 2nd one is setup as an AiMesh node. I have the node using a 1Gbe LAN backhaul connection back to the master router and shows Connection quality as Great. Which is just talking about the backhaul connection.
On the node, currently only 1 device on 5Ghz and 1 device on 2.4Ghz. When I walk over to that end of the house it will then show my phone as a 2nd 5Ghz device. I have only tested the issue on my Samsung S9 Plus.
wifi speed test shows I get over 300Mbps down and 38Mbps up with a ping of 15ms. The 300+ down is the max of my phone's wifi. Cox ISP provides about 940Mbps down and 35Mbps up. Everytime I do a speed test the phone shows everything is great regardless of being connected to the master or node. Everything was working great before Using AiMesh, I just had spotty coverage on the far end of the house in 1 room. I added the node to the laundry room right next to that room. So I am only about 15 feet through 1 wall when testing my phone on that side of the house.
ISSUE:
The issue that started after I enabled AiMesh, is that while browsing the internet, using Instagram, facebook, etc. It will stop loading pages. Or act like I lost internet and not continue to load instagram, facebook, or internet pages. I check and my phone shows full strength wifi. The wifi connection isn't lost. I will then turn off Wifi on my phone to use the cell data and instantly everything works again. I switch back to Wifi and it sometimes works again. But I usually have to walk after from either the master or node to have it connect to the other and it works again. But the issue happens randomly and while on either router's wifi. My wired LAN systems are not affected. I pretty much only use our phones on wifi. Everything else is wired 1Gbe Lan.
The AiMesh is worthless to me if the internet is randomly broken. Great signal and wifi connection doesn't mean anything if the internet route dies randomly.
I haven't been able to find anything in my searches of anyone else having this issue.
On the node, currently only 1 device on 5Ghz and 1 device on 2.4Ghz. When I walk over to that end of the house it will then show my phone as a 2nd 5Ghz device. I have only tested the issue on my Samsung S9 Plus.
wifi speed test shows I get over 300Mbps down and 38Mbps up with a ping of 15ms. The 300+ down is the max of my phone's wifi. Cox ISP provides about 940Mbps down and 35Mbps up. Everytime I do a speed test the phone shows everything is great regardless of being connected to the master or node. Everything was working great before Using AiMesh, I just had spotty coverage on the far end of the house in 1 room. I added the node to the laundry room right next to that room. So I am only about 15 feet through 1 wall when testing my phone on that side of the house.
ISSUE:
The issue that started after I enabled AiMesh, is that while browsing the internet, using Instagram, facebook, etc. It will stop loading pages. Or act like I lost internet and not continue to load instagram, facebook, or internet pages. I check and my phone shows full strength wifi. The wifi connection isn't lost. I will then turn off Wifi on my phone to use the cell data and instantly everything works again. I switch back to Wifi and it sometimes works again. But I usually have to walk after from either the master or node to have it connect to the other and it works again. But the issue happens randomly and while on either router's wifi. My wired LAN systems are not affected. I pretty much only use our phones on wifi. Everything else is wired 1Gbe Lan.
The AiMesh is worthless to me if the internet is randomly broken. Great signal and wifi connection doesn't mean anything if the internet route dies randomly.
I haven't been able to find anything in my searches of anyone else having this issue.