Hello,
I put into service a new Asus RT-AX88u. I have a 4500 sq ft two story home. I want to put some ring cameras at the corners of my home on the exterior. I need a router with solid coverage.
Prior I tried the Orbi mesh system, and while I have decent coverage inside, my exterior was worse that my old Netgear Nighthawk 2016 router.
The new Asus router gave me decent coverage, but I still have a dead spot on the upper level at the opposite side of my home. I am getting 90 Mbps 2.4 ghz and 225 Mbps 5 ghz at the router. The 5 ghz drops off significantly outside, and the 2.4 ghz would get me 10-25 Mbps at my furthest camera. That conn is spotty.
I spend another pile of cash for a second RT- AX88u router. I don’t have any wifi 6 devices besides out iPhones. But I thought if I am upgrading maybe go with wifi 6 to future proof the system.
I set the second router at the middle of the home upstairs. It gets a great 5 ghz AiMesh setup to my main router.
Every square inch of my interior is now covered with 5ghz. Ironically, my entire outside perimeter where I have cameras is pulling down 50-80 Mbps at 5 ghz. I did not expect that.
However, ring cameras are 2.4 ghz, and with the Asus dual router in AiMesh setup, my 2.4 ghz network took a major dump. I can get barely 20 Mbps standing in front of the routers. Outside. . Forget it . . . 1 Mbps to 8 Mbps when I was getting 30 with the single router.
Why would my 2.4 ghz degrade this much? I have tried setting the channel to 1 or 6 manually. With 6, it’s a tad better. It defaults to 11 on auto. But at the price of these routers, I would expect 2.4 ghz to improve like my 5 ghz did.
What am I missing? The backhaul is wifi using the 5 ghz . . . So no impact there.
I am at a total loss . . . And yes, firmware is up to date, and router reset after the upgrade. And I have restarted the system a number of times.
Is there an explanation for this ? Is there another mesh system that is more powerful with better penetration than Orbi?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
Lee
I put into service a new Asus RT-AX88u. I have a 4500 sq ft two story home. I want to put some ring cameras at the corners of my home on the exterior. I need a router with solid coverage.
Prior I tried the Orbi mesh system, and while I have decent coverage inside, my exterior was worse that my old Netgear Nighthawk 2016 router.
The new Asus router gave me decent coverage, but I still have a dead spot on the upper level at the opposite side of my home. I am getting 90 Mbps 2.4 ghz and 225 Mbps 5 ghz at the router. The 5 ghz drops off significantly outside, and the 2.4 ghz would get me 10-25 Mbps at my furthest camera. That conn is spotty.
I spend another pile of cash for a second RT- AX88u router. I don’t have any wifi 6 devices besides out iPhones. But I thought if I am upgrading maybe go with wifi 6 to future proof the system.
I set the second router at the middle of the home upstairs. It gets a great 5 ghz AiMesh setup to my main router.
Every square inch of my interior is now covered with 5ghz. Ironically, my entire outside perimeter where I have cameras is pulling down 50-80 Mbps at 5 ghz. I did not expect that.
However, ring cameras are 2.4 ghz, and with the Asus dual router in AiMesh setup, my 2.4 ghz network took a major dump. I can get barely 20 Mbps standing in front of the routers. Outside. . Forget it . . . 1 Mbps to 8 Mbps when I was getting 30 with the single router.
Why would my 2.4 ghz degrade this much? I have tried setting the channel to 1 or 6 manually. With 6, it’s a tad better. It defaults to 11 on auto. But at the price of these routers, I would expect 2.4 ghz to improve like my 5 ghz did.
What am I missing? The backhaul is wifi using the 5 ghz . . . So no impact there.
I am at a total loss . . . And yes, firmware is up to date, and router reset after the upgrade. And I have restarted the system a number of times.
Is there an explanation for this ? Is there another mesh system that is more powerful with better penetration than Orbi?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
Lee
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