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3-Pack ASUS ZenWiFi AX1800 AiMesh WiFi 6 System (White)
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These days I only use the system as an access point with the AX-3000 as the brain. OPNsense is now my firewall and router. The ASUS system is well thought out and adaptable. Good quality for consumer grade.
I actually run the three cubes powered by PoE with Revodata PoE extractors from Amazon.
More Stable WiFi with Wired Connections between ZenWiFi Hubs
If you have Ethernet ports in your walls, you can set ZenWiFi AX Mini to use Ethernet backhaul, reserving all WiFi bands for your wireless devices for even more stable and reliable networking
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Essentially the question is what benefit is gained by using mesh nodes as access points versus just purchasing dedicated access points. Another person pointed out that these cost less than APs, but I was wondering if there is any practical benefit (or drawback).
My home has Comcast and I bought my own modem instead of renting from them. The rental savings over 2 years has already paid for the modem and will now almost cover the zenwifi mesh system.
I have a 3 story townhouse and it's shaped like a shoebox so the rooms in the front and back have spotty wifi signal.
This mesh system was perfect for our home. I setup the main node where the coaxial cable comes in for the modem and then run the back haul with cat6 cable.
Only 1 area of the home was wired for this and so I had to run powerline over ethernet adapters. These basically plug into an electrical outlet and run the network signal over your electrical wiring of the home.
I bought the ones rated for gigabit speed and overall our network has been pretty reliable. Surprisingly these adapters work even though I have power straps to split the plug outlet. Also even with the microwave in the kitchen and washer dryer etc they have maintained a connection.
I have had those adapters since 2017.
My parents home is smaller and 3 nodes was more than enough with wifi back haul. Only had to reset the system 1 time as in fully reconfigure it from scratch.
Dual band is referring to a third WiFi band dedicated for backhaul, and actually doesn't have anything to do with WiFi 6. The third band for backhaul allows for more bandwidth in total; it's like having another WiFi network just for the nodes to talk to eachother and pass data.
Wireless backhaul is convenient and used by many, but for the most solid WiFi network should be avoided whenever possible. Wired backhaul is always better, faster, and more reliable, but you have to plug each node into an ethernet port for "wired" backhaul. If you cannot do wired backhaul than this mesh system is not the best choice for you unless your WiFi network has very little demand and load. Since this is dual band, it really should be run with wired backhaul.
Most recently I have been running a pair of Asus AX6100 (small ugly square black routers) in a mesh but they just started getting buggy and I have to reboot the system weekly. I think their specs were decent when they were released, but not sure how they compare to these.
What I am trying to set up now is a bigger mesh with wired backhaul. Except my house only has coax running to several rooms. So I am going to try MoCA 2.5 adapters and do wired backhaul, as well as a wired router (going to thy the Microtik Hex S first) next to my cable modem in the basement. I probably need a third AP node in the mesh, so I am wondering about these or the AX3000. (also on sale for 199 for a 3 pack). But these AX1800 are a great deal for 3 right now!
The speed I currently pay for is 400 Mbit but We have gone up to 1 Gb internet before, so I want to but wireless devices that can handle that as well. Do you have a recommendation as to these or the AX3000 for the new mesh, and do you think I could mix these and my AX6100/AX92U routers that are flaky? I also run a Pi hole as a DNS sink hole for ads connected to the primary router, by the way. It has helped a lot. Thanks!
I haven't run across anything saying yes or no for compatibility yet, anyone else have a similar setup they are running?
Essentially the question is what benefit is gained by using mesh nodes as access points versus just purchasing dedicated access points. Another person pointed out that these cost less than APs, but I was wondering if there is any practical benefit (or drawback).
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My home has Comcast and I bought my own modem instead of renting from them. The rental savings over 2 years has already paid for the modem and will now almost cover the zenwifi mesh system.
I have a 3 story townhouse and it's shaped like a shoebox so the rooms in the front and back have spotty wifi signal.
This mesh system was perfect for our home. I setup the main node where the coaxial cable comes in for the modem and then run the back haul with cat6 cable.
Only 1 area of the home was wired for this and so I had to run powerline over ethernet adapters. These basically plug into an electrical outlet and run the network signal over your electrical wiring of the home.
I bought the ones rated for gigabit speed and overall our network has been pretty reliable. Surprisingly these adapters work even though I have power straps to split the plug outlet. Also even with the microwave in the kitchen and washer dryer etc they have maintained a connection.
I have had those adapters since 2017.
My parents home is smaller and 3 nodes was more than enough with wifi back haul. Only had to reset the system 1 time as in fully reconfigure it from scratch.
Most recently I have been running a pair of Asus AX6100 (small ugly square black routers) in a mesh but they just started getting buggy and I have to reboot the system weekly. I think their specs were decent when they were released, but not sure how they compare to these.
What I am trying to set up now is a bigger mesh with wired backhaul. Except my house only has coax running to several rooms. So I am going to try MoCA 2.5 adapters and do wired backhaul, as well as a wired router (going to thy the Microtik Hex S first) next to my cable modem in the basement. I probably need a third AP node in the mesh, so I am wondering about these or the AX3000. (also on sale for 199 for a 3 pack). But these AX1800 are a great deal for 3 right now!
The speed I currently pay for is 400 Mbit but We have gone up to 1 Gb internet before, so I want to but wireless devices that can handle that as well. Do you have a recommendation as to these or the AX3000 for the new mesh, and do you think I could mix these and my AX6100/AX92U routers that are flaky? I also run a Pi hole as a DNS sink hole for ads connected to the primary router, by the way. It has helped a lot. Thanks!
I run an RT-AX3000v1 (v2 won't work) with Merlin and just use the three cubes from this kit as nodes for it. The RT-AX3000v1 is more powerful and has many more features.
I run an RT-AX3000v1 (v2 won't work) with Merlin and just use the three cubes from this kit as nodes for it. The RT-AX3000v1 is more powerful and has many more features.
I did have one more question - do you know if the AX6100's support wired backhaul, or if there is a list of which ASUS routers can do this? I just spent a good deal of time getting the coax in my house finished and am looking to to utilize that with MoCA adapters for wired backhaul. Thanks.