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Not a bad price considering its wifi7, but only 1 WAN + 1 ethernet. I need at least 2 wired ports so i dont need to use a switch.
UPDATE: i went with the asus xt9 wifi6 triband cos its got 3 lan ports for the same price.. whatever asus is doing with their 5ghz bands is probably going to give me cancer cos that mofo can brute force past multiple walls and into all the dead zones i used to have with my nighthawk mesh
Not a bad price considering its wifi7, but only 1 WAN + 1 ethernet. I need at least 2 wired ports so i dont need to use a switch.
UPDATE: i went with the asus xt9 wifi6 triband cos its got 3 lan ports for the same price.. whatever asus is doing with their 5ghz bands is probably going to give me cancer cos that mofo can brute force past multiple walls and into all the dead zones i used to have with my nighthawk mesh
I have the ASUS XT8 (slightly older than your XT9 set). I noticed it's also got awesome signal strength. The secrets are (1) the number and positioning of the 6 internal antennas; (2) having a second 4x4 spatial stream 5ghz band just for mesh communications (frees up the first 2x2 spatial stream 5ghz band for client use exclusively). And then if you have sad devices that need 2.4ghz, it has that band too just for clients.
Mine's been working well for 4 years. Enjoy your new mesh system.
I have the ASUS XT8 (slightly older than your XT9 set). I noticed it's also got awesome signal strength. The secrets are (1) the number and positioning of the 6 internal antennas; (2) having a second 4x4 spatial stream 5ghz band just for mesh communications (frees up the first 2x2 spatial stream 5ghz band for client use exclusively). And then if you have sad devices that need 2.4ghz, it has that band too just for clients.
Mine's been working well for 4 years. Enjoy your new mesh system.
also the asus has much more sophisticated band steering, i think they call it smart connect.. one of my issues with the old netgear nighthawk mesh was that sometimes my roaming devices would get dropped because it tries to connect to a dead 5ghz band.. this used to be a big problem when im pooping in my favorite bathroom in the house (its in a central location so its easy to access but lots of walls all around) and sometimes if im trying to finish a movie i'd have to hold it and run to another bathroom much further away. now i get a solid 120mbit throughput there.. so i can focus on my own throughput if you know what i mean
also the asus has much more sophisticated band steering, i think they call it smart connect.. one of my issues with the old netgear nighthawk mesh was that sometimes my roaming devices would get dropped because it tries to connect to a dead 5ghz band.. this used to be a big problem when im pooping in my favorite bathroom in the house (its in a central location so its easy to access but lots of walls all around) and sometimes if im trying to finish a movie i'd have to hold it and run to another bathroom much further away. now i get a solid 120mbit throughput there.. so i can focus on my own throughput if you know what i mean
๐Yes it's important to be able to focus on your own throughput!
Yep, band steering AKA Smart Connect is explained here - https://www.digitalcitizen.life/a...t-connect/ Basically it creates a single SSID for all bands (2.4ghz, 5ghz) and when a client tries to connect the router will give it a 2.4ghz or 5ghz band depending on various criteria.
I still prefer to create separate SSIDs for 2.4ghz and 5ghz because some dumb devices don't work well with smart connect (will refuse to connect). Generally this happens with 2.4ghz "smart" devices, which are some of the most basic low-spec'd devices in existence that are very picky about network settings.
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UPDATE: i went with the asus xt9 wifi6 triband cos its got 3 lan ports for the same price.. whatever asus is doing with their 5ghz bands is probably going to give me cancer cos that mofo can brute force past multiple walls and into all the dead zones i used to have with my nighthawk mesh
UPDATE: i went with the asus xt9 wifi6 triband cos its got 3 lan ports for the same price.. whatever asus is doing with their 5ghz bands is probably going to give me cancer cos that mofo can brute force past multiple walls and into all the dead zones i used to have with my nighthawk mesh
Mine's been working well for 4 years. Enjoy your new mesh system.
Mine's been working well for 4 years. Enjoy your new mesh system.
Yep, band steering AKA Smart Connect is explained here - https://www.digitalciti
I still prefer to create separate SSIDs for 2.4ghz and 5ghz because some dumb devices don't work well with smart connect (will refuse to connect). Generally this happens with 2.4ghz "smart" devices, which are some of the most basic low-spec'd devices in existence that are very picky about network settings.
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