Suggestions for Aimesh setup and questions
Suggestions for Aimesh setup and questions
Hey everyone... my name is Jimmy, and I'm working on improving how I manage my ASUS and ROG Wi-Fi routers. My house is about 2200 sq ft and has a single level. The main router is in a bathroom media closet. I have fiber internet from CenturyLink at 960 Mbps, but the signal was weak on the other side, so I swapped it with a RT-AX86U. That helped a bit, but I discovered something interesting about Aimesh and found a ROG GS-AX5400 on Facebook for a lower price. I connected it wirelessly to the opposite side of the house. The setup got better, though download speeds remained slow throughout the house.
Recently, I got a RT-AX82U and a GT-AX11000 from a friend. I tried connecting the AX82U wirelessly in my garage, but it didn’t work very well—sometimes it wouldn’t even show as connected. Right now, I have the main router as the RT-AX86U, the GS-AX5400 wired into the 86u as a node, and the AX82U as a wireless one (which isn’t quite working). The GT-AX11000 hasn’t been added yet.
Now I’m wondering: with all these random routers, which should be my main one? I just finished hardwiring two new locations with Cat6 cabling, so I can add more routers later to cover the whole house. Should I sell the routers I bought and just use three of the same model for nodes? Would that make things more stable?
Thanks for your help!
You're likely positioning the wireless device near the edge of Wi-Fi range or too near another node. For best performance, I recommend using the AX11000 as the primary router. My brother uses three RT-AC59U units; his third node is in his bedroom but still connects to the main node (second floor) with a less stable connection shown as an orange/red line in the ASUS app. Sometimes it switches back to connecting to the second node, which is closer and has a green line. It seems AIMesh can't determine the optimal node automatically.