Greetings everyone,
First of all, I would like to thank all the community around the Merlin project. I've been using this amazing firmware since years, I genuinely appreciate your effort.
After grappling with this issue for over a month, I've decided to reach out to this knowledgeable community for assistance. It's clear that many of you have more expertise in this area, and I'm hoping to tap into your insights.
I recently contacted my internet service provider with the intention of boosting my internet speed to 600mb in the hopes of improving my daily work efficiency.
Unfortunately, the results have been quite disappointing, even after experimenting with various configurations. The primary concern lies in the speed discrepancy I've observed, both through cable connections and Wi-Fi, across different rooms on the ground floor. The speed seems to diminish as it traverses each node.
For a clearer understanding, here's a visual representation:
I tried 2 configurations.
Configuration number 1:
In room number 1, I can attain the full 600mb speed through a cable connection, while the Wi-Fi performance hovers around 550 to 580mb. The router in the room number 1, is connected directly via LAN to the Microtik device provided by the internet provider.
I find it perplexing that the issue persists, as the walls in my residence aren't notably thick. This leaves me puzzled as to why our devices experience such significant speed degradation when connected through a mesh Wi-Fi network.
Regrettably, my house lacks LAN sockets, so all connections via the mesh network must rely solely on Wi-Fi.
In the room number 2, I get via WiFI 380/400mb, while via cable connection, I can get around 450mb.
In the room number 3, I get via WiFI 250mb, while via cable connection, I can get around 320mb.
I'm wondering if there is any way to make my configuration better with taking into consideration that I can't install cables around the house. If a potential solution might involve investing quite a lot of money on a new device, I'm OK with that.
I have around 20 devices connected to my network, 4 of them have a manually assigned IP around the DHCP list, and another device is connected via VPN + Killswitch.
Most of my devices support WiFi 5 or they are equipped with Wi-Fi 6E card. 3 of the 20 devices supports only WiFi 2.4GHz.
I genuinely appreciate any advice or suggestions you might have to help me resolve this issue.
Thank you in advance for your support.
First of all, I would like to thank all the community around the Merlin project. I've been using this amazing firmware since years, I genuinely appreciate your effort.
After grappling with this issue for over a month, I've decided to reach out to this knowledgeable community for assistance. It's clear that many of you have more expertise in this area, and I'm hoping to tap into your insights.
I recently contacted my internet service provider with the intention of boosting my internet speed to 600mb in the hopes of improving my daily work efficiency.
Unfortunately, the results have been quite disappointing, even after experimenting with various configurations. The primary concern lies in the speed discrepancy I've observed, both through cable connections and Wi-Fi, across different rooms on the ground floor. The speed seems to diminish as it traverses each node.
For a clearer understanding, here's a visual representation:
I tried 2 configurations.
Configuration number 1:
- ASUS RT-AC68U as main router with latest version of Merlin
- ASUS ZenWiFi AX (XT8) with official firmware and configured as NODE
- ASUS ZenWiFi AX (XT8) with official firmware and configured as NODE
- ASUS ZenWiFi AX (XT8) as main router with latest version of Merlin (388.2_2_0-gnuton1)
- ASUS ZenWiFi AX (XT8) with official firmware and configured as NODE
- ASUS ZenWiFi AX (XT8) with official firmware and configured as NODE
In room number 1, I can attain the full 600mb speed through a cable connection, while the Wi-Fi performance hovers around 550 to 580mb. The router in the room number 1, is connected directly via LAN to the Microtik device provided by the internet provider.
I find it perplexing that the issue persists, as the walls in my residence aren't notably thick. This leaves me puzzled as to why our devices experience such significant speed degradation when connected through a mesh Wi-Fi network.
Regrettably, my house lacks LAN sockets, so all connections via the mesh network must rely solely on Wi-Fi.
In the room number 2, I get via WiFI 380/400mb, while via cable connection, I can get around 450mb.
In the room number 3, I get via WiFI 250mb, while via cable connection, I can get around 320mb.
I'm wondering if there is any way to make my configuration better with taking into consideration that I can't install cables around the house. If a potential solution might involve investing quite a lot of money on a new device, I'm OK with that.
I have around 20 devices connected to my network, 4 of them have a manually assigned IP around the DHCP list, and another device is connected via VPN + Killswitch.
Most of my devices support WiFi 5 or they are equipped with Wi-Fi 6E card. 3 of the 20 devices supports only WiFi 2.4GHz.
I genuinely appreciate any advice or suggestions you might have to help me resolve this issue.
Thank you in advance for your support.