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Need an advice choosing between Asus ZenWifi XD5 and TP-Link X55 3 units for a family member. 2 units will be connected through the first and second floor with wired backhaul and the third unit need to be connected wireless for now. Area about 2,000sqft and isp plan is 600/100. currently they...

I just got any IoT devices thrown on the guest network to isolate. If you don't mind moving them there then i can't see any reason why not.

I never used Smart Connect as i don't like the option and i like to control each device. Currently my 5Ghz settings are, Smart Connect disabled, 160mhz enabled, channel 36, I. professional settings modulation scheme set to MCS 11, ac/ax beamforming enabled and universal beamforming disabled. Any...

I see. For now I've changed 2.4Ghz to N only, disabled Universal Beamforming. on 5Ghz changed to 160Mhz channel 36, disabled Universal Beamforming but left the ac/ax beamforming enabled. Any idea what's the difference between different modulation scheme's?

I left the ac/ax beamform option on as it wants also to disable another option if i disable it.

Sorry i couldn't find any information in your links about the modulation schemes nor the 80/160mhz.

Just received the AX86U and immediately flashed to newest Merlin firmware, Basically i would like to get some recommendations on optimizing the Wifi settings. I have 2 Wifi 6 laptops that are located at the other side basically the end of the apartment and the router is located in the living...

I ended up picking the AX86U for 249$ from Amazon yesterday since no 6E routers were announced at sub 300$ mark pretty much from any brands.

The plan for now is wait for CES22 to see if there is any announces to release any new 6E routers and as the AX86U is pretty much out of stock everywhere that make it easier to wait a month or two. I know the option of getting a router that supports 6E sounds pretty reasonable as i have 3 main...

I have 2 Laptops and 1 PC with 6E cards and that's why I've been waiting for an 'affordable' not (500$+)6E router but at the moment there are maybe only 4-5 routers out there that support 6E and they expensive. For now at least from what i see is that companies pretty much ditched the 6E since...

Looking to upgrade my AC86U that i have currently to the AX86U. The main question is how it the cooling of the AX86U? I am a bit worried since i live in a place that gets easy 30C+ room temp in summer and my AC86U reached 100C+ easy before modding the cooling. Main reason is why i want to...

I hope you didn't put the copper shim directly on the cpu die and pad onto the shim, should first be pad and then the copper shim on top. regards the wifi chips, they are fine without copper, just put a thermal pad on them and it is enough.

The ones i used on the CPU pretty soft, I've got an Arctic Cooling Pads and they are harder. I'll try with 2.0mm first and if it will be too much, I'll switch to 1.5.

I used Thermalright Odyssey pads on the cpu mod i did, they are pretty soft from what i can tell.. softer than the Arctic Cooling pads.

What thermal pad thickness should be on the wifi chips without the copper shim? When i opened my 2020 unit, i had no thermal pads on the Wifi chips..