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    RT-BE96U vs BT10

    Sorry, I was unclear. I need a router that is good at 2.4Ghz for the IoT devices, the level of the AX88U is sufficient, but it should not be worse. The benefits of WiFi7 is only intended for my very recent and future PCs with 3-way MLO and have nothing to do with the IoT stuff other than that...
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    RT-BE96U vs BT10

    Apart from the crucial Merlin support, is it worth getting the ugly, but 2.4Ghz 4x4 BE96 over the BT10 2x2? I am mostly interested in the stable support of lots (>50) of IoT devices like Shelly switches and Bulbs at 2.4Ghz while having other 2.4Ghz transmitters like 802.15.4 and BT around too...
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    BQ16 Pro Quad Band

    I think that this is much more compatible with my living room than black spiders. Even at this size. Would love to see Merlin on it.
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    Future predictions - which AX router will be supported longest?

    AX88U is also my bet, got 3 of them more than 3y ago for a mesh and the support and performance is probably still close to SOTA. Interesting is also that the price actually went up by 10% since then here...
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.1 is now available

    I also have 2.4ghz clients (Shelly) dropping off with 386 but it could well be a bug with the latest Shelly FW.
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    AiMesh2 Multicast IoT over wireless node

    I have a star mesh config, with the AX88U router being connected to two AX88U nodes via Ethernet and one AX56U via wireless: With an IoT server (receiver) wired to one of the wired nodes, and binding to a multicast address (Shelly CoIoT multicast), I can only receive the multicast traffic...
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    Multicast with AIMesh

    In my setup, I meant the switch of the Asus router, not an additional piece of equipment. Your question about adding switches in between should probably work as long as they don't do any magic filtering.
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    Multicast with AIMesh

    I just changed the configuration by inserting a new AX56U mesh router because of weak signals: Mesh M1 AX88U WLAN --- Device B .55 Switch === Server S .2 II II Router R AX88U WLAN --- Mesh M3 AX56U WLAN --- Device C .64 Switch === Internet...
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    Multicast with AIMesh

    To partially answer my own question: It looks like the server S did not correctly join the multicast group. Manually adding the group address to the interface (via ip addr add ... autojoin) seems to make all respective traffic appear on the interface.
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    Multicast with AIMesh

    I have the following setup (all routers on merlin 384.19, double lines are cables): Mesh 2 AX88U WLAN --- Relay R .58 II II Mesh 1 AX88U WLAN --- Relay R2 .55 Switch === Server S .2 II II Router AX88U WLAN --- Contact C .65...
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    Weatherproof aiMesh node

    Yeah, would be nice to not have to do anything for some years after installing, but we thats probably not going to happen anytime soon. Might go a similar route and just buy one that I plug in outside when needed.
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    Weatherproof aiMesh node

    Thanks for the hints. It already took me a while to place my 3 ax88u in the house in a way that all my iot (shelly et al) devices had good enough signal in the house. So I am not that keen on moving stuff again, but I guess I will keep the idea as a last resort...
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    Weatherproof aiMesh node

    Thanks for the confirmation. I actually have a router 1.5m behind a 4m x 2m window, but the windows are triple-insulated etc so they are actually even worse than the walls resulting in nearly no signal out there.
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    Weatherproof aiMesh node

    Is there any product / idea available so I could mount an aimesh wifi-6 node on the outside of the house? I currently have 3x ax88u on asuswrt-merlin in aimesh config inside and really like the simplicity of it, but the (Swiss) house is pretty wifi-proof so the garden is not covered.
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    ASUS RT-AX88U Firmware version 3.0.0.4.384.7756

    New FW works fine for me, getting measured 800mbps on my 802.11ac MacBook Pro. Only problem I have is that somehow ipv4 pings to the internet do not work anymore (eg ping 8.8.8.8). It does work from the "Network Tools" section of the router though, so its definitely not a ISP modem problem. The...
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