Recent content by Elbub

Its hard to understand the house layout without seeing pictures, but imagine a pretty much completely-open middle area with a loft. Like full, open-floor-plan (I sound like HGTV) and a wing with the master BR and another wing with an office and a bedroom. Signal distribution from the loft has...

OK, for those following along at home. The EAX80 ended up being the weak link. It is, IMHO, a piece of unstable garbage. I did a complete rework and got it working, but the instability of the EAX80 kept causing problems. I decided to grab an ASUS GT-AX11000 and the RT-AX92U 2-pack. The...

4700sf. And a few updates. I spent the day re-configuring everything. I got the backchannels working at speed and deconflicted Sonos. I'm not fairly convinced that the EAX80 is the main problem. I was able to relocate it to a more central location. It seems to do a very poor job of handling...

I was wondering if it was worth moving to two ASUS devices. But with much of the advice, I've done some reconfiguration - what I can do without the factory reset - and I've been able to improve the dropped-packet problem. Turned 2.4GHz back on on the extender on a different channel and removed...

Thanks for the suggestion!

What I'm starting to realize is that I am likely going to have to bite the bullet post-summer and pay to have cables run. But I'm still holding out hope that a wireless solution exists. Right now buying a completely-different set of wireless network devices will be 1/4 of what running cable will...

Funny enough, I had to build a MOCA network over the existing RG6 to link two TiVos. The throughput is abysmal. Barely enough to get a table signal for the Tivos. Powerlines won't work post circuit box rewire for my solar system. The circuits are very nicely isolated. I had used a powerline...

I hope you don't mind a follow-up question. Looking at your post history, you seem to have lots of answers! :) If I'm understanding ASUS' AiMesh, any two devices with support can be turned into a mesh. One of my challenges is that the EAX80's signal strength is significantly lower than the...

Smart home hubs (Hubitat, Hue, Sonos, etc.) need to be central in the loft. That's the wired connections the EAX80 is supporting.

Would love to wire it, but the estimate I got was over $700 for a single run due to the complexity of getting through foot-thick, highly-insulated walls with supports. Not to mention, it is attic work at a time of year when it is over 120 degrees F in my attic.

Actually the opposite. All of my wired devices that need the high speed are connected directly to my RAX200 and are getting the full bandwidth. The wireless devices connected to the RAX200 are also getting very-high speeds. The wired and wireless devices connected to the EAX80 are getting much...

Sounds like a good weekend project. Was planning to factory-reset both devices and set them up again and I'll add you advice to the mix. Bandwidth is 1G down and ~100Mbps up. It IS an asymmetrical connection so the up is minorly below what I should be getting on upstream. Prior to moving to the...

Nodes are setup distance-wise as you noted. Reset relating to the EAX80 means to power off for 60 seconds and then power back on. To expand on the EAX80 issues, if I disable WiFi and just use it as a wireless bridge, the stability is fine. If I used both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, it is very...

A bit of context. I live in the desert of Arizona in the US. I have a ranch-style house, so it is long when measured end-to-end. It has a loft mid-house, and a fireplace with an aluminum firewall between the main living area and the master bedroom. Originally, my setup had my cable modem and...