Recent content by got_milk

Just wanted to chime in and say that my setup of 2 x RT-AX86Us in wired AiMesh are running just fine ~36 hours after update. No issues I've noticed (and no complaints from anyone else which is the true test).

I found out about this "limitation" through this thread, which then led to (admittedly unscientific) testing to confirm whether or not that was still the case. Fair point that it might not apply to all products - hence why I mentioned the RT-AX86U specifically, since that's what I have. I'm...

Apologies for bumping a ~1 year old thread. I just wanted to share that I've been having difficulty trying to understand why a 2x RT-AX86U in AiMesh has been struggling to provide similar (or better) coverage than an eero system it replaced and I have finally found my answer. It seems that in...

I did end up ordering a second RT-AX86U in the end just in case. I really don't need 2.5GbE and probably won't for a very long time - I rarely if ever do local file transfers or anything like that. If I do hook them up together in AiMesh I'll use the 2.5GbE anyway because why not but it's far...

You'd be surprised how small they are! Their fiber footprint is still limited to only a few small communities; I just happen to be lucky enough to live in one where they rolled it out first. Unfortunately they don't overprovision (I wish) - if anything they underprovision slightly. From the...

Great points - I hadn't noticed that the 'S' drops the 2.5GbE which I definitely would want to take advantage of, the in-wall runs are Cat6. I'm currently on a 1000/500 connection - I'm not expecting that to change anytime soon, my ISP is a "small" rural provider so I'm considering myself lucky...

Hi all, I have a new RT-AX86U on the way to replace an eero Pro 6 mesh system that thanks to eero's policy of forced firmware updates has been causing me grief for the past few months. Because of where the fiber is run into the house and terminated, my only possible placement choice for the...

I hear you - I'm moving to more enterprise-grade gear myself, with an Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite set to arrive tomorrow and hopefully a UniFi AP soon after.

But...why? What on a router uses a SCSI or SATA interface? :/

I disagree, while the issues mainly revolve around the Quantenna chipset at the end of the day it still has Asus branding on the router, it is still sold and marketed by Asus and it is supported by them. They chose a new, unproven chipset in their design and this is the end result. I think Asus...

Let's all remember that every environment is different, made up of a mix of clients, and with this router some environments will work fine while others will experience endless issues. Personally, I have thrown in the towel when it comes to this router and currently have a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter...

Agreed that it's a bad habit - but in a household with a wife and kids where the internet should just work for everyone, it's sometimes much easier to stick with what works rather than suffer the headaches otherwise ;)

I suspect a lot of people have grown a bit cautious about flashing new firmware when their current versions are working for them - especially early on in the RT-AC87U's lifecycle, regressions were common in newer firmwares which only degraded, not enhanced their experiences with the router...

RMA for what, exactly? Asus would just send back the same model of router with the same inherent issues. It would take a recall - something which would cost Asus a lot of money to do, and therefore is unlikely - for consumers to see replacements with different models.

That's fair enough. Still, his firmware does intentionally bypass regulation enforcement logic...I think there is a share of the blame there for providing it in the first place. But I suspect we'll disagree on that, so I'll settle for agreeing to disagree on that point. :)