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    [Official Release] AiMesh Firmware v3.0.0.4.384.10007 for All Supported Products

    SNR or Signal to Noise Ratio is signal levels relative to each other (signal and noise) so it gives you a better idea of the quality of the signal without having to know the actual values of the signal or the noise. A receiver requires a certain SNR to guarantee operation (a performance...
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    [Official Release] AiMesh Firmware v3.0.0.4.384.10007 for All Supported Products

    Not to be pedantic, but -88 dBm is a higher power level whether it is noise level or signal level. The reason I bring this up is that there are several levels in the UI that use a -dBm setting that gets confused about which is "higher" or "lower". (Example Roaming Assistant disconnect levels)
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    [Official Release] AiMesh Firmware v3.0.0.4.384.10007 for All Supported Products

    Since dBm is referenced to a power level of 1 milliwatt, -88 dBm is a higher power level than -92 dBm so I think you meant that it jumped to -88 dBm from -92 dBm.
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    [Official Release] AiMesh Firmware v3.0.0.4.384.10007 for All Supported Products

    Just to add a few more details I measured signal level with my phone in the garage and the ainode was better than -50 dBm at the light switch and the thermostat while the airouter was -80 dBm. Both devices show connected to the airouter (actually both ainode and airouter but the UI shows a low...
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    [Official Release] AiMesh Firmware v3.0.0.4.384.10007 for All Supported Products

    I have two 68Us, one as a the airouter in my house and the other as ainode in a detached garage. The garage has a wifi light switch and a wifi thermostat. When I upgraded to 384 on both 68Us the garage thermostat show up on both the garage clients list and the airouter clients list and both...
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    [Official Beta] AiMesh beta firmware for RT-AC68U/RT-AC86U/RT-AC5300/RT-AC88U

    I have been experimenting with the openvpn feature of this latest code version on my RT-AC68U. Without vpn at all, I normally get 60 Mbps down and 12 Mbps from my provider. Trying two different VPN services and the openvpn feature, I consistently got around 3 Mbps down and about 3 Mbps up. For...
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    [Official Beta] AiMesh beta firmware for RT-AC68U/RT-AC86U/RT-AC5300/RT-AC88U

    Good to know this. My statement here was around why the ainode had a 20 Mhz band in 2.4 and the airouter had a 40 Mhz band when there is only one selection in the user interface. I assume setting that would set both the airouter and the ainode to 40 Mhz but it does not. Someone speculated that...
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    [Official Beta] AiMesh beta firmware for RT-AC68U/RT-AC86U/RT-AC5300/RT-AC88U

    The 5Ghz bands are the same in both the airouter and the ainode at 80 Mhz wide. As far as the general rule I can see that, but it really comes down to S/N and although I have not measured that, the largest interferer is outside the band I am using.
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    [Official Beta] AiMesh beta firmware for RT-AC68U/RT-AC86U/RT-AC5300/RT-AC88U

    I can see that the ainode is connected to the airouter through 2.4 and 5Ghz in the main network map but I have a hardline connection to the ainode also. The config button for the ainode on the aimesh interface says this: so it is not clear what channel is being used in my opinion.
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    [Official Beta] AiMesh beta firmware for RT-AC68U/RT-AC86U/RT-AC5300/RT-AC88U

    The other interesting thing is that the airouter is 40Mhz wide and the ainode is 20Mhz wide measuring with Net Analyzer and Wifi Analyzer. In the wireless configuration, I have it set to 40Mhz for 2.4 with no apparent separate setting for the ainode.
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    [Official Beta] AiMesh beta firmware for RT-AC68U/RT-AC86U/RT-AC5300/RT-AC88U

    I have similar situation with my garage and the ainode in there. The signal level is at least 1o db higher than the house 60 ft away and the thermostat and the wifi connected light switch some 10 feet away from the ainode prefer the house airouter. Even when I reset everything those devices, if...
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    [Official Beta] AiMesh beta firmware for RT-AC68U/RT-AC86U/RT-AC5300/RT-AC88U

    The delete/readd brings up another issue since I have to go physically get the ainode after I forget it and bring close to the airouter to get it to re-pair. It would be MUCH nicer to be able to pair over the local ethernet network to make changes on the ainode easier.
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    [Official Beta] AiMesh beta firmware for RT-AC68U/RT-AC86U/RT-AC5300/RT-AC88U

    I have two AC68Us as airouter and ainode. As an experiment, I turned off the 2.4 radio off on the airouter expecting to see all of my 2.4 Ghz clients to disappear. What I found is that all of the 2.4 clients moved to the ainode in the garage some 100' away. The interesting take-away is that it...
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    Was TM-AC1900, now RT-AC68U, but no repeater function

    :oops: True, just looked at the month and not the year. :)
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    Was TM-AC1900, now RT-AC68U, but no repeater function

    It is not clear what you are asking. That diagram has a repeater mode option in it. Are you asking where ASUS or Merlin is best? or something else?
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