Recent content by slrt

The configuration overhead is just a pain. But the lack of VLAN propagation results in an inability to add isolated Guest Network to the nodes, and that is substantial IMO.

Switched to AP Mode as well. This is really ugly.

In my new apartment I was finally able to set up ethernet backhaul between my nodes. My main router is an Asus AX89X (FW 3.0.0.4.388_32407), and nodes are ZenWiFi XT8s (FW 3.0.0.4.388_23285). Enabling Ethernet Backhaul Mode, frees up the (better) 5Ghz-2 band of the XT8s for clients' use - but at...

True, and it's really nice to do without a media converter. But that's just an additional piece of hardware, that I got from the ISP for free. The lack of 10GbE ports in all other options is the real deal breaker.

It might be 3 years old, however to this day, there are only 2 other Asus routers with two 10GbE ports: the GT-AXE16000 and the brand-new $700 RT-BE96U (the GT-AX11000 Pro has only one 10GbE port). The only reason maintaining this router is a real toll for Asus is the strange one-off decision to...

Are you saying they removed this setting in 3.0.0.6?? https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1045327/

The first guest network in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz can be broadcasted to all nodes. Since these devices use 2.4GHz, you can allocate them the first 2.4GHz guest network, and use the 5GHz guest network for your human guests.

Please note that this means your devices run in 802.11g instead of 802.11n. It's not the best option, as it further slows down your router.

To Asus' excuse, the WiFi standards were made in hell, and if any router vendor followed the standard to the letter, the number of devices that could manage to maintain a consistent connection would be an absolute zero. It therefore isn't a surprise that this didn't work when the first 802.11ax...

It seems you misunderstood. Tasmota and ESPHome are primarily used to replace vendor-specific firmware like TuYa, Sonoff or Shelly, primarily since they allows for tight local integration with Home Assistant and openHAB, and with a high level of security (e.g. they do not open any connection to...

What end-of-life open source devices?? These are brand new chips, actively being manufactured as we speak. They also do not come with the open source firmware - in most cases people need to go through hoops in order to flash the firmware in place of the original one, for security and...

Of course I'm not ignoring security, it's just not the point I was trying to make. From that aspect 2-3 (which almost everyone has) or 50 are exactly the same. If you allow these devices to connect to the Internet as well as your Intranet, you open up a serious security hole, and it's not...

Android really handles this fine. However the issue still occurs with recent versions of OS X. Not sure if and when Apple will ever bother fixing it. Again, I wasn't talking about security. For security, indeed a Guest Network can help - though if you need to run a controller like Home...

If you have just this one router, sure, your reception is limited. But if you added an AP covering your back yard, that would no longer be an issue. It seems to me that you misunderstood the isolation I was referring to. It's not a matter of security or reachability - it's a matter of how WiFi...

If your back yard is the size of a football field, then I agree, 2.4GHz is the only option. Otherwise a router placed high and with proper visibility should still have coverage for 5GHz, since there are no walls to overcome. The real issue is in large places with many concrete walls, like...