Recent content by tomatopotatochilli

Yup, flexibility of pfsense is attractive. Thanks for this device pointer, I'll check it out. My immediate plan is to use Asus Zenwifi XT8 2-pk I already have as main router and an ethernet connected node. This gives me very easy setup, and ~600Mbps QoS+Firewall+SomeAIProtection. I lose some...

Thanks for all the links and important tips.

Old PC has power draw, space, fan sound, heat in a closet/panel concerns, though flexible for sure. What do people think of Qotom brand mini pc like this one? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076PJ4S2Z/?tag=snbforums-20

Thanks, looks like PFSense is a flexible choice with many packages. Configuration does seem more work than others for now. Pre-built boxes are expensive for kind of hardware they pack. And old desktop box will likely draw more power and take more space, so need to think/read more. Mind sharing...

Is it recommended to run some Anti Virus on the router (in addition to default firewall)? I see options for that in ASUS wifi routers but not in Edgerouter 4. What is the recommended/popular router AV choice that can deal with gigabit throughput?

I want a wired router to connect to symmetrical gigabit WAN. Requirements: - Easily get gigabit speeds both up/down with Firewall enabled. - Ideally Fan-less and wall mountable - Not too hard to setup (For example: Looking at Edge-Router ER-4 - seems doable in setup complexity) - Ideally, less...

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/asus-zenwifi-xt8-5ghz-2-band-dfs-channel-backhaul-behavior.66317/post-618286 Instructions are in this post

Zenwifi Mesh 2-pk XT8 Build: RC7 (9.0.0.4.386.40577) Issue: Clients are not issued IP addresses when connecting to guest network on the AiMesh node. Details: WAN -> XT8 Main Router -> Wireless Backhaul on 5.2 Band -> XT8 AiMesh Node Guest network on 2.4 and 5.1 Band, synced to all nodes...

Btw, where I am, 104 is DFS channel. Here, 149 is a good non-dfs 80Mhz channel.

Do consider hard reset both nodes, and setup from scratch at 80Mhz backhaul. Effort, but should confirm bad unit in your situation.

Have you confirmed no dfs/radar events? Want to pick a non-dfs 80MHz channel manually and see if that is stable? If you have an option to return/exchange the system, consider it.

Did your problem get solved?

As explained by JagoUK, I don't seem to have DFS/Radar issue in my area, hence enabled 160Mhz. Do verify that part in your case first. Keep in mind, my experience is, if you change anything in the config. Reboot all nodes of mesh. Forget and re-join wifi network. Otherwise, some devices get...

Ai Protection Yes. Used it historically on ASUS routers and never bothered me. QoS: Disabled (Mainly because I have fast enough WAN connection that it shouldn't matter).

All the best, do reboot all router, nodes and re-connect wifi clients (forget network, re-join). Every time I change any settings, Zenwifi system goes crazy. Hope you find a good configuration, then don't touch it :)