Hi,
I am new to the forum. However I have a long-standing issue with my aimesh setup. If this is not a place to ask for help, please delete my post. Thank you in advance.
Currently I have aimesh set up: RT-AC5300 base + 3 x RT-AC1900 (aka RT AC68U) nodes.
However, the nodes keeps disconnecting from the base router AC5300 every day intermittently, they generally will reconnect after a few minutes. This happens on all nodes, randomly but not at the same time.
This has become very frustrating as I am often in zoom calls for work. I have followed OE's guidelines to carefully set up the system. The description of the set up is below:
1) All devices are on the latest firmware: AC5300 on 3.0.0.4.386_48377, and AC1900/68U on 3.0.0.4.386_48262.
2) When I set up the aimesh, I always factory reset the routers and nodes after devices were flashed with the new firmware.
3) all professional settings in wireless section have been disabled. these includes airtime-fairness, beam-forming, roaming assistance.
4) smart connect has been disabled.
5) I have used wifi-analyzer to find out the least crowded channel: 2.4 GHZ on 11, 5Ghz-1 on 36; 5Ghz-2 of AC5300 on 149. I am pretty sure I am the only user thats use these two channels on 5GHz in my neighborhood.
6) I have roughly 10 devices connected to the network, really not too many.
7) when connected, the nodes signal always show "great" (on 5Ghz, from -55 to -65 dBm)
8) believe it or not, I have tested using these routers as standalone, took me a lot of time to test them, but they all function very well with great stability.
Unfortunately I am living in a very old house and the wired-backhaul is not an option to me. My current understanding is that maybe the latest firmware is not the best for my current set up. If you don't mind, could you please
1) point out a better firmware version if possible?
2) Should I dump Aimesh all-together?
I am all-ears. Thank you very, very much for your time!
I am new to the forum. However I have a long-standing issue with my aimesh setup. If this is not a place to ask for help, please delete my post. Thank you in advance.
Currently I have aimesh set up: RT-AC5300 base + 3 x RT-AC1900 (aka RT AC68U) nodes.
However, the nodes keeps disconnecting from the base router AC5300 every day intermittently, they generally will reconnect after a few minutes. This happens on all nodes, randomly but not at the same time.
This has become very frustrating as I am often in zoom calls for work. I have followed OE's guidelines to carefully set up the system. The description of the set up is below:
1) All devices are on the latest firmware: AC5300 on 3.0.0.4.386_48377, and AC1900/68U on 3.0.0.4.386_48262.
2) When I set up the aimesh, I always factory reset the routers and nodes after devices were flashed with the new firmware.
3) all professional settings in wireless section have been disabled. these includes airtime-fairness, beam-forming, roaming assistance.
4) smart connect has been disabled.
5) I have used wifi-analyzer to find out the least crowded channel: 2.4 GHZ on 11, 5Ghz-1 on 36; 5Ghz-2 of AC5300 on 149. I am pretty sure I am the only user thats use these two channels on 5GHz in my neighborhood.
6) I have roughly 10 devices connected to the network, really not too many.
7) when connected, the nodes signal always show "great" (on 5Ghz, from -55 to -65 dBm)
8) believe it or not, I have tested using these routers as standalone, took me a lot of time to test them, but they all function very well with great stability.
Unfortunately I am living in a very old house and the wired-backhaul is not an option to me. My current understanding is that maybe the latest firmware is not the best for my current set up. If you don't mind, could you please
1) point out a better firmware version if possible?
2) Should I dump Aimesh all-together?
I am all-ears. Thank you very, very much for your time!
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