AiMesh take 2: RT-BE96U and RT-BE92U

[nekrosoft13!]

Before trying the AImesh again... I was running BE96U as main router and AX86U as upstrairs access point, and that was running better than the AImesh.
IOT devices all worked fine, the main issue was mobile devices moving between floors, wouldn't switch reliably.

That when I devices to give AImesh another change; between BE96U (as main unit) and BE92U (node). been struggling with it for last 2 days.

I have the BE96U in the basement, due to that where the fiber modem is located, BE92U is located on the second floor.


I have ethernet backhaul enabled.

BE96U is on the latest 3.0.0.6.102_39260
BE92U is on the latest 3.0.0.6.102_38980

I got the three networks setup

What I observed for 2 days is
the main wifi7 network seems to work ok, PC, phones, laptops, seem to have a good connection (still evaluating)

the "guest" network is setup for various IOT devices.. and this network is extremely unstable. they would stay connected for few minutes, then drop, or take 30-60 seconds to respond.


already tried turning off roaming assistant

 

[Poul Bak]

When you go to wireless log, what signal strength do you have for the IOT devices?

 

[bbunge]

Suggestions from my AiMesh experience:
Disable Ethernet Backhaul. Let the router and node on Auto figure out the backhaul.
Set the 2.4 GHz to 20 MHz on Auto chanel or on chanel 1, 6 or 11
Use the Asus SmartConnect
Don't use DFS channels if your router gets hit by RADAR
You may also find that using 80 MHz gives better stability than forcing 160 MHz or using 20-40-80-160 MHz

Pretty much go back to the router WIFI defaults. Your router knows more about what WIFI settings it needs than you know.

 

[nekrosoft13!]

When you go to wireless log, what signal strength do you have for the IOT devices?

"guest" wifi doesn't seem to show in the log...

SSID: "The______________HivE"
noise: -80 dBm Channel: 10
BSSID: 82:7C:61:86:26:41 Capability: ESS ShortSlot RRM
Beacon Interval: 100 msecs
Supported Rates: [ 1(b) 2(b) 5.5(b) 6 9 11(b) 12 18 24 36 48 54 ]
Extended Capabilities: Not_Available
MLO: MLD Address: 82:7C:61:86:26:41 sim_links: 0
EHT Capable:
Chanspec: 2.4GHz channel 10 20MHz (0x100a)
Primary channel: 10
HT Capabilities: 40Mhz SGI20 SGI40
Supported HT MCS : 0-31
Supported VHT MCS:
NSS1 Tx: 0-11 Rx: 0-11
NSS2 Tx: 0-11 Rx: 0-11
NSS3 Tx: 0-11 Rx: 0-11
NSS4 Tx: 0-11 Rx: 0-11
Supported HE MCS:
20/40/80 MHz:
NSS1 Tx: 0-11 Rx: 0-11
NSS2 Tx: 0-11 Rx: 0-11
NSS3 Tx: 0-11 Rx: 0-11
NSS4 Tx: 0-11 Rx: 0-11
BSS Color: 0x0 Partial BSS Color: false
BSS Color Disabled: false
Supported EHT MCS:
20/40/80 MHz:
NSS1 Tx: 0-13 Rx: 0-13
NSS2 Tx: 0-13 Rx: 0-13
NSS3 Tx: 0-13 Rx: 0-13
NSS4 Tx: 0-13 Rx: 0-13
QBSS Channel Utilization: 0x85 (52 %)

Interference Level: Acceptable
Mode : AP Only

DFS status: state IDLE time elapsed 0ms radar channel cleared by DFS none

Channel Information
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Channel 1 B Band
Channel 2 B Band
Channel 3 B Band
Channel 4 B Band
Channel 5 B Band
Channel 6 B Band
Channel 7 B Band
Channel 8 B Band
Channel 9 B Band
Channel 10 B Band
Channel 11 B Band

Stations List
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idx MAC Associated Authorized RSSI PHY PSM SGI STBC MUBF NSS BW Tx rate Rx rate Connect Time
1 786C:13:88:AF Yes Yes -50dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 65M 00:11:22
1 DC:E5:5B:6EB:BA Yes Yes -44dBm n Yes Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 72.2M 00:12:01
1 18:B4:30:851:E6 Yes Yes -45dBm n Yes Yes No No 1 20M 65M 6.5M 00:12:11
2 34:13:43:79:01E Yes Yes -55dBm n Yes Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 65M 00:00:56
2 3C:84:6A:66:9A:85 Yes Yes -65dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 26M 00:01:02
2 3C:78:95:EA:7C:66 Yes Yes -61dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 26M 00:01:07
2 78:20:51:BBE:1F Yes Yes -48dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 65M 00:01:07
2 FE:52:E1:0C:31:25 Yes Yes -52dBm n Yes Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 39M 00:05:15
2 D0:3F:27:2B:33:75 Yes Yes -46dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 72.2M 00:05:21
2 2C:AA:8E:E7:C8:A3 Yes Yes -35dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 72.2M 00:07:59
2 2C:AA:8E:E7:BF:BF Yes Yes -42dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 72.2M 00:08:00
2 50:3D1:7E:B1:18 Yes Yes -61dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 65M 00:08:51
2 48:E1:E9:38:A7:E8 Yes Yes -55dBm n No Yes No No 1 20M 72.2M 19.5M 00:09:03
2 50:3D1:7E:A9:4B Yes Yes -57dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 65M 00:09:29
2 BC:07:1D3:94:20 Yes Yes -46dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 26M 00:11:05
2 10:5A:95:89:A4:E4 Yes Yes -50dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 65M 00:11:05
2 50:3D1:7E:BA:AE Yes Yes -55dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 65M 00:11:05
2 78:20:51:09F:95 Yes Yes -51dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 65M 00:11:16
2 D4:A6:51:EB1:04 Yes Yes -60dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 28.9M 00:11:20
2 D4:A6:51:EA:BB:23 Yes Yes -62dBm g No No No No 1 20M 54M 36M 00:11:21
2 48:E1:E9:26:A5:83 Yes Yes -46dBm n No Yes No No 1 20M 65M 1M 00:11:28
2 00:31:92:3C:0D:F4 Yes Yes -48dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 72.2M 00:11:53
2 DC:CD:2F:09:FE:7E Yes Yes -67dBm ac No Yes No No 1 20M 65M 39M 00:11:56
2 10:27:F5:9C:31:21 Yes Yes -50dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 65M 00:12:02
2 48:E1:E9:62:96:F0 Yes Yes -57dBm n No Yes No No 1 20M 65M 6M 00:12:03
2 48:E1:E9:780:F3 Yes Yes -45dBm n No Yes No No 1 20M 72.2M 26M 00:12:04
2 34:20:03:7A:19:41 Yes Yes -44dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 72.2M 00:12:11
2 10:27:F5:9C:22:73 Yes Yes -50dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 65M 00:12:11
2 40:ED:007:39:FD Yes Yes -52dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 1M 00:12:12