Yesgeek
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I have an ASUS AX88U and I'm having a hard time keeping my Xbox and PC from disconnecting. I'm connecting to my public building network and using the repeater to extend the signal from a Ubiquiti access point that's about 15 feet away from my AX88U. When the router is in repeater mode I lose most of the functions but I don't have access to the router so I cant connect directly. I've tried resetting the modem and downloading the firmware again and restoring again before configuring and still doesn't work. I'm thinking it a problem with DHCP but I don't see an option to disable it in repeater mode. I was thinking .of switching to router mode disabling DHCP and then going back to repeater mode to see if that works. Media bridge mode is basically the same thing as repeater mode but requires my clients to be connected to the ASUS using a LAN which won't work for me.
I'm also running a Gli.Slate in repeater/WISP mode that connects to my Asus router in repeater mode that creates a new IP that acts as a firewall so that I can hide my other devices connected to it so you can only see my Glirouters IP but every device connected to it is hidden. A network inside of a network INCEPTION haha. What's funny is I never have a problem with any devices that are connected to the Slate which is connected to my Asus router which has been giving me a lot of fo issues.
I purchased the AX88U to be used as a repeater because I figured with a quad-core processor and 6 antennas it would be a beast as a repeater. Maybe overkill but I wanted something that was future proof since it was pretty powerful and had WIFI 6.
Before I was using the Slate as a repeater with OpenVPN running my VPN but I wasn't getting great speed. Its a travel router after all even though its a little beast and runs OpenWRT/LUCI like a champ. I really wish I could run OpenWRT on my Asus but I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon because it comes with a Broadcom chip and even if it is eventually supported I've read there is very limited support for drivers and so forth. Or if there was some way to add WISP mode to my merlin build that would be great.
I could just pay for internet service and run my 88u as a router as it was intended for but I'm a nerd and free internet sounds much more appealing and I justified the cost of purchasing my AX88U based on the fact that I was going to save $480 by using the buildings guest network. I get around 100 download speed from the guest network and 50 when I use my VPN on my phone but the most I've gotten out fo the repeater is 60 which is not bad at all if it worked. Maybe its because my phone is powerful? I would think I would get similar speeds using my Asus router but that's not the case.
I'm also running a Gli.Slate in repeater/WISP mode that connects to my Asus router in repeater mode that creates a new IP that acts as a firewall so that I can hide my other devices connected to it so you can only see my Glirouters IP but every device connected to it is hidden. A network inside of a network INCEPTION haha. What's funny is I never have a problem with any devices that are connected to the Slate which is connected to my Asus router which has been giving me a lot of fo issues.
I purchased the AX88U to be used as a repeater because I figured with a quad-core processor and 6 antennas it would be a beast as a repeater. Maybe overkill but I wanted something that was future proof since it was pretty powerful and had WIFI 6.
Before I was using the Slate as a repeater with OpenVPN running my VPN but I wasn't getting great speed. Its a travel router after all even though its a little beast and runs OpenWRT/LUCI like a champ. I really wish I could run OpenWRT on my Asus but I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon because it comes with a Broadcom chip and even if it is eventually supported I've read there is very limited support for drivers and so forth. Or if there was some way to add WISP mode to my merlin build that would be great.
I could just pay for internet service and run my 88u as a router as it was intended for but I'm a nerd and free internet sounds much more appealing and I justified the cost of purchasing my AX88U based on the fact that I was going to save $480 by using the buildings guest network. I get around 100 download speed from the guest network and 50 when I use my VPN on my phone but the most I've gotten out fo the repeater is 60 which is not bad at all if it worked. Maybe its because my phone is powerful? I would think I would get similar speeds using my Asus router but that's not the case.