AX vs AC
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L&LD
Part of the Furniture
Welcome to the forums @jmcnei01.
We need more information. What is the layout of the home? Where will the routers be located? Is VPN on the router a high priority for you? Do you really need (how many exactly?) all those routers to adequately cover your home?
What features and options do you expect/want in your new network?
What routers of all those you've mentioned do you currently have?
We need more information. What is the layout of the home? Where will the routers be located? Is VPN on the router a high priority for you? Do you really need (how many exactly?) all those routers to adequately cover your home?
What features and options do you expect/want in your new network?
What routers of all those you've mentioned do you currently have?
I would like ax (wifi 6) with AiMesh for the overall better performance (number of devices, work from home, streaming, etc). I currently have the AC68U and AC88U that has AiMesh (I will give those to my daughter). I want to add the Zen Ax AT8 with them. My house is 3600 sq ft. I have fibre optic (1gig up and 1 gig down)
The information directly from ASUS contradicts what I am seeing on the web.
I want to to make the AX88U my main router and the AX86U and the ZEN part of the mesh. All I want to know is will these 3 pieces work as AiMesh together?
The information directly from ASUS contradicts what I am seeing on the web.
I want to to make the AX88U my main router and the AX86U and the ZEN part of the mesh. All I want to know is will these 3 pieces work as AiMesh together?
L&LD
Part of the Furniture
They should.
But for a 3,600 SqFt home, I would be testing a single RT-AX86U if it can be centrally located. Add another RT-AX86U if you can use it as a wired backhaul AiMesh node.
I would not be adding any Zen 'lifestyle' equipment into this potent mix. The 2x RT-AX86U setup I am using with my Fibre 1Gbps symmetrical up/down ISP connection is the fastest (consumer) network I've ever used.
AiMesh Ideal Placement
But for a 3,600 SqFt home, I would be testing a single RT-AX86U if it can be centrally located. Add another RT-AX86U if you can use it as a wired backhaul AiMesh node.
I would not be adding any Zen 'lifestyle' equipment into this potent mix. The 2x RT-AX86U setup I am using with my Fibre 1Gbps symmetrical up/down ISP connection is the fastest (consumer) network I've ever used.
AiMesh Ideal Placement
