Check my ASUS XT9 setup

[GaryTheSnail]

I set up the following on my ASUS XT9 2-node mesh. Tell me what you think.

The house is small enough for one router but the one of the rooms is around the corner from the coax internet connection.
I'm not near any airports or radars but wanted to avoid DFS anyway because DFS WiFi channels are limited to 250mW.
Neighbor is using channel 149 (80 MHz), so he using channels 149/153/157/161 so I would like to avoid those.

2 ASUS XT9 mesh routers
2.4G and 5G networks are split using separate SSIDs
Wireless backhaul on 5G-2 (dedicated)

Fronthaul 2.4GHz:
Wireless Mode set to AUTO, (channel 8 is being auto-selected, seems odd to me though)

Fronthaul 5G-1:
Wireless Mode set to Auto
Control Channel set to 36
Enable 160MHz set to OFF (limits this to 20/40/80 MHz on channels 36/40/44/48)
Auto select channel including DFS channels set to OFF.

Backhaul 5G-2:
Wireless Mode set to AX only
Control Channel set to 165
Enable 160MHz set to OFF (limits this to 20/40/80 MHz on channels 165/169/173/177).

Is there are way to improve it or is this about optimal for this situation?

 

[Tech9]

Is there are way to improve it

Wireless settings are environment specific. You have to experiment what works best for you.

 

[Magnyz]

I'm curious why you have "Enable 160MHz set to OFF" for the backhaul wifi.

 

[OzarkEdge]

I set up the following on my ASUS XT9 2-node mesh. Tell me what you think.

The house is small enough for one router but the one of the rooms is around the corner from the coax internet connection.
I'm not near any airports or radars but wanted to avoid DFS anyway because DFS WiFi channels are limited to 250mW.
Neighbor is using channel 149 (80 MHz), so he using channels 149/153/157/161 so I would like to avoid those.

2 ASUS XT9 mesh routers
2.4G and 5G networks are split using separate SSIDs
Wireless backhaul on 5G-2 (dedicated)

Fronthaul 2.4GHz:
Wireless Mode set to AUTO, (channel 8 is being auto-selected, seems odd to me though)

Fronthaul 5G-1:
Wireless Mode set to Auto
Control Channel set to 36
Enable 160MHz set to OFF (limits this to 20/40/80 MHz on channels 36/40/44/48)
Auto select channel including DFS channels set to OFF.

Backhaul 5G-2:
Wireless Mode set to AX only
Control Channel set to 165
Enable 160MHz set to OFF (limits this to 20/40/80 MHz on channels 165/169/173/177).

Is there are way to improve it or is this about optimal for this situation?

Nice work!

You could fix the 2.4 control channel, if stable, and use 20MHz bandwidth to be courteous.

You could evaluate using 5-2 160MHz bandwidth to see how it performs... might be powerful enough for your backhaul layout, especially with router radios on each end. US UNII-4 (169, 173, 177) has no DFS... is this band limited to 250mW? Find the backhaul connection details in the Wireless Log to know the connection performance.

OE