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Which product did you go for? I'm in the same boat and getting tired of waiting for Asus to pull their finger out. The year is 2020 and Asus still unable to release a firmware for 86U that has AiMesh and Guest Network support. Blimey!

Just found something that works with AiMesh and LAN isolation. Under Wireless > Professional > Set AP Isolated = Yes. So basically all my 'guest clients' are on 2.4Ghz with AP Isolated. They can no longer see my Sonos and play their own stuff. Everyone (me) on the 5Ghz band has access to...

I'm 90% I already know the answer but just want confimration before making my next move. Basically, I have two 86U's in AP mode working in AiMesh to provivde WiFi to my wireless devices. The master 86U is fed from my pfSense router. I want to restrict certain LAN access across my network and...

I've got a backup from 2.4.4 if needed but I'll stick with 2.4.5 as I don't game and I'm not noticing any problems so far. I've spent most of the last two weeks reading those forums as I'm learning as much as I can. There seems to be two camps regarding 2.4.5 -

Just to add closure to this thread. Bought a second hand 86U (manufactoring date 2019) and set it up as a AiMESH. Full 5GHz signal at the far end of the garden now. Only had it setup for 3 hours so far but not one dropout (Got my Sonos streaming Radio 2). Very happy with the results. Perfect!

Just upgraded to 2.4.5 This thing is just superb! Absolutely love this beast. Just added another Asus 86U too as AiMESH to extend WiFi to the garden. Now got full 5Ghz signal at the far end of garden. Sitting out with the Sonos by my side enjoying all this technology.

A little update: Since installing the Samsung SSD my unit hasn't missed a beat. It's brilliant! I've had lots of time to play now and can confirm I've never had such a solid network. The fiddle-factor with pfSense seems endless, I'm still trying to weigh up if I prefer Snort or Suricata. VPN...

Thanks for the heads-up. The seller confirmed their 86U was bought from Amazon May 2018 so I left it well alone. The winning bid was quite close to the price of a new unit so I'll keep reading and watching out for stocks returning to the UK.

How do you find two 86U's in AiMesh? How often do you see dropouts if any? Are you using 5Ghz as the backhaul?

Everywhere has sold out of the 86U but there is a second hand one near me that finishes tomorrow. I've been looking further into the Ubiquiti products and I always come away feeling somewhat confused. So many products, but no idea which ones would be best suited for my needs.

I have the following; VM ISP Modem (Bridged Mode) > pfSense Router > Asus 86U (AP Mode) The 86U has 3 LAN clients connected and provides WiFi to the wireless clients throughout the house. I have seperate SSID's for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. Currently the existing WiFi signal drops-off once I've taken...

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"push" was what I needed. Got it all working perfectly now and got my SSD refund from seller. Happy days!!

I wonder if one of you seasoned pfSense users can help me; If I want to run the OpenVPN server so my Android phone can connect to my LAN how do I make the android phone take advantage of ad blocking? Actually, I'd like to route all traffic via the OpenVPN server including the DNS.

Spot on! Now got my Samsung SSD in it and setting it all back up. I shall try get a discount from the seller.

I spoke far too soon! Got everything up and running beautifully and then rebooted just to make sure it was all dandy. It didn't boot up. Connected it to a HDMI TV and could see loads of errors trying to repair. Repair failed and it just hung. Tried reflashing pfSense using various memsticks...

Mr Post person delivered my shiny new router today. I'm on the net so all going good so far!!

When I turn my 86U into the access point is there any benefit to running Merlin or should I stick with OEM firmware?

Thanks for the heads-up. I only have about 10 devices with static IP's so shouldn't take long. Just reading about Suricata and pfBlockerNG. I can see my wife divorcing me by mid-March!

I am going to re-flash the latest pfSense image as I don't trust a third-party for security reasons. I have got a spare HDMI cable and USB keyboard at the ready.