AC66U as a repeater?

[sdrawkcab]

Hello guys!

I'm wondering if I put my AC66U into repeater-mode, will it also put through internet to the LAN ports or only fordard the wireless signal?

 

[geops]

Hello guys!

I'm wondering if I put my AC66U into repeater-mode, will it also put through internet to the LAN ports or only fordard the wireless signal?

Yes, you'll have internet on the LAN ports also.

 

[sdrawkcab]

Yes, you'll have internet on the LAN ports also.

Hello, first of all, thank you for your answer.

Secondly: What is then the difference between the repeater-mode and the media bridge-mode? Is it that the repeater also sends out a wireless signal whereas the media bridge only takes the wireless signal from the main hub and transfers it through the LAN-ports?

And what are the pro's and con's with both modes?

 

[geops]

Hello, first of all, thank you for your answer.

Secondly: What is then the difference between the repeater-mode and the media bridge-mode? Is it that the repeater also sends out a wireless signal whereas the media bridge only takes the wireless signal from the main hub and transfers it through the LAN-ports?

And what are the pro's and con's with both modes?

You're correct. Repeater mode acts like a media bridge but also extends your wireless coverage(at half speed).

 

[PieceOfChum]

I have Asus AC66U and a Asus AC3100 routers. I want to use my AC66U as a repeater to extend my network for the third floor of my house. My problem is that the AC66U router doesn't seem to work with the AC3100 router. I update the firmware and turned off the 5ghz radio on both devices. I put the AC66U in repeater mode and it sees the AC3100 2.4ghz SID no problem I select and choose the default for the AC66U to use the configuration information from the AC3100, one odd thing I still see settings for both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz radio when I expected to see just the 2.4ghz one. The AC66U tries to connect to the network and it never finishes. I see the repeater network as a wireless network but it has no internet. Not sure what to do next I am going to call ASUS tech support but I figured I would post here first to see if anyone has had the same experience and figured out a configuraiton that works.

 

[wouterv]

I have Asus AC66U and a Asus AC3100 routers. I want to use my AC66U as a repeater to extend my network for the third floor of my house. My problem is that the AC66U router doesn't seem to work with the AC3100 router. I update the firmware and turned off the 5ghz radio on both devices. I put the AC66U in repeater mode and it sees the AC3100 2.4ghz SID no problem I select and choose the default for the AC66U to use the configuration information from the AC3100, one odd thing I still see settings for both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz radio when I expected to see just the 2.4ghz one. The AC66U tries to connect to the network and it never finishes. I see the repeater network as a wireless network but it has no internet. Not sure what to do next I am going to call ASUS tech support but I figured I would post here first to see if anyone has had the same experience and figured out a configuraiton that works.

Some recent experiences I had:
Some time ago I "upgraded" the home network from the good old RT-N66U to a RT-AC68U and recently just out of curiosity tried the RT-N66U as repeater.
With everything as much as possible default I found that the RT-N66U only connected to 2.4 GHz of the RT-AC68U, probably to not distort 802.11ac.
The RT-N66U as repeater though did repeat on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz and as bonus the LAN ports of the RT-N66U where also active and gave Internet access.

 

[pkbristol]

Some recent experiences I had:
Some time ago I "upgraded" the home network from the good old RT-N66U to a RT-AC68U and recently just out of curiosity tried the RT-N66U as repeater.
With everything as much as possible default I found that the RT-N66U only connected to 2.4 GHz of the RT-AC68U, probably to not distort 802.11ac.
The RT-N66U as repeater though did repeat on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz and as bonus the LAN ports of the RT-N66U where also active and gave Internet access.

I have exactly the same set up, AC68 to repeater N66, the N66 didn't find the AC68 5ghz during the scan, i manually typed in the AC68 5ghz instead, then the N66 connected to the 5ghz. The N66 now transmits it's own 2.4 rpt and 5 rpt.
Merlins 380.62 on both routers.

Paul.

 

[wouterv]

I have exactly the same set up, AC68 to repeater N66, the N66 didn't find the AC68 5ghz during the scan, i manually typed in the AC68 5ghz instead, then the N66 connected to the 5ghz. The N66 now transmits it's own 2.4 rpt and 5 rpt.
Merlins 380.62 on both routers.

Paul.

Mine was only a quick test to actually see the Repeater setup in AsusWRT, the RT-N66U is back to spares box.
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And the setup was so straight forward (just click away) that I did not make screen shots or notes.

 

[wouterv]

I recently gave it another try, just out of curiosity.
RT-AC68U with 3.0.0.4.380.4164.
RT-N66U with 3.0.0.4.380.3831.
I tried the RT-N66U in Repeater Mode and in Media Bridge mode.
I figured that the RT-N66U in both modes can connect at one frequency band at a time (either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz).
I allways thought it could connect with both band together to try to reach the maximum advertised throughput.
I also noticed that in both modes, the RT-N66U initially only shows 2.4 GHz connections (my own RT-AC68U and of neighbors) in the "connect to" picklist.
After I manually typed in the details of the 5 GHz connection for my RT-AC68U it succesfuly connected on 5 GHz.
Then, when I returned to the picklist it also showed 5 GHz connections of myself and a few neighbors.
Setup of Repeater or Media Bridge is anyhow pretty straight forward.
After this second trial the RT-N66U is back to storage.