ASUS configuration for dummies

[gemurdock]

I am trying to setup a home network with an ASUS RT-AX86PRO as the router and an ASUS GT-AXE11000 as an AP with fiber WAN as the main provider and a high speed cable access as a backup/load balancing secondary. I am not trying to do anything fancy other than remote access for diagnostic and maybe occasional data access to cameras, pool status, etc. If someone could point me to where I should start researching and/or drop some helpful hints, it would be appreciated. It might also be useful point sticky a thread with this info for other less than techies to use to configure their network (think your wife/sister/girlfriend when yu are out of town ).

 

[PunchCardBoss]

Read the FAQs here....

RT-AX86U Pro｜WiFi Routers｜ASUS USA

AX5700 Dual Band WiFi 6 Gaming Router, Mobile Game Mode, AiProtection Pro, WPA3, Parental Control, Mesh WiFi support, 2.5G Port, Gaming Port, Adaptive QoS, Port Forwarding

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[Tech9]

fiber WAN as the main provider and a high speed cable access as a backup/load balancing secondary.

If you need proper and reliable Dual WAN with load balancing and fail over/back - you need different equipment. This feature is broken on Asus routers. In case your router runs on Asuswrt-Merlin firmware - the script below may help. In case your router runs on stock Asuswrt - test your luck.

WANFailover - Dual WAN Failover ***v2 Release***

WAN Failover is designed to replace the factory ASUS WAN Failover functionality, this script will monitor the WAN Interfaces using a Target IP Address and pinging these targets to determine when a failure occurs. When a failure is detected in Failover Mode, the script will switch to the...

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