Asus rt-ax86u pro 160Mhz

[tallytr]

I've only ever had bad luck and low client signal strength when enabling 160MHz, using 20/40/80 MHz setting with a fixed channel on 5GHz, works great and makes absolutely no practical difference for me when using my notebook, most stationary clients are wired...

 

[Tech9]

using 20/40/80 MHz setting

You can set it at 80MHz. This will stop acsd and messages in logs.

 

[Listedguru2]

You can set it at 80MHz. This will stop acsd and messages in logs.

So is running a fixed channel on 5GHz set at 80MHz better than using 20/40/80 MHz setting? Just setting up my first ASUS router today (AX88U Pro) and wasn't sure what exactly I should set this at.

 

[Tech9]

When you are not sure what settings to use - keep the default. There is no universal best settings, they are environment specific. I was replying to another user with different model router and I know some details around their setup and location from previous conversations.

 

[ColinTaylor]

You can set it at 80MHz. This will stop acsd and messages in logs.

No it won't. The 5GHz bandwidth setting behaves differently than the 2.4GHz setting. On 5GHz just setting a fixed channel will stop acsd for that band.

 

[tallytr]

You can set it at 80MHz. This will stop acsd and messages in logs.

20/40/80 MHz works best for me, crowded neighborhood... with Merlin Firmware and warning/error log level I never see any ascd messages...

 

[Tech9]

The 5GHz bandwidth setting behaves differently

Can you explain the difference and what monitors/controls the channel width on 5GHz band? Is it model specific?

20/40/80 MHz works best for me

Have you ever seen it actually using 20/40 channel bandwidth? I have one RT-AX86U router and run it for some time in my condo apartment with like 20 visible networks around and it never moved from 80MHz. The same with my main Synology router there, holds 80MHz steady. The number of radios around doesn't show how "crowded" is the environment. Available channel bandwidth does or how much data transmit/receive the other radios around.

 

[tallytr]

Can you explain the difference and what monitors/controls the channel width on 5GHz band? Is it model specific?



Have you ever seen it actually using 20/40 channel bandwidth? I have one RT-AX86U router and run it for some time in my condo apartment with like 20 visible networks around and it never moved from 80MHz. The same with my main Synology router there, holds 80MHz steady. The number of radios around doesn't show how "crowded" is the environment. Available channel bandwidth does or how much data transmit/receive the other radios around.

Never used fixed channel width, works just fine in 20/40/80 for me. In my wireless log my 5 GHz clients connect as they should, at least I think, no expert here...

 

[Tech9]

This is not crowded environment, actually very good. Noise level -88dBm and channel utilization 23%.

 

[sfx2000]

The same with my main Synology router there, holds 80MHz steady

Just a quick note - Syno does the 20/40/80/160 choices - there is no lock except for 20MHz...

 

[Tech9]

I know, but holds steady 80MHz wide channel. The same with Asus when tested.

 

[sfx2000]

The same with Asus when tested.

Well - asus isn't always correct...

 

[tallytr]

This is not crowded environment, actually very good. Noise level -88dBm and channel utilization 23%.

OK cool, thanks for that info, I do not know how to read the numbers, making sense of them...
The channel 149 works great, moved the router to the top floor of our house and that helped as well, no AiMesh but two inexpensive wired TP Link Access Points for the IoT stuff around the house, the RT-AX86U is a great router overall for us.