I need my node tuf-ax3000 to support as well, but it's not in the list
Drabisan,Not arguing this may be a useful feature for most of us.
But a note: BW column on your second screen capture is not part of standard AsusWRT as far as I can see in my output. It looks that is from Merlin's release.
Has anyone tried wired connectivity to a wireless backhaul connected AIMesh 2.0 node?
I'm getting significant packet loss using this setup, however devices which connect to the mesh node's guest network don't get any packet loss and the interface reports good connectivity between the main router and the node.
The setup I am trying is with:
RT-AX88U 9.0.0.4.386_39485 as the main router
RT-AC68U 9.0.0.4.386_39485 as the mesh node, about 8m from the main router through one wall. Using 5G for the backhaul.
I have a guest network setup with intranet isolation enabled on both 2.4G and 5G which I have enabled on the node as well. All the wireless networks have their own SSID, so I have 4 SSIDs (2 main ones for 2.4G and 5G and the two guest ones). Devices connected to the main wireless network on the node suffer poor connectivity, however on the guest network they are fine. I wanted to see if the poor connectivity it was something to do with connecting to the wireless network itself on the node so tried connecting my PC to the LAN ports on the mesh node instead, however I found the same connectivity issues with significant packet loss:
E.g. Pinging the main router (192.168.1.1) from a PC connected to the LAN port on the mesh node:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
There are occasional errors in the main router logs which relate to the VLANs used for each wireless network:
Sep 5 18:36:04 kernel: wfd_unregisterdevice Successfully unregistered ifidx 2 wfd_idx 1
Sep 5 18:36:04 kernel: ^[[0;33;41m[ERROR vlan] vlanIoctl ,652: Failed to delete VLAN device wds1.0.1.501^[[0m
Sep 5 18:36:04 kernel: ^[[0;33;41m[ERROR vlan] vlanIoctl ,652: Failed to delete VLAN device wds1.0.1.0^[[0m
Sep 5 18:36:04 kernel: ^[[0;33;41m[ERROR vlan] vlanIoctl ,652: Failed to delete VLAN device wds1.0.1.502^[[0m
Sep 5 18:36:04 kernel: ^[[0;33;41m[ERROR vlan] vlanIoctl ,652: Failed to delete VLAN device wds1.0.1.0^[[0m
Sep 5 18:36:08 kernel: wfd_registerdevice Successfully registered dev wds1.0.1 ifidx 2 wfd_idx 1
Sep 5 18:36:08 kernel: Register interface [wds1.0.1] MAC: a8:5e:45:ae:a6:a4
Sep 5 18:36:12 kernel: netdev path : wds1.0.1.0 -> wds1.0.1
Sep 5 18:36:12 kernel: BCMVLAN : wds1.0.1 mode was set to RG
Sep 5 18:36:12 kernel: netdev path : wds1.0.1.501 -> wds1.0.1
Sep 5 18:36:12 kernel: BCMVLAN : wds1.0.1 mode was set to RG
Sep 5 18:36:12 kernel: netdev path : wds1.0.1.502 -> wds1.0.1
Sep 5 18:36:12 kernel: BCMVLAN : wds1.0.1 mode was set to RG
Just wondering if it's something to do with my setup or if other people are seeing the same issues?
Configuring the AC68U as a media bridge works fine but obviously I loose the AIMesh features.
ASUS,
Can you consider to add BANDWIDTH information, on the following dialogue, AiMesh -> AiMesh Router -> Select a Client
View attachment 25996
The Bandwidth information can be found in the Wireless Log (only for Clients attached to the AiMesh Router, not for Clients attached to AiMesh Nodes). This is useful information as during testing in earlier RCs I found that my 5GHz band only has a bandwidth of 20MHz instead of up to 80MHz. I only discovered that when I use WiFi Explorer on Mac to discovered that Bandwidth on AiMesh node is 20MHz.
View attachment 25995
Asus,Hi ASUSWRT_2020,
Can you explain what is meant by "RT-AC86U upstream downgrade issue"? Reason I ask so that I can look out for it, should this happened in my environment.
I run RC2-4 for over a week, some few weeks back, after that reverted back to Merlin 384.19 as I normally run some scripts with AMTM, after reading your status update (Thanks) I decided to get back to RC2-4. Trying to see if I can help capture a few incidents that happened to my case few weeks back on RC2-4.
I recalled having a few times where my backhaul connection between AiMesh Router (RT-AX88U) to one of my AiMesh Nodes (RT-AC86) got degraded from 1Gbps to 100Mbps (I only use CAT 6 or CAT 7 cables, see my configuration in my Signature). My workarounds involved (a) simply pull out the RJ45 Ethernet Connector from WAN Port of Node and plug it back and/or (2) physically power OFF / ON the AiMesh Node.
So far My AiMesh 2.0 environment it has been running for only 4.5 hours ... I will check tomorrow if this happen again.
Drabisan,
The BW column is indeed from the System Log - Wireless Log Page of ASUS RC2-4 (9.0.0.4.386_39485), probably borrowing from Merlin's Firmware; that is progress .
I copied the few lines to a text file to do screenshot so that I can show the full line of text; as the text is too long that requires to scroll left to right within the Wireless Log screen. Take a look at the screen.
Nothing I did could help me with my issue: Port Forwarding stops working randomly in 1-2 days. I am tired of this expensive junk RT-AX88U. @ASUSWRT_2020 I have sent so many logs but apart from you, no one has even bothered to contact. This router belongs in trashcan till Asus fixes this Port Forwarding issue. I don’t think I will buy any Asus routers (should we call them expensive showpieces?)
drabisan,That's the output from my GT-AC5300 running 9.0.0.4.386_39485.
Stations List
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idx MAC Associated Authorized RSSI PHY PSM SGI STBC MUBF NSS Tx rate Rx rate Connect Time
B4:69:21:12:68:1C Yes Yes -54dBm ac No Yes Yes Yes 2 866.7M 780M 00:01:06
Maybe the BW is a chipset specific? I've never seen BW in any release as far as I remember. Having it would be super helpful.
drabisan,
I have RT-AX88U running 9.0.0.4_386_39485 ... actually, I found the "BandWidth" information in the Wireless Log accidentally . However, I noticed that Merlin's FW provides the 5GHz Bandwidth information when we hover mouse over the WiFi icon at the top right of his page for all Merlin's supported models, that was why I am making this request to ASUS for clients on both AiMesh Router and AiMesh Nodes to provide us "Bandwidth" information.
fyi, the BW column is also available on the zenwifi XT8
The BW field was added around the time of the RT-AX88U if I remember correctly.
I still think Asus should redesign this whole page IMHO. This is how it looks in my firmware, for example.
you must use DFS channel (100-144) in order to get 160MHz working, then you'll be able to get 2400MbpsZenWifi - AP Mode - Wireless Backhaul speed
Out of curiosity I decided to try to see the difference in speed for the wireless backhaul between AX and AC with 80Mhz BW. It does not look like it's as big a difference as I would expect. In AC I see the rx/tx top out at 1300M and AX it tops out at 1441.2M. The RSSI for the mesh node is -60 which is pretty good, no? Going by the AX chart here I would have thought that 4x4 AX would be able to do 2400M rx/tx or am I completely confused?
you must use DFS channel (100-144) in order to get 160MHz working, then you'll be able to get 2400Mbps
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