sphererer
New Around Here
Hi guys,
It's nice to meet you all, and I would like to seek some guidance on my AiMesh network, which I believe might be set up wrongly as i'm getting speeds that are not the best, though not bad to be honest.
I had moved in with my in-laws about two months ago, literally a day before retail stores across the country (Singapore) closed and people were asked to work from home as part of our government's measures to curb the Covid-19 situation.
Faced with a poor network configuration at the two-storey apartment my in-laws are living in, I did some (hasty) research on solving the problem and decided to dip my toes into mesh networking, or AiMesh to be specific.
I went out and got myself a set of ZenWifi AC CT8s, as well as an AX58U to set up a 3-prong AiMesh network.
See a rough sketch of the apartment layout and where the ASUS devices are placed at.
Black lines denote concrete walls, while red lines are wooden walls and the grey lines on the first floor are a combination of thin wood dividers and a glass wall around the Entertainment Room.
I decided (naively, perhaps) to use the AX58U as the main router as I felt that, being an AX router, it would have better range than the CT8s, which became my AiMesh nodes.
The router is placed on the second floor, and has to be there as my Internet point is there, while one of the CT8s is on the first floor to provide WiFi coverage to the living room. The other CT8 remains on the second floor, about 10 metres and two walls away from the AX58U.
While I've managed to get better WiFi strength in the living room - at around 40mbps for both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz - I can't get a strong signal in the entertainment room, averaging 20mbps for 2.4Ghz.
(I can barely get a 5Ghz signal in there)
WiFi speeds are about the same on the second floor, averaging between 30 to 50 mbps for both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz.
I would like to get some advice on whether...
1) ...I made the right decision to go with the AX58U as the AiMesh router. If not, what could I do/change to improve the WiFi coverage around the apartment.
I know things still work, and we also live in circumstances where almost the whole of Singapore is home and using the Internet which would bring about congestion, but I would like to know if there's anything I can do better (and also where to correct myself and learn more about)
2) ...it is possible to make a node 'kick' devices off its connection once it reaches a certain distance threshold. I find a lot of our mobile devices connect to both the CT8s, but not the Ax58U even when my parents in-law's bedroom is right beside the AX58U.
I apologise in advance if my post was unclear, and can explain further to help improve understanding of my situation.
Thanks all!
It's nice to meet you all, and I would like to seek some guidance on my AiMesh network, which I believe might be set up wrongly as i'm getting speeds that are not the best, though not bad to be honest.
I had moved in with my in-laws about two months ago, literally a day before retail stores across the country (Singapore) closed and people were asked to work from home as part of our government's measures to curb the Covid-19 situation.
Faced with a poor network configuration at the two-storey apartment my in-laws are living in, I did some (hasty) research on solving the problem and decided to dip my toes into mesh networking, or AiMesh to be specific.
I went out and got myself a set of ZenWifi AC CT8s, as well as an AX58U to set up a 3-prong AiMesh network.
See a rough sketch of the apartment layout and where the ASUS devices are placed at.
Black lines denote concrete walls, while red lines are wooden walls and the grey lines on the first floor are a combination of thin wood dividers and a glass wall around the Entertainment Room.
I decided (naively, perhaps) to use the AX58U as the main router as I felt that, being an AX router, it would have better range than the CT8s, which became my AiMesh nodes.
The router is placed on the second floor, and has to be there as my Internet point is there, while one of the CT8s is on the first floor to provide WiFi coverage to the living room. The other CT8 remains on the second floor, about 10 metres and two walls away from the AX58U.
While I've managed to get better WiFi strength in the living room - at around 40mbps for both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz - I can't get a strong signal in the entertainment room, averaging 20mbps for 2.4Ghz.
(I can barely get a 5Ghz signal in there)
WiFi speeds are about the same on the second floor, averaging between 30 to 50 mbps for both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz.
I would like to get some advice on whether...
1) ...I made the right decision to go with the AX58U as the AiMesh router. If not, what could I do/change to improve the WiFi coverage around the apartment.
I know things still work, and we also live in circumstances where almost the whole of Singapore is home and using the Internet which would bring about congestion, but I would like to know if there's anything I can do better (and also where to correct myself and learn more about)
2) ...it is possible to make a node 'kick' devices off its connection once it reaches a certain distance threshold. I find a lot of our mobile devices connect to both the CT8s, but not the Ax58U even when my parents in-law's bedroom is right beside the AX58U.
I apologise in advance if my post was unclear, and can explain further to help improve understanding of my situation.
Thanks all!