MLO performance and Limitations

[baller54]

Thanks for the info. Let's hope that Asus either moves forward with allowing the band selection on their upcoming routers like the BQ16 and maybe updates older routers that didn't have that option at the start.

I'm also really hoping for this!

 

[jzchen]

Thanks for the info. Let's hope that Asus either moves forward with allowing the band selection on their upcoming routers like the BQ16 and maybe updates older routers that didn't have that option at the start.

Maybe I wasn't clear, you can choose a collection of 3 channels:

5 GHz, 6 GHz-1, and 6 GHz-2
2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz

Isn't the first option what you wanted? Or just two?

 

[NismoZ]

Maybe I wasn't clear, you can choose a collection of 3 channels:

5 GHz, 6 GHz-1, and 6 GHz-2
2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz

Isn't the first option what you wanted? Or just two?

Yes, that top option of 1x5Ghz and 2x6Ghz bands seems like it leaves out the 2.4Ghz.

 

[rickysuperdog]

It's crap at the moment (GT-BE98).

From my testing, I have both MLO compatible devices and legacy devices droppoing to use 2.4GHz only, and there's no latency improvement (at a non-congested location) with very little performance difference.

One of the limitations is that you can't separate each band after enabling MLO (although if you were using smart connect before, this makes no difference to you). I still don't know why they don't leave all bands separated for those who need it and create a new separate SSID for MLO.


Hopefully ASUS will release another firmware update for the BE98 next week.

I bought and setup the BE92u last week. Strange is that if anyone joined the 6Ghz channel including the MLO (a separate channel). Smart Connect will insist on and cannot be switch off.