New GT-AX11000 - Stock, RC3-3 Beta, or Merlin

[sturmstar]

Question - What should I go with - stable and good wifi performance is important.

I don't need any VPN things and I don't have IPv6

Thanks and best regards

 

[bbunge]

Stock. There is a new firmware release put there.

 

[sturmstar]

Stock. There is a new firmware release put there.

What a coincidence - perfect - thank you for the suggestion!
best regards

 

[bbunge]

What a coincidence - perfect - thank you for the suggestion!
best regards

One feature you may want to try is the DNS Security or DoT in WAN/Internet Connection/WAN DNS Setting

 

[Invisible Boy]

I have tried both latest FWs and they are both stable so far. I prefer Merlin for the new purchases so that I know how hot they get throughout the year and switch on the fan when needed. Some Asus routers are known to have poorly installed heatsinks so they can overheat.

 

[sturmstar]

Any recommendations different from stock wlan settings?

I have 30-40 devices, b/g, n, ac, and also ax (Intel AX200) - I use 5GHz-1 and 5GHZ-2 with both 160MHz channels.

btw - is there no way to set the third band instead of "AC only" to "AX only"? Seems odd...


thanks a lot

 

[Invisible Boy]

I setup my AX11000 with the official 3.0.0.4.386.45934 and then flashed to Merlin 386.4 w/o issue, and then flashed it back to the official 3.0.0.4.386.46065 w/o issue either. I didn't change any settings at all, just a manual reboot from the browser after each flash.

My 5GHz bands can be set to Auto, AX only, N/AC/AX or Legacy. I disabled Smart Connect however.

BTW, does your AX11000's 5GHz-1 and 5GHz-2 have the same signal strength? My 5GHz-1 is 15-20dBm weaker than 5GHz-2 even right next to the router. Not sure if mine's defective.

 

[sturmstar]

I setup my AX11000 with the official 3.0.0.4.386.45934 and then flashed to Merlin 386.4 w/o issue, and then flashed it back to the official 3.0.0.4.386.46065 w/o issue either. I didn't change any settings at all, just a manual reboot from the browser after each flash.

My 5GHz bands can be set to Auto, AX only, N/AC/AX or Legacy. I disabled Smart Connect however.

BTW, does your AX11000's 5GHz-1 and 5GHz-2 have the same signal strength? My 5GHz-1 is 15-20dBm weaker than 5GHz-2 even right next to the router. Not sure if mine's defective.

Hi, thanks for your info. Maybe I try merlin today.

My 5GHz-2 is indeed stronger - but I think that's because the higher channels are "stronger" - in the same room in front of my router there is a 4db difference between the two bands (36-160MHz, 128-160MHz) - but overall I'm very happy with the transmission power of both bands - my AX86U is not bad at all - but in every band a little bit weaker. (maybe thats the difference between 4 antennas and 8 antennas...)

best regards

 

[Invisible Boy]

Looks like my brand new AX11000 is heading back to the store since there's about 15-20dBm difference between the 5GHz bands. 160MHz doesn't show up on 5GHz-2 either.

 

[sturmstar]

Looks like my brand new AX11000 is heading back to the store since there's about 15-20dBm difference between the 5GHz bands. 160MHz doesn't show up on 5GHz-2 either.

I had to disable "automatic" and choose a manual channel - with automatic (and 160mhz setting) it always was only 80MHz - also it takes exactly 10minutes (dfs channel clear) until the 5ghz-2 is ready and appears

 

[Volt]

Looks like my brand new AX11000 is heading back to the store since there's about 15-20dBm difference between the 5GHz bands. 160MHz doesn't show up on 5GHz-2 either.

Regarding the signal level differences, note that different channel ranges have different power levels. I think that your AX11000 is OK.

 

[Invisible Boy]

Regarding the signal level differences, note that different channel ranges have different power levels. I think that your AX11000 is OK.

Thanks for the info but this is beyond my domain. Does that mean it is normal that UNII-1 band should be quite a bit weaker than UNII-3 due to regulations, 15~20dBm in my case?

 

[Volt]

Thanks for the info but this is beyond my domain. Does that mean it is normal that UNII-1 band should be quite a bit weaker than UNII-3 due to regulations, 15~20dBm in my case?

Not sure about UNII-1 and UNII-3, but I see this drop when switching to channels other than in the UNII-2 Extended list, especially when there are obstacles between the router and clients.

 

[Invisible Boy]

So I have done a little experiment with my old but trusty RT-A68U A2 and the lower band is also significantly weaker than the upper band (about 20dBm difference). Without any knowledge about WiFi, I can only assume this is normal and my brand new GT-AX11000 isn't defective.

 

[Indi]

Question - What should I go with - stable and good wifi performance is important.

I don't need any VPN things and I don't have IPv6

Thanks and best regards

Not sure if it can be done on asus FW but I needed to run Merlin to use the DDNS external check to pass double NAT.
I could then reload asus stock or beta and it 'remembered' its DDNS settings.