Flipmode11
Regular Contributor
Oh geez, I don't know what to do. AC68u or AC3100.... :/
Is the 3100 that much better in performance?
Is the 3100 that much better in performance?
Thanks! Switched off and all seems well
I assume that if I ever need to reboot or the power goes out or whatever, that it'll still come up and sync the node properly, since it's already paired. Or will I need to re-sync manually now that WPS is disabled?
Guess I'll find out at some pointNot tried that but yes since its paired it will/should just connect and function normally
My network: RT-AC86U main, RT-AC1900p node AiMesh ethernet.
Another weird issue that may or may not be related to the RT-AC86U firmware. 2 Windows laptops connected to ethernet ports on the RT-AC86U. Using Windows Remote connection to RDP from PC1 to PC2. While connected from PC1, select Sleep on PC2. PC2 goes to sleep. PC1 loses network connectivity for a few minutes. During this timeframe, if I press the power button on PC2, then PC1 resumes network connectivity. Strange thing. I was thinking that maybe the router was dropping the ethernet connection for PC1 by mistake.
BTW..the above scenerio is something I do all the time. The issue never happened with my RT-AC1900p. I guess I'll have to swap back the RT-AC1600p as main to see if it router related.
Guess I'll find out at some point
One final question, if I may. I use the Wifi Analyzer app on my Android phone to see all the various signals in my area. This app also shows the security associated with each signal. I'm noticing that the WPS is turned off on my router (whereas it was definitely on before), but I still see WPS listed under the 2.4 GHz signal for the node. Is there a way to access the node directly so I can switch it off from there, too, or is this just a side effect because of how mesh works? I've tried going to the IP address assigned to the node (while on WiFi), but as I'm sure you're aware, it just kicks over to the main router setup. I don't know if it's possible or even necessary to access the node directly at this point, and I haven't seen any documentation either way (other than noticing I can manually update the firmware of the node from the main router settings web GUI).
I'm not even sure if it matters. I would think the router settings would override the node's, if they are somehow different. That is, as long as the router has it disabled, so too does the node, but not sure how to double check/force it so the analyzer app won't report WPS as active on the node.
The above is still happening to me with the node firmware updated to 20287.
Its really strange. It seems to cause the AIMesh to fail when this is happening (Aimesh does reconnect eventually). I'm going to try turning off AiMesh and see if that fixes it. If that fails, then I'll try going back to the 1900p as my main.
I think I can help, I have setup my AiMesh system with 3 devices: 88U as AP and 88U + 68U nodes.
It is a bit tricky to add AiMesh nodes, I have some experiences:
1. Need to make sure router and nodes need to be factory reset (press WPS button -> power on -> wait for power led to flash -> release WPS button)
2. place router and node close to one another, but not too close
3. node should be standalone without anything plug in any ethernet ports
4. do minimal settings in the router and start binding the node, I have tried to fail in adding the node when I did too much settings. The actual case is to setup MAC address filtering and load in a list of MAC addresses, after that I always failed to bind the node.
5. You need to have WPS on for the binding to work.
Hope this helps.
2 x 88U should be able to work properly, most of the problem I found is I have another 68U.
Hopefully rolling out soon...There's no .20284 FW for AC86U: https://www.asus.com/Networking/RT-AC86U/HelpDesk_BIOS/
Just noticed another phantom Node. Had one appear on 10007 also. It has the same IP as my real Node, but the MAC is zeroed. Last time I made more work for myself by deleting it. But that also crippled my real node. I'll just leave it alone ans see it it goes away.
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As an addendum, for those considering AiMesh, I'd say the primary benefit is centralized config of all your nodes as well as only using a single channel for all your nodes (which is great if you are in a congested environment such as an apartment building).
Can I use the LAN ports on an 86U AiMesh Node as a switch to hook up other devices like you can on say the Google OnHub / WiFi or do I need to place another switch in front of the AiMesh Node?
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