[ROG RAPTURE GT-AX11000] Experiences & Discussion

[organshifter]

Can someone please answer this as I can't get my head around it!

If I have 2.4/5-1 SSID not hidden but my 5GHz-2 set as hide SSID (only want the one showing) does AiMesh still work?

Yes. That's how mine is configured by default. In my setup, with no wired backhaul, 5 GHz-2 is used as a dedicated WiFi backhaul under AiMesh mode. It's hidden by design, and the name of the SSID is changed slightly. So far, AiMesh works great. I haven't had a single issue.

If you're using a wired backhaul, and manually set 5 GHz to hidden, I don't know if that disrupts AiMesh or not.

 

[livefeed]

Thank you for the replay, I have three wired and one wireless all with 5-2 hidden.

 

[Sonystyle44]

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Thank you Gouldin for the winfi app (awesome) idea and the screenshots. I got both 5G-1 and 5G-2 working at 160 Mhz. Like yours, my mesh node for 5G-2 is 160 Mhz and the 5G-1 is at 80 Mhz on my AX-92U. Is it supposed to be 80 Mhz on the mesh? edit: I see only the 5G-2 on the mesh is AX...so the 5G-1 is AC so 80 Mhz is normal.

Also, this is with the older firmware. I'll try updating the firmware again from 6436 to 7979 and see if it works for me this time. I was getting dropouts and massive speed reductions 350 Mbps down to 1 Mbps on 5G-1 when switching between nodes after I updated when it first came out. Has it been stable for you?

 

[Gouldin]

I've found it to be rock solid for me, no drop outs on any of the bands so far.

Correct about ax92u. 5ghz-2 is AX 160mhz.
5-ghz1 is only an AC band at 80mhz. Which is fine for me as I'm mostly using it as a media bridge for my PS4 Pro and TV.

 

[Flooded]

Finally got 160MHz width on 5-GHz-2.

Needed full reset of both 11000 and 92, now have backhaul on full speed.

 

[XFalconX]

Any remedy’s on how to have all 3 bands available when using AIMesh?

Currently have the AX11000 and 68u connected via wired cat 5e backhaul.

Will getting another Asus AX Tri-band ( looking at the zenwifi XT8) correct the backhaul issue?


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[doeboy]

It self corrected after I rebooted modem and routers

But not sure what happened

Also why is 5ghz band 2 occupied in AI mesh when I have it hardwired??? Makes no sense


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Apparently Asus still reserves that 2nd 5ghz band (the fastest band) for AiMesh if the ethernet backhaul goes down no matter what. It ticks me off and I am looking to jump ship if they don't update it anytime soon to the new Alien routers from Amplifi because I have verified that their's does not do this.

 

[doeboy]

Any remedy’s on how to have all 3 bands available when using AIMesh?

Currently have the AX11000 and 68u connected via wired cat 5e backhaul.

Will getting another Asus AX Tri-band ( looking at the zenwifi XT8) correct the backhaul issue?


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Read an article and they still reserve the 2nd 5ghz band for backhaul no matter what as well.

 

[XFalconX]

I think I might just get rid of the AIMesh and move the AX11000 to the center of the house


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[jc_hwz]

I switch my GT 5300 to ax11000, and I find the upload speed is slower than GT5300. The GT 5300 upload speed is around 400mbs, but the ax11000 is around 200mbs. my internet is 400/400 fios, and the ax11000 is running the latest firmware. I have no idea why the upload speed is so slow, and the download speed faster than GT 5300.

 

[Sugz]

I think I might just get rid of the AIMesh and move the AX11000 to the center of the house


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Thats exactly what I did and its worked out great.

 

[Tonneback]

Figured out yesterday how to get my speed on wifi back. Chanel was automatic on wifi. When I choosed a chanel I got my speed back

 

[Smokie]

My router arrived today while in work so hoping to get home soon to setup. I had the 5300 previously and had all 3 Ssid's combined, I'm wondering how the majority of owners have this setup? Does smart connect work as expected? Or would I be better to separate them?

Any other little things to configure for best performance? I don't have any AX devices at the moment.

 

[e38BimmerFN]

Been using Smart Connect for a while now. Been good for me here.

 

[Gouldin]

I haven't used smart connect since I had a rt-ac3200.

Found it worked great for getting a connection, but devices tenders to prefer sticking to 2.4ghz and tweaking the rules was a pain, so just split them out to separate ssid's nowadays.
2.4 for smart devices like doorbell, Alexa Nd Google stuff.
5ghz-1 for most AC and ax clients
5ghz-2 for aimesh and a few AX devices that I want to have the cleanest signal for copying from my nas's 2.5gb ethernet link.

 

[Smokie]

So I initially set it up with them separated and wanted the 5g 2 one for gaming. Everything seemed to connect ok and the kids pc's were hitting over 200mb but then they suddenly stopped seeing the gaming SSID.

I tried smart connect and everything connects but the speeds are terrible. I have 500mb into the house and my phone is getting 50mb connected to 5g. Same phone on my virgin media hub gets 450mb.

Any tweaks I've missed? I updated to the later firmware when I turned it on for the first time.

 

[Gouldin]

So far these are the optimal settings I've found to work. Other forum users appear to be having decent success with these settings, so worth a try: (Note, I'm in the UK so can't account for any regional differences regarding channel selections etc)
[ROG RAPTURE GT-AX11000] Experiences & Discussion

 

[Smokie]

So I tried these settings and for some reason no device can see my 5G 2 band.

 

[Gouldin]

Are you using aimesh?

If so, then the ssid needs unhiding. I did that via the app on my phone.

If not, what clients are you using, are they able to use dfs channels / channels beyond the usual 36-48? A lot of earlier 5ghz cards could use anything but 36-48 and a lot of products like amazons fire HD boxes/sticks etc can't either.

 

[Smokie]

Are you using aimesh?

If so, then the ssid needs unhiding. I did that via the app on my phone.

If not, what clients are you using, are they able to use dfs channels / channels beyond the usual 36-48? A lot of earlier 5ghz cards could use anything but 36-48 and a lot of products like amazons fire HD boxes/sticks etc can't either.

Not using aimesh and my second 5ghz came online after 10 minutes.

Just noticed another little quirk, I tried to reserve a few IP address and every time I press apply it disconnects everything and then most devices have a problem getting back online. I don't remember anything like this on the GT-AC5300 I had before, Surely just reserving an IP for a device should not cause any issues.

Oh and cheers for your input!