I set the RSSI to handoff at -57dBm instead of -67dBm and that seemed to do the trick for now. Hopefully that value will still work when the weather improves.Wondering if I need to recalibrate the RSSI settings to a higher dBm so that the main router will handoff clients to the AiMesh node at a shorter distance on the 5Ghz band...
MLO is not enabled on Broadcom's end either. This is MU-MIMO all over again, where features are only going to get added "at a later time".Indeed. Will have to wait for MS to stick MLO in the next Windows update before we can get true Wifi 7 speeds though.
*Simultaneous MLO means STR (Simultaneous Transmit and Receive) mode. Alternating MLO means eMLSR (enhanced Multi-Link-Single-Radio) mode.
Firmware support for Multi-link Operation (MLO) on ASUS RT-BE96U is in development (as of September 2023) and will be released in late 2023 or early 2024.
Thanks for highlighting that and fingers crossed that MLO support will be added to the RT-BE96U sooner rather than later. Now to start looking for Wifi 7-enabled smartphones.MLO is not enabled on Broadcom's end either. This is MU-MIMO all over again, where features are only going to get added "at a later time".
Code:*Simultaneous MLO means STR (Simultaneous Transmit and Receive) mode. Alternating MLO means eMLSR (enhanced Multi-Link-Single-Radio) mode. Firmware support for Multi-link Operation (MLO) on ASUS RT-BE96U is in development (as of September 2023) and will be released in late 2023 or early 2024.
I don't know...If you look at the Gen 2 Wifi 7 chips from Broadcom, namely the BCM6765 that Asus will be working with, the specs seem to be more suited for low-to-mid range routers in a more reasonable price bracket vs the Gen 1 BCM4916 used in the first batch of flagship (featured and priced) Asus Wifi 7 routers released/being released. Perhaps like Merlin mentioned earlier, we'll just have to wait for the other features to be added later on to the current and future models. So if we buy bleeding edge flagship models...I guess we'll just have to accept the role of being so-called 'beta-testers' to iron out all the bugs in them.Gen 2 (after certification is complete), are the models to look seriously at.
I think we'll have to wait for MLO support to be added to both Windows 11 and the routers themselves before we can determine whether it can be disabled.I'm honestly not crazy about MLO, is there a way to disable it and use traditional SmartConnect or separate SSIDs for each band? It's important to me that I stay on a specific channel, I don't want MLO within the band or across bands, I don't want channels with lower power and/or interference used, especially for my AiMesh backhaul.
Also, why are there no reviews of this router yet anywhere, it's available for retail purchase, you would think tech reviewers would pounce on the first Asus Wi-Fi 7 router, but there's nothing out there.
I guess I shall. This time, I knew what I signed up for when I got a Gen 1 Wifi 7 model unlike when I got a Gen 1 Wifi 6E model (GT-AXE11000) back then and nearly tore my hair out figuring out how to get it to work properly in AiMesh and for the 5Ghz band to have better range. The Gen 2 Wifi 6E model (GT-AXE16000) was a dud in terms of 10Gbe wired speeds and processing power and that's why I returned it.@RTWZ80, you just need to watch and wait for the flagship Gen 2 models. After certification is completed and after Gen 1 shows its weaknesses to the real world.
Not a user of Ubiquiti networking equipment but you'll probably have to use the RT-BE96U in Access Point mode connected to the UDM Pro's SFP+ LAN port through a Ubiquiti-compatible 10G SFP+ to 10/5/2.5Gbe RJ45 module.The issue arises when PPPoE must act as the dialer, requiring a significant amount of CPU power to process data at 5 Gbps (my speed is 5 Gbps Up/Down).
Additionally, I am trying to figure out how to connect this to my UDM PRO because I am using Ubiquity's ECHO system with a few other switches.
Is that even possible?
You might want to check out this thread relating to using Asus routers with PPPoE.The issue arises when PPPoE must act as the dialer, requiring a significant amount of CPU power to process data at 5 Gbps (my speed is 5 Gbps Up/Down).
Additionally, I am trying to figure out how to connect this to my UDM PRO because I am using Ubiquity's ECHO system with a few other switches.
Is that even possible?
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