ThouArtGarfunkel
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So basically ala the title, I just upgraded from an AC66U B1 to an AX57 as main router, to use both in an AImesh framework (AC66U as node) in hopes of achieving better penetration into a far upstairs corner of the house with which the AC66U (situated downstairs somewhat oppositely) previously struggled to provide adequate coverage. The AC66U provided a rock solid 1.3Gbps connection via 5Ghz band (fixed channel 157) to my main rig that literally never faltered over a few years. Fast forward and the AX57, positioned/oriented/distanced in precisely the same way from the PC as the AC66U (with even the antennas oriented in the same way to the extent possible, though I've tried adjusting that as well to no avail), and with the same 5ghz wi-fi settings across the board (save for a couple additional features not applicable to the AC66U), has been locked at 866.7mbps, despite all essentially being the same minus the actual router unit. I tried briefly experimenting with different control channels (starting from the 157hz lock I had such good results with under the AC66U) as well as disabling the wi-fi 6/802.11ax mode entirely, thinking perhaps some compatibility issue was at play, but so far no dice and nothing has induced a change from the 866.7 connection. Funnily enough, for the first few minutes the PC first connected to the AX57 the connection did in fact fluctuate in quick succession between 1.3/1.1Gbps, only to then drop to 866 and remain there since. Any ideas? This is growing fairly annoying tbh. Does anyone by chance have experience w these two models in similar succession? The main draw here was the (presumed) superior coverage for the previous weak zone via AImesh under the logical assumption the primary connection to my main rig, from where I host Plex, do all my downloading etc etc would be equal at worst and maybe even superior as a nice bonus, but so far it's the opposite, and frankly I haven't even moved on to AImesh optimization as I've been stuck on this quandary in the interim.
I guess I could attempt role reversal and deploy the AX57 as node and retain 66U as master, though that's obviously counter to both logical intuition and the seeming universal advice to use latest and greatest as main hub and older/lesser as node. Could it be, push come to shove, that the 57, despite being the ostensibly superior unit in every way, is somehow equipped with cheaper/less effective antennas? Because if so that really sucks, needless to say, and it's always disconcerting to see something expected to take you two (maybe 1.5) steps forward knock you one back instead. Latest firmware on both units. Driver issues with PC's USB wi-fi adaptor? (Though with it also being Asus, and the perfect behavior with the AC66U, that seemed unlikely). Shrug?
I guess I could attempt role reversal and deploy the AX57 as node and retain 66U as master, though that's obviously counter to both logical intuition and the seeming universal advice to use latest and greatest as main hub and older/lesser as node. Could it be, push come to shove, that the 57, despite being the ostensibly superior unit in every way, is somehow equipped with cheaper/less effective antennas? Because if so that really sucks, needless to say, and it's always disconcerting to see something expected to take you two (maybe 1.5) steps forward knock you one back instead. Latest firmware on both units. Driver issues with PC's USB wi-fi adaptor? (Though with it also being Asus, and the perfect behavior with the AC66U, that seemed unlikely). Shrug?
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