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ASUS ZenWiFi AX Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System   Not sure if this is the right place to ask…. I am thinking of upgrading my Google Mesh wifi to the above.  Has anyone used this and does it…

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  • #23406
    Jaime Salud CastilloJaime Salud Castillo
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    [quote quote=23403]If the above does not work, then try try disabling the 5Ghz (backhaul) roaming assistant. Do you live near an airport or military establishment as issue maybe radar interference ?[/quote]

     

    will do. Thanks a lot again!

    #23445
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    [quote quote=23314]

    I also have some background information which may help other ASUS ZenWifi XT8 owners. ASUS ZenWifi XT8 Details

    1. The ASUS ZenWifi XT8 can support upto 9 wireless AiMesh Nodes
    2. The ASUS ZenWifi XT8 can support upto a theoretical maximum number of wifi clients.
      1. 2.4G: 128 wifi clients
      2. 5G-1: 128 wifi clients
      3. 5G-2: 64 wifi clients

    ‘note: this is a theoretical maximum ‘ [/quote]

    Are those limits per XT8 system (router plus all nodes) or per XT8 unit?

     

    #23447
    UK SentinelUK Sentinel
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    • The Skipper

    These limits are per XT8 AiMesh system (router plus all nodes)

    #23465
    Jaime Salud CastilloJaime Salud Castillo
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    Welp. Hehehe after 4 days, node’s LED light turned yellow again (weak signal). So frustrating.

    will try disabling roaming assistant now. Sigh.

    #23467
    UK SentinelUK Sentinel
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    • The Skipper

    Is there any clues in the General log to suggest what is happening ?

    #23480
    Jaime Salud CastilloJaime Salud Castillo
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    [quote quote=23467]Is there any clues in the General log to suggest what is happening ?[/quote]

    Sorry. Is this the log i am supposed to get?

    (log remove by admin – privacy concern)

    #23482
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    • The Skipper

    Yes, have a look through the log and see if anything is detailed in log when XT8 backhual dropped back to 2.4GHz ?

    ( I removed the link you provided to the logs – security)

    Alas, hopefully you know what time this happened, so this will enable you to pinpoint logs for that time period.

    #23490
    Jaime Salud CastilloJaime Salud Castillo
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    [quote quote=23482]Yes, have a look through the log and see if anything is detailed in log when XT8 backhual dropped back to 2.4GHz ? ( I removed the link you provided to the logs – security) Alas, hopefully you know what time this happened, so this will enable you to pinpoint logs for that time period.[/quote]

    after scrolling thru backwards, was looking for ‘weak signal’ or backhaul and after seeing the first weak and disconnect words, i saw something weird.  The words diaconnect was logged at March 29, but the next line at the log says May 5???

    Copied and pasted some of the ‘weird logs’ here:

    https://mega.nz/file/gV5ySLKb#je995lu0sw0v_UNztWP1AK8AOvsDO56uPQ6ntUmdO4w

     

     

    #23492
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    • The Skipper

    Interesting, what is device [44:a8:fc:de:65:6a] ? and was this event log around the time the Aimesh backhaul dropped to 2.4GHz ?

    If disabling roaming assistant for you backhaul doesn’t prevent wireless backhaul from dropping to 2.4GHz, I would suggest you factory reset your AiMesh XT8 routers (all) and rebuild all (factory reset all) your mesh system from scratch

    Edit: as per @larryr comments below, could the XT8 router or node be rebooting without your knowledge ?

    #23494
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    [quote quote=23492]Interesting, what is device [44:a8:fc:de:65:6a] ? and was this event log around the time the Aimesh backhaul dropped to 2.4GHz ? If disabling roaming assistant for you backhaul doesn’t prevent wireless backhaul from dropping to 2.4GHz, I would suggest you factory reset your AiMesh XT8 routers (all) and rebuild all (factory reset all) your mesh system from scratch [/quote]

    Just adding that I have a MACID lookup table and 44:a8:fc is showing as “Apple” device of some kind. And in reference to the May 5 date in the log – that is normal when it reboots until it can connect to NTP to get current date/time.

    I also had my node drop to 2.4 after 33-34 days of uptime, which is still great in my mind. I’ve just decided to schedule a once a week 4am reboot and hopefully things stay as stable as they have been for me. I have my backhaul locked to channel 173 and locked to 160 and GUI shows “Great” for connection strength.

    #23495
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    • The Skipper

    [quote quote=23494]I also had my node drop to 2.4 after 33-34 days of uptime, which is still great in my mind.[/quote]

    Great news

    #23497
    Jaime Salud CastilloJaime Salud Castillo
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    [quote quote=23492]Interesting, what is device [44:a8:fc:de:65:6a] ? and was this event log around the time the Aimesh backhaul dropped to 2.4GHz ? If disabling roaming assistant for you backhaul doesn’t prevent wireless backhaul from dropping to 2.4GHz, I would suggest you factory reset your AiMesh XT8 routers (all) and rebuild all (factory reset all) your mesh system from scratch [/quote]

     

    it’s an iphone.

    I dread the factory settings reset, but if it would cure the backhaul problem, then i will have to try it and rebuild all my settings.
    thanks always!

    #23499
    UK SentinelUK Sentinel
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    • The Skipper

    [quote quote=23497]I dread the factory settings reset, but if it would cure the backhaul problem, then i will have to try it and rebuild all my settings.[/quote]

    Alas, every time ASUS release a new firmware, tweaking is usually required, so alas no guarantees

    #23500
    Jaime Salud CastilloJaime Salud Castillo
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    [quote quote=23495]

    I also had my node drop to 2.4 after 33-34 days of uptime, which is still great in my mind.

    Great news [/quote]

    [quote quote=23494]

    Interesting, what is device [44:a8:fc:de:65:6a] ? and was this event log around the time the Aimesh backhaul dropped to 2.4GHz ? If disabling roaming assistant for you backhaul doesn’t prevent wireless backhaul from dropping to 2.4GHz, I would suggest you factory reset your AiMesh XT8 routers (all) and rebuild all (factory reset all) your mesh system from scratch

    Just adding that I have a MACID lookup table and 44:a8:fc is showing as “Apple” device of some kind. And in reference to the May 5 date in the log – that is normal when it reboots until it can connect to NTP to get current date/time. I also had my node drop to 2.4 after 33-34 days of uptime, which is still great in my mind. I’ve just decided to schedule a once a week 4am reboot and hopefully things stay as stable as they have been for me. I have my backhaul locked to channel 173 and locked to 160 and GUI shows “Great” for connection strength.[/quote]

     

    thanks also Larry!

    #23501
    Jaime Salud CastilloJaime Salud Castillo
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    [quote quote=23499]

    I dread the factory settings reset, but if it would cure the backhaul problem, then i will have to try it and rebuild all my settings.

    Alas, every time ASUS release a new firmware, tweaking is usually required, so alas no guarantees [/quote]

    do i reset to factory settings via the web interface in the : Administration-Restore/Save/Upload Settin-Restore and click on the initialize all settings?

    or do i reset via button on the router?

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