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...

[UK Sentinel]

On dodgydrains said

Please send to Asus, I will also send logs and mention you?

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@UKSentinel, just came back from a months holiday abroad.  Did you hear anything from Asus on the logs I sent them?  I have had no reply from them directly.

Also, any ideas if Asus have any plans to add the additional channels like they did to the US XT8 models?

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[UK Sentinel]

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@UKSentinel, just came back from a months holiday abroad.  Did you hear anything from Asus on the logs I sent them?  I have had no reply from them directly.

Also, any ideas if Asus have any plans to add the additional channels like they did to the US XT8 models?

Months holiday very nice, Not had any feedback from ASUS either, I will chase next week.

What additional channels as I could chat with them about that also ?

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[dodgydrains]

I was referring to the unii-4 channels.  I think I read somewhere the EU had approved these, not sure where I read it though.

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[UK Sentinel]

I remember now, even though ASUS devices such as the Asus ROG Rapture GT6, ZenWifi XT9 and ZenWifi XT8 etc, support the capability of using UNII-4 from a hardware perspective. As we (UK) are classed as EU, UNII-4 in EU has not been approved (I believe).

US has approved the use of UNII-4, EU has not, EU has not even UNII-3 general approval from what I recall.

The UK has approved UNII-3 a while ago, but because we are classed as EU, we follow their standards and so do not have access to UNII-3 standards either from an ASUS perspective.

Alas no idea for timelines when 5.9G UNII4 will be considered for use in EU/UK.

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@UKSentinel, just came back from a months holiday abroad.  Did you hear anything from Asus on the logs I sent them?  I have had no reply from them directly.

Also, any ideas if Asus have any plans to add the additional channels like they did to the US XT8 models?

@Dodgydrains – I have sent you an email

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[robgbc]

Just checking in. 3.0.0.4.388_23285 has been rock solid for me, with a 49 day up-time and an system log that spans 14 days, mostly just firmware update checks and device connect/disconnects. (Up-time would be longer but restart was due to power outage).

@UKSentinel any new firmware in the pipeline? It was a long time ago, June 19th, that Asus dropped their security advisory, which included XT8 and advised everyone to immediately update, but then they didn’t actually release the new firmware for XT8.

19 June 2023 – Asus Security Advisory

 

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@robgbc I will check with ASUS, I have checked with the list and over 50% have already been fixed in previous firmware releases

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Ok, so ASUS have come back and said they are expecting to release the next firmware for the XT8 in QTR 4 this year. So very likely around Xmas time.

ASUS have also said, regarding the security advisory, all major CVE’s have already been addressed in current or previous firmware releases and none outstanding relating to the above security advisory.

ASUS did also say, they often fix CVE’s but don’t list them all in change-log, so that does make life interesting .

 

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[robgbc]

UK Sentinel, Thanks for following up on this, much appreciated!

Cheers,

Rob

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[dodgydrains]

Similar to Parental Control ‘Time Scheduling’, is there a way to put a wireless network on ‘Time Scheduling’ other than to manually turn the network off?

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[UK Sentinel]

ASUS routers (most models) do support what is called ‘Wireless scheduler’ -(time scheduling) which can be found under Wireless > Professional.

‘If you want to switch the WiFi signal at a specific time, like turn off 2.4G and 5G WiFi before bed time and turn WiFi back on in the morning, you can use the Wireless scheduler function in ASUS router to set the time when WiFi is turned on or off’.

 

https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1043425/

 

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[dodgydrains]

I will have a check.  Thanks

Is it possible on the Guest network?  I want to have a seperate 5GHz-1 network where I can use Time Schedule for that isolated network.

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[dodgydrains]

On UK Sentinel said

ASUS routers (most models) do support what is called ‘Wireless scheduler’ -(time scheduling) which can be found under Wireless > Professional.

‘If you want to switch the WiFi signal at a specific time, like turn off 2.4G and 5G WiFi before bed time and turn WiFi back on in the morning, you can use the Wireless scheduler function in ASUS router to set the time when WiFi is turned on or off’.

 

https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1043425/

 

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I think this method put’s the whole Band (ie 5GHz-1 band) in a ‘Time Schedule’.  Is there a way to create a new SSID on 5GHz-1 band and put that SSID on ‘Time Schedule’?  Maybe a niche case, but would be interesting.

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[UK Sentinel]

The only way without custom scripts (I believe) using ASUS Stock firmware is via Guest Network – either 2.4GHz or 5GHz-1 or 5GHz-2 and dedicate one of those bands for the Guest wifi, then under Wireless > Professional >  Enable wireless scheduler for the same dedicated band you designated in Guest Network at set your variables, this then will by default turn off Wireless band that is dedicated to the Guest Wifi.

Never tried this, but does seem the only way to achieving a Guest Wifi that turns On – Off when required.

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