Any cable that’s CAT5E or higher is fine, Mo — more here. For your case, get the ET8, or any Dual-band Wi-Fi 6 or Tri-band Wi-Fi 6E hardware, instead — more here. Make sure you read the posts before asking questions next time. 🙂

I am about to purchase the Asus ax6600 (2 pack) and I currently have full fibre 900mbps.

I have 2 floors and upstairs in my master room has little to no signal especially with the door closed.

I want to place one of the 6100 downstairs by the modem and run a cat8 ethernet cable (approx 20/30 meters) upstairs and have the 2nd 6100 node in the master room using the ethernet cable for wired backhauling.

My first question is would the distance between the main router downstairs and node upstairs be a problem even though it will have wired backhauling.

Secondly would the type of ethernet cable make a difference & if I use a cat8 for the backhauling should I also change the cat5 from router to modem?

Ideally I would want wireless backhauling and save running an ethernet cable upstairs but this wold mean I would have to keep the node downstairs close to the router and I would want the node as close to the master room as possible as that’s where most of the devices are.

I can’t, Jason. Try this post.

I just got an XT8 to replace my Google Nest WiFi+Google WiFi mesh and the performance of the XT8 doesn’t stack up. When I’m in the room with both the XT8 and the Nest, I get slightly better speeds (using Ookla) on the XT8. But even 15′ away, the Nest performs better. When I’m a floor above and maybe 30′ feet away, the XT8 is bordering on non-existent.

Even one node is supposed to cover 2750 sq-ft, but I know if I’m like 50′ feet away I’ll get no signal.

Can you please let me know why this is happening?

Thanks a lot…Jason

Generally, In a network connected devices are recognized by their MAC addresses, Jeff. The actual names given by users or manufacturers are always hit or miss.

Check out this post, Pepe. And here’s the review of the GT-AX11000 Pro. Make sure you actually read. 🙂

I’m returning the ET8 and considering buying the XT8 as I read that has a more stable mesh connection.

But I’m also thinking if I even need a mesh system for a 1,500sqft house when I can just use a single (powerful) router like the GT-AX11000 Pro that can provide coverage to the whole house.

The question here is, which one would you recommend: ZenWifi AX XT8 or GT-AX11000 Pro?

Thanks in advance!

I haven’t tried this combo, but it likely will work well. 🤞

Ok thanks.
So I think I will get a RT-AX86u pro & XD6S(offer), I will have more power in the router than with a XD6 system and the mesh with wired backhaul will work just as well, don’t you think Dong?