I’d recommend leaving that setting at default and let the router use whichever appropriate, Johan.

In my router there is an option to enable 160Mhz bandwidth, would you recommend doing that or just leave it disabled?

Check out this post, Mat. I’d go with the same hardware.

Moving to full fibre 900Mbps early in new year in a three floor home with a separate garden office (10m away). No option for wired backhaul but need Ethernet ports for devices on top floor and in the office.

Was thinking two-unit Asus XT8 or XT9 system for the main house (one ground floor at modem and top floor), but not sure what would work best in the office?

Would an XD5 or AX58 work ok or should I just get another XT9 unit? Can the XD5 or AX58 be configured to use the same 5Ghz backhaul as the XT8/9?

Main priority is stability and reliability rather than blazing fast speeds.

Cheers for any pointers!

I’d say the range is about the same among them, Jon, give or take. More on range here. Only Asus can answer your question about new hardware with 2.5Gbps port. 🙂

What’s the range like on these RP-AX56/58? In particular compared to some of the cheaper ZEN nodes (XD4/XD5) (to be used as Mesh nodes with a wired backhaul)?

The ZEN devices look very small and I can’t imagine they have particularly good / big internal antennas whereas the AX56/58 appear taller suggesting they have bigger antennas?

Or would a cheap router with external antennas (e.g RT-AX55/57) give significant better WiFi range and performance? Any downsides to that?

Finally, do you think we’ll see something like an RP-AX58 with a 2.5Gb port before long as the faster 160MHz channel is of very limited use otherwise.

Many thanks,
Jon.

🤞

I’ve read through that article and loads more. Lots of great stuff. A straight line between the window of my condo and the area I’d sit on the roof is about 23m horizontal and 23m vertical. So I don’t think range would be a problem… except for the building in the way. It would probably be a few walls and a concrete floor to pass through. Putting the AX-58 on a mast is the obvious answer, which would make it line of sight. 😄 I’ll start with the AX88U Pro and AX-58 and see if that’s any good. If the AX-58 isn’t up to the task, maybe a second AX88U Pro in AiMesh. The second benefit for me being that I could DC power the satellite router, freeing me from the areas on the roof with AC power. Or maybe I should just get a powerful USB Wifi adapter for my laptop.

I can see land when flying on an airplane, Duffle, and still have no cell signal on my phone. I think you should start with this post.