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Saba'a

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I have an Asus Zenwifi CD6 triple pack mesh system. All connected by cat5e backhaul.

I note speeds of 500mbps plus on the main node and a nearby node about 10m away.

However on another one, 30m away. Its only 300mbps.

Would replacing the cat5e with cat6 or cat7 improve the backhaul speeds for the wifi?
 
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CAT5e should be fine but its always a good idea to check / replace cables

Is the 300Mbps consistent or does it sometimes go faster? Could be interference in that section of the house
 
So, i find myself questioning my Asus Mesh as well.

I came from a Ubiquity mesh that performed like a bat out of hell. Due to the wonders of nature, i.e lightning that system was toast and my insurance replaced it with 2 x ASUS AX92U.

My experiences so far are similar - main node is fast, but the remote node can get iffy. The range is also horrible. My cylinder-shaped Ubiquities x 2 gave me well over 600m2 of coverage indoors and outdoors combined (i.e other end of a very large garden could still get high speeds back into house).

The Asus is giving me maybe 300m2 if i'm lucky - in some spots of the garden my phone just goes to LTE/5G.

But yeah, on your topic - i'm getting major speed decrease with a distance of 20-30m. I'm using Wireless backhaul as I was with the Ubiquity's as well. I wonder if its not somethning in the Asus radios and/or software.
 
Mzezman said:
CAT5e should be fine but its always a good idea to check / replace cables

Is the 300Mbps consistent or does it sometimes go faster? Could be interference in that section of the house
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Been consistent but Murphys law, tonight after post hit 500mbps. Still slow as other actually hit up to 750mbps. 500 being slowest.

This one normally 300mbps or lower.

Could be cable damaged.
 
neoprema said:
So, i find myself questioning my Asus Mesh as well.

I came from a Ubiquity mesh that performed like a bat out of hell. Due to the wonders of nature, i.e lightning that system was toast and my insurance replaced it with 2 x ASUS AX92U.

My experiences so far are similar - main node is fast, but the remote node can get iffy. The range is also horrible. My cylinder-shaped Ubiquities x 2 gave me well over 600m2 of coverage indoors and outdoors combined (i.e other end of a very large garden could still get high speeds back into house).

The Asus is giving me maybe 300m2 if i'm lucky - in some spots of the garden my phone just goes to LTE/5G.

But yeah, on your topic - i'm getting major speed decrease with a distance of 20-30m. I'm using Wireless backhaul as I was with the Ubiquity's as well. I wonder if its not somethning in the Asus radios and/or software.
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Yep what I was wondering because my LTE backup AP (tp link archer repurposed as AP), same distance is quite fast. Hitting averages of 450mbps.

(edit versus the 150mbps speeds of 3rd node NOT sure how come tonight 3rd node performing well. Actually irritating as I was already planning to buy a cat 7 from HD Cabling or Compucable)

Whilst 3rd node usually averages 130mbps. Weirdly now up to 866mbps. Murphys law.

Unless my telkom upgrade for March to 200mbps kicked in finally. I logged a call today that fibre still seems to 100mbps.
 
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And 3rd node still 700mbps plus. I've never seen such speeds before on 3rd node.

Maybe interference and tonight none. Could be but Murphys law is real.
 
Saba'a said:
And 3rd node still 700mbps plus. I've never seen such speeds before on 3rd node.

Maybe interference and tonight none. Could be but Murphys law is real.
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Do a neighbouring network check using the usual tools at 700Mbps then again when you get 300Mbps and look for interference in the band

Also, what bands (2.4/5) and channels are you getting those speeds? Always good to compare apples with apples
 
Mzezman said:
Do a neighbouring network check using the usual tools at 700Mbps then again when you get 300Mbps and look for interference in the band

Also, what bands (2.4/5) and channels are you getting those speeds? Always good to compare apples with apples
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Asus is dual band (single wifi of both 2.4 and 5)

Tp link is the 2 split into wifis 2.4 and 5

5ghz band up to 450mbps

2.4 is 130mbps

I'll monitor for interference. But dont recall ever seeing interference previously.
 
neoprema said:
So, i find myself questioning my Asus Mesh as well.

I came from a Ubiquity mesh that performed like a bat out of hell. Due to the wonders of nature, i.e lightning that system was toast and my insurance replaced it with 2 x ASUS AX92U.

My experiences so far are similar - main node is fast, but the remote node can get iffy. The range is also horrible. My cylinder-shaped Ubiquities x 2 gave me well over 600m2 of coverage indoors and outdoors combined (i.e other end of a very large garden could still get high speeds back into house).

The Asus is giving me maybe 300m2 if i'm lucky - in some spots of the garden my phone just goes to LTE/5G.

But yeah, on your topic - i'm getting major speed decrease with a distance of 20-30m. I'm using Wireless backhaul as I was with the Ubiquity's as well. I wonder if its not somethning in the Asus radios and/or software.
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Replacing Ubiquiti with Asus o_O that's truly a tragedy. I'd change my insurance immediately.
 
On checking speeds of 3rd node this morning it was above 800, then dropped to above 700 and then about 585, up to 650 and now stable between 585 and 650mbps.

I do note that the 3 nodes were all on channel 11 (other nodes changed now to 6) with the inverter dongle also on channel 11(but now not visible).

Its quite interesting. But so far node 3 seems a bit better averaging 500 plus speeds and not lower.

Its dual channel. I wonder of the 5ghz is full with streaming netflix etc, whether it shifts to 2.5ghz explaining 130mbps speeds.

Now not doing that because 2 users not here, thus reducing demand on the node.

Any case thanks for inputs. I'll monitor.
 
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Saba'a said:
On checking speeds of 3rd node this morning it was above 800, then dropped to above 700 and then about 585, up to 650 and now stable between 585 and 650mbps.

I do note that the 3 nodes were all on channel 11 (other nodes changed now to 6) with the inverter dongle also on channel 11(but now not visible).

Its quite interesting. But so far node 3 seems a bit better averaging 500 plus speeds and not lower.

Its dual channel. I wonder of the 5ghz is full with streaming netflix etc, whether it shifts to 2.5ghz explaining 130mbps speeds.

Now not doing that because 2 users not here, thus reducing demand on the node.

Any case thanks for inputs. I'll monitor.
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all magic my guy...
 
Figured out issue. After connecting to ONT directly the signal on 3rd node was only good.


Although on ethernet backhaul, the auto doesn't use its brains and mesh was good NOT great.
After it switched to other node and showed weak I forced it onto ethernet backhaul.

Now connection great. Guess explains why previously I had poor speeds and then inexplicably good speeds. Murphy must have auto switched to ethernet.

At least now I have a possible explanation.
 
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