Netgear orbi RBK853

[cookiemonsteruk]

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@Raths wrote:

While i have you, does the asus XT & the ET (6E version) allow dhcp option 61? I woulf prefer as best as possible and 6E is what my PC is. 

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@Raths trusting i uploaded the ET12 👍

[Raths]

Great! it seems asus works well with sky fttp!

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Raths 

Yes. My first asus was a dsl ac55u and they have gone out off their way to make the process user friendly

[Raths]

Update: Asus ET12 has arrived all configuration has been done & im getting around 740-760 down & 110 up over wifi in the same room and around 400/500 down downstairs. Only using 1 atm and will add another soon. Amazing compared to the 💩 isp router. (Sorry sky)

[Magicmart]

Hi can I use the ASUS ZenWiFi Pro XT12 direct ans remove the sr203 that I have ?

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Magicmart 

If you have an fttp line then all asus wifi 6 ax and axe router should work directly connected to the ont and the images above should be the same for all xt and et models

[Raths]

Im all good using the asus XT12 mesh system as it has option 61, replaced the 💩sky router and now getting just about full gigabit over wifi. 

[Raths]

Yup 

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Raths 

Are you using both mesh units ontop of the main router? What speeds are you getting at the furthest node to the main router?

[Raths]

I swapped out the ET12 for the XT12 as the ET12 its better for wired backhauling & i cant do wired backhauling. XT12 2 pack was on sale for £560 for black friday on amazon which is a great price which has a dedicated 5ghz-2 just for backhauling If i connect directly to the 2nd node via ethernet to my pc i get basically the same as the main router. Few ms ping higher

Took this 30 mins ago

 

[Raths]

That pic is wifi on my iphone 12 while im connected to the 2nd node.

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Raths 

Holy Moley. I am assuming that using ax or axe 👍

[Raths]

This is a speedtest from the furthest space in inside the  garage which has foil backed brickwalls, ping a bit higher but nothing important happens in the garage

 

[Magicmart]

Thank u for the reply it's fibre to cabinet 70 meg it's all confusing and stressing me out lol so can I just unplug and plug in my sr203 router and plug in the xt12

[Raths]

AX, its these ASUS ZenWiFi Pro XT12 (2 Pack) - lhttps://amzn.eu/7mZ3AUG

personally its worth it, i would have done ubiquity pro enterprise gear with access points but i cant do any ethernet without basically remodelling the house. was built in 2008 so not that old...but they didnt think of the future which is a PITA when it comes to what to do, mesh was the only thing (coulr do powerline) but we have separate circuits for upstairs and down so not ideal. basically now the entire house is covered with wifi & the 2nd node for PC i can connect via ethernet & also some decices i have bind just to the main router so it doesnt switch to the node / vice versa.

also created a guest network for 2.4ghz & then hidden it so things like ring devices like cameras etc are just on a 2.4gz band and not taking up 5ghz bandwidth.