The price different aldy should hint something

Hi All,

Anyone using this Tenda Model here ?

https://www.tendacn.com/my/product/W18E.html




i am currently using it as Multiple Wan load balancer.

Wan 1 - 300mb ( Maxis )
Wan 2 - 300mb ( Unifi )
Wan 3 - 300mb ( Unifi )

But running speed test only get 280-300 range instead of combination of 300mb x3.

Should at least get 800mb right ?

Hope someone can help. thanks alot

That speed test is correct for a load balancer. if u want 300mb x3, you will need a multiplexer instead.

thank you very much
it confirm my suspicion, it just balance the incoming speed and not add up the total speed

Any idea why recently my AC18 keep auto factory reset by itself? something related to hardware?

did u try to clear the nvram by going into the CFE mode? or if u overclocked the unit, try to readjust it to default speed.

This post has been edited by edministrator: Nov 18 2020, 07:30 PM

yea, only happens in merlin tho. using stock 800mhz speed

This post has been edited by prokiller1199: Nov 18 2020, 07:30 PM

i m using asus official 3.0.0.4.386_40558, so far so good, with mesh mode also (2 units of ac18)

I google it seems something happened with hardware tho, after use 2 years recently starting to behave weirdly

Anyone here using Tenda wifi adapter U12? I had some weird issues today. It couldn't connect to my 5Ghz signal despite always connecting prior to this. After performing release and renew via command prompt I could connect but speed was 10 times slower(from 100Mbps to 10Mbps). My Note 8 had no issues connecting to the 5Ghz signal and speed was at 100Mbps.
When I connected to 2.4Ghz, I was getting about 50Mbps. After awhile I switched back to 5Ghz and speeds were back to normal.

Anyone came across this issue?

I had various issues (slow speeds, lag, can't connect with 5GHz) with U12 so I returned it.

im now using ac23 china unit which purchased during 11.11 (not much discount but turn out to be a right decision)

i didnt choose msia unit coz the english edition comes with alexa (tenda website doesnt state it but from amazon can know it support alexa) and also i prefer the firmware support for china unit

use it together with rtl8812bu mu-mimo usb adapter in windows 7 it is able to achieve ultra low latency performance for csgo gaming

one issue encountered was when using a mediatek router as repeater somehow would cause the ac23 visual quality and performance to become bad (maybe something to do with repeater or mu-mimo compatibility), change the repeater to tenda-realtek ac1200 and everything becomes smooth


This post has been edited by nonamer: Nov 25 2020, 04:02 PM

I avoided the China units because they don't work with local ISP. Surprised to hear yours worked out of the box.

im using AP mode only i have openwrt main router to provide stability and properly qos my 100mbps line

This ASUS official firmware - just use this to upgrade AC18 firmware? Is there any other steps I need to do as well? Thanks in advance for your help.

need modified.

bootloader needs to be modified and the process is not for the faint hearted.

Should I ask the question here tho? If let say AX50 and AC23 is at the same price. Which one will you choose ya?

I would not choose ac23 as cut so many things from AC18...

a 4x4 router such as ac23 generally will be more ideal to serve multiple users

ax50 (2x2) is more meant to be "ad hoc AP" (turn on when needed) extension to main router for low latency gaming purpose with ax200 adapter