Hi: just try to understand a bit more on how the limitations is being applied to the CDM Asus routers, is it controlled by hardware or at software/firmware level? Thank you.

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House type: Landed
Size of house: 2500sqf. 2 storey
Features required: coverage to all part of house with almost same speed near main router. 
Number of devices connected to WiFi: 5-6
Internet Speed: 400-500mbps (yes flexi 5g). Using 5g router brand xyzel
Budget: rm200-300.

Why nobody talk about WIFI 7, 802.11be?

Planning to buy RT-BE96U

Mesh system how ya? I’m not familiar with it. Need to buy how many pcs? Just connect it my 5g router by wire? Wifi?

Hi, I am planning to get TPLINK Deco MESH for my home, running with ethernet backhaul.

I would like to know how would be the setup like?

is it A or B at below image?

also can each unit of mesh extend with additional switch © ?

Hi Sifus: I would like to seek for advice.
I got an ASUS TUF-AX4200Q from China, I managed to got it connected to the internet but it seems like the wireless connection is not stable. For example, while my desktop computer connected via LAN cable can get 300 Mbps of test speed, my iPhone XR wireless connectivity seems like dropping from time to time and the spped test only gave me result of less than 10 Mbps. The other strange things is that my old IoT devices like the Xiaomi CCTVs are not able to connect to the wifi.

Appreciate you could advice. Attached are the screen shot of my router wireless setting.

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you wrote exactly what i had in mind while reading that post earlier in the morning.

People just never learn.

Buying a router with <200mW transmit power and wonder why it performs worst than a router with close to 1000mW transmit power.

Probably worst than whatever our ISP is giving for free.

Let me explain it with some facts .

Our current UNII-1 and UNII-3 5GHz band EIRP limit is 1000mW, which is the same as FCC. That's 5x the amount of power of China (200mW).

Due to the logarithmic nature, the actual coverage with 1000mW EIRP is approximately around double of 200mW EIRP instead of 5x.

In layman terms, if all things remain consistent, you'll get around double the Wi-Fi speed and double the range. Let say you have a 500Mbps Internet plan, 1000mW might give you around 250Mbps after 2 walls. With 200mW, that's around 125Mbps.

And when all your neighbors are blasting in full 1000mW, your SNR would be horrible with just 200mW, you'll have packet loss and occassionally high ping.

Changing the Wi-Fi country code in ASUSWRT professional settings and whatever trick you saw on a famous China forum don't actually work too. I validated it.

Anyways, most parts of EU can have up to 1000mW on RLAN 2 band. You can do up to 1000mW on UNII-3 band in SG as well.

Source:
https://www.mcmc.gov.my/skmmgovmy/media/Gen...WirelessLAN.pdf
https://www.imda.gov.sg/-/media/imda/files/...s/imdatssrd.pdf

Thank you for your reply, I found out that the wifi issue was due to the Guest Network. Once I disabled the Guest Network, the wifi connectivity immediately back to normal and stable.

This morning I reset the router and configure the router from scratch, everything works as expected, including all old smart devices live cctv and lights connected to the router without any issue.

I also tested the wifi coverage for both the 2.4 Ghz and 5Ghz, it is almost the same as the older RT-AC86U, though the AC86U is slightly better. For example, AC86U 2.4Ghz available at approximately 20 meter from the router but the AX-4200 only up to 17 meter. Mine is Unifi 300 Mbps, the TM speed test showed 60+ Mbps download speed while I was 17 meter away from the router.   

Regarding the Guest Network, as workaround, I only enable Guest Network-2

After scrolling through some of the discussion, I just came across some of the EIRP information on the TPLink and Mercusys websites. Most of them seem to have a transmission power of 23 dBm, or 200 mW on the UNII-1 and UNIII-2/2-Extended bands. May I know if that means that those WiFi routers are not capable of leveraging the 30dBm transmission power limit in Malaysia ?

Therefore I could assume that the TPLINK AX53 will have better wireless performance than Mercusys MR80X due to the factor as mentioned by you?

Thought I got a good deal during 12.12 sales, but ended up with a misleading device by Mercusys (TP-link), now I fully understand why there aren't many reviews in the market about Mercusys mesh system!

Bought a 2-pack Halo H70x mesh to try out, when set up with just only main node first, and immediately do speed test, can't even reach 400mbps on my current 500Mbps package.

This is tested on solely 5GHZ wifi 6 and also even on LAN CAT 5 E ethernet cables.

Turned on QOS and set bandwidth limit to 1000 Mbps also no use, or even 500 for that matter. Running on latest firmware!

Turned off UPNP, SLIG and use even cloudflare dns, nothing helps at all, will never be able to reach more than 400 Mbps.

anyone got any idea on configuring this devices?

There is no mode for me to change except turning on/off 2.4Ghz/5Ghz and not even setting MHZ options!


Funnily, one shopee seller advertise this device can go up to 800Mbps no issues.

If you dont mind, I can sell you mine, Mercusys H70x, bought it for 399 during 12.12 sales, retail price around 450.

But if your subscription speed is more than 300mbps, I wouldn't suggest you to use it as I'm facing problem for speeds over 300mbps
I was on Fiberhome ax3000 router, no such speed issues compared to this Ax1800 mesh.

AX1800 is not enough for speed more than 500 actually. Of course the soc and chipsets used also may be the limit
H70x might be using same older dual core mtk chip as some AC/WiFi 5 router chip, or maybe just firmware issues

thanks for the recommendation, but i'm not really looking to invest so much into a router as of now, hence why i'm looking for cheap alternatives. other than phones and my desktop, all other devices are pretty old and can't really take full advantage of such a modern router. heck i'll probably even downgrade my plan after the loyalty monthly discount runs out 
just looked through this and what you posted in other parts of this threads about china routers, thanks for the treasure trove of information. seems like this even affects brands like Asus that has same product skews both globally and in china where they use cheaper parts for the china version, makes sense i guess. I was pretty lucky when I bought my ASUS RT-AC66U from china back then. It was a significant upgrade over the TP Link AC1200 that TIME provided last time, more stable connection, etc., but i'm not sure if that's just placebo effect or what.

but not sure if this still holds true, someone previously told me “it's better to have multiple AP instead a singular strong AP". with that in mind, if the price makes sense (i.e. I can get a few decent routers as AP, saw some dirt cheap AX3000 telco units) and set it up as purely AP, connected over LAN (referring to my illustration previously provided), will the impact of restricted transmit power still be that significant now that I'm not relying on radio signal penetrating any walls since each space have their dedicated AP.

if that no longer holds true, any recommendations for decent AP that can cover 700 sqft space?
thanks for the info.

Hi, finally got the free speed upgrade from 800 mbps to 1gb yesterday.  The installer came with one unit of white Dlink DPN-FX3060V.  Currently my set up is the old grey modem + Dlink DIR-X3060Z.  Installer said there’s no need to change to the combo box, that the current set up is capable.  Is this correct? 
Download WiFi speed around 850mpbs near the router on iPhone 14. Will spped improve using the white combo box?  Many thanks.

(Will be betting a new TP link mesh as current M5 is no longer as capable)

What is the suggested model in the market? Is it still the Asus TUF-4200, as suggested previously? 9/9 sale is coming soon.

hi, need some advise here, my house now is 1600sq ft double story, working mostly upstairs wifi signal now is 2 bars out of 3 bars, current setup is 1gbps Unifi, tied to existing Unifi router and attached lan cable to my previous ax73 as a repeater both located downstairs, what will be the most cost effective ways to have strong wifi, do not need full 1gbps wifi speed, something stable from 500mbps, will be greatly appreciated. had no expertise doing backhaul as well, preferably buying something from shop and just plug and play. know previously to buy xe75, but couldn't locate it anymore on the shops after seeking for months. please help! thanks in advance.