It's hard to explain with text, so I made a YouTube video, hope you guys can learn from it. These XiaoMi routers are OpenWRT based, logically once you get SSH access, you can do whatever you want, if you familiar with OpenWRT. From my personal experience, the AX3600 beats all my routers/APs in hand, including Asus GT-AC5300/AC86U, Huawei AX3/AX3 Pro, Ubiquiti nanoHD/LR, Aruba IAP-225/IAP-315, MikroTik cAP ac/hAP ac2/Audience and many many more in terms of coverage and speed. Also, instead of writing their own firmware, XiaoMi decided to use OpenWRT and put a pretty GUI on top of it, so it's basically OpenWRT router + official Qualcomm driver(NSS enabled), with a decent skin, stability isn't a problem anymore, and due to official driver, performance is great too, it can also do QoS with full speed of my 800/200 Unifi plan. Regarding mesh, I see no lagging during roaming APs, 802.11 k/v and Qualcomm Wifi-Son supported, tested with ping in iPhone, FaceTime and MobileLegend. Love it! AX1800 is about 5% lower than AX3600 in WiFi, and can only do QoS at about 500mbps, without QoS can fully run my 800/200mbps, so my personal recommendation is to get an AX3600 @RM340 from Taobao, and add AX1800 as a mesh AP if you need any extra coverage, both wireless and LAN can do, @about RM170 each from Taobao too.

Comparison with Huawei AX3 Pro (not AX3) : https://www.acwifi.net/9937.html




How to add vlan tagging: https://youtu.be/jdg9KaC4LpY



2 meters from router:







This post has been edited by heidarren: Jul 26 2020, 02:21 PM

the video is private. can't watch it

Edited

interesting.. is there an English GUI for bananas?

On webpage, use google chrome translate whole page. On app, can select English in language setting

have you tested if HyppTV works well? eg. no lag or choppiness

finally!..... time to buy AX3600

Logically can be done, but I’m not familiar with OpenWRT, maybe someone who know it well can show us the commands to do so.

Prefer to wait for stabilized global firmware with pre-configured settings for popular ISP drop-down list like the one from Huawei.

Too confusing and troublesome for normal users to setup, must paste strings to access webgui very troublesome.

The Xiaomi AX3600 is a great router for the price. Too bad it doesn't support local environment really well here.

Huawei AX3 is really not that good compared to offerings from TP-Link.

TS, can share tabao link?

from reading at acwifi.net, seems that current wifi 6 routers not support mu-mimo in wifi 6 mode, so unless u plan to use it just for wifi 5, running a 4x4 in wifi 6 would be just waste of electricity

"waste of electricity"...... a bit too much to say like this bro, 4x4 not just meant for MU-MIMO, but also coverage. MU-MIMO is always tricky part to test, unless u use some device like SmallNetBuilder do to test, or else u can't really tell it's AP problem or client problem, especially when u only tested by using some models of phone. Btw, with OFDMA, MU-MIMO isn't as important as wifi 5 era anymore.

This post has been edited by heidarren: Jul 15 2020, 10:45 AM

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09...._u=f3olopeo3b87

I bought it from them, RMB539+RMB60 for shipping to Malaysia

True, but luckily we finally managed to get it run on Vlan tagging, the good thing is we only have to do it once and do a backup file, can restore config anytime.

Saw some reported disconnect issue during gaming, do you face any?

I found this router as picky as AC86U for LAN cable, if your LAN cable is bad, it will jump between 100mbps and 1Gbps, maybe this causes them disconnect.

I got a slim LAN cable, cat 6 32AWG, which I used to power up my Aruba IAP-315 by using PoE+ and 1Gbps connection, never have any problem, but when I connected to this router, it just can't stay at 1Gbps, changed to another normal LAN cable cat 5e 24AWG (not slim type) and the problem's gone, now it's stable for few weeks.

Noted. So wireless also stable? It is great for the price since VLAN is supported.

Meaning that can buy Xiaomi Router now? With the guide you share to change vlan?

Yes it's very stable, it's original Qualcomm driver based and thanks to Xiaomi didn't do many mod for it.

Waiting you to make the video tutorial

i saw it has many antenna and assumed it is 4x4, but just relook and found it is actually "2x2@160mhz / 4x4@80mhz", so it actually same 2x2 as huawei and tplink (maybe it is the so called 80+80 while others are true 160mhz...need research), all priced around rm300, so the advantage of this xiaomi besides maybe performance is mesh capability and modable firmware

This post has been edited by nonamer: Jul 15 2020, 02:48 PM

It’s Qualcomm special technology, to have 2x2 160MHz and 4x4 80MHz running simultaneously, normally if u have 2x2 160MHz client in the network will make ur 4x4 80MHz client stays in 2x2 80MHz, but Qualcomm make it possible to run both at the same time, u may do some research of it.

Been using 2 units of this router for some time now. One as a access point and the other the conventional way with a switch for VLAN tagging. Works well.

no...it is similar to the issue in redmi ac2100, capable of 160mhz in wifi 5, but comes at the expense of turning it from 4x4 to 2x2 mode, achieved by combining two 80mhz channels, u can search to find out more about this

It seems doesnt work for me bro. Anyone can help ?

im using AX1800 & firmware 1.0.34



config interface 'eth4'
option ifname 'eth4.621'
option keepup '1'

config interface 'ifb'
option ifname 'ifb0'

config interface 'guest'
option ifname ' '
option type 'bridge'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '192.168.19.1'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'

config interface 'wan'
option proto 'pppoe'
option special '0'
option username 'xxx@home.maxis.com.my'
option mru '1480'
option password 'xxx1'
option ifname 'eth4.621'




This post has been edited by allen84us: Jul 18 2020, 11:43 AM

this is existing TP-link router that works. am i supposed to use vlan11?

Update: it works like a charm by using vlan 11

Saw your post on right.com.cn, but I don't have an account to reply you there, lol

Maybe Maxis changed vlan tagging from 621 to 11? Not sure about it, but glad to hear it finally work for you, just don't forget to do a backup file so that you don't need to do it again if accidentally reset.

This post has been edited by heidarren: Jul 18 2020, 01:11 PM

Thank you for guide. Otherwise I'm still using the stupid tplink router. 😜

This post has been edited by allen84us: Jul 18 2020, 06:11 PM

I am really interested to get this router since there is a way to use it on UNIFI.

But the issue mentioned has made me stumped.

I have a Asus PCE AC68 wifi adapter which is 3x3.

If pair with this router, will I still get the 3x3 link speed of 1.3Gbps?

How long did it take to ship from China using Taobao? Saw one unit RMB539 free shipping. RM327. 😋

I bought my ax1800 from taobao rmb289. Airway take 7 days

should be no problem if u set the channel width to only 80mhz and not 160mhz

Hi. Would like find out what shipping you choose? 官方集运 or 直送？shipping by seller or by yourself ?

I used 官方直运

Meaning u paid for shipping correct? How much did u pay? Thx. They charging RMB64.50 for direct shipping. But I don’t understand 官方集运。Consolidated shipment. RMB21 onwards. So do we need to pay for it?



This post has been edited by toytoy: Jul 18 2020, 07:07 PM

官方集运 means consolidated shipment. You only use this if you are buying multiple items from multiple seller and want to combine them into 1 package. If you only buy 1 item then use 官方直运, and yes you need to pay for shipping overseas.

This post has been edited by mianghuei: Jul 18 2020, 07:17 PM

直送. So it it direct ship via airway

May I know how much u paid for shipping? Thanks.

I hope this is helpful. Ship to kl. RMB35

Thx for the info. 🙏🏻💪🏻

Bro any option to connect vpn services like expressvpn? Thx.

i also having problem to connect to expressvpn...anyone has luck on this?

need help pls!
i cant do as your youtube. after key in my unifi username and password it does not go to the page for wifi password



https://pictr.com/images/2020/07/21/7rYXRG.png

any chance to config the vlan tag for port 2 to be maxis voip instead?

current setup:
BTU > WAN Maxis TP Link (bridge mode for voip) Port 2 > AX3600

Wondering if AX3600 can be installed this way
BTU > WAN AX3600 Port 2 > Maxis TP Link

Thank ts for the awesome guide. I manage to get it up and running without any issues . AX3600 is a beast of a router. Sadly i don't have any wifi 6 devices but I can definitely appreciate the awesome coverage and speed. Definitely better than my previous D-Link 882/Asus AC68u. Note, if you have error code 1521 and have trouble accessing the scp path, try downgrading your firmware to 1.0.17 and try again. That helped me as the router i purchased came with the latest firmware.

Any link to download firmware Redmi AX5 version 1.0.16 ???

you using redmi ax5 as well? can you manage do as the video?

I bought redmi ax5 from taobao and shipped to here last week, costs me 189RMB.

I setup it as access point instead while TM cheapskate router as PPPoE dialup.

I can say the WiFi performance is way better than TM 1 with this given price.

Most important is single dual band SSID.. It will switch you in between 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz channel based on your SNR and supported device. Hassle free.

http://miwifi.com/wap_download.html

Latest redmi ax5 version is 1.0.26 now.

i noticed that the AX5 router ipv6 is off by default.. so do we turn it ON?

kinda noob question

You may, as now unifi started roll out ipv6 too.
No harm to enable it.

Thank you heidarren.

Configure AX1800 successfully.
Provider: Unifi
Location: KK

This post has been edited by jimk68: Jul 24 2020, 10:48 PM

Xiaomi AX3600 is huge ! I received the unit today.



This post has been edited by ldragon: Jul 24 2020, 11:04 PM

hi sifus, sorry for asking...

does AX1800 supports vlan? i.e. i can connect it directly to the BTU.

Yes, just follow the guide then u can directly connect to BTU

Anyone able to get expressvpn to work on xiaomi router?

really based on openwrt? I'm a noob when it comes to router, looking to buy this one as my first 'hackable' router to tinker with.

btw no english for the web interface?

This post has been edited by amir.asyraf: Jul 28 2020, 01:58 PM

use google chrome auto translate / smartphone app are in English



This post has been edited by ldragon: Jul 28 2020, 08:05 PM

Chepest I found in shopee. Free shipping. RM10 shop discount. 10% Cashback. 1 year warranty. Total comes down to RM350.

i can do it and connect thru btu but i cannot get ip6 wan ip ...haizzzz

that means i cant access internet.
Anyone cant solve it ? (ax5 firmware 1.026)

thx ts for sharing. tried setting up everything even downgrading firmware, still got dns error, all follow steps, all ok. but msg say dialling to wan success. onli error from dns. then tried manually gugel dns ip or gugel for solution and diff dns ip still cannot work. sob...

ax3600

where can i download firmware version 1.0.16 for redmi AX5.

i wanna to dwongrade redmi AX5 firmware ....(currently 1.0.26)

i wonder does the 2.4g capability of ax5/ax1800/ax3600 (2x2 and 1ghz+ processor and FEM) enable the auto selection of 4k resolution in youtube in android boxes?

my previous router which is '2x2 1.0ghz' not able to autoload 4k, now change to '3x3 1.2ghz' only can, wondering is it because of the faster wireless chip or processor or both?

because if buying these latest routers and not able to autoload 4k is losing a feature

This post has been edited by nonamer: Aug 3 2020, 06:12 PM

why do you want to have ipv6?

http://cdn.cnbj1.fds.api.mi-img.com/xiaoqi...3805_1.0.16.bin

Video quality assignment is based on your wan bandwidth and wireless connection.

Assuming your WAN bandwidth is not an issue.. 5GHz wireless connection in house definitely would get you to 4k selection.

the android box wifi chip is rtl8189es (1x1, 2.4ghz, 802.11n), not support 5ghz, not even 802.11a

i think is because of increased throughput from faster processor and from 2x2 to 3x3 configuration

according to following article, even though client antenna remain same, going from 2x2 to 3x3 can increase performance by 10-30%

https://pakedge.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/2x...matterfind-out/

but the question is, is the 2.4ghz 2x2 router able to? (autoselect 4k youtube in android box)

or maybe with closer distance it is possible? have not tried that

bandwidth not issue as 4k only need like 30mbps my internet is 100mbps


This post has been edited by nonamer: Aug 4 2020, 06:32 PM

with your 802.11n wireless chipset.. 150Mbps max throughput in 40MHz(only if so lucky connected in 150Mbps max speed) .. deduct half-duplex nature(-50%), overhead, signal strength & uncertain interference especially 2.4Ghz..your topbox barely support 4k auto selection.

This post has been edited by KyEap: Aug 4 2020, 08:38 PM

morning all, has anyone managed to add vlan tagging for Redmi AX5? for unifi

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This post has been edited by n0v1ce: Aug 10 2020, 11:11 PM

Finally got my unit at 10.30PM yesterday 😅
Straight jumped into setting it up and managed to connect to unifi thanks to the great tutorial by heidarren.

However, not all went well, the unit came with firmware 1.0.2x and the SSH hack doesn't work. After 1 hour of trial and error and doing some research online finally found out that the SSH hack only works on firmware version 1.0.17 as per heidarren's tutorial. So for the newer units have to downgrade the firmware first. After gaining SSH access can update to latest firmware withouy problem.

It's a big upgrade to the TP-Link AC1900 Touch P5 Router I am currently using. WiFi Speed on iPhone X is over 300Mbps which never reach before.

Was able to get full 800/200 Mpbs on Laptop and the range is much better. My router is on one end of the house whereas my home office is at the other end. Prevoiusly cannot get past 20Mbps but now can get over 100Mbps download however upload is still less than 20Mbps. Even PS4 able to get 600/200Mpbs. Never see this kind of speed before. Fired up a game of COD WWII Multiplayer and gotten full green bar for all 3 TDM.

All in all it is a great router and easy to use. Don't allow me to set non-standard IP Range though. Tried to start with 221.x.x.x but not allowed hehe.

What is the max theoretical speed we can get if add another unit of AX3600 as MESH? Thinking of adding another unit upstairs to get better speed in my home office.







This post has been edited by toytoy: Aug 11 2020, 03:11 PM

Tried connecting ExpressVPN using L2TP protocol and surprisingly it worked. LA3 didn't work but NY2 worked. Maybe you can try it out.



Very smart feature. Can assign specific website to use VPN or specific device to use VPN.



This post has been edited by toytoy: Aug 11 2020, 06:30 PM

if it is able to continuously reconnect dropped connection it is improvement over original openwrt's l2tp client which couldnt so the only practical choice is to use openvpn

Thanks very much bro ....

Redmi AX6 just announced RMB369. Maybe can buy it for MESH setup

https://xiaomidna.com/news/redmi-router-ax6...at-369-yuan-53/

This post has been edited by toytoy: Aug 12 2020, 12:35 PM

Hi All, I bought another unit of ax3600 to setup mesh. I am only able to get around 400Mbps max even when I put the routers next to each other. This is not normal right? When I put the unit upstairs I only get Around 200Mbps. I can get more than 300Mbos Connecting directly to the main unit. 😓

I am on latest firmware and factory reset the unit already to try again. Still same. I see YouTube ppl getting around 700Mbps. Am I missing anything? Thx 🙏🏻

Interesting,

What device are you using to check the connection speed ?

When you testing what's the link speed of the connected device to the router ?

Did you try using lan connection to test on the child node ?

I used an old laptop with intel ax200 WiFi module [bought from shopee for RM35. Recommended!!] Having the laptop right beside main node I get above 800Mbps at stable 2.2 Gbps link speed. Connected to the Child node beside the main node I get less than 400Mbps. Link speed I don’t remember but should be more than 1Gbps.

Connected to child node upstairs using lan cable can get around 500Mbps. Swap to WiFi straight drop to 280Mbps.

Let me say first that I don't have a mesh network so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Potentially the location of the child node is not ideal, signal strength is not good enough.

You also have to consider that wifi is best effort basis.

Also, you are using WiFi backhaul . Some of the wifi band is taken up for interconnect between the router.

Another thing you can try is to check the WiFi settings of the child network to make sure it's transmit power and channel width.

-----------------------

If anyone is considering to let go their unit.

Do PM me, I am looking for a 2nd unit to try mesh.

Intel AX200 for RM35? Got link?

Sorry. I just checked. RM30 After deduct shopee coin and voucher. Original price RM43.

https://shopee.com.my/product/269995966/784...6054?smtt=0.0.9

The test was carried out with child node around 1.5m beside a the main node using wireless backhaul. If wireless backhaul cuts down the bandwidth my half then 400Mbps seems to be right. WiFi setting and channel for child cannot be changed. I’ve tried few channels below 48 still same.

ax3600 considered have dedicated wireless backhaul? Or have is it Technically possible for other more expensive routers to achieve 800Mbps on the mesh network?

I have tried AV1300 powerline adaptor and now mesh network. Still I’m only getting around 200Mpbs in my home office. Spent more than RM1k ady. Pull one Ethernet cable also not so expensive. I wan die ady. 😭😭😭

Do you have a long lan cable ?

Try use wired backhaul instead. Connect a lan cable between router and child.

Then test again see.

AFAIK, ax3600 no mention of dedicated backhaul.

If you want full speed you need to pull lan cable.

For normal use, 200 to 300 Mbps is plenty already.

Thx for the suggestion. I was trying to avoid pulling a cable. Was disappointed with powerline adaptor and was hopeful mesh could solve my problem.

Yes I agree 200-300 is more than enough but I have been paying for 800Mbps for a long time without really able to fully utilise it due to device limitations. 😭

Was hoping the latest WiFi 6 and mesh could help solve the problem. Sigh.

I was connected to the router at 1.2Gbps. I believe the other half of 1.2Gbps was used for wireless backhaul. Cut that by half I should still get around 500-600Mbps. But I only get less than 400 when placing the child next yo main. In my home office behind one wall I can only get around 200Mbps. 🤯

This post has been edited by toytoy: Aug 23 2020, 08:02 PM

It could be an issue with the current firmware of the ax3600 as MESH capability was only added recently.

If you really want to get up to 800mbps via wireless backhaul, you need to look into the high end AX mesh routers.

When the child unit is next to the main unit, try to use a short lan cable to connect and test again.

Do check that the backhaul is stated "ethernet".

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try tonight. Hopefully it’s a firmware problem. 🤞🏻

TP Link want to sell? think of replacing my oren unifi router

i also just bot ax3600 + ax1800 from tb.

this router even though the NPU seems attractive but it still cant really replace a single board computer as main router because it doesnt have storage space to be able to run a torrent capable router that complement 100mbps line allowing downloads to run nonstop / overnight / during work hours

This post has been edited by nonamer: Aug 25 2020, 05:43 PM

I afraid this is an NAS job to do, previous gen XiaoMi routers has a lot of fancy features including this, they were too greedy to try to bring as many features as they can in order to have more selling point, but in the end non of them useful due to instability. This time they decided to cut all fancy things out and focus on routing and wifi only, I think this is the right way because the most important thing for a wireless router is stable, focus on the main thing is always the right choice.

Stable vs features, you choose. Wanna have both? Can, but clearly not @RM350, everything has a cost.

This post has been edited by heidarren: Aug 25 2020, 12:10 PM

after ssh hack, if upgrade, all vlan setting missing?

Once hack all intact. Update like normal.

Hi all...... redmi ax6 can ssh hack? probably no one have experience with it yet since its very new.
price is so so so tempting compared to ax3600

https://shopee.com.my/Xiaomi-Redmi-Router-A...7355.5148488852

So far no SSH hack for this model yet

Not sure if this helps but...
I tested 2 units of Deco M9 Plus on my unifi 800Mbps connection.
Master deco in AP mode connected to my main router.
I put the slave deco M9 about 5m from the main, the deco app shows the slave is getting full signal from the master deco.
I connected my laptop to the slave deco using ethernet and ran the speedtest and got 800++Mbps.

Then I moved the slave deco 1 floor down where the signal from the master deco was 2 to 3 bars. Connected my laptop like the previous test, and got 300+ Mbps.

However, the built in speedtest in the deco android app can only get 500 to 600+Mbps max after several tries.