1. By defaul the wireless region setting is China which has similar Tx power limiting regulation as Singapore, at least for the typical frequency bands of lower 5GHz bands (-23dBm).
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...home-networking.6653421/page-5#post-152744363
Frequency Band (MHz) 5150 – 5350
EIRP Power, Pe.i.r.p:
≤ 23 dBm
2. I compare the signal strength of Asus TUF-6500 with my trusted Asus RT-AX86U and find out that the signal of TUF-6500 is weaker by about 5dBm or more, so the coverage is not as good as Asus RT-AX86U (Asia region setting).
Singtel 1Gbps Fibre internet, Acer Windows 11 laptop (2021 model) with Intel AX201 WiFi 6 adapter.
Asus TUF-6500 in the living room, CH44, 80MHz channel bandwidth
Asus RT-AX86U in the living room, CH149, 80MHz channel bandwidth
a) One thick wall between the wireless client and the TUF-6500, 7m away (common toilet), signal strength is about -62dBm, compared to -57dBm of the RT-AX86U.
Bash:
PS C:\work\speedtest\ookla-speedtest-1.2.0-win64> .\speedtest.exe -s 13623
Speedtest by Ookla
Server: Singtel - Singapore (id: 13623)
ISP: Singtel Fibre
Idle Latency: 4.20 ms (jitter: 0.75ms, low: 3.43ms, high: 6.27ms)
Download: 291.34 Mbps (data used: 154.4 MB)
15.06 ms (jitter: 10.39ms, low: 4.03ms, high: 87.46ms)
Upload: 130.72 Mbps (data used: 70.1 MB)
113.93 ms (jitter: 39.26ms, low: 4.09ms, high: 305.61ms)
Packet Loss: 0.0%
Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/a211277e-dceb-4b42-8b45-65a26149eb32
b) Two walls in between the wireless client and the TUF-6500, 10m away (yard area for the washing machine). SIgnal is already quite weak at between -72dBm to -74 dBm. Sometimes it may even lose connection or show connection but no Internet.
Bash:
PS C:\work\speedtest\ookla-speedtest-1.2.0-win64> .\speedtest.exe -s 13623
Speedtest by Ookla
Server: Singtel - Singapore (id: 13623)
ISP: Singtel Fibre
Idle Latency: 3.42 ms (jitter: 0.25ms, low: 3.07ms, high: 4.05ms)
Download: 108.39 Mbps (data used: 159.5 MB)
42.22 ms (jitter: 30.67ms, low: 5.48ms, high: 197.43ms)
Upload: 45.85 Mbps (data used: 55.4 MB)
332.36 ms (jitter: 79.43ms, low: 25.56ms, high: 1108.40ms)
Packet Loss: Not available.
Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/8a26df64-a55b-4eaf-a0f0-5a0c125d2586
c) Asus RT-AX86U test result as a comparison in this weak signal area with -65 dBm to -67 dBm signal strength.
Bash:
PS C:\work\speedtest\ookla-speedtest-1.2.0-win64> .\speedtest.exe -s 13623
Speedtest by Ookla
Server: Singtel - Singapore (id: 13623)
ISP: Singtel Fibre
Idle Latency: 4.12 ms (jitter: 1.21ms, low: 3.02ms, high: 6.10ms)
Download: 238.21 Mbps (data used: 383.5 MB)
15.49 ms (jitter: 11.50ms, low: 6.81ms, high: 184.91ms)
Upload: 64.16 Mbps (data used: 41.7 MB)
431.24 ms (jitter: 88.30ms, low: 46.62ms, high: 932.05ms)
Packet Loss: Not available.
Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/a185b300-13da-49a1-91b7-4a5805020239
