[Maylyn - Networking] ASUS ZenWiFi XT8

[Apex]

Maybe his house huge bungelow. Lol

Yah but not AP in each bedroom. I do know some 5 Star Hotel install AP in each room.

 

[dirtysock]

So currently the telephone jacks in the bedroom and household shelter will be converted to data points.

My question was how to link all 4 (bedrooms + shelter) data points back to the main XT8. I would prefer wired backhaul instead of wireless.

Current constraint is no hacking or laying new trunking.

After some thoughts, 4 XT8 seems overkill. Hence thinking to add just one XT8.

This is my planned layout, would this work?

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[Apex]

I think this setup should be good enough.

XT8 has 3 port. So for a start if not all room need LAN u can do away with the switch first.

 

[jasonho]

I would suggest the following options :

Wired back-haul :

1) Replacing the XT8 inside the DB box with a wired 4-6 lan ports router like Microtik router or UBNT Edgerouter X or even your own pFsense router. For the Living Room XT8 and Bdrm 2 XT8 can connect to the router forming a AiMesh environment.

ONT <-----> Wired router
........................|
........................|(Router Lan port 1) <-----> Living Room XT8 Main node - AP mode (Wan port)
........................|
........................|(Router Lan port 2) <-----> Bdrm 2 XT8 (Wan port)

Pro : You save costs vs option 2 and potentially gain more router feature such as firewall, QOS control.

Cons : U will lose some feature of Asus like DDNS and remote Asus App management of your wireless XT8 setup. And you need to learn how to tinkle with those wired router setup.

2) Go with your original planned setup but minus the switch since XT8 has 3 lan ports behind

ONT <-----> XT8 Main router
........................|
........................|(Router Lan port 1) <-----> Living Room XT8 node (Wan port)
........................|
........................|(Router Lan port 2) <-----> Bdrm 2 XT8 node (Wan port)

Pro : You have a full XT8 setup and able to control management all your XT8 units locally and remotely using web and Asus mobile apps

Cons : U will need to spend a bit more money vs option A. And you may have overlapping wifi zones *eg DB + Living room* and potentially wasting the tri-band bandwidth of XT8.

Wireless back-haul

3) Connect ONT to the living room using the LAN pt and move the Living Room XT8 to in between DB box and the lan point and facing the corridor towards the room. Connect a 2nd X8 via Wireless AiMesh in either your Bedroom 2 or MBdrm.

ONT <-----> (DB Living RM Lan) <-----> Living Room XT8 Main Router node (Wan port)
........................................................................|
........................................................................|(XT8 dedicated 5GHz band) <-----> Bdrm 2/MBedroom XT8 node

Pro : Cheapest of the 3 options. And you have a full XT8 setup and able to control management all your XT8 units locally and remotely using web and mobile apps. Of course this is the least power consumption and you dont have to worry about the ventilation / heat issues inside the box

Cons : Wifi speed in Bedroom 1 2 and MBdroom is def slowly than wired back-haul but def more than enough for most usage.

Not sure what will be your usage patterns in those bdroom. I did the same for my house. You can read it over here. I am able to get 300-400Mbps consistent and stable speed using the wireless back-haul approach.

PS : In fact there's alternation option - a variant of 1) . that's the replace the XT8 in option 1) with XD4 assuming you wont need any LAN connectivity in Living Room or Bedrooms. This option is potentially the cheapest option among all.

 

[skpuppy]

I feel if you were to convert all telephone line to lan, you will get limited bandwidth (maybe capped at 100mbps). If you put 4x XT8 in each room wirelessly, you may get 200-300mbps if you are on a 1gbps plan?

 

[dragonics]

For those interested, Courts online is selling $749 2sets/box with additional 10% off. i.e $67x. 10% off for single set too.

 

[miffster]

Is it possible to disable the wifi of the router in the DB box ? Is that a good idea ?

 

[XiaoFu99]

For XT8, is it possible to assign any 1Gbps LAN port as WAN? The purpose of doing so is to utilize the 2.5Gbps port as LAN instead. Thanks!

 

[jasonho]

Is it possible to disable the wifi of the router in the DB box ? Is that a good idea ?

It is possible but not a good idea to have a $300-400 WiFi router for that. Suggest you get a wires router that is below $100 and use the XT8 for other locations

 

[th3pr0]

It is possible but not a good idea to have a $300-400 WiFi router for that. Suggest you get a wires router that is below $100 and use the XT8 for other locations

will you lose the tri band if you do this, if the $100 router do not support tri band?

 

[jasonho]

will you lose the tri band if you do this, if the $100 router do not support tri band?

I am assuming you only have 1 XT8? If you are connecting a XT8 to the main router as a AP (via LAN) and not a mesh node, it should retain all wifi functions and features.

 

[jasonho]

For XT8, is it possible to assign any 1Gbps LAN port as WAN? The purpose of doing so is to utilize the 2.5Gbps port as LAN instead. Thanks!

when using the XT8 as a single router, you can turn one of the three Gigabit LAN ports into a WAN and the WAN port into a Multi-Gig LAN.

 

[XiaoFu99]

when using the XT8 as a single router, you can turn one of the three Gigabit LAN ports into a WAN and the WAN port into a Multi-Gig LAN.

thanks.

let say XT8 as router and AiMesh (via wired backhaul) RT-AX58U, can the WAN be still reassigned to 1gbps port?


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[th3pr0]

I would suggest the following options :

Wired back-haul :

1) Replacing the XT8 inside the DB box with a wired 4-6 lan ports router like Microtik router or UBNT Edgerouter X or even your own pFsense router. For the Living Room XT8 and Bdrm 2 XT8 can connect to the router forming a AiMesh environment.

ONT <-----> Wired router
........................|
........................|(Router Lan port 1) <-----> Living Room XT8 Main node - AP mode (Wan port)
........................|
........................|(Router Lan port 2) <-----> Bdrm 2 XT8 (Wan port)

Pro : You save costs vs option 2 and potentially gain more router feature such as firewall, QOS control.

Cons : U will lose some feature of Asus like DDNS and remote Asus App management of your wireless XT8 setup. And you need to learn how to tinkle with those wired router setup.

this option seem to be a great way for me to setup. but instead of 2 XT8, it will be:
ONT <-----> Wired router
........................|
........................|(Router Lan port 1) <-----> Living Room XT8 Main node - AP mode (Wan port)
........................|
........................|(Router Lan port 2) <-----> Bdrm 2 RT-AX55 (Wan port)

just want to check for this setup, the 2 asus router will form a AiMesh but we wont be able to use the "Asus Router" app to control it?
UBNT Edgerouter X is selling for around $85, but is it difficult to setup this router?

 

[icetrap]

So currently the telephone jacks in the bedroom and household shelter will be converted to data points.

My question was how to link all 4 (bedrooms + shelter) data points back to the main XT8. I would prefer wired backhaul instead of wireless.

Current constraint is no hacking or laying new trunking.

After some thoughts, 4 XT8 seems overkill. Hence thinking to add just one XT8.

This is my planned layout, would this work?

Can open image in new tab for enlarged view.

I also thinking of getting 3xXT8 even though overkill. My house is similar to yours but has 4 rooms after bedroom 1,2,3,4. The masteroom has bad reception.

Currently using Lyra.

I only have a wired access to the masterroom. Too bad there is no XT8 3 pack. I am thinking of getting the WIfi 6 router instead with 2 x XT8

 

[piggyblur]

Same as above I also plan to have 3 XT8 but worried about heat issue in dB box.

 

[mdax23]

So you both can buy 1 pack and share so each of you can have 3 XT8s.

 

[piggyblur]

So you both can buy 1 pack and share so each of you can have 3 XT8s.

Lol I got mine already

 

[magix]

They do sell i unit XT8

https://www.hachi.tech/intelligent-...600-triband-mesh-wifi-6-black0--0192876470571

 

[piggyblur]

Yes anyone also using 3 x XT8 and also place main in dB box? How’s so far?