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RAX80 range is not that great
So, it seems the range is a little lacking. Using one Linksys Velop node placed in the same location would give me 5ghz and of course 2.4ghz to my outdoor camera. with the RAX80, I get zero signal....
I need a bit of help on my RAX80 setup. I heard that HT 80 and HT160 may give better range or performance. On my 7800 you could see where you could enable Ht160. On the RAX80 I cannot find that option.
- Firmware Version V1.0.1.40_1.0.22
- I've turned on QoS.
- 2.4Ghz
- Auto and 1,000 Mbps
- No coexist between 20 and 40 Mhz
- Security at AES only
- 5Ghz
- Its set at Mode 1,000 Mbps and Channel auto. FOund out you cant set Auto on higher Mode settings
- Security is set at AES only
- The setting is in the Advanced Wireless settings just like with the R7800. At the bottom section of that page.
Also note the you need to use lower numbered channels for HT160 to work. It needs contiguous channels which are only available in that channel section as non contiguous 80+80 split bonding required for HT160 in the higher numbered channels isn’t supported by many devices, ie not even the Intel 9260ac aka Killer 1550 seen in many new laptops.
Understand that unless you have client devices (phones/laptops) that support the HT160 feature it won’t really help, as the Intel card mentioned above is the only one I know in terms of laptop cards that support it. HT160 can actually lead to more interference and reduced range depending on how many nearby APs and their signal strength. Additionally it uses DFS channels so things like weather radars and other priority public/military utilities using that spectrum will cause the router to fall back to HT80 when detected. Overall I saw a ~120 MB/s (960 Mbps) transfer rate with HT160 when doing transfers between my laptop with an Intel 9260ac and my Samsung T5 SSD connected to the router vs 75-80 MB/s (640 Mbps) in HT80.
Unless you have a NAS or something that you do massive transfers to or really use gigabit ISP speeds, leave it on HT80 for greater stability. Doesn’t make much difference with phones and tablets even if those support HT160 as you would never need that much speed on those.
