华硕^(ASUS)今年年初发布了AiMesh 系统^{(AiMesh system)}的消息，该系统允许华硕路由器^{(ASUS router)}的现有用户添加其他华硕路由器^{(ASUS router)}并创建自己的自制网状^{(home-made mesh)} WiFi 系统^{(WiFi system)}。如果您想提高大型家庭的无线网络覆盖范围和速度^{(wireless network coverage and speed)}，购买网状全家庭WiFi 系统^{(WiFi system)}非常有意义。但是，如果您不必这样做，而您只是购买了另一台华硕路由器^{(ASUS router)}来创建网状WiFi怎么办？您是否仍然在WiFi 速度和覆盖范围^{(WiFi speed and coverage)}方面获得实际收益？为了回答这些问题，我们创建了自己的ASUS AiMesh 系统^{(ASUS AiMesh system)}并将其与竞争的全家WiFi 系统^{(WiFi system)}进行比较。以下是您获得的真实下载量和WiFi信号强度：

注意：^(NOTE:)如果您不知道什么是网状WiFi，请先阅读这篇文章：什么是网状无线网络^{(wireless network)}或全家WiFi 系统^{(WiFi system)}？

我们用于测试华硕 AiMesh的设置^{(ASUS AiMesh)}

首先，让我们看一下我们测试中使用的公寓以及它是如何设置的。您可以看到主ASUS AiMesh 设备^{(ASUS AiMesh device)}放置在客厅^{(living room)}。使用无线路由器时，厨房^(Kitchen)和中型^(Medium)阳台等房间的信号强度并不高。为了提高网络的覆盖范围，我将第二台路由器放在了大卧室^{(Big Bedroom)}。因此，中型阳台^{(Medium balcony)}应该受益于更稳定的WiFi。然后，第三个路由器位于厨房^(Kitchen)入口附近，以提高那里的覆盖范围。

我们用于创建ASUS AiMesh 设置^{(ASUS AiMesh setup)}的路由器是两台ASUS RT-AC86U（其中一台用作AiMesh的主路由器）和一台ASUS RT-AC88U。

我们的测试是使用一个快速的 1 Gigabit Internet 连接^{(Gigabit Internet connection)}完成的，该连接能够以高达 500 Mbps的速度在 Internet 上上传。我们使用HP Spectre 13笔记本电脑进行测量，并将华硕 AiMesh^{(ASUS AiMesh)}获得的所有结果与TP-Link Deco M5（一个竞争网状系统^{(mesh system)}也包含三个设备）以及我们最初拥有的华硕 RT-AC88U 路由器^{(ASUS RT-AC88U router)}进行了比较在测试单元^{(test apartment)}中，作为管理我们网络的唯一路由器。

^{(ASUS AiMesh)}2.4 GHz 无线频段上的^{(GHz wireless)}华硕 AiMesh：信号强度稳定，下载速度提高两到三倍

我们用inSSIDer^(inSSIDer)测量了我们公寓所有房间的信号强度。您可以在下面看到，华硕 AiMesh^{(ASUS AiMesh)}在所有房间都提供了非常出色的信号强度^{(signal strength)}，变化比TP-Link Deco M5更小，并且比传统路由器稳定很多。

然后，我们使用SpeedTest来查看使用 2.4 GHz 无线^{(GHz wireless)}频率时所有房间的互联网连接速度。^{(internet connection)}华硕 AiMesh^{(ASUS AiMesh)}非常出色，下载速度^{(download speed)}比TP-Link Deco M5快两到三倍，具体取决于房间。

在测量上传速度时，大多数房间的差异较小但仍然显着。

接下来，我们使用PassMark 性能测试在 2.4 ^{(PassMark Performance test)}GHz 频段^{(GHz band)}连接到网络的两台计算机之间传输数据。再次^(Again)，华硕 AiMesh^{(ASUS AiMesh)}在所有房间都提供了极快的下载速度。除了在一个房间里，AiMesh比^(AiMesh)TP-Link Deco M5快两到三倍。

当我们测量上传速度时，差异变小了，但即使在这里华硕 AiMesh 的^{(ASUS AiMesh)}表现也令人钦佩。

我们可以从 2.4 GHz 频段^{(GHz band)}的这些测量中得出以下结论：

• 华硕 AiMesh^{(ASUS AiMesh)}提供非常稳定的信号强度^{(signal strength)}
• 华硕 AiMesh提供令人难以置信的快速下载，有时比^{(ASUS AiMesh)}TP-Link Deco M5快三倍
• 华硕 AiMesh 提供快速上传

^{(ASUS AiMesh)}5 GHz 无线频段上的^{(GHz wireless)}华硕 AiMesh：信号强度稳定、下载速度快、上传速度显着加快

我们用inSSIDer^(inSSIDer)测量了我们公寓所有房间的信号强度。华硕 AiMesh^{(ASUS AiMesh)}在所有房间内都提供了令人难以置信的稳定信号强度，其变化远小于TP-Link Deco M5提供的信号强度。

然后，我们使用SpeedTest来查看使用 5 GHz 无线^{(GHz wireless)}频率时互联网连接的速度。^{(internet connection)}ASUS AiMesh在我们测试公寓^{(test apartment)}的所有房间中都非常快。在某些情况下，华硕 AiMesh^{(ASUS AiMesh)}明显快于TP-Link Deco M5，而在另一些情况下，两者之间的差异相对微不足道。

在测量上传速度时，华硕 AiMesh^{(ASUS AiMesh)}始终比TP-Link Deco M5快得多。

接下来，我们使用PassMark 性能测试在 5 ^{(PassMark Performance test)}GHz 频段^{(GHz band)}连接到网络的两台计算机之间传输数据。ASUS AiMesh在所有房间中都非常快，但在其中一些房间中，TP-Link Deco M5被证明是一个值得挑战的人。

上传速度测量显示华硕 AiMesh^{(ASUS AiMesh)}比TP-Link Deco M5快得多。

我们可以从 5 GHz 频段^{(GHz band)}的这些测量中得出以下结论：

• 华硕 AiMesh^{(ASUS AiMesh)}提供非常稳定的信号强度^{(signal strength)}
• 华硕 AiMesh^{(ASUS AiMesh)}提供比TP-Link Deco M5更快的上传速度^{(TP-Link Deco M5)}
• 华硕 AiMesh 提供快速下载

您^(Did)是否创建了自己的ASUS AiMesh 系统^{(ASUS AiMesh system)}？

我们认为，华硕^(ASUS)允许用户创建他们的网状WiFi系统，以便他们改善家庭和公寓的无线覆盖范围，这是一个绝妙的想法。^{(wireless coverage)}尽管需要一些时间和耐心^{(time and patience)}，但设置并不难，而且结果似乎很棒。在结束本文之前，请告诉我们您是否已经创建了自己的ASUS AiMesh，您使用了哪些路由器以及您对结果是否满意。在下面发表评论^(Comment)，让我们讨论。

Analysis: How fast is the WiFi when you create your own ASUS AiMesh?

ASUS started thе year with news of its AiMesh systеm, which allows existing users of ASUS routers to add other ASUS routers and create their own hоme-made mesh WiFi systems. If you want to improve the wіreless network coverage and speed in large homes, buying a mesh whole-home WiFi system makes a lot of sense. But what if you did not have to, and you just bought another ASUS routеr to create a mesh WiFі? Do you still get real-lіfe benefits in WiFi speed and coverage? To answer these questions, we created our own ASUS AiMеsh system and compared it with a сompeting whole-home WiFi system. Here is what you get as real-life dоwnloads and WiFі signаl strength:

NOTE: If you do not know what a mesh WiFi is, please read this article first: What is a mesh wireless network or whole-home WiFi system?

The setup we used for testing ASUS AiMesh

First, let's take a look at the apartment that was used in our testing and how it is set up. You can see that the primary ASUS AiMesh device is placed in the living room. When using wireless routers, the signal strength is not that high in rooms like the Kitchen and the Medium balcony. To improve the coverage of the network, I placed the second router in the Big Bedroom. As a result, the Medium balcony should benefit from stabler WiFi. Then, the third router was situated just near the entrance to the Kitchen, to improve the coverage there too.

The routers we used to create the ASUS AiMesh setup are two ASUS RT-AC86U (one of them used as the main router for the AiMesh), and one ASUS RT-AC88U.

Our testing was done using a fast 1 Gigabit Internet connection that's capable of uploads on the internet of up to 500 Mbps. We used an HP Spectre 13 laptop for our measurements, and we compared all the results obtained by ASUS AiMesh with TP-Link Deco M5 (a competing mesh system also comprising three devices), and with the ASUS RT-AC88U router that we initially had in the test apartment, as the only router managing our network.

ASUS AiMesh on the 2.4 GHz wireless band: Stable signal strength, and two to three times faster downloads

We measured the signal strength with inSSIDer, in all the rooms in our apartment. You can see below that the ASUS AiMesh delivered very excellent signal strength in all rooms, with smaller variations than the TP-Link Deco M5, and a lot stabler than that of a traditional router.

Then, we used SpeedTest to see how fast the internet connection is in all rooms when using the 2.4 GHz wireless frequency. ASUS AiMesh was outstanding, delivering a download speed which was two to three times better than the TP-Link Deco M5, depending on the room.

When measuring the upload speed, the differences were smaller but still significant, in most rooms.

Next, we used the PassMark Performance test to transfer data between two computers connected to the network, on the 2.4 GHz band. Again, ASUS AiMesh delivered outstandingly fast downloads, in all rooms. Except in one room, the AiMesh was two to three times faster than TP-Link Deco M5.

When we measured the upload speed, the differences became smaller, but even here ASUS AiMesh performed admirably.

The conclusions we can draw from these measurements on the 2.4 GHz band are the following:

• ASUS AiMesh delivers very stable signal strength
• ASUS AiMesh offers incredibly fast downloads, sometimes three times as fast than TP-Link Deco M5
• ASUS AiMesh provides fast uploads

ASUS AiMesh on the 5 GHz wireless band: Stable signal strength, fast downloads, significantly faster uploads

We measured the signal strength with inSSIDer, in all the rooms in our apartment. ASUS AiMesh delivered incredibly stable signal strength in all rooms, which varied a lot less than that offered by TP-Link Deco M5.

We then used SpeedTest to see how fast the internet connection is when using the 5 GHz wireless frequency. ASUS AiMesh was very fast in all rooms on our test apartment. In some, ASUS AiMesh was significantly faster than TP-Link Deco M5, while in others the differences were relatively insignificant between the two.

When measuring the upload speed, ASUS AiMesh was consistently and significantly faster than TP-Link Deco M5.

Next, we used the PassMark Performance test to transfer data between two computers connected to the network, on the 5 GHz band. ASUS AiMesh was very fast in all rooms, but in a few of them, TP-Link Deco M5 proved to be a worthy challenger.

The upload speed measurements showed one more time that ASUS AiMesh is significantly faster than TP-Link Deco M5.

The conclusions we can draw from these measurements on the 5 GHz band are the following:

• ASUS AiMesh delivers very stable signal strength
• ASUS AiMesh offers much faster uploads than TP-Link Deco M5
• ASUS AiMesh provides fast downloads

Did you create your own ASUS AiMesh system?

We think that it is an excellent idea on ASUS's part to allow their users to create their mesh WiFi systems so that they improve the wireless coverage in their homes and apartments. The setup is not that difficult, even though it takes some time and patience, and the results seem to be great. Before closing this article, let us know whether you have created your own ASUS AiMesh, what routers you used and whether you are satisfied or not with the results. Comment below and let's discuss.

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