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ASUS RT-AX86U Pro Wi-Fi 6 AX5700 Dual Band Gaming Router w/ AiMesh Expired
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About this product:
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and 160MHz channels
- Wi-Fi speeds up to 5700 Mbps
- Aggregated 2 Gbps WAN connections, wired 2.5 Gbps port and Wi-Fi 6
- AiMesh Compatible
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- New-generation WiFi 6 - Enjoy ultrafast speeds up to 5700 Mbps with the latest WiFi 6 (802.11ax) and 160MHz channels
- Mobile Game Mode - Minimize lag and latency for mobile gaming with just a tap on the ASUS Router app
- True 2 Gbps wired and wireless speeds - Aggregated 2 Gbps WAN connections, wired 2.5 Gbps port and WiFi 6
- Commercial-grade Security Anywhere – Protect your home network with AiProtection Pro, powered by Trend Micro. And when away from home, ASUS Instant Guard gives you a one-click sharable secure VPN.
- Easy Extendable Network – Enjoy seamless roaming with rich, advanced features by adding any AiMesh-compatible router.
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The only possible passive benefit you would see with a newer router, is faster 2.4ghz speeds as the antenna designs have improved and people who would pull 40Mbps can now pull 100-120Mbps even with older 2.4ghz devices in some cases.
So overall unless you have a lot of 2.4ghz devices that you want to get better speeds on, or you have a ton of wifi 6/7 clients you wont really need to ugprade because you wont benefit from the speed increases since your ISP is limited to 300mbps. Unless you use in network streaming in which the faster speeds would allow you to take advantage of things such a NAS box streaming to multiple clients in your house.
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There are many Newegg+ deals today for its launch; not sure about slickness:
https://www.newegg.com/Newegg-Plu...ID-2094698
Yeah...not sure the point either...leave it as is!
And from what I get is that when you turn this on it will boot up thirty seconds faster but besides that I don't understand the benefit.
And from what I get is that when you turn this on it will boot up thirty seconds faster but besides that I don't understand the benefit.
The only possible passive benefit you would see with a newer router, is faster 2.4ghz speeds as the antenna designs have improved and people who would pull 40Mbps can now pull 100-120Mbps even with older 2.4ghz devices in some cases.
So overall unless you have a lot of 2.4ghz devices that you want to get better speeds on, or you have a ton of wifi 6/7 clients you wont really need to ugprade because you wont benefit from the speed increases since your ISP is limited to 300mbps. Unless you use in network streaming in which the faster speeds would allow you to take advantage of things such a NAS box streaming to multiple clients in your house.
You don't know there is something better than what you have unless you keep your eyes open.
I am assuming you weren't asking a serious question....
Don't need AX.
AC is good enough.
Cry
With Pro version, you can also setup vlan, although you need to use beta firmware for that.
Me too, AC is enough for me for now.
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My TP Link AC4000 seems to work perfect for my needs in a 2,300 sf home with 4 floors. And you can find this unit for as cheap as $40 used on FB marketplace or ebay.
I don't feel I need Wifi 6.
I pay for 300 down and 300 up and I am very happy with that speed. And I get those speed through my wifi TP Link AC4000.
Just need to understand why I would want to upgrade? When my current situation is good.
Regular firmware updates and security bug fixes. There are always new bugs and exploits being discovered in router firmware. Asus tends to commit to its router firmware for much longer cycles. Asus routers also receive support from Merlin - an open source alternative firmware. This expands the support cycle further.
I had a TP-Link ACXXXX before my AX86U. It worked fine but TP-Link had long abandoned fixing security vulnerabilities and publishing new firmware updates. I had also moved into a much larger home and wanted a mesh-capable router setup. These were compelling reasons for me to transition to an AX86U Pro and AX1800S a bit ago. That and 1 GBPS fiber.
A mesh setup also helps with load balancing the ridiculous number of smart devices in my home. I probably have no less than 80-90. A lot of them are outlets, light switches, dimmers, etc. That strains the router hardware. I've had lesser routers struggle, crash, and reboot.
The AX86U is fine. It's somewhat dated tech at this price point. The AX86U has a single 2.5 gpbs port. That's really not acceptable today with lower cost of 10gbps network chips. Wifi should be tri-band as well. If you don't have an immediate need, I'd wait for Asus reiterations of models with those features.
Hopefully the release of overpriced Wifi 7 routers will pressure Wifi 6 devices downward. My guess is it will be a slow descent, though.
Need to pick up one more for a 3rd wired backhaul.
And from what I get is that when you turn this on it will boot up thirty seconds faster but besides that I don't understand the benefit.
In my case the advantage was getting rid of the awful Netgear Orbi system I was tolerating before. Seriously my network has been so much more stable since moving off Orbi and I don't have to deal with random reboots a few times a month.
RT-AX86U as the main router
RT-AX55 as the mesh node
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And from what I get is that when you turn this on it will boot up thirty seconds faster but besides that I don't understand the benefit.
i.g. you could google your current setup.. read. look at this router's hardware and compare it. i'm sure there are many resources that show the benefits. i doubt boot time is tested since it's almost a worthless stat.. but there are probably many more helpful stats that ppl have tested. the fact that you cannot even imagine what other benefits newer tech has, leads me to believe you really should be doing more reading. but by your comments, it sounds like you don't have a busy network.. maybe 2-3 ppl using minimal bandwidth and doing the very basics.. otherwise you'd know that you need to upgrade.. so you prob don't have to worry about it.