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ASUS RT-AX88U AX6000 Dual-band Wi-Fi Router, AiProtection Lifetime Security by Trend Micro, AiMesh Compatible for Mesh Wi-Fi System, Next-Gen Wi-Fi 6, Wireless 802.11Ax, 8 x Gigabit LAN ports

$279.99 @ NeweggFlash

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Realistically, its a good deal cause its $50 off retail, but the prices on these things are going to drop pretty decently in the next 6 months. So if your not in a rush to upgrade to AX you can save a lot of money in the future as these leave the honeymoon period of being new and flashy and other alternatives come onto the market to drop down the prices.

Also have to remember to get full benefit of these types of routers, you still need corresponding AX wifi cards. Cellphones will probably be one of the first to carry those wifi cards, but how long before laptops and other gear take the standard is unknown. In the past it took a long time, but things move way quicker now.
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Yeah, if you aren't doing a lot of internal network transfers which you want faster. This is way overkill for 100mbs internet speeds. And this is so bleeding edge, it isn't worth going this high end in future proofing.

Plus, you'd need to spend additional; money to upgrade your existing pcs and laptops with better wifi cards...with no upgrade path for your existing phones or tablets.
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802.11ax router wont do anything unless your laptops and other devices also have 802.11aax compatible client adapters... which as far as I know, none on the market currently have
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RC1983
07-21-2019 at 09:55 AM.
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Is this good deal?
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07-21-2019 at 09:59 AM.
07-21-2019 at 09:59 AM.
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Is it ?
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07-21-2019 at 10:02 AM.
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PeteyTheStriker
07-21-2019 at 10:05 AM.
07-21-2019 at 10:05 AM.
Quote from RC1983 :
Is this good deal?
Realistically, its a good deal cause its $50 off retail, but the prices on these things are going to drop pretty decently in the next 6 months. So if your not in a rush to upgrade to AX you can save a lot of money in the future as these leave the honeymoon period of being new and flashy and other alternatives come onto the market to drop down the prices.

Also have to remember to get full benefit of these types of routers, you still need corresponding AX wifi cards. Cellphones will probably be one of the first to carry those wifi cards, but how long before laptops and other gear take the standard is unknown. In the past it took a long time, but things move way quicker now.
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07-21-2019 at 10:05 AM.
07-21-2019 at 10:05 AM.
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Is this good deal?
The lowest price on Amazon's history was $289.99 back in May. So it's a good deal if this is the router you were already looking to purchase.
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norazi
07-21-2019 at 10:09 AM.
07-21-2019 at 10:09 AM.
802.11ax router wont do anything unless your laptops and other devices also have 802.11aax compatible client adapters... which as far as I know, none on the market currently have
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homerzeppelin
07-21-2019 at 10:10 AM.
07-21-2019 at 10:10 AM.
Quote from PeteyTheStriker :
Realistically, its a good deal cause its $50 off retail, but the prices on these things are going to drop pretty decently in the next 6 months. So if your not in a rush to upgrade to AX you can save a lot of money in the future as these leave the honeymoon period of being new and flashy and other alternatives come onto the market to drop down the prices.

Also have to remember to get full benefit of these types of routers, you still need corresponding AX wifi cards. Cellphones will probably be one of the first to carry those wifi cards, but how long before laptops and other gear take the standard is unknown. In the past it took a long time, but things move way quicker now.
The intel ax200 and ax201 are both becoming available to buy in the aftermarket, so one can research which is applicable to their system and upgrade their existing devices.

They're pretty affordable, under $20 if you trust ebay...mid $20s if you do not.

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Lakers01Life
07-21-2019 at 10:12 AM.
07-21-2019 at 10:12 AM.
overkill for a router? ISP maxes out at 100mbps
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homerzeppelin
07-21-2019 at 10:14 AM.
07-21-2019 at 10:14 AM.
Quote from norazi :
802.11ax router wont do anything unless your laptops and other devices also have 802.11aax compatible client adapters... which as far as I know, none on the market currently have
They're starting to show up in new high end equipment (several of the new x570 motherboards have it for example), but for existing equipment you already have, you'd need to upgrade to an ax200 or ax201 which just now are starting to become available to buy.

I'm sure there are other upgrade paths as well (killer was doing a card too).
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07-21-2019 at 10:16 AM.
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Quote from Lakers01Life :
overkill for a router? ISP maxes out at 100mbps
Yeah, if you aren't doing a lot of internal network transfers which you want faster. This is way overkill for 100mbs internet speeds. And this is so bleeding edge, it isn't worth going this high end in future proofing.

Plus, you'd need to spend additional; money to upgrade your existing pcs and laptops with better wifi cards...with no upgrade path for your existing phones or tablets.
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07-21-2019 at 10:20 AM.
07-21-2019 at 10:20 AM.
I wonder if the antennas get loose and fall over all of the time like they do on my AC88U. :/
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07-21-2019 at 10:20 AM.
07-21-2019 at 10:20 AM.
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Is it?
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seier
07-21-2019 at 10:26 AM.
07-21-2019 at 10:26 AM.
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Is it ?

No it is not. The 802.11ax spec is still being worked on. Most people don't have an 802.11ax adapter to take advantage of it. So that's 280 + hundreds more for each full speed endpoint. many devices can't be upgraded to support it either like older cell phones,f2f tablets, and ultra thin laptops (where everything is on one circuit board.) That being said reliability is more important than speed. The router, the adapter, the drivers, and the framework for it in your operating system are all bleeding edge and prone to crashes, data corruption (TCP and QUIC detect this, UDP doesn't), and disconnects. The compatibility between different chipset vendors is especially bad. Why not wait until the hardware is cheaper, faster, and more reliable? I help develop adapters for a company, but I won't name names.
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