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ASUS AC2900 Dual Band Gigabit WiFi Gaming Router (RT-AC86U) on sale for $149.99 > now
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ASUS AC2900 Dual Band Gigabit WiFi Gaming Router (RT-AC86U) on sale for $149.99 > now
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Key Features:
- Dual-band (2. 4 + 5 GHz) AC2900 wireless router with the latest 802. 11AC MU-MIMO technology for data transfer speeds up to 2900 Mbps
- 1. 8GHz 32bit dual-core processor optimizes network traffic and connectivity speeds from the USB 3. 1 Gen1 and 4x Gigabit LAN ports
- Designed for lag-free online gaming and flawless 4K UHD streaming with WTFast game Accelerator and adaptive QoS; Product Segment: AC2900 ultimate AC performance: 750+2167 Mbps
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No wifi 6
lacks tri-band capabilities
Presumably there's a reason why someone would pay the same for an AC router vs. AX?
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-RT-AX...B084BNH26P
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Yes, the AX3000 has Wifi6. It also tends to lock up 2-4 times a week with Wifi6 enabled. Turning it off does reduce this to 1-2 times a week on average.
My very old router seems to provide adequate coverage. The main concern is it reboots every now and then.
Rebooting is annoying as connection is lost for 2-3 minutes, but I suppose better rebooting than locking up (which I assume requires manual rebooting).
So when I read about all these more recent routers I'm tempted to count my blessings and leave well enough alone.
Although in another setting I have an older ASUS and it's been rock solid...
Wish mine wasn't so scratched and box wasn't so damaged. Had white label hiding cuts
Update: returned to Walmart store only to be looked at bc it had Amazon prime sticker that Walmart sold to me. So not only did they pawn off a likely $99 open warehouse item for $150 on me that's scratched up I was criminalized in-store for the content and turned away citing they don't do third party. When I thought Walmart was bad at times this is way worst experience. Wanted to give anyone other than Amazon a chance and Walmart came close but this set them back hard for me. Will avoid Walmart when possible.
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Do you use the admin firmware page to upgrade or downgrade to a lower firmware or Merlin fw? And you can go back to stock firmware using that same page?
The ASUS AC2900:
> Does not support WPA3 encryption
> Does not support SMBv2+ (still uses v1)
> Does not support link aggregation
Edit: Just upgraded my current RT-AC68U B1 with Merlin, which added support for SMBv2. I assume this would work for the AC2900 as well.
The ASUS AC2900:
> Does not support WPA3 encryption
> Does not support SMBv2+ (still uses v1)
> Does not support link aggregation
Edit: Just upgraded my current RT-AC68U B1 with Merlin, which added support for SMBv2. I assume this would work for the AC2900 as well.
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The ASUS AC2900:
> Does not support WPA3 encryption
> Does not support SMBv2+ (still uses v1)
> Does not support link aggregation
Edit: Just upgraded my current RT-AC68U B1 with Merlin, which added support for SMBv2. I assume this would work for the AC2900 as well.