ASUS AX5400 Dual Band Mesh WiFi 6 Gaming Router Expired

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More power as a single unit. Reaches better speeds on wireless, more ethernet ports. More stable. Better supported.

Not that Eero units are bad, they are known for being great and simple units. Google is still on Wifi5, if I remember, so a bit of a step back if you have WiFi6 devices.

Systems like these are for those that want more control on their routers. Fine tuning. Faster speeds with better management of concurrent connections. Also, you have to be careful with mesh systems unless you know your needs well. Getting one without a dedicated backhaul (Google is your friend) means big dropoffs on the node connected devices. Fine if you plan your setup well enough.

I've had 2 mesh setups before. Samsung AC1300 (not very powerful and handoffs between nodes weren't clean, killing connections). Then the Netgear AX1800 Nighthawk 2 unit setup. Worked fine for a year, but then it didn't like my upgrade to gigabit fiber. Wouldn't get my speeds, had to mess with far too many settings. When I finally got it where I wanted it, it lost my settings. Went to check for new firmware and it hung, causing me to hard reset the whole system. I went to look to call Netgear, but apparently, after 90 days they expect you to pay for ALL support. They can simply be in my "do not send business their way" list after that.

A bit of a novella, but I hope this helps. The main takeaways I can give you is this:
Know your house, and how well signals travel - My house was built by the ancient Mayans apparently and signal does not go as far through the walls.
Know your needs - lower demand and lower speed bandwidth, you can get away much cheaper than this or the others listed.
Don't give Netgear any business - Sorry Netgear, it's been a good run, but to charge to talk to support? No thank you. I usually am the support for people I know, and I don't charge anyone I know or anyone they know for helping them. A good company supports their products better than 90 days. At least for the warranty period (1 year) is a reasonable minimum.

This will give much higher speeds if you have a gigabit internet plan. The google mesh will give you better coverage but will top out at around 300ish.