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ASUS RT-AX68U AX2700 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router Expired
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- High Efficiency WiFi 6 - Enjoy fast speeds up to 2700 Mbps with WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- Commercial-grade Network Security – Lifetime free ASUS AiProtection Pro, powered by Trend Micro, with WPA3 to protect your home
- Instant Guard gives you one-click secure internet access via RT-AX68U from anywhere in the world
- Parental Controls for All Ages - Customize settings for different age groups, giving your kids the internet access they need
- ASUS AiMesh Support – Create a flexible, seamless whole-home mesh network with AiMesh-compatible routers
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its back if you missed it! Merlin compatible wifi 6 router.
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The advantage of 6e is more channels, but if it's still 25% power your range will still be terrible.
Even with just 80Mhz width, I benchmarked over 500Mbit/s on my iPhone. That's plenty in my book.
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if you can wait(until next year) then yeah, we have to buy one for the new house so we went with a wifi6 mesh system
You should look into ethernet over coaxial connection. Take a look at MOCA adapters. I use gocoax. I use these with a Wi-Fi mesh system
Your going to wait at least three years for any substantial clients to support wifi6e which would be unfair for yourself
Don't need it with Merlin.
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In contrast, a 2x2 router that supports 160MHz can achieve a nominal link speed of 2400Mbps. Personally, I think people will be better off with a 2x2 that can do 160 than a 3x3 that only does 80.
In contrast, a 2x2 router that supports 160MHz can achieve a nominal link speed of 2400Mbps. Personally, I think people will be better off with a 2x2 that can do 160 than a 3x3 that only does 80.
Yes it's 3x3, but it has range advantages over 2x2 router hardware. Especially when connecting to legacy AC 2x2 clients where AX SNR advantage doesn't matter one bit.
It's like saying Qualcomm's high end 8x8 router is pointless because no one ever made a 8x8 client lol
(Honestly the best single point alternative to mesh right now)
160mhz on 5G is actually pointless since any real effective QAM advantage is achieved sub 15' range. On top of that, it requires DFS channels and is subjective to disconnection if local govt/airport radios are detected.
DFS channels also only push 250mW max operation where the traditional public 80mhz blocks do full 998mW (FCC amp limit). 160mhz only really works with the 36-64 (160mhz) block anyway..so it's going to share with a potentially crowded and over saturated 36-48 80mhz block regardless..
160mhz is valid for 6E (uncongested spectrum), but 6E is also freaking pointless if IoT/clients are aiming for cheap hardware cost and Well.. AC works well enough for most project managers.
I guess it's also pointless if used in high spectrum (6.5+ghz) since range tanks due to gain limits set by FCC.. Low spectrum 6E should be fine though, Especially on WL backhaul.
tl;dr 80mhz 3x3 and 4x4 5G is the best option for price:performance right now. You've been bamboozled by marketing .
Without that dedicated 4x4 radio, the 82 is a low end product effectively matching cheaper sub $100 routers. I'm actually surprised TP link or alt company hasn't tried making a hybrid AC/AX/N router with that SoC. Could really take advantage of radios sitting in inventory.
The 68U at least has a decent main CPU in regards to router hierarchy. Better 2.4G too, but that matters less these days.
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I have 400mbps but was only getting 90 average with my Asus AC1700 and AC1300 access point. The speeds were great getting 300 average and 450 highest in a 1850 townhouse.
However, it dropped wifi every 3 hours with latest stock firmware. I upgraded to Merlin and it got better but dropped wifi once a week. There were 3 people who reported back on that thread who were having the same issues.
I've since replaced it with a GS-AX3000 Walmart exclusive. Basically it's an updated RT-AX58U with RGB lights. Although techically it's inferior, I get same speeds but range is slightly less. But it has been up for 1 week!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/ASUS-R.../314568123
YMMV. Maybe I got a dud. I requested a replacement from Amazon and will test again.
Edit: Same price on Amazon but in stock in 6 days:
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I have 400mbps but was only getting 90 average with my Asus AC1700 and AC1300 access point. The speeds were great getting 300 average and 450 highest in a 1850 townhouse.
However, it dropped wifi every 3 hours with latest stock firmware. I upgraded to Merlin and it got better but dropped wifi once a week. There were 3 people who reported back on that thread who were having the same issues.
I've since replaced it with a GS-AX3000 Walmart exclusive. Basically it's an updated RT-AX58U with RGB lights. Although techically it's inferior, I get same speeds but range is slightly less. But it has been up for 1 week!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/ASUS-R.../314568123 [walmart.com]
YMMV. Maybe I got a dud. I requested a replacement from Amazon and will test again.
Same PCB pretty much.
Edit: I would keep your channels identical to whatever auto defaults on that GS-AX3000 unit. Sounds like a bug with channel selection on your 68u. Not sure what causes it, but I've seen it on older ASUS routers.
Same PCB pretty much.
If that's the case, then yes, maybe just "upgrade" to the 82U since it has the full enabled BCM43684 for 5G.
The 58U variants only operate in 2x4. There's now like 5+ versions (MSQ-RTAXJ300) of this router. (I guess its cheap for ASUS to rebrand and see what sells better.)
They all share PCB design with slight changes depending on release. Also 3 manufacturing locations. (Vietnam, China, Taiwan).
If that's the case, then yes, maybe just "upgrade" to the 82U since it has the full enabled BCM43684 for 5G.
The 58U variants only operate in 2x4. There's now like 5+ versions (MSQ-RTAXJ300) of this router. (I guess its cheap for ASUS to rebrand and see what sells better.
They all share PCB's with slight changes depending on release. Also 3 manufacturing locations. (Vietnam, China, Taiwan).
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