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Various Merchants have ASUS RT-AX68U AX2700 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router on sale for $159.99. Shipping is free.

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Key Features:
  • 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.

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08S7...0HD16RPVG4 >Usually ships within 9 days

Also available at NewEgg: https://www.newegg.com/asus-rt-ax...lsrc=aw.ds

Also available at B&H: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pr..._band.html NLA
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Model: ASUS RT-AX68U AX2700 Dual Band Wi-Fi 6 Gigabit Router

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Not trying to troll, anyone know when we'll start seeing wifi 6e routers? Is it worthwhile to wait?
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I have the AX86U, which is a bit higher-end. I'm not super convinced it's worth waiting. I tried rocking the full 160Mhz width, but the thing is it cuts your transmit power to 25% of a 40Mhz width so signal strength goes to hell. I settled on 80Mhz, and there's plenty of channels for that if you have access to DFS on your router.

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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Range hasn't been improve too much mostly speed has been the talk. Although range may vary per router as usual. If range is your only concern mesh is the way to go
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10-17-2021 at 01:44 AM.
10-17-2021 at 01:44 AM.
Quote from GMan777 :
You can get the RT-AX82U for only $10 more at Best Buy, it's a no brainer which to get at that price point.
It's the same $199.99 bruh. Are you talking about the 15% off YMMV trick?
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10-17-2021 at 04:47 AM.
10-17-2021 at 04:47 AM.
Quote from redpoint5 :
Waiting for a deal on RT-AX86U. I'll accept nothing less at this point.


I've got a 2 story 3,600 sq/ft house and a cheap Asus router covers all of it on the 5 Ghz band. It depends on the layout and materials of the house.

Generally, placing the router in the center of the home at the bottom floor is ideal for coverage.
2 story 3600 sq ft, I wouldn't accept anything less than a mesh system
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10-17-2021 at 05:24 AM.
10-17-2021 at 05:24 AM.
Quote from z32tt :
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

Thank you! Great info. I appreciate your knowledge.
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10-17-2021 at 08:36 AM.
10-17-2021 at 08:36 AM.
Quote from optimustarzan :
It's the same $199.99 bruh. Are you talking about the 15% off YMMV trick?
It's not a trick, just hand them any networking gear to recycle, they give you a coupon you can use for any new router, even the one in op's thread for $160 - %15 = $136. See my receipt for the RT-AX82U:
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10-17-2021 at 09:09 AM.
10-17-2021 at 09:09 AM.
Quote from JimJ5737 :
2 story 3600 sq ft, I wouldn't accept anything less than a mesh system
As I said, it depends on placement and building construction. No connection issues anywhere in my house or out in the yard with a cheap router.

Mesh creates a bunch of data "pollution" with backhaul channels and can reduce overall speeds. Something I'd do as a last resort. I'd probably backhaul with ethernet if I did it.
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10-17-2021 at 10:11 AM.
10-17-2021 at 10:11 AM.
Great timing thank you
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10-17-2021 at 10:37 AM.
10-17-2021 at 10:37 AM.
Recently picked one of these up during the Office Depot deal (think it was the same price). Honestly had a lot of trouble with it initially. A few times a week all of my devices would say they couldn't reconnect because the password was "wrong". A router reboot would fix it each time. Also had dropouts and poor performance. Thought it was interference, but channel changes didn't help. Was on the latest firmware, too. Finally moved over to Merlin and haven't had an issue since. Will be keeping it, but didn't instill a whole lot of confidence in the stock firmware for me.
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10-17-2021 at 10:48 AM.
10-17-2021 at 10:48 AM.
Quote from GMan777 :
It's not a trick, just hand them any networking gear to recycle, they give you a coupon you can use for any new router, even the one in op's thread for $160 - %15 = $136. See my receipt for the RT-AX82U:

It's YMMV. You're supposed to buy a $100 home installation too. It may or may not work depending on the manager.
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10-17-2021 at 08:12 PM.
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Quote from ponic :
Recently picked one of these up during the Office Depot deal (think it was the same price). Honestly had a lot of trouble with it initially. A few times a week all of my devices would say they couldn't reconnect because the password was "wrong". A router reboot would fix it each time. Also had dropouts and poor performance. Thought it was interference, but channel changes didn't help. Was on the latest firmware, too. Finally moved over to Merlin and haven't had an issue since. Will be keeping it, but didn't instill a whole lot of confidence in the stock firmware for me.

This was my experience. Mine dropped wifi every 3 hours. I installed Merlin and it dropped once a week. Finally returned it and getting the RT-AX82U.
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10-23-2021 at 04:35 PM.
10-23-2021 at 04:35 PM.
ASUS RT-AX68U also has the broadcom chip, which equates to this router having AES on-chip support, for VPN performance is that right?
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