ASUS RT-AX68U AX2700 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router $150 + free shipping

Well reviewed router which is perfect for sub 1Gbps internet. Only thing it is really missing is 160MHz channel but even without it still hit numbers as high as 800Mbps over wifi to a proper client. While it does not have a multigig port it does support aggregation.

In most cases will cover 1500-2000sq ft house without a problem, unless there is some major interference or thick walls.

Good thing 5G 160mhz is fairly useless for 99% of real world use cases.

Edit/Rant: Theres legit no good reason why anyone needs it... Other than pushing marketing numbers and pinging lower latency within 10-15 feet. 😂

Argument could be made for 6E (on low spectrum), but routers and clients haven't bridged mainstream, nor will they for at least 2-3 years.

5G spectrum is just too limited/restricted... You have to either use the first 36-64 160mhz block which is shared with a main 80mhz block (also being used by your neighbors) or pray to god you don't get knocked off DFS on the 2nd 100-128 160mhz block.. which has innate low power output due to FCC regulations.. This tanks range significantly to a point where mid spectrum 6E is prob better. (AXE11000 is 716mW on its 6E Radio)

This means your only real option is the 36-64 block if using 160mhz bandwidth on 5G. Half the block is low power regardless. (52-64 is around 200mW on most ASUS routers)

TL;DR 160mhz on 5G spectrum is just beta testing nonsense. Yeah it can do it, but the drawbacks/benefits aren't worth it. Marketing misconstrues this heavily.

80mhz is more than fine for most users, in fact I purposely avoid 160mhz on 5G because SNR performance is worse than the traditional 80mhz blocks. Just yields better range.. Would be the same case if I dropped to a 40mhz block (pure range) and so forth.. but performance and latency start to suffer.

High speed WIFI has become a balancing act. Unfortunately most people/reviewers just leave their routers on automatic settings.

You are correct in most parts but a major feature of wifi 6 is 160MHz so its still worth a mention. Also with the unlock finally of the auto industry spectrum back to the public realm thanks FCC. 5.9GHz UNII-4 portion, 160MHz will be a lot more important in the near future. Mostly cause it has all the benefits of wifi 6E without the range limitation and signal weakness so in almost all cases it will be better than wifi 6E. No DFS and a fresh unused spectrum.

UNII-4 (high spectrum 5g) operates right next to low spectrum 6E blocks of UNII-5.

The only difference would be mW amperage and DB boost on a per router bases. Theres really not much difference in terms of performance if set manually.

With that said...

1) Firmware would have to be updated for current routers and Requires FCC revision/certification. Unless you use ASUS routers, and or Merlin FW, forget it.

2) Still playing pingpong with SNR and we don't know mW range allowed for UNII-4. High spectrum 80mhz block will innately perform better. Same is true for 6E

if FCC cucks UNII-4, its pretty much the same nonsense, except worse than 36-64 low spectrum 5G

Yes existing equipment will and im almost 99% sure not able to use it, the first router with it out of the box will be the Asus AX11000 Pro, unfortunately still no clients for it.