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I personally went for the ASUS RT-AX86S with the Best Buy trade-in for $153 pre-tax. It has doubled throughput for most of my connected devices and seems to have a better coverage than my previous Nighthawk R7000.
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I personally went for the ASUS RT-AX86S with the Best Buy trade-in for $153 pre-tax. It has doubled throughput for most of my connected devices and seems to have a better coverage than my previous Nighthawk R7000.
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just to add to this, in case anyone considers this recommendation: the ax86u has a quad core cpu vs the dual core of the ax86s. it's worth considering paying more for the u variant
perfect for me, i just need wired gigabit capability to replace my ancient RT-N66U that would "die" occasionally. it wouldn't turn on for weeks and then it will come back to live again, so crazy. I dont need the fancy wifi6 since I'm only using it to connect to 15-year old 802.11b maybe g IP camera, and of course the basic wired stuff around my desk.
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You can buy cheap 2x2 5G AX routers, but they won't do well in dense areas.
I would argue this is a good value @ $90 USD. The upgrade pick if you want ASUS is AX86S @ 180 USD. (Same base CPU/RAM with 4x4 + 3x3 AX radios.)
Don't think you'll find a competitive $90 USD AX router that will push the same throughput at distance. (25-30FT)
As always, YMMV. WIFI IS RNG. Good luck!
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PSA: If you have 50+ clients (devices) it cannot handle the traffic.
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