expired Posted by Rei • Jul 15, 2023
Jul 15, 2023 6:05 AM
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Item 1 of 7
expired Posted by Rei • Jul 15, 2023
Jul 15, 2023 6:05 AM
ASUS ZenWiFi 6E Whole-Home Tri-Band Mesh (ET8 2PK) $300 @Amazon
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Et12 is the way to go, this is a hard pass. Wireless backhaul defeats purpose and limits speeds....
Orbi isn't great, was awesome when first came out on wifi 5 back in the day...but true mesh like the et12 will run circles around it
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I went with the XT9s instead. 6E lures you to the ET8 but if you gonna utilize a wireless backhual you might be disappointed. I can tell you the XT9s have been rock stable (none of the issues cited with prior models which IMO are due to user ignorance anyway) and I get up to 80 to 90 percent of my LAN cable speeds.
ASUS also doesn't try to ass rape you like Netgear does with fees for extra services and even warranty claims and support
One more thing, AP isolation cannot be removed for the guest network despite the option listed in the configuration. This means devices connected to the guest network, cannot see each other. I used to put my old wireless printer on the guest network because it doesn't get security updates and I did not want it in my main network. I can't do that anymore.
I went with the XT9s instead. 6E lures you to the ET8 but if you gonna utilize a wireless backhual you might be disappointed. I can tell you the XT9s have been rock stable (none of the issues cited with prior models which IMO are due to user ignorance anyway) and I get up to 80 to 90 percent of my LAN cable speeds.
ASUS also doesn't try to ass rape you like Netgear does with fees for extra services and even warranty claims and support
Anyone have any input on the Mini Series ?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BQDTMGC
I even tempt one of the 5G bands separate and unused and it would still switch to the 2.4G band for the back haul even though the node was less than 15ft from the base node
So far they only allow you to select the priority for the backhaul instead of awaking it fixed. This is a problem for mesh systems where the backhaul needs to be a dedicated band.
After googling a bit I even tried to manually downgrade the firmware as suggested. That bricked both units and I could only reset one of them.
I'm trying TP Link now to see how that does. I really loved ASUS before this as the previous router lasted me more than half a decade and is still working but I feel they're weak in the Mesh game.
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Now this is an extra $120 but your speeds will definetly increase to probably well over 500Mbps to just about every device in your home if you set it up properly.
If you want to save some money and can put the router in the middle of the 2nd floor, just go with a single Asus AXE7800 when its on sale for $250 which it has been multiple times. Or even get the AX86U when on sale for $200 and you will be happier with either or. The AXE7800 as I mentioned in the comments above is superior to all of them currently by a good amount so its worth the $250 by itself. The AXE7800 and the AX86U can actually max out your 1Gbps line to a proper client over wireless.
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