Amazon[amazon.com] has ASUS RT-BE92U BE9700 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Network Router + 6m NordVPN for $219.99. Shipping is free.
Price $30 lower (12% savings) than the list price of $249.99
Savings NordVPN 6 Months w/select ASUS products
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Amazon[amazon.com] has ASUS RT-BE92U BE9700 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Network Router + 6m NordVPN for $219.99. Shipping is free.
Price $30 lower (12% savings) than the list price of $249.99
Savings NordVPN 6 Months w/select ASUS products
To check eligibility and activate coupon click here[amazon.com].
This is the common sale price at several stores. If you are going to get it, you can stack 15% off with Best Buy's in-store trade-in recycling program: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/recy...00657381.c
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Read the reviews on all the sites. This thing is BEYOND buggy with its firmwares, and Merlin support is extremely limited. Constant dropouts of connectivity. Beta firmwares REDUCE dropouts to half-a-dozen times a day. I had two of these and they all were afflicted.
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No, waiting for a first release. The funny thing is with my older Asus routers the FW was very stable so I stuck with that to have access to the management app and also for Mesh. Not sure if there is an app for the Merlin releases. Not a deal breaker. Also mine has been pretty stable, but needed to full reset after the FW update. Then for good measure I do a weekly auto reboot in the FW to clear out anything that might be getting stuck.
I think the main thing causing the troubles was the high cpu utilization. In my case 1 core was at 100% all the time and the others 50%+. After the FW update and reset I'm getting 20-30% and I have many IoT devices connected and a well utilized 1gbps connection.
The FW still isn't perfect, but if a device is at 100% or more too long that can damage it permanently to the point that a FW fix will be too late.
Spec and price wise this router ticks most of my boxes and I'd have to go to their $400+ range and still not get everything I want. That's why I'm being patient with the FW issues.
The Best Buy trade-in recycle program is very YMMV. The 15% trade-in coupon will not be deducted from any sale items. It will only works if the manager is willing to override the system. The manager at my local store would not honor the deal regardless of the fact that there no exceptions listed on the coupon.
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I think the main thing causing the troubles was the high cpu utilization. In my case 1 core was at 100% all the time and the others 50%+. After the FW update and reset I'm getting 20-30% and I have many IoT devices connected and a well utilized 1gbps connection.
The FW still isn't perfect, but if a device is at 100% or more too long that can damage it permanently to the point that a FW fix will be too late.
Spec and price wise this router ticks most of my boxes and I'd have to go to their $400+ range and still not get everything I want. That's why I'm being patient with the FW issues.
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