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Jul 9, 2025 12:11 PM
[Prime] $184.99*: ASUS RT-AXE7800 Tri-Band WiFi 6E 6GHz Extendable Router w/ 2.5G Port at Amazon
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I have a few WiFi 6E devices that could support the RT-AXE7800 but I also see the RT-AX86U pro is supported by the Asuswrt-Merlin project.
I have a few WiFi 6E devices that could support the RT-AXE7800 but I also see the RT-AX86U pro is supported by the Asuswrt-Merlin project.
I've had the ax86u for the past 7 years or so and never had any issues. I bought a second one on sale about 3 years ago as backup or secondary to extend as a mesh network. My primary one hasn't failed and the signal is strong enough where I don't need to boost signal (through 2 different house moves. It's just that good.
Maybe I'm just too poor and need to get a bigger house?
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Maybe I'm just too poor and need to get a bigger house?
I'd look at the size of your house as you aren't drowning in debt because you wanted something bigger lol.
I found someone locally selling the RT-AXE7800 for super cheap so I decided to grab it and swap it in as my main router. Using the same mesh nodes, WiFi signal is not as strong. I started playing around with the AX86U and found out you can set the 2.5gb port as WAN (default is LAN). This helped improve download speeds, but doing a speed test head to head vs. the AXE-7800, download speeds were the same, but upload speeds were about twice as fast for the AXE7800, so I decided to keep using it.
About 1 month in, speeds are great. But there are some compromises; WiFi signal hasn't been as strong and coverage distance decreased (especially 5Ghz). 6Ghz band is pretty much limited to close proximity of the router (unless you have 6e mesh). The final issue has been that the 5Ghz band has started to disconnect periodically causing devices to lose Internet access. I have rebooted the AXE7800 twice so far, which temporarily fixes the 5Ghz disconnect issue. Hoping some future firmware update will be a permanent fix.
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