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frontpagetDames | Staff posted Jul 15, 2025 01:12 AM
ASUS RT-AX5400 Dual Band WiFi 6 Extendable Mesh Router
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If you are looking at 2Gbps+ internet service, you will most likely be buying $300+ routers.
You need multi-gig WAN and LAN ports to fully take adantage of multi-gig internet.
Now, if your internet provider only provides speeds under 1Gbps, then this works perfectly for you.
Keep in mind while AiMesh works great, cross generation mix can cause issues.
I.e. if you ever upgrade to WiFi 7 router, you may have AiMesh compatibility issues. I run my main router RT-BE88U as a single WiFi 7 router. Then I run all my WiFi 6 AiMesh routers as access point mesh using WiFi 6.
When I try to mix WiFi 7 and WiFi 6 together as a single AiMesh network, I had compatibility issues.
Just because it is latest doesn't mean you will get benefits from it right away. All clients that connect to it also needs to support it.
This is a $100 router, and it performs very well. I'll take this over a junky $100 WiFi 7 one any day.
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I have a less than one year old router. It has the current standard, and all my devices still run on 5 year old standards
Just because it is latest doesn't mean you will get benefits from it right away. All clients that connect to it also needs to support it.
This is a $100 router, and it performs very well. I'll take this over a junky $100 WiFi 7 one any day.
Just because it is latest doesn't mean you will get benefits from it right away. All clients that connect to it also needs to support it.
This is a $100 router, and it performs very well. I'll take this over a junky $100 WiFi 7 one any day.
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The biggest downside to this is it only has gigabit ethernet. While it isn't a deal breaker, for most, just be aware of this limitation.
If you are looking at 2Gbps+ internet service, you will most likely be buying $300+ routers.
You need multi-gig WAN and LAN ports to fully take adantage of multi-gig internet.
Now, if your internet provider only provides speeds under 1Gbps, then this works perfectly for you.
Keep in mind while AiMesh works great, cross generation mix can cause issues.
I.e. if you ever upgrade to WiFi 7 router, you may have AiMesh compatibility issues. I run my main router RT-BE88U as a single WiFi 7 router. Then I run all my WiFi 6 AiMesh routers as access point mesh using WiFi 6.
When I try to mix WiFi 7 and WiFi 6 together as a single AiMesh network, I had compatibility issues.
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When I try to mix WiFi 7 and WiFi 6 together as a single AiMesh network, I had compatibility issues.
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RT-AC86U
https://www.asus.com/us/networkin.../techspec/
AC2900 ultimate AC performance : 750+2167 Mbps
802.11a : up to 54 Mbps
802.11b : up to 11 Mbps
802.11g : up to 54 Mbps
WiFi 4 (802.11n) : up to 450 Mbps
WiFi 5 (802.11ac) : up to 1734 Mbps
1024QAM (2.4GHz) : up to 750 Mbps
1024QAM (5GHz) : up to 2167 Mbps
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RT-AX5400
https://www.asus.com/us/networkin.../techspec/
AX5400 ultimate AX performance : 574+4804 Mbps
802.11a : up to 54 Mbps
802.11b : up to 11 Mbps
802.11g : up to 54 Mbps
WiFi 4 (802.11n) : up to 300 Mbps
WiFi 5 (802.11ac) : up to 400 Mbps
WiFi 5 (802.11ac) (1024QAM) : up to 3466 Mbps
WiFi 6 (802.11ax) (2.4GHz) : up to 574 Mbps
WiFi 6 (802.11ax) (5GHz) : up to 4804 Mbps
I used to have this router and it is solid for what it is. Asus routers are pretty good.
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So I have two AiMesh networks created. One runs WiFi 7 and the other network runs WiFi 6 routers. However, that means I do have two different SSIDs for each network.
I did not upgrade my client devices.
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