The 10Gb backhaul worth the trouble? I’m running a RT-BE96U main with two ET12’s as nodes on 1Gb backhaul.
Only have a 1 gig fiber plan so think my 1Gb backhaul is fine but I can just move the ports around and get 10Gb I’m thinking
Pickup 3x Ausus BE96u and spread them around the house with AI Mesh. Connect one to the WAN and then the remainder to each other with CAT 6. You will have an amazing network. They are on sale for $399 each now. Run Merlin firmware...
I have an ASUS Mesh. Primary node/router is a RT-BE96U. The satellite remote node is a RT-BE86U. I am linking the two on a 10Gb wired backbone. So far so good.
Got rid of my shitty nest wifi pro and bought a wifi 7 Asus aimesh network setup. Light years ahead and can reliably stream my PC at over 100mbps over wifi. So can do the portal with ease whereas the nest could not
When my Nest wifi was finally on its last life, I purchased a much more expensive Asus mesh router setup that supported wifi 7. For whatever reason the more advanced features of MLO didn't work with my TV. So basically I had to cripple my expensive setup to work with the device I use all the time.
I ended up returning that and switched to the Nest Pro and have had no issues. Been about a year now. Solid connectivity and speed. I bought the 2 pack for 250, not on sale.
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