ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000

ASUS Routers with [Merlin firmware](https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net) have been solid for me for over a decade with hundreds of devices connected in large footprint, multi-story situations. Pretty much anything you cannot do by default, there is an add-on for or you can create your own custom add-ons. Started with an RT-5300 and eventually moved to RT-AX86U and then GT-AXE16000 using the RT-AX86U’s as Mesh Network APs just for fun. For new construction or huge footprint office/hotel I might go with UnfiFi, but to cover the same footprint as my ASUS covers would have been a lot of equipment to do the same thing. Not dogging UniFi, it’s great at what it does, but it’s expensively split up hardware and, at least when I looked at it last time, not nearly as customizable.

flint 2 is better , flint3 seems like a down grade, i personally had the ax86u and just now use it as a node, main is axe16000 https://preview.redd.it/1pg79cu7xcvf1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ad53ab8bca885e17aea6787c810fbc85c93254d

I’ve always had Asus routers with my recent being the AXE 16000. As a result it seemed logical for me if I wanted a mesh system to go the AImesh route. I purchased an extra couple of ASUS routers and to be honest found the speeds to be disappointing and found that the extra routers were often disconnecting. As a result I moved to a TP link Deco system and have been incredibly impressed particularly with maintaining my internets full gigabit speeds between nodes. I know some people go on about how managing the system is app only but personally I actually find that more convenient, but then maybe I don’t tinker enough with the system to require more access than that, apart from changing a few DNS settings.

For a single Wifi 6E router, you can't do any better than Asus GT-AXE16000.

Yes. It's GREAT on paper, but doesn't perform well at all. Coverage is terrible and speeds are abysmal, even in the same room. Yes, I've optimized the channels. ISP router performs better side by side.