ASUS - ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro

Yes, multiple 10-Gig Ethernet ports, and essentially quad-band as it can use dual 6 Ghz 320 MHz channels simultaneously. It's certainly more capable than a run of the mill router.

If a family has: 1. Ford Fiesta 2. BMW 3 series 3. Honda Civic 1 4. Home Civic 2 They have 4 cars, even if two are Honda Civics. The router likewise can operate 2x 6GHz bands simultaneously which double the bandwidth can 1 band.

I have one of these, use it as a repeater for my BE98Pro. Works great, use the 6e channel as a backhaul and it’s been really solid. I do prefer the Merlin firmware for it, and all of my other ASUS routers, with the main reason being how it displays the wireless log (so much clearer, with device names).

I have the GT-BE98 pro for a few months now. Pros- Multiple 10gbe and 2.5gbe is very nice and works as intended. The asus firmware is great as far as OEM firmware goes, it has pretty much everything you could ask for (port forwarding, DDNS built in, VPN built in, much more). Range on the wifi is solid with the aerial antennas and it looks cool in a gamer way. Cons- Expensive, flashy (of you're not into that kind of thing), not a fan of the new way it makes you log in.

It's stronger than the Asus AC86U it replaced, which i found to work quite well for the last 7-8 years or so that I've owned it (I got it mid 2017 iirc). Well, except for wifi 7 and 6E stuff in higher bands, it's hard to really say, line of sight helps a lot but I've only really tried wireless vr twice so far and as long as it's LOS the experience was quite good. Say what you will about asus lately, but they make pretty good consumer components, the old ac86u was highly supported both from asus and the aftermarket firmware community, asus seems to be a lot less against that kind of thing than other brands, which I find important.

~~if i had to guess id be two 5.8gig bands, one for "normal" use and one for mesh use. iv seen it on other asus mesh routers like their lyra system.~~ edit/correction: spec sheet says it has two 6ghz radios so that would be your fourth band [https://rog.asus.com/networking/rog-rapture-gt-be98-pro/spec/](https://rog.asus.com/networking/rog-rapture-gt-be98-pro/spec/)

i think "bands" when it comes to makreting just reffers to the number of radios nowadays.

well no, but if you have two seprate 2.4 gig radios and can independantly use two channels then i'd argue that qualifys as two bands of 2.4ghz.

no? wtf are you even talking about? i was just using your example on the 2.4ghz that no if a router or AP had one 2.4gig radio then that dosnt make it "tetradecuple band" but if a theoretical AP did have two independent 2.4gig radios that it would make sence to call that dual band. the ROG router from this post has: one 2.4ghz radio, one 5.8ghz radio and **Two 6ghz radios**, i posted the specsheet in my original comment.

yes quad is four did your read anything of what i said Bands does not mean different frequences, it refferes to the ammount if Radios an AP or Router Has. here let me spell it out for you: One : 2.4ghz Two : 5.8Ghz Three: 6Ghz\_1 Four: 6Ghz\_2

I have an Asus GT-BE98Pro connected to two ONTs from ais and true. I got the BOYD/COYD packages from ais and true where they bring an ONT placed into bridge mode that adapts the optical fiber into ethernet and then the ethernet plugs into my asus WAN ports. Even if you didn't throw away AIS router and replace it with an ONT, I imagine you would be able to put it into bridge mode. Just make sure you get the ppoe creds out of the router or from AIS beforehand so you can plug that into your own router. Maybe someone could correct me if I'm wrong, but that would be the equivalent to using an ONT without having to order a new tech out to replace your equipment. As someone else suggested here, the ucg-fiber or equivalent cloud gateway would also be nice if you want better traffic monitoring. Thinking about getting one as well to bridge between my router and core switches. For AIS I was able to use the app on the phone to order a public IP package and it activated immediately. I don't have a public IP with True but they give IPv6 for free which is almost as handy for me.

I’d see if they would upgrade you to the XB8. Tri-band, supports MoCA 2.5, if not, put it in bridge mode and buy your own router like I just did. Their ports won’t open up all the way for me for my brothers PS5. I just went and got a ASUS ROG Rapture GT-98 pro WiFi 7 router. Best move I ever did. The XB8 also has a 2.5g port. Allowing you to get multi-gig speeds if you ever upgrade speed.

I have the ROG GT-BE98 Pro (WiFi 7 Quad-Band) and I’m about to do a wired mesh backhaul with the ROG STRIX GS-BE18000 (WiFi 7 Tri-Band). With that being said, I love the GT-98 Pro, but I don’t need another one for upstairs. I’m going to try the latter out and see how it does.

It may be a little bit of overkill, but I just bought another GT-BE98 Pro secondhand but got it for the same price as the BE18000. I couldn’t pass up having 2 6Ghz bands for the same price I’d have paid to have only 1 6Ghz band. I’m going to be ready for these new handhelds which I’m pretty sure will have WiFi 7 chips JUST for MLO. Runs off of 2 bands simultaneously. Better for gaming. All of my consoles and PC are hardwired. But when I game on a handheld I want a very smooth connection, so I think it’s a no-brainer. I will still let you know how the backhaul goes. 🍻

Asus ROG be 98 pro

I have the BE98pro with 67 devices, 4K streaming, competitive gaming, wireless surveillance equipment, ioT devices, WFH, VOIP, content creation, using all bands, and using MLO and have zero stability issues, along with thousands of other customers. I Im not an ASUS fanboy; I just go with what works, and I've had ASUS for about 15 years now with zero issues.

I second this, just got the BE98Pro and I have alot of devices and its rock solid.

Go with the Asus. Just tried the TP-Link BE550 and ended up returning it and going with an Asus BE88U. I didn't need the tri-band for my use and the Asus destroyed the TP-Link in range and speeds. The BE98 Pro is really in a different category. I would've gone for it if I could justify the cost for how I'd be using it.

I have a UCG Fiber gateway and U7 Pro Max, best investment since testing Eero max 7, that Netgear nighthawk 700s thing and even the ASUS BE-98 pro. Yes you can get a POE injector and power up the AP and place where you want it to go. You will need to adopt it initially, but after that, it will use mesh if it cannot get a wired connection. Highly highly recommend UniFi over consumer overpriced junk. I love ASUS, but it’s often expensive and overkill, and offers no huge benefits.

I have Comcast Internet but both the modem and the router are my own, no stupid rental fees! Is all very easy to set up btw, instructions are included.

It is the Rapture GT-8E98 Pro Very easy to set up with the Asus app.