RT-BE96U

Did you try the Asus GT-BE98 Pro or the Asus GT-BE19000AI routers? I have the Asus GT-BE98 Pro and can personally attest to it having far reach for its 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz networks.

You can go with ASUS be86u/88u/92u/96u or unifi dream 7 and unifi express 7. These are expensive models tho, but you get what you pay for! Especially asus routers with the ASUSWRT Merlin firmware!

I bought a ASUS RT-BE96U and it seems to be great so far. The 10g wan port allows me to get full use out of my 3 gigabit upload/download speed. And the link aggregation works well. It’s definitely a good replacement for my sub par ASUS RT-AXE7800 (wifi 6e).

I’ve had it for a week now, it seems to work really good. But yes it is big, it’s quite a bit bigger then the axe7800 it is replacing https://preview.redd.it/8r6s8k9znlmf1.jpeg?width=4842&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a44c1a612235befe8bb50f3699b73950c3b2dda4

No offense, but Ubiquity is not the right choice for everyone. I looked into doing that at My house and I would need a minimum of 3 access points, and not the $99 ones. I would have needed the U7 Pro Max at $280 each. One Asus router in access point mode covers my whole house for $450. Not worth going the Ubiquiti route for me. Probably not for OP either.

With the Asus,I only need the one for the whole house.

My 2 cents go to the Asus rt-be96u.

Honestly, these routers are a complete disappointment. I set up a GT-BE19000 as my main mesh router and connected a GS-BE18000 via LAN backhaul as a . No matter how I configure them, I constantly lose Wi-Fi connection. On my iPhone, the signal bars jump from 1 to 4 and back again and I’m sitting in the near of the GT190000BE. I even tried adjusting the RSSI disconnect threshold, but that didn’t help at all. For comparison, my IoT devices are running perfectly stable on two old TP-Link WRT840 routers — those worked flawlessly. This so-called high-end setup is absolutely not worth the money, especially with these constant issues.

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...

Never had a problem. But, use wired vs wireless to connect.

I have both the 96u and 88u. The 96u is my whole house router while the 88u is dedicated to VR. If you don't care about the 6ghz band then the 88u is the way to go. Costs less, supports 4x1gb, 4x2.5gb, and 2x10gb (the 2nd is sfp+), and a smaller footprint.