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AdFree8834I have the ASUS ZenWiFi AX6600 and the software allows you to give 2 and 5 GHZ different passwords. This router is highly rated.
antomickI have a 2 nodes ASUS XT12 with a dedicated wifi6 wireless backhaule. The 2nd node is 2 stories upstairs (bricks walls and wood ceilings) and I can use the full 1Gb/s internet speed provided. Before I had a ubiquiti amplitude. Coverage was ok but the max speed I’ve got was 500 Mb/s. The asus is expensive but works really well. In my situation the 2 nodes are communicating at 2Gb/s. The nodes have also 2,5Gb ports. So attaching wired devices allows to communicate really well.
AryndolHi, I’m currently running an aging ZenWIFI XT8 AX6600 that is starting to disconnect more frequently after years of use, and I thought I might want to upgrade to WiFi 7. Where my current router is situated, I’m getting >600 down and >500 up on 1 gig service. The router probably isn’t more than 20ft away, 1 floor below my computer (pretty old house- more than 100 years old). I rent and can’t run a wired connection. I’m looking for something in the sub $300 range that would potentially give me a boost to my throughput, and I do a lot of gaming. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I looked over a lot of reviews a posts, and now I’m at the point where some advice from people with real world similar setups would really help!
Yeah, sorry. It's the XT8. I've had it for 5 years and it's just starting to get finicky. Still the best router I ever had.
BurnKnowsBestAsus XT8s and XT9s are fantastic.
danielvleeI loved my asus xt8. Super easy to use and the ddns came in handy when I was first hosting my own services. At ~60 WiFi devices it became pretty unreliable so we moved to a tplink Omada system
DramaticBat3563100% , I’ve a concrete home with bison slab floors (concrete beams and steel supports). Had years of WiFi trouble since house built in 2007, bought an ASUS WiFi mesh XT8s 3 pack back in 2019/2020 ……… almost problem free since, easily handles 20/30+ devices……. Multiple 4k streams no problem. 600mbps WiFi in most rooms. If OP has a less challenging home might get away with 2 or even one of them.
Same; have a 3 node XT8 setup. Had years of constant trouble before we got them and years of almost trouble free
ElderberryHamletI suspect there was a non-wifi router or also a switch in the cabinet which connected to WiFi nodes/routers around the house. If you decide to put a wifi router in the cabinet, use an older WiFi 5 or 6, not 6E or 7 because you're not going to get any 6 GHz signal out of that cabinet and most of the router's worth is going to be in ethernet gateway routing. You can connect an unmanaged switch to each wall outlet around the house to expand the number of available ethernet ports at waist or knee level and connect simpler, cheaper asus wifi nodes whose primary worth is broadcasting wifi on top of a bookcase or shelf at or above eye level instead of the more expensive combo wifi-ethernet gaming routers which end up looking like a spider hairball of antennas & ethernet cables. Either of the wifi nodes you've suggested above would be good but the BE58U would give you 6 GHz band for end devices with 6E or 7 capability whereas the Zen AX6600 model lacks 6 GHz band
EnigmaSporeYou really just want something that you can control many variables with, and to be more specific, you want one where you can manually select the wifi channel and manually bind a device to a specific access point/mesh node. You cant do this with something like a Google Nest Pro or Eero wifi mesh setups, so I had to rule those out. The reason it's important is because you may have neighbor wifi congestion that varies at different parts of the house, and through testing you've found your ideal channel, but the router is not selecting it. You're SOL in this scenario. Obviously something like Unifi products are great, but if you're on a budget and are looking for simplicity, there's nothing wrong with Asus ZenWifi or TP-Link Deco mesh systems. I settled with Asus and run a pair of XT8 routers i got off ebay to supply wifi throughout the house. The router has some 45 degree angled antennas to beam downwards/upwards too so that helps beam it to our downstairs room directly beneath the mesh node with the router being on the opposite end of the house on the same floor. runs great, i manually select my wireless backhaul channel and all my settings, i can assign my pc to the mesh node if i want to game stream it to the xbox downstairs. it's been very smooth with Asus software so far. anywho. just make sure you pick wi-fi 6e or 7 at this point and that you can select channel and bind to ap. the rest is really determined on your house layout and size which is something you'll just need to be mindful of when placing your routers and using wifiman/netspot to determine if the wifi neighborhood is clear.
You really just want something that you can control many variables with, and to be more specific, you want one where you can manually select the wifi channel and manually bind a device to a specific access point/mesh node. You cant do this with something like a Google Nest Pro or Eero wifi mesh setups, so I had to rule those out. The reason it's important is because you may have neighbor wifi congestion that varies at different parts of the house, and through testing you've found your ideal channel, but the router is not selecting it. You're SOL in this scenario. Obviously something like Unifi products are great, but if you're on a budget and are looking for simplicity, there's nothing wrong with Asus ZenWifi or TP-Link Deco mesh systems. I settled with Asus and run a pair of XT8 routers i got off ebay to supply wifi throughout the house. The router has some 45 degree angled antennas to beam downwards/upwards too so that helps beam it to our downstairs room directly beneath the mesh node with the router being on the opposite end of the house on the same floor. runs great, i manually select my wireless backhaul channel and all my settings, i can assign my pc to the mesh node if i want to game stream it to the xbox downstairs. it's been very smooth with Asus software so far. anywho. just make sure you pick wi-fi 6e or 7 at this point and that you can select channel and bind to ap. the rest is really determined on your house layout and size which is something you'll just need to be mindful of when placing your routers and using wifiman/netspot to determine if the wifi neighborhood is clear.
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