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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.
angrycatmeowmeowI have an Asus XT12 mesh system with two points. I recently had to factory reset them due to a borked FW update and since I was messing with it I took the time to separate my 2.4 and 5ghz bands. Everything is much happier now.
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
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