From what I can find, Toob give customer the Linksys SPNMX56TB router for gigabit customers. At face value, it and the ASUS router both support the same speed. However the Linksys router has 4x4 spatial streams for 5GHz channel whereas the ASUS RT‑BE58U is a budget Wifi 7 router with only 2x2 spatial streams. In laymans, the Toob router had more antenna. This means its less impacted by multiple devices congesting the Wifi and devices can receive signal with less interference and therefore better speed. I can't explain why its worse up close but better far aware tho.
the rule for wifi standards is unless you have the clients that support the latest standards there's really no point in getting wifi 7
Wifi 7s big gain is that you can connect to multiple bands simultaneously to aggregate massive bandwidth, but if you don't have wifi 7 clients that can take advantage of this functionality don't even bother
The Tri band in most Wifi 7 units are 6ghz, again if you don't have the hardware and unless you are right next to the node with no obstructions and you are using a wired backhaul, you cannot get the maximum gains out of the new standards
also with each new successive band (2.4 > 5 > and now 6) the penetration gets less
2.4, the original wireless spectrum, is nearly useless for anything other than smart home devices, especially if you live in a high density urban environments where the spectrum is saturated with noise
If you want the best bang for your buck, run ethernet CAT6 to the points to deploy your mesh network, I would use a Tri-band 2.4, 5ghz, 5ghz bands. Make sure your networks are discretely separated into 3 separate SSIDs
Put all your legacy 2.4 ghz smart home devices on the 2.4 network
Put all your 5ghz smart devices on 1 network and any slower 5ghz devices i.e. doorbells, security cameras as well
Leave the last 5ghz network sanitized of slower devices and dedicate this to your high bandwidth hogging devices like gaming consoles, VR, laptops, tvs and phones and tablets
My personal vote is the Linksys Atlas Pro 6
Do you have Spectrum Mobile if you do the router acts as a tower if you don't just get your own. (https://computers.woot.com/offers/linksys-ax5300-atlas-pro-wi-fi-6-system-1?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app) this one will fit most people needs and you get 3 nodes.
They were all WiFi 6. I used a Nokia linksys Atlas, a TPLink one and a Netgear Nighthawk. Except for the Nokia (wifi5), none of them even came close to the signal penetration I got from the GLinet flint 2.
I have the Linksys Atlas and it has been solid for our mix of HomeKit, Google Home, laptops and various other interwebs. We are a high use household with two adults WFH and two teens who stream and game and we have had zero connectivity issues.
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