Nighthawk AX12 12-Stream AX6000 WiFi Router (RAX120v2)

Are you based here in the States? If so, Ubiquity gets my vote. TP-Link is up in the air since it may be banned in the USA someday but I am running a TP-Link Wifi 7 Archer BE800 for over 2 years and it is rock stable. The only con is that FW updates are not released very often at all. I would have went with the Asus Wifi7 *ROG Rapture GT*\-*BE98* (Pro) but when I needed to purchase the latest and greatest, their wifi7 flagship router was not released back then yet in 2024. I had the highest end Netgear Wifi 6E router RAX120 in 2021 but it just completely died 4 years later (My 3 year extended warranty was expired) so I am iffy on purchasing new Netgear products as I never once had a router die on me and I have owned around 6 Netgear routers flagships in the last 15 years or so. So to be safe Ubiquity or Asus for now. TP-Link for value especially from Costco if you want their MESH package.

Top options are the ASUS RT-AX88U Pro for strong performance, the Netgear Nighthawk RAX120 for reliability, and the Synology RT6600ax for good features. These offer solid coverage and handle multiple devices well without huge speed drops.

I bought a Netgear RAX120 in 2020. It has a 2.5gb wan interface, very strong radios, and supports LAG on the Lan ports. We have a Samsung TV 40' from the router through 4 walls and it doesn't skip a beat. It is mated to a Nighthawk cm3000 which pushes the limits its of the ISP. I'm certain Netgear has later models, however, I no complaints with my current configuration. best regards James

Brand only matters for the ui you like. Ausu tends to have more controls, netgear is the more "user friendly", tplink is the half way point. Netgear tends to ship with netgear armor or what ever they call it. Good but annoying that once its on you pretty much have to do a reset to factory to get rid of it . Netgear and sus will let you fully control through the web ui and limited controls on a app so you'd have both. I never used the tplink app if they have one so I dont know about how it works. That said, your requirements seem to be wifi 6 and longevity. So really any netgear AFTER r8000 would do what you want. Netgear: R7xxx <-- no Rax50<-- yes So as only as a 2018 ax8; Ax8/ax12 Rax40, rax50, rax200, ect Asus: Rt-ACxx<-- no Rt-AXxx<--yes Rt-ax88u Gt-ax11000 Rt-ax92u Rt-ax58u

Been running the ASUS AX6000 for like 2 years now and its been solid for my setup. Got jellyfin running on a mini pc plus some other services and never had any drops or weird connection issues The gl.inet stuff can be hit or miss - i had one of there older models that would randomly reboot under load which was annoying as hell. For around 200 you might also want to check out the netgear nighthawk ax12 if you can find it on sale. Way more reliable than budget wifi 7 options imo Also make sure your not getting interference from neighbors - sometimes the 6ghz bands on wifi 7 routers get wonky in dense areas