Archer BE805

Honestly, avoid Netgear. Their hardware is okay, but they lock basic security behind subscription paywalls which is a total headache. The BE805 is a much better value for the money.

The router from the addon would be yours to keep. Sort of instalment plan. Nowadays, the fibre ONT device is not required to return back to the ISP. Depends on your needs. If you need 6ghz, go for tri-band. If you have supported device (2.5/5/10 GBe) to plug in network cable to the router, then consider the one with those network port. Those router without 2.5GBe port would have capped output of 1gbps 3gbps plan, free router: ASUS RT-BE58U (1x 2.5 port) or TP-Link Archer EB210 Pro (2x 2.5 port). Both are dual-band router, no 6ghz, has 2.5gbps WAN ASUS RT-BE92U tri-band router with 10gbe WAN, 2.5GBe LAN TP-Link BE805 tri-band router with 2x 10GBe WAN/LAN, 4x 1GBe. This model maybe out of stock or no longer be available for selection. I gotten the M1 HomePac 10Gbps (Plan only) and bought a TP-Link BE805 from Carousell for $250 It depends on your living situation and commitment You may consider M1 3mbps plan as it has a lower UP of $65. Early termination clause for M1 is UP rate multiplied by remaining month. Otherwise, go with MyRepublic as their contract price and off-contract price is narrower.

Have been researching WiFi 7 Routers now for months in an attempt to replace my Deco W7200 (which is starting to struggle with the number of devices I have running). I have watched 1,000 you tube videos, read 3,000 reviews, studied about 4,000 posts on reddit, etc., etc. and after extensive research this is what I have learned: When it comes to affordable mesh systems the Deco BE63 sucks or is awesome, the Orbi 770 sucks or is awesome, and the Asus BT6/BT8 either sucks or are awesome. Then we have stand alone routers: the TP-Link BE800 and BE805 both suck or are both awesome, the Asus RT-BE92U sucks or is awesome, and the Netgear RS600/RS700 either sucks or is awesome. All of them seem to suck more unless they are awesome, then they seem to suck less. All their firmware sucks or is just fine and all of them have constant drops or they don't. You have to have triband or they will suck, unless you go dual band in which case they will suck. Or it's possible to have awesome triband or awesome dual band, albeit unlikely. There is also Eero 7, pro, or max, or super max, which are all awesome but also all suck because they don't have MAC cloning which is a must with my ISP. Of course they may also suck in generally depending on who you ask. Or I could sell a kidney and stop paying my bills for 3 months and turn my house into some kind of Ubiquity super network which will definitely either suck or be awesome. Starting to think I should just throw a dart in Best Buy or Costco and buy whatever it hits. Or just keep the W7200 and start throwing away IOT devices.

*Wired is always better.* Not necessarily so, comparing to 1 GbE. Next to my router I get \~1400 Mbps as compared to the ethernet limit of \~930 Mbps - almost 50% faster. Upstairs 30 feet away, where cabling is almost impossible, I get 930 Mbps with a TP-Link G800 and B800 mesh network which were on sale for Black Friday. This is the same speed I would get if it were wired.

I went with TP-Link Omada. I kind of wish I went with ubiquity. I haven’t checked the subreddit much for either, but I’m having some issues with a new AP, a wifi 7 device which isn’t playing well with my AC and AX APs. Edit I also had a consumer wifi mesh setup but with nearly 100 devices the archer BE19000 was having DHCP assignment issues.