New ROG GT-BE98 Pro

Hi fellas,

Five days ago I purchase a new ASUS ROG GT-BE98 Pro. It is a massive router and it looks really cool. I wire backhauled my good old RT-AX86U to it. The network has been working well. The only thing I don't like is how the 2.4Ghz channel works. I have about 28 devices at any given time on my Network. Right now the majority of the 2.4Ghz equipment pairs with the AX86U which is the Node, instead of the main router which is the GT-BE98 Pro. I even have an Epson printer Workforce 845 right next to it and instead of pairing with the main router, it pairs with the Node which is three rooms away!!!!

My settings are the same they've always been on my Network. I tried to hard bind a few devices to the BE98 Pro and it worked for awhile, but this morning they were all off the network, until I unbound them and they appeared again, but connected to the AX-86U. Weird.....!

I have the WiFi 7 setting off on the 2.4Ghz network and I use WPA/WPA2 Personal on it. Is it the fact that my 2.4Ghz devices are more used to the old router, rather than the new one? Or is it because the Beast of a Router that the BE98-Pro is, it's too new and it needs some more Firmware work to be done by ASUS?

BTW, the two 6Ghz channels are very fast, but the range of them is pretty pitiful. They remind me of the 5Ghz Network when it first came out...

Any input would be appreciated.

I have the two routers you mention, along with others....

My 2.4 and 5 GHz are Smart Connected, and set to WPA2/WPA3. Do you have devices that require WPA? I have a single WPA2 device in the household, an old iPad Air 2. It's the only thing that stops working if I switch to WPA3 exclusively...

@jzchen I do not see a smart connect feature on the GT-98U Pro. My bricked GT-AX6000 router had it and I never used it.

My Epson printer is an oldie but goodie and that is the only device that drops off the Network the most. I had an exchange with Dong Ngo on his website and he told me that problems like that should be expected with a new Router that is WiFi 7 and has four bands. He told me to leave things as they are for now and maybe connect the printer via ethernet cable which I'd rather not do because that will kill the Airprint capabilities of it. It seems like most of the 2.4GHz devices on my Network prefer the AX-86U.

ualdrivr said:

@jzchen I do not see a smart connect feature on the GT-98U Pro.

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Because the new firmware comes with new ways of doing things. More information here:

ualdrivr said:

My Epson printer is an oldie but goodie and that is the only device that drops off the Network the most. I had an exchange with Dong Ngo on his website and he told me that problems like that should be expected with a new Router that is WiFi 7 and has four bands. He told me to leave things as they are for now and maybe connect the printer via ethernet cable which I'd rather not do because that will kill the Airprint capabilities of it.

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Airprint will work the same wired or wireless. The printer and client devices just need to be on the same network.