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    GT-BE98 WIFI 7

    Thank you for sharing your networking setup. And in return, I did not use the 5Ghz bands the way you had mentioned in your first post, as in segmenting clients on different radios. In the interests of reaching close to theoretical connection speeds on the 5Ghz band/s DFS channels (2.4Gbps) I...
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    GT-BE98 WIFI 7

    I referred to DFS above so that means the 160 Mhz channels on the 5Ghz band/s. While testing the GT-AXE11000 and RT-AX89X, both with one 5Ghz band, the instances where my Wifi 6/e clients could hit multi gig speeds (above 1Gbps) were far greater than when I was using the same clients on the two...
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    GT-BE98 WIFI 7

    Good for you. We're all entitled to our opinions and views in this forum so feel free to disagree with what I had observed. I was merely comparing what was seen in the review vs my personal experience with the quad-band GT-AXE16000 (consistent access to the 5Ghz DFS channels for multigig speeds...
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    GT-BE98 WIFI 7

    Yeah, thank goodness for Amazon's 30-day returns policy in my case.
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    GT-BE98 WIFI 7

    I read Dong Ngo's RT-BE96U review and what intrigued me was the bit he wrote about the limitations of quad-band routers. The GT-BE98 splits the 5ghz band in half which limits flexibility of channel use. I experienced the same constraints when trying to use the two 5Ghz bands on the GT-AXE16000...
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    Actually, if you've been reading my earlier posts, I have been getting 1800-1900 Mbps u/l and d/l wifi speeds on the 5Ghz DFS channels for my Wifi 6 clients (2 spatial streams) which can access them. And so far on my Wifi 6E clients with the 6Ghz band, speeds max out around 1300 Mbps and drop...
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    Sadly, the latest update still cuts my 5Ghz wifi speeds in half to 800-900Mbps so back to the initial firmware I go. Just did some research on the QCNCM865 Wifi 7 NIC and it seems to work fine on HP laptops whereas the Intel variant doesn't. Maybe I'll get one to test actual Wifi 7 speeds on...
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    Thanks for the heads up. I'll go try out the firmware update on my main router to see if it fixes the 5Ghz speed, range and stability issues introduced in version 3.0.0.6.102_32460 and report back.
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    Honestly, like I said, I haven't used any Ubiquiti hardware so that's the extent of my knowledge in this area. You can try to configure a router (RT-BE96U) behind a router (UDM Pro) to see if that works for you. Never tried it myself so you're on your own with that...
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    Since your UDM Pro is the primary router, you'll be using your 5Gbps PPPoE with that. The AP will only handle the wireless broadcasting with limited configurability. You'll still probably be getting higher wifi/wired speeds I think due to the 10Gbe WAN/LAN ports on the RT-BE96U.
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    You might want to check out this thread relating to using Asus routers with PPPoE. https://www.snbforums.com/threads/gigabit-pppoe-on-merlin.87439/
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    Not a user of Ubiquiti networking equipment but you'll probably have to use the RT-BE96U in Access Point mode connected to the UDM Pro's SFP+ LAN port through a Ubiquiti-compatible 10G SFP+ to 10/5/2.5Gbe RJ45 module.
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    Not sure about PPPoE but I've tested it on 10Gb active optical network ethernet (point-to-point) 9.3Gbps/9.1Gbps upload/download and 10Gb passive optical network ethernet (point-to-multipoint) 8.3Gbps/8.3Gbps upload/download speeds on the Ookla Speedtest app. The router's CPU utilisation is...
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    GT-BE98 WIFI 7

    These are the routers/APs using variations of the QCA Cortex A73 2.2 GHz CPU. Mainly TP Link, Linksys, Netgear, Ruckus and Xiaomi. I don't think higher clock speeds are everything though, newer generation CPUs may improve overall performance via efficiency features. Sort of like Apple's M3 SoC...
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    GT-BE98 WIFI 7

    Is AsusWRT being optimised for BCM chips the reason why Asus mainly sticks with Broadcom despite the more advanced QCA tech? I really appreciated the aging RT-AX89X for its power and usability...after subsequent firmware and hardware revisions fixed the initial bugs.
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    I guess I shall. This time, I knew what I signed up for when I got a Gen 1 Wifi 7 model unlike when I got a Gen 1 Wifi 6E model (GT-AXE11000) back then and nearly tore my hair out figuring out how to get it to work properly in AiMesh and for the 5Ghz band to have better range. The Gen 2 Wifi 6E...
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    Wi-Fi 7 Multi Link Operation (MLO) discussion

    That's true, I'm getting higher speeds and range on the 5Ghz (DFS) bands vs the 6Ghz bands. That said, MLO is supposed to combine the use of both 5Ghz and 6Ghz bands to give you a 'best of both worlds' throughput and usage scenario. However, as the feature has yet to be released on routers or...
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    I think we'll have to wait for MLO support to be added to both Windows 11 and the routers themselves before we can determine whether it can be disabled.
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    I don't know...If you look at the Gen 2 Wifi 7 chips from Broadcom, namely the BCM6765 that Asus will be working with, the specs seem to be more suited for low-to-mid range routers in a more reasonable price bracket vs the Gen 1 BCM4916 used in the first batch of flagship (featured and priced)...
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    RT-BE96U Tri-Band

    Thanks for highlighting that and fingers crossed that MLO support will be added to the RT-BE96U sooner rather than later. Now to start looking for Wifi 7-enabled smartphones.
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