New: GT vs RT-AC5300 finding

[lindros2]

I’ve owned an RT 5300 for 3+ years, and after regular issues with 5Ghz disappearing (which I guess is also present in the GT model), I got a GT for $250.

The biggest finding (other than the 8 ports I won’t use and the awful firmware design) is the raw speed of 5 GHz (low). I could never get my RT 5 low above 150Mbps, yet the GT is doing over 600 (clients on 5 GHz high are capping out at 200-250).

The top end appears a little slower too on the GT - it can’t get to 800-900 - but I found that’s just for showing off, not practical use.

Finally, my AX11000 (used as an extender, don’t judge) is happy. It’s showing over 500 bidirectional using the 5 Ghz-high band.

 

[Clark Griswald]

Why aren't you using the AX11000 as your main?

 

[Tech9]

RT-AC5300 and GT-AC5300 are two completely different hardware/software routers:

RT-AC5300 - BCM4709 ARM A9 1.4GHz dual-core, 128MB flash, 512MB RAM, BCM4366 radios
GT-AC5300 - BCM4908 ARM A53 1.8GHz quad-core, 256MB flash, 1GB RAM, BCM4366E radios

GT is a much faster HND platform router with better radios.

 

[lindros2]

Why aren't you using the AX11000 as your main?

Many have asked; I’ve tried 5 different times, but for unknown reasons the AC5300 (and AX68 or AC68) as repeaters - and some clients - get really slow speeds.
My ATT main does 700+ on WiFi 6 devices, which is a good option as well.
But the AX11000 as a repeater pushing out 400-500 is superb for me.

 

[lindros2]

RT-AC5300 and GT-AC5300 are two completely different hardware/software routers:

RT-AC5300 - BCM4709 ARM A9 1.4GHz dual-core, 128MB flash, 512MB RAM, BCM4366 radios
GT-AC5300 - BCM4908 ARM A53 1.8GHz quad-core, 256MB flash, 1GB RAM, BCM4366E radios

GT is a much faster HND platform router with better radios.

Which is surprising it appears that they’ve given up on it. $249 new was a great deal.
My house is now super stable with 50+ devices.
And it appears to be running cooler.

 

[Joshua Price]

I'm thinking of getting a newer Asus router with HND support. My only concern is, if the main router is setup to 'full cone' nat type option, will the AiMesh Nodes have to be HND routers as well or can I put the RT-AC5300 and older RT-AC68U (not the v4 model) as nodes without messing up the hard wired gaming systems that need the 'full cone' to run games that need open/moderate nat types.

 

[Tech9]

My only concern is, if the main router

You have one router. Whatever you set there applies to the entire network. The rest "routers" in AiMesh configuration are access points (if wired) or repeaters (if wireless). There is no routing there.