RT-BE88U equivelant with actual wifi6 exist?

[Zakalwe]

I'm moving house and upgrading to 900mb direct fiber, I've got an aging AC68U and AX68U Pro, I want the BE88U because of all the ports, but why no wifi6? it seems weird. I mostly use ethernet anyway but if I'm splashing out on a new toy I wanna get the top kit.

I don't want to move away from anything I can use Merlin on, for starters. Been using Asus routers all my life and I'm just, I know how to work em' now so.

Anyway should I just get the BE88U and call it a day, or if I wait a few months are we gonna get some even better stuff coming out?

I guess I'll just use the older routers as repeaters around the house? even though it doesn't really need it anyway (At least not on either of the current ones I have.)

Edit: Also I'm seeing a lot of troubleshooting posts re; the BE88U - is it janky af and not stable or something?

 

[Treadler]

I'm moving house and upgrading to 900mb direct fiber, I've got an aging AC68U and AX68U Pro, I want the BE88U because of all the ports, but why no wifi6? it seems weird. I mostly use ethernet anyway but if I'm splashing out on a new toy I wanna get the top kit.

I don't want to move away from anything I can use Merlin on, for starters. Been using Asus routers all my life and I'm just, I know how to work em' now so.

Anyway should I just get the BE88U and call it a day, or if I wait a few months are we gonna get some even better stuff coming out?

I guess I'll just use the older routers as repeaters around the house? even though it doesn't really need it anyway (At least not on either of the current ones I have.)

Edit: Also I'm seeing a lot of troubleshooting posts re; the BE88U - is it janky af and not stable or something?

BE88U certainly has wifi 6 (ax).
I have clients happily connected @ n, ax & be.

 

[Zakalwe]

what router is it i'm confusing it with then? I read a review I thought about the 88u and they were lamenting the lack of actual wifi6 even though it had 7

 

[Treadler]

what router is it i'm confusing it with then? I read a review I thought about the 88u and they were lamenting the lack of actual wifi6 even though it had 7

 

[giosita]

I think @Zakalwe is referring to the lack of the 6GHz band on the BE88U.

And yeah, a BE88U (ex. RT-BE88U PRO) with 6GHz? That’d be a dream come true.

It’d be perfect, really... But of course, if you want everything, you’ll have to shell out for those massive and (IMHO) ridiculously overpriced ROG models.

 

[WTOram]

I think that WiFi6 (802.11ax) is being confused with the WiFi carrier frequency bands.

The RT-BE88U (WiFi7 - 802.11be) is compatible with WiFi6 devices but it does *not* provide the extra 6GHz WiFi band introduced with WiFi6E.

WiFi6 devices do not support the 6GHz band. WiFi6E devices do. WiFi7 devices *may* support the 6GHz band depending on implementation *and* regional regulatory control - The 6GHz band is not universally available for WiFi use.

 

[Zakalwe]

I think @Zakalwe is referring to the lack of the 6GHz band on the BE88U.

And yeah, a BE88U (ex. RT-BE88U PRO) with 6GHz? That’d be a dream come true.

It’d be perfect, really... But of course, if you want everything, you’ll have to shell out for those massive and (IMHO) ridiculously overpriced ROG models.

yeah this is it. I think i'll stick with my AX86U Pro.

I have a 900gb direct fiber line.

should I have the WAN port hooked up to the 1GB port?

I have a netgear gs305 hooked up to the first 1G LAN port, and my UNRAID server is in that - the 2nd lan port is hooked up to the TVs ethernet port - it's using the same ugreen cat8 cables as everywhere else so why does it say this?

and what should I do with the 2.5G port? if my connection from my ISP is max 900mbps, is there any point in it? should I hook my server directly into it, or put the WAN cable in that and such?

advice please.

I might also use my old RT-AC68U as a repeater on the other side of the house.