So i've finally got 1gbps fiber at home a few days ago. I had been running 100/20mbps cable, and ADSL even before that. It was around the time I bought my Asus RT-AC68U 10 years ago. Solid unit, been running Merlin fw with AMTM/Diversion/FlexQoS modulesONT as bridge mode->RT-AC68U->Devices and other access points around the house (old routers)Poor thing however can't handle 1gbps on WAN port, it's limited around 500mbps in best case scenario, CPU are pegging hard with all this load and in summer it's definitely gonna be worse when it's going to be overheating.Thus it's the time to upgrade it now.I've researched a bit and came to these options:
Cons: 330eur, too wide to fit to the same location without modifying things, no 6ghz, 1 usb port
Cons: No merlin fw yet or even confirmed planned (but i am confident it will), 1 of lan ports is shared if you want to use dual wan, unstable Asus FW as of writting, 1gb ram, 1 usb port
-Third option? Some older Asus router or other brand with other custom FW? I don't think it's worth it, at the moment i already have 2 devices that support wifi 6E, back when i bought the RT-AC68U i didn't even had 5ghz devices yet. Lan wise, i only have 2 devices with 2.5g. What do you think?
- RT-BE88U:
Cons: 330eur, too wide to fit to the same location without modifying things, no 6ghz, 1 usb port
- RT-BE92U:
Cons: No merlin fw yet or even confirmed planned (but i am confident it will), 1 of lan ports is shared if you want to use dual wan, unstable Asus FW as of writting, 1gb ram, 1 usb port
-Third option? Some older Asus router or other brand with other custom FW? I don't think it's worth it, at the moment i already have 2 devices that support wifi 6E, back when i bought the RT-AC68U i didn't even had 5ghz devices yet. Lan wise, i only have 2 devices with 2.5g. What do you think?
