Which Router Should I Buy I'm Getting Frontier Fiber

[freddyjuarez]

Question should I go for the
Asus RT-BE88U and take advantage of the
10 Gigabit SFP+ port
Just hate the amount of land ports it has wish it had less like on the RT-BE86U

Or do I just get the Asus RT-BE86U

 

[bbunge]

AX86U Pro or AX88U Pro. Do you really need all the extra bandwidth? And, do you want to be a beta tester for WIFI 7?

 

[junior120872]

What speed fibre are you getting? I have 5gb Frontier and run with a be96u, so I'm able to use that bandwidth. If you're getting 2gb or less, you could save some coin and buy a router with an appropriate sized wan and lan links. The 10gb is only going to be as good as your fastest uplink or local lan connections. Plus I'm finding WiFI 7 fairly flaky right now, so I have it shut off as well as MLO. It seems to be in it's infancy still.

 

[freddyjuarez]

What speed fibre are you getting? I have 5gb Frontier and run with a be96u, so I'm able to use that bandwidth. If you're getting 2gb or less, you could save some coin and buy a router with an appropriate sized wan and lan links. The 10gb is only going to be as good as your fastest uplink or local lan connections. Plus I'm finding WiFI 7 fairly flaky right now, so I have it shut off as well as MLO. It seems to be in it's infancy still.

Im getting their 1gig plan I already have the AX86U Pro which yes I know it's a good solid wifi 6 router, but my mind is telling me to upgrade because I'm getting brand new Internet never had Fiber...
So yeah I've been eyeing the RT-BE86U and RT-BE88U unfortunately....

Is Wi-Fi 7 really really really bad is it really still beta?

 

[Tech9]

but my mind is telling me to upgrade because I'm getting brand new Internet

Your existing router can handle Gigabit ISP easily. If you want to feed Asus - get something very expensive like 2x GT-BE98 Pro and use them in 6GHz backhaul AiMesh. Your user experience improvement will be close to zero, but Asus will be happy.

 

[degrub]

What Tech9 is saying is Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) is a real hazard in this environment. Get help quickly ! Usually the SO or Wife can terminate the issue ;-)

 

[Tech9]

This is a common diagnosis in Ubiquiti community. People with home networks go overkill with rack mounted enterprise multi-core firewalls and multi-port switches like will run the entire neighborhood...