Great price for dual band routers with Merlin support.
AX6000 is far newer than AX86/88U being sold for similar or higher price as used.
Good price drop on the recently released WiFi 7 variant of these - BE88U too
Reviews
https://dongknows.com/asus-rog-rapture-gt-ax6000-gaming-rout…
https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-be88u-dual-band-wi-fi-7-router…
dang, wondered why no one had found this earlier. sorry, please delete the post.
Might be alright because it wasn't mentioned in the title of that post but can't remember the rule off the top of my head.
Not a networking expert but I can see no Merlin support, looks like less RAM, less 2.4Ghz bandwidth, etc. I think for a tri-band, you'd generally want the number to be above 10k, like AXE11000.
https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-axe7800-wi-fi6e-router-review/
Compared to which one?
I would say BE88u > AXE7800 > AX6000. BE is wifi 7, AXE is wifi 6e, AX6000 is wifi 6.
Personally I would skip AXE7800.
It's silly to have WiFi 6e with one 2.5gbe wan and no 2.5gbe lan port
Yup exactly. I have 2.5g switch connected to 2.5g lan port on my AX6000. It's good to have internal network on 2.5g. Just having a 2.5g on wan is useless if you only have 1gig fibre.
I'm in the market for a new wifi router, the AX6000 looks good, I'm also considering the Flint 2, which is cheaper on Amazon.
There is also this WiFi 7 Mercusys one for cheap but I can't find much on it https://www.amazon.com.au/Mercusys-Tri-Band-Directional-Stre…
I read somewhere that there is a lower limit of wifi devices that can be connected to Flint 2. I could be wrong so make sure it fits your use case.
I have an AX86S at the moment that I'm looking to replace as it's semi-frequently dropping the WAN connection.
The BE88U looks good - however does anyone know how it would compare to say the Deco BE65? They're only $615 at the moment for a 2 pack.
Already posted
However I can vouch for ax6000. Very happy with it for a while now.