I recently finished testing the ASUS RT-AX88U Pro and you can see for yourself the results that I got.
But this is not entirely the point of this post. The problem is that the search engines have become weird, so I need to ask you, the user, if this type of content is useful.
So please let me know if the type of tests that I ran are useful and clear enough. If I can add something or need to remove specific info.
I also intend to move towards video format and to be honest, translating all this written info into a comprehensive video is incredibly overwhelming.
Which is why I need your advice about what needs to be improved. Thank you!
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I’m trying to look for a good Wifi 6E router that can use open source firmware like dd wrt. Haven’t been able to find one yet. Any advice?
Not dd wrt, but I got a redmi ax6000 and after an evening of tinkering I got openwrt working. Pretty good, WiFi 6 and all that for a 100 eur router.
Not OP but that’s good to know, thanks for the heads-up!
Honestly, I don’t think there are any WiFi 6 or 6e routers that support ddwrt. And only a handful that support openwrt… Can’t recommend any since I did not test them.
Same. I’ve been looking at this one tho.
OpnSense for router/switch/etc. and a Ruckus box running the Unleashed firmware for the AP.
I, for one, can not see your results
Are the images not loading? There should be multi client and single client test results.
You just uploaded a picture of the router
Oh, it was removed… I attempted to add the link in a comment. Hopefully it stays.
Since it seems that the link has been removed, I will try to add it in the comments: https://www.mbreviews.com/asus-rt-ax88u-pro-wifi-6-router-review/ What a strange occurrence
I cannot see any tests…
It seems that the link got deleted. I inserted it into a comment.
Tried this router, gave me nothing but issues. Weird dropouts when trying to download over wifi on my 1Gb connection. Ended up going with a Synology RT6600AX and never looked back.
The RT6600ax is on my list of routers that I will test. Hopefully it got cheaper to make the time invested worth it.
First router I’ve owned where the base firmware is better than open-wrt/dd-wrt… can’t recommend it enough
Please put sarons eye in the middle
You should see the GT-AX6000.
Great review. I’d like to see power consumption tests too, because this device works 24/7 and sometimes it takes more energy than laptop in a year.
Thank you for the suggestion. I will add power consumption to the article as well, it’s easy to do so.
Honestly I’ve given up on single-device setups. Mesh APs with a router that doesn’t do any wifi is what I’m doing going forward. The tech is too different to put into a single device.
I’ve had nothing but problems over the years. Asus, Synology, whatever the isp hands out, etc.
WiFi also seems to be changing nearly yearly while routing (and switching) has not changed much at all.
Wow. Those search engines are so bad they outright removed your advertisement link. Crazy
I dunno. I think any review of an all in one router with an emphasis on performance/technology is, at best, irresponsible at this point. “Mesh” systems have gotten cheap enough that they are genuine products to consider for consumers which means buying a wireless access point (WAP) is actually reasonable. Hardware for a router (whether home built or a dedicated appliance), a switch, and a wireless access point comes out not that much more expensivee than a “performance router”. And then just replace the WAP in a few years for a fraction of the price of a new “router” and you have Wifi 9.5161616
If you just need “a router that works” then… Amazon and/or Wirecutter have you covered because they are all “more or less the same” and it becomes a matter of what brand and price you like. If you care about performance and coverage and so forth… the all in ones are horrible.
It depends on the brand since very few allow the user to properly configure and control the mesh system. Then again, there’s AiMesh available.
TP-Link (and I think even ubiquiti?) allow the WAPs to be used in both standalone and mesh mode. The pricing required for meshing means a standalone WAP is dirt cheap.
And the standalone plays well with any router.
Even entertaining the idea of buying an all in one “router” at this point is comparable to buying a prebuilt PC. If all you need is something that works, they can be a good choice. But for anyone who would know how to interpret performance numbers you are a lot better off building it yourself (or slipping microcenter a 20). Same here. I think it is pfsense that even sell theirs preinstalled on pretty decent hardware (that you can then reformat for opnsense…).
Oh, I wholeheartedly agree. But I don’t think we’ll manage to convince many people, outside the tech enthusiasts that this is the best way for good WiFi.
I dunno. I think any review of an all in one router with an emphasis on performance/technology is, at best, irresponsible at this point.
I am more interested whether the testing methodology is good enough and clear. I can apply it to multi node systems, as well as wireless APs.
Noted.
