ASUS Wireless AX3000 Dual-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 Router (RT-AX58U/CA) $179.99

rilles wrote: ↑ I use my ac58 as a wifi AP only.

When I first bought it, it would bog down randomly requiring weekly reboots - but as a AP only its been working fine now for the last 2 years.

sonyHdr12 wrote: ↑ I installed Bell 1.5g modem, right now I think about to sell my ax86u, do I need ax86u, so far HH4000 modem looks pretty good.

kentbrockman wrote: ↑AX68U is $160 at Amazon:
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B08W6D326 ... UTF8&psc=1

RudyRFD wrote: ↑ [email protected]
https://www.amazon.ca/ASUS-AX2700-WiFi- ... 4363&psc=1

lim1017 wrote: ↑ I'm a noob here, can someone tell me why this is 3x the price of something like this (I just picked a random router)

https://www.amazon.ca/TP-Link-AC1900-Wi ... 5400&psc=1

3gb speed vs 1.9 speed?? my speed is only 500gb anyways. I don't need coverage for like a 3000 sqft house

My house is only 1200 sqft, my ISP provider modem is on one side of the house, and my basement on the other side has poor reception. So I really just need to extend the range slightly.

Emporium wrote: ↑ I'm assuming you mean 500Mbps internet, not 500gb, since that would be super sweet

Truth is that most ASUS routers in my opinion are in a class of their own for the consumer market. They are some of the most stable routers available retail with the most features. You have USB ports which allow you to connect printers to make them available on your network, you can also connect USB storage to make some network storage (basic simple NAS without the redundancy) which can be perfect for shared storage or even media server, and even have option of using the router as a torrent client to avoid keeping a PC on at all times. You also have the option of running VPN servers on the router, which is a great feature of you need to access your network. Instead of exposing your devices behind the router to the internet and making them vulnerable, you can VPN to your router and then access your internal network as if you were at home.
Also, the possibility of being able to easily run 3rd party firmware (like Merlin), gives you that extra flexibility (and you don't need to jump through hoops to install it).
And I find that ASUS in general provides firmware updates for their routers for a LONG time compared to others (who in some cases get no firmware updates - like many Dlink routers).

I have close to 3000 sqft over 2 floors and loved my ASUS router over many years that I ran it. Due to different needs, last year I switched it out for a pfsense based firewall, and individual access points instead. But I do keep the ASUS as a backup, JUST in case I even need it.

If your current router/modem mostly suits your needs, you may want to consider getting just an access point which ideally you could wire back to the main modem/router. Odds are however that if you can get this unit wired (with an ethernet cable back to the main modem/router), and a little closer to the middle of the house, it would be powerful enough to serve BOTH the upstairs and downstairs perfectly.

Also, cheaper routers tend to get overwhelmed with many wireless clients connected and will tend to slow down and sometimes hang. Their CPU is often lacking the horsepower to do any packet inspection.

CorporalJenky wrote: ↑ I think the wifi and router features of your ax86u is better than bell's unit. Just bridge the HH4000 as a modem and use the ax86u with it.

sonyHdr12 wrote: ↑ Thanks, The HH4000 modem looks very good, but the signal is so so, I was thinking about to sold my ASUS Ax86u, now I changed mind, how can I use my Ax86u as a router? Thanks

ElwinL87113 wrote: ↑ Which pfsense based router did you go with? I'm trying to decide between getting an asus ax86u or using a raspberry pi for vpn and DNS related tasks while keeping my existing router.