[Newegg] ASUS AC5300 Wi-Fi Tri-band Gigabit Wireless Router $269
- Deal Link:
- https://www.newegg.ca/p/N82E16833320244
- Price:
- 269.99
- Expiry:
- September 27, 2020
- Retailer:
- Newegg

Enter coupon code CEMCDRFK22 to get it down to $269.99, free shipped.
Sep 25th, 2020 11:03 am
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For the price you can get some entry Asus AX gear, but on the other hand kind of useless for AX when 6E is just around the corner. Wifi 6 is still not as quickly adopted as AC, I'd give it another a year or 2 when the protocol is finalized and we have faster internet to fully utilize it.
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For a town house you don't need mesh and this will easily outperform a single EERO or Nest unit. Plus you can install Merlin on this which is a huge value add. I have the GT version of this router in a fairly large single home and get excellent throughput everywhere in the house.deliciouscesar wrote: ↑ Would this be better than say a single mesh router? I'm having a hard time deciding whether I need a mesh router or a single good router.
Sep 25th, 2020 12:47 pm
I had the asus ax58u for a bit and compared it to my ac86u and using wifi 6 they were pretty equal in range and speeds. In some cases when switching from wifi 5 to 6 the speeds doubled. I wouldn't bother with ac routers anymore. Their support is dwindling. My ac56u isn't getting updates anymore, the ac86u luckily is.
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Yup. My R7000 is obsolete for over 2 years now. The latest updates just brakes my AC radio.renegadeavenger wrote: ↑ Don't buy netgear. They drop firmware support is a correct statement..
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Could be the auto steering. The router has three bands and it should be set to dump the slow devices to the 2.4 range, the moderate use to the first 5 band and the high priority stuff to the second 5G band. When I had one for a week it was working well but then the 2.4G radio would stop working and then it would drop the clients that were in the 2.4G range.Avatar wrote: ↑ Been using this for at least 2 years. Wifi is working inconsistent. Have to reboot router to get it up running. For some reason it blocks out clients occasionally. And ASUS won't answer any questions.
Good thing about this router is the AiProtection by Trend Micro. It filters out dangerous sites and attacks (normally in the night time). It also takes Asus-wrt Mirlin firmware. At this price it is OK if you don't mind the need to reset the router once a while. Netgear is much better bet.
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