have new Apple iPhone 12, so AX band is nice to have. I’ll probably folow Apple best practices setting this up. I’d like to get (for example) a Asus AX58U, but prices here in Europe for Asus routers are way higher than for the TP-Link ones.

Latest release: 5ca52103b49d56768e6911ec8c5f050dcd21cf11f88b50e4604a5352025e9cf6 RT-AC3100_386.12_0.trxWhat, to me at least is less clear, is when you try to connect two Dual Band Wifi 6 Routers, like for instance a set of Asus RT-AX-92u´s. Here you don´t have an extra 5 Ghz Band to carry the connection between the router and the node. I have therefore heard, that a set of RT-AX-92u´s are ONLY Wifi 6 routers, as long as the are used as single routers, but as soon as you pair them and thus become a mesh, they are no longer Wifi 6 routers, but “degrade” to becoming only a Wifi 5 router mesh. Is this true, Dong, because if it is, then the 92u can hardly call itself a Wifi 6 Mesh??? Is this so, Dong or do Wifi 6 mesh routers have a third non mentioned “Carrier Band”, so that both the 2.4 and 5 Ghz band, can be left alone to be what they were designatred to be, namely as a carrier signal to clients, with an uninterupted and dedicated Wifi 6 signal or how does that work, Dong?

The RT-AX86U delivered very good throughput on our 2.4GHz close proximity (same room) performance tests. It’s score of 137Mbps was faster than both the TP-Link AX11000 (133Mbps) and the Linksys MR9600 (111Mbps) but just a tad slower than the Asus RT-AX88U (144Mbps). However, it did not fare so well on our long range test: its score of 38Mbps was 29Mbps and 21Mbps slower than the AX11000 and the RT-AX88U, respectively. Please, if you can help me understand based on my setup I would greatly appreciate helping me making the decision.I am looking to upgrade my ISP service, and have Verizon FIOS fiber to the house. However, the ONT is outside the house, and (because I also get cable TV from them), Verizon uses the cable interface out of the ONT. Which Verizon then cross connects (still on the outside the house) to the Cox cable coax that was there previously. So, no outdoor ethernet cable in place. Thoughts? I’ve received many questions about the RT-AX86U vs RT-AX86S and then about the RT-AX86U vs RT-AX86U Pro. Would one or two more RT-AX86S do the job or would RT-AX86U Pro be better for main router? Also I imagine the current extender would do just fine in the basement for now? Now I already have one RT-AX86S (it was a steal last year for 100) on the 2nd floor and RP-AX56 extender on the 1st, but signal is so-so in the basement. Now due to the way the cables are run through the house the main router will have to be in the 1st floor, main living space is 2nd floor and computer room/office will maybe one day be moved to basement/garage. I have fiber at home (theoretically up to 10Gb), I have a big box from the provider which has 1 ethernet 10Gb port (plug to the tv box), 4 classic ethernet ports and wifi 2.4/5Ghz.

I currently have a Netgear R7300 that seems to be failing (it is about 3 years old). I’ve tried reloading firmware and more or less anything I can think of, but the WiFi is almost completely unresponsive now and even cabled connections are starting to slow dramatically.I’ve got an ONT coming in near the home office in a less than ideal spot in our 2000 square foot 2 story home. My router is an honest to god fossil-an apple time capsule. I run ethernet to the home upstairs office, and then I run an actiontec Moca Adapter/WIFi access point to the media center downstairs. We have an older home (plaster and lathe not drywall) that’s well insulated and divided up so I assume Actual data throughput and WiFi coverage will vary from network conditions and environmental factors, including the volume of network traffic, building material and construction, and network overhead, result in lower actual data throughput and wireless coverage. Was thinking of getting a ASUS GT-AX11000, which come with triple band (could keep one for visio/gaming). But it has only “2.5Gb” ethernet port. I could leave the tv box + nas plugged directly with lan on provider box and only use wifi devices with it.

As the standard is on the way out -- Wi-Fi 6E has been available for a few years, and Wi-Fi 7 is on the horizon -- those mentioned here are highly likely the final bests of their category.

I can’t find a balun that would let me utilize the existing coax run into the house, nor have any idea what the maximum throughput over cable would be.