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[eBay Plus] Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 Wireless Dual-Band 2.5G Gaming Router $489 Delivered @ Titan Gear eBay

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[eBay Plus] Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 Wireless Dual-Band 2.5G Gaming Router $489 Delivered @ Titan Gear eBay
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grang on 04/03/2023 - 17:42 ebay.com.au (539 clicks)
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Dong does a great review here: https://dongknows.com/asus-rog-rapture-gt-ax6000-gaming-rout…
Basically says best value for money performance router if you want the best WIFI 6 dual channel has to offer.

AU Deal. Best OZbargain prices have been around $411, so not a super deal (At least not a UK power limited version) - but if you needed something now, this is a good option.

I have been waiting for an ASUS AX11000 ROG deal to come below $600 again, but after a lot of research, realised the AX6000 is going to give me the same if not better performance (yes I lose 1x 5GHz channel, but the gaming PCs are wired, and I can add another AP to the wired setup at the back of the house). The nintendo switch won't really care. All in all a good upgrade from my old (but super reliable) NetGear R7000 nighthawk running ASUS firmware.

The other reason I picked this one instead of AX11000, is the size. this unit is still big, but not as big as the AX11000, and can be wall mounted (Dong says the antenna are a bit of a pain to get right for wall mounting)

This way I save a few bob while I wait for Wifi 7, and get best in class performance with 3 gaming rigs (3 kids).

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  • nfr on 04/03/2023 - 18:38
    +5

    I really don't like paying 400+ for a router, but upvote for having 3 kids.

  • ace310 on 04/03/2023 - 18:47
    +2

    It's a great router. Been using it since 3 months and a kicking myself why I didn't get it before.

    • congo on 04/03/2023 - 18:58
      +2

      How is this better than AX3000 router?
      More stable? More clients? Longer range? Speed would be the same as NBN is slow as.

      • ace310 on 04/03/2023 - 19:59
        +1

        Not sure on AX3000. But I had orbi ac2200 router + satellite which couldn't cover my whole house especially the driveway. While this one covers everything with good speed. I have 1gig fibre and having 2.5g lan helps with the switch in home office to have the best possible speed. Plus tons of features of asus.

        • congo on 04/03/2023 - 20:37
          +1

          1gig fibre, how much do you pay for that?

        • DanielP2 on 05/03/2023 - 01:24
          +2

          I upgraded from RT-AC86U and its a massive upgrade. The actual internet speed is mostly unaffected as im only on 100mbit which the old router was fine with, but now i have no wifi dead spots, and more importantly no drop outs. Far areas of the house and backyard do have increased internet speed though which is also a bonus. Main reason I wanted it though was to fix wifi coverage and dropouts which it has done perfectly without needing to switch to a mesh setup.

  • Rogue01 on 04/03/2023 - 18:58
    +1

    Great router. Tonnes of features. Epic speed on wLAN and 2.5WAN. Range is decent on wifi6. AIMesh and 2.5g LAN with ability to prioritise Ethernet first enables great coverage in big or dense houses. Cool design imo but yeah, it's not a small router.

  • 2842 on 04/03/2023 - 19:00

    Very good router. Strong wifi signal, haven't needed to reboot like I used to with other routers. Connecting to my home network using the built in Wire Guard VPN when not home also works really well.

  • Widget on 04/03/2023 - 19:19

    Curious. What makes a router, a 'gaming' router ?

    • c64 on 04/03/2023 - 19:21
      +2

      slick marketing :)

      • teddiebear on 04/03/2023 - 19:33

        The word 'gaming' in the title. You're right though lol it's a marketing thing to make em sell. Just like a gaming keyboard… just a regular mechanical keyboard with gaming in the name. Keyboards, mice, motherboards, gpu's, monitors, mouse mats, cases, fans, list can go on lol.
        It's built for gaming if it has gaming in its name. Makes you play betterer lmao
        Same with RGB… same hardware but with lights at twice the price. RGB makes you game betterer toooo.

    • ihfree on 04/03/2023 - 20:13
      +2
      • RGB
      • Aggressive naming
      • Aggressive styling
      • Reskin of the interface asking with some gaming features - in this case monitoring ping of value servers
      • DanielP2 on 05/03/2023 - 01:25

        Im not sure this has enough antennas to be a gaming router, surely u need a minimum of 9 these days.

    • Rogue01 on 05/03/2023 - 02:14

      It can detect and automatically prioritise traffic based on usage, so QoS essentially but with a gaming focus (if desired). User configurable as well of course. The e-manual will have some images of the interface and features.
      There's both 2.5 LAN and WAN, high end processing power, and yeah RGB too 😆. Has VPN fusion which enables specific VPN routing if you are gaming internationally and have a lag reducing service. That's the stuff off the top of my head - there's probably a shed load more, most of which I haven't (had to) delve into..

    • grang on 06/03/2023 - 01:55

      bling for sure.
      There is also a simple way of prioritising traffic without having to understand QoS

  • amazonaddict on 04/03/2023 - 19:22

    I have this. Amazing Router. One weird thing. My Yamaha Subwoofer (RSW300) did not like it. I had to keep this far away from it to avoid noise issues.

    • teddiebear on 04/03/2023 - 19:34

      Wow! That's pretty random. Wonder what causes that? Does the sub hum or make a weird static noise?

      • amazonaddict on 04/03/2023 - 19:46

        It is like a "tick tick tick" noise to the beat of the blinking lights in the router.

        • teddiebear on 04/03/2023 - 19:56

          I've never heard of interference like that before. Very, very, strange. Any help from forums on other sites?

        • erwinv on 05/03/2023 - 12:07

          seems like radio interference, like way back in the Nokia brick phone days. router must be putting out a LOT of power to do that…

    • ace310 on 04/03/2023 - 20:01

      Switch off the lights.

      • amazonaddict on 04/03/2023 - 22:42

        It turns off that Stylish Gradient light too. Then it looks like some cheap knock off. :D

    • nfr on 04/03/2023 - 20:39

      How far away?

      • amazonaddict on 04/03/2023 - 22:36
        +1

        I tried moving a meter first. The noise was still there. Now at 3 meters away, I don't hear the noise.

  • CaffeineCruiser on 04/03/2023 - 20:03

    Anyone able to comment on this VS something like a Netgear Orbi system in terms of range and performance?

    • ace310 on 04/03/2023 - 20:30

      If you consider the cost factor in the mix Asus is on top. I moved from orbi rbr20 to this. Also tons of features in Asus while almost none in orbi. Orbi app is useless. Other than the list of connected devices there hardly anything you can do. Range is definitely better in this for me but that is hard to say unless you try them both. Spec wise asus has way better hardware so performance will be better.

  • botchie on 04/03/2023 - 20:38

    I'm waiting on this one to drop to $400 before I pull the trigger
    Hopefully soon with after pay sale

  • perf on 05/03/2023 - 00:48

    Price has got close to $400 semi regularly with this store - was $412.72 on 4 Jan 2023 - $469 listed price plus 12% off ebay plus voucher.

  • thacodemonkey on 10/03/2023 - 20:45
    +1

    wow, that's a lot of coin for a router. I got a refurbed desktop pc, put in a network card and installed OpnSense, paired it with a netgear wax 202 dedicated wi-fi access point. Total cost is roughly half of this 'special' price.

    • rygle on 12/03/2023 - 22:07
      +1

      Yep, exactly!

      And the much better Netgear WAX206 is just $179, so put one at each end of the house and you would have way better WiFi than one of these (my single WAX206 is pretty good from the centre of our split level house). Just name them the same with the same password etc, run Ethernet from the lan of primary one (or your modem/wired router) to the lan port of the secondary one and you will have amazing WiFi. Plus OpenWRT now supports both the WAX202 & 206, so you can do nifty stuff like run the excellent tailscale VPN or a variety of other add ons directly on the router.

      • bazingaa on 14/03/2023 - 22:57

        I don't know how I ended up at this comment but after seeing this, I ordered a WAX202 for $95 from Amazon. Do you know what exactly meant by "No 160 MHz support on 5 GHz." at OpenWRT page below. Is that supported with stock firmware ?

        https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_16128_ax-wifi

        • thacodemonkey on 19/03/2023 - 22:41
          +1

          When configuring your wi-fi, you can specify the band width. This is the range of frequencies in which the wifi will communicate o. these range from 10mhz to 160mhz or in the case of the wax 202 it's 10 to 80. I run mine at 40mhz and it's perfectly fine.

          • bazingaa on 20/03/2023 - 09:24

            @thacodemonkey: yeah, I thought it is just a limitation of OpenWrt driver, looks like even the chipset is not supported. I am using it in PPPoE router mode with stock firmware for now with 40 MHz for 2.4 G and 80 MHz for 5 G (573+1200 Mbps). Anyway, I had to disable PMF as I was getting BSOD in my PC (has a RTL8811CU USB AC dongle), which is described in below link.

            https://fixmytech.com.au/dpc-watchdog-violation-blue-screen-…

  • Kill Joy on 15/03/2023 - 09:27

    At this price…(if your a tech savy) Omada is a better alternative. Controller + router + 2 AX1800 APs will cost <$500, and will be more scalable and reliable.

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