WiFi 6 (802.11AX) on 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands
AX4200
4 x 1Gbps LAN ports
1 x 2.5Gbps WAN ports (one may be reassigned to LAN)
USB 3.2 port (file server, print server)
Supports OpenWRT
512MB memory & 256MB flash storage (reasonably good for adding extra features in OpenWRT)
Pretty sure it’s cheapest for awhile
Less power I believe. Shorter range.
Do Asus routers still disable the USB port when using 2.4ghz?
No they don't
$280 for a slow Wifi 6 router? Why? No amount of premium features grant this the right to be value for money when you can get AX6000 gear for under $100, and that says nothing of Wifi 7 gear now coming into this price point and below.
OpenWRT support isn't so rare as to ignore all reason. I swear half the router deals on this website lately are just gaslighting people into purchases.
This will pair well with my Arc A770 ;)
Four negs and all to show for it is this joke post? Literally can buy a B580 in 4 days at virtually the same price for 25% more performance, and there's OpenWRT-supporting AX6000 routers on Amazon for $106.
This is the pinnacle of vapid consumerism… stop generating e-waste.
I ended up getting the arc 770 for 378 via eBay (PLS600 code). I ain't buying this one, I was just pulling your leg. I just recognised your username from the other day as I actually thought the Arc 770 was a decent price. I don't think this really matters one way or the other, I was just stirring. I also just think your deal sentiment is just more negative of late.
@Dan24: We're at the end of a bunch of product cycles, I'm cautioning people to not buy dated tech. A month from now we'll be pre-ordering RTX 5000 and RX 8000 GPUs too, and Intel will release the B570 for $380 or less.
I've just been posting less deals, but we just had a huge rush through November on a bunch of tech, just not video cards or entry level gaming monitors.
@jasswolf: It's a fair point, but just not guaranteed to happen is all. That card was pulling more votes at $30 dearer in October then came down to 400, with a game. Just seems a bit rough giving it a down-vote on a bunch of what-ifs, unconfirmed performance and rrp's
@jasswolf: No regrets on my end, 378 was a good price and if you're dabbling in LLMs, the extra ram is handy. Seems like we both have our minds made up :)
@Dan24: So you took the time to try and bait me here, but didn't actually read my comments properly there? Fantastic, thanks for that.
@jasswolf: Anytime! have a restful sleep. None of the benchmarks directly compared the a770 to the b580. I read your links and already did my research. I just don't think your are into changing your mind, being positive and acknowledging merits which objectively exist. So what's the point. You're a Debby downer, and that's fine. You do you.
@Dan24: Setting aside the ultimately sexist choice of words at the end there, I'll concede that I overlooked the benchmarks referring to the A750, so the performance is roughly 8% better than the A770 before considering that the new model has hardware accelerated frame generation in the mix.
Intel implementation for many LLMs remains poor, so unless you have a specific use case I suspect you may get even more bang for buck out of an RX 7800 XT.
@Dan24: Let me know how you go with the LLM's, there's meant to be Intel support but I've had a couple of attempts at getting it working and so far no luck. I've sunk about 3 hours total into it so far and each time given up.
The NVIDIA and ATI support seems to work out of the box, but I'm stuck with my Arc A750.
@bonezAU: I'm doing a whole team blue build and will be a couple of weeks before I get all the parts I think. Will give it a crack and let you know. Confident that I will succeed with my productive autism. I think Intel's OneAPI is the thread that I will pick at initially. None of this is to say I don't think you have done your own research/ troubleshooting.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/onea…
@Dan24: I installed the OneAPI toolkit and tried to follow Intel's instructions but got stuck. Also tried doing it with WSL and getting it to pass through the GPU but got stuck on that too. As I said, I only put a few hours into it over a couple of attempts - I am sure if I really put my mind to it then I could get it working.
I'll have another crack at it one day when time allows.
Good luck with it, keen to know how you get on.
any suggestions for a AX6000 router, for large wifi radius under $100?
I went with $106, the Mercusys AX6000 deal that's been on Amazon for months when you buy 2 or more products.
OpenWRT compatible, been posted on here a few times now
I wouldn't say the Mercusys MR90x (AX6000) have a large wifi coverage as even with openwrt using a higher transmit power than the stock FW (which stock firmware is confirmed by their support team to be running EU firmware) it is slightly less coverage than my Optus sagemcomm 5366TN.
However for the price it is cheap enough for me to try and experiment openwrt
@Sum1: 95% of the difference you're describing would come down to transmit power, which is variable enough, as you've noted.
Have to agree, moved away from Asus routers to more cost effective and better featured router with OpenWRT support for a lot less money.
If I was going to Buy Asus the AX6000 is a better buy for less money.
I have this - bought for about $235 late last year/early this year?
Had gigabit internet and managed to get about 900mb at the router, about 700mb in the same room (couple of meters away)
- WIFI reaches all over about 600 square metre block of land with wood house
i’ve had good success with range using Asus vs TP-link. Being on. 100/50 NBN plan wireless speed isn’t a big deal for me BUT range is for streaming to TV which is 4 brick walls from the router, update GPS in the car parked in the street, etc.
I've tried several mesh routers for my HFC NBN in a double brick wall two story house…The only thing get me stable high speed internet in the end was an ugly 10m high speed ethernet cable connecting two routers through my windows…Have to use high speed cable in all places and ensure the base router allows high speed cable connection to the the second.
How does this compare with google nest pro?
pretty expensive for old router with just wifi6 isn't it? better to get a wifi 7 router. I got my BE9300 for $175 and I am pretty happy with it. 4*2.5GbE ports with 6 GHz band
Wifi 7 is just not that widely adopted yet. I was still using wifi 5 many years after wifi6 was first available.
Main reason of getting Asus over TPLink is the software. You shouldn't be just focus just getting the latest and greatest protocol.
Just my opinion.
depends on your user case though. Wifi 6E and 7 uses 6GHz band which is still not congested in most places.I do wifi backhaul and got 2.5GbE lan, so it was a good price for WIFI 7 router. You can get cheap wifi7 cards anyway for clients.
I also trust Asus more than TP Link. (Taiwanese vs Chinese). Maybe naively. And this is a gaming router so you’d think the hardware and software are a slight grade higher than base where TPL would be. I have the German AX6000 and it’s been decent so far. Software is really good. I am trying to figure out how to boost the transmit power (thread on Whirlpool forums about that).
I just returned an Asus XD6 mesh which needed a reboot every 5 days to avoid massive slowdowns or outright stop of traffic on selected devices. I was really disappointed in the quality, given Asus used to be so solid.
This is too expensive.
Did you have QoS turned on? Sometimes it does slows down traffic for odd or no reason. Leave it off if your internet speed is fast enough.
Don't think I had it on. I had disabled the A.I. protection and all.
I'm finding the new Deco much faster. Getting higher speeds throughout the house.
I forget the differences between the german routers.
https://www.amazon.com.au/ASUS-Router-4200mb-TUF-AX4200-AiMe…