Who exactly has a need for routers this expensive? What should one actually get to futureproof their network?
Who exactly has a need for routers this expensive? What should one actually get to futureproof their network?
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I mean if you’ve got an incredibly high speed connection and want to share that wirelessly you’re going to need an expensive router.
No one needs it. That router is honestly awesome, nothing can use it.
It’s hard to get internet above 1 Gig in a lot of places. More importantly, all of your tvs, ring cameras, roukus, smart outlets, etc are on a 2.4 and maybeeee 5 frequency if you’re lucky.
This router is wildly capable and really cool. By the time you can go to Home Depot and get a brand new refrigerator with Wi-Fi that is actually 6E, this router will be WILDLY outdated and you’ll be able to get a 6E router that your products will benefit from for like $80
I have a Z790 Carbon that has Wi-Fi 6e, um no lol of course I have a direct Ethernet connection because it’s superior. The iPhone 15 pro max has Wi-Fi 6E, the 14 pro max does not. Pretty limited product segment at the moment.
ah yes, the famous triple-level game acceleration
I have a 1.8gig internet connection. I have a similar router, the Asus x89x, my internal network is 10gig. I am a nerd.
To future proof your network , use an Ethernet cable lol
People with a lot of internal network usage that do not want to step up to enterprise grade networking I guess – editing videos stored on a homesever, mid-sized content creators come to mind. 10G networking in addition to the newest Wifi standards as well as top-of-the-line consumer router hardware for triple digits seems reasonable tbh, just early adopter tax as always.
You guys paying for expensive rounters I am here on 5G router.
If this router can fry eggs then I’m all for it
For this much money you could build your own Omada network and use MoCa if you don’t have Ethernet lines. You can then just replace an AP in the future and jump to wifi 6e or 7. I think many companies are skimping on 6e and going to wifi 7. Most of us do not have Internet speeds that fast but some do have NAS or do file transfers so the faster network can make sense.
It has ‘gaming’ in the title of the product, that means it will be 3x it’s actual valued price and be made with cheap plastic and RGB.
get a switch. and the ISP gives you a 10g router probably.
Those who has a need for the listed specs..
That’s WiFi 6E, there’s already WiFi 7 routers out.
Regardless, as others have stated, Ethernet Is the only “future proof” option for high speed, since wireless standards are constantly updating and changing, it’ll be a long time before WiFi is at the 10Gb+ speeds you can get from Ethernet.
You’d be better off buying a managed network switch and an access point if you’re wanting an upgradable wireless network without dropping $700 each time the standard is changed
ethernet cables and a network switch. Couldn’t possibly need anything else for ‘gaming’.
Maybe one day I’ll get myself some of that gaming wifi, must be faster than normal wifi.
There’s a special class of customers that buys something because it’s expensive, looks good, and says gaming on the box. This is what they buy. The thing is probably pretty capable, but they will not use it to its full capabilities.
Cat6a cable and a cheap 2.5 GBit Router. You can get some with two 10 GBit SFP sockets for around 80 EUR.
That will be enough for a long time.
I ended up going with the GT-AX6000 which has a lot of the features here but is only set up for 2.5GbE, (which I have a surprisingly large amount of devices that can use) also it doesn’t have 6Ghz but I didn’t really have any devices that could use it.
This router will die before the future comes
I have an aftermarket router but not one like this, it looks basic and boring buts its custom built. I use a tablet ATT sim in it to get unlimited WiFi and Ethernet from the router anywhere I go with it as long as I provide 12v power. It gets speeds up to 200mbps and I use about 2 terabytes a month on it but it shows on my bill as a tablet lol. Also does cool stuff like band and tower locking. Got it from Chester tech repairs website.
I recently bought a new house I have ring cameras around the house my room is upstairs with no way to run Ethernet cables I needed a router cover the whole house with no bottleneck to the speed I was looking at more expensive options I settled with nest mesh 2 pieces and put one in my room to use Ethernet cable, so far I really like it it cover the whole house with full speed.
Asus marketing wank.
Spiderouter, spiderouter, does whatever a spiderouter can…
Spiderman
To future proof your network, use a opnsense router that you built or got for cheap like a qotom box.
You will always fail to future proof your network, the future will always win eventually. If I could remove one phrase from IT it would be either this or The Cloud aka somebody else’s server that you have no control over.
FttH Internet (3 Gbps or higher) so need LAN wired speeds above 1 Gbps.
Inaccessibility of floors or attic area to run wiring for a larger home, so you need a WiFi Backhaul between APs (5ghz-2). 1-band
Then keep everything seperate so it doesn’t share too much bandwidth :
2.4 ghz for legacy devices. 2nd band
5.0 ghz-1 for typical modern devices. 3rd band.
6.0 ghz for any high performance devices that you can’t wire. 4th band.
All the bands are 4×4 mimo, meaning less device collisions, they also all sport max bandwidth (1.1 Gbps for 2.4 ghz, 4.8 Gbps for each other band, meaning all your 2×2 devices have access to 2.4 Gbps on 5 and 6ghz bands at max channel width). 160 mhz channels supported on all 5ghz and 6ghz bands.
Basically this is the top end spec router you can get for Wifi 6E. If you don’t need the Wifi backhaul (smaller home with no APs or wired APs) you can get the GT-AXE11000 that is the same router without the 5ghz-2 backhaul band. If you don’t have 6ghz devices and don’t plan to get any in the near future, stick to Wifi 6. So to recap, if you wire the backhaul and have no 6 ghz device, the GT-AX6000 will do. You’ll max out at 2.5 Gbps on the wired speed though, so if you have 3 Gbps or better FttH, you’ll not be able to max it out.
The better question is why are you worried some people have setups and homes that use this kind of stuff ?
I have the wifi6 version, I’m pulling 900+ mbs over wifi
Gaming chair of routers.
“Gaming router” 😂🤪
It has RGB.
For people who haven’t heard of SFP+ and QFSP+
Ethernet cable: “look what they need to mimic a faction of our power”
hmm… Could get a Ubiquiti UDM PRO SE, a nice switch and even an AP for close to this….