I recently finished testing the ASUS RT-AX88U Pro and you can see for yourself the results that I got.

But this is not entirely the point of this post. The problem is that the search engines have become weird, so I need to ask you, the user, if this type of content is useful.

So please let me know if the type of tests that I ran are useful and clear enough. If I can add something or need to remove specific info.

I also intend to move towards video format and to be honest, translating all this written info into a comprehensive video is incredibly overwhelming.

Which is why I need your advice about what needs to be improved. Thank you!

    • SamB@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Are the images not loading? There should be multi client and single client test results.

  • frostycore@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Tried this router, gave me nothing but issues. Weird dropouts when trying to download over wifi on my 1Gb connection. Ended up going with a Synology RT6600AX and never looked back.

    • SamB@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      The RT6600ax is on my list of routers that I will test. Hopefully it got cheaper to make the time invested worth it.

      • frostycore@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        First router I’ve owned where the base firmware is better than open-wrt/dd-wrt… can’t recommend it enough

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Honestly I’ve given up on single-device setups. Mesh APs with a router that doesn’t do any wifi is what I’m doing going forward. The tech is too different to put into a single device.

    I’ve had nothing but problems over the years. Asus, Synology, whatever the isp hands out, etc.

    WiFi also seems to be changing nearly yearly while routing (and switching) has not changed much at all.

    • the_tab_key@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Do you have a good suggestion for a router with this setup. This is how I have my network set up now but I need a router upgrade and can’t seem to find a decent non-WiFi router

      • Brkdncr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I just switched to tplink omada. It’s fine. If I need to look for something else it will probably be microtik. After that I’m looking at real enterprise firewalls.

  • HansSlonzok@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Great review. I’d like to see power consumption tests too, because this device works 24/7 and sometimes it takes more energy than laptop in a year.

    • SamB@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Thank you for the suggestion. I will add power consumption to the article as well, it’s easy to do so.

  • machinin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m not sure if I’m the typical user looking at these reviews, but I want to know about installing other firmware. For example, on Asus, can I install the Merlin firmware. On others, is ddwrt or openwrt available?

  • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have 68U and to be honest it’s good for what I need it but price is approaching professional gear. And routing/switching is mostly been offloaded to other dedicated devices. Considering lightning strikes damaged one of my WAN ports, next device I get will probably not be router of this kind but something like Teltonika RUTRX1 and add missing functionality thought other devices.