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!
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I’m trying to look for a good Wifi 6E router that can use open source firmware like dd wrt. Haven’t been able to find one yet. Any advice?
Not dd wrt, but I got a redmi ax6000 and after an evening of tinkering I got openwrt working. Pretty good, WiFi 6 and all that for a 100 eur router.
Not OP but that’s good to know, thanks for the heads-up!
Honestly, I don’t think there are any WiFi 6 or 6e routers that support ddwrt. And only a handful that support openwrt… Can’t recommend any since I did not test them.
There’s a decent amount of WiFi 6 routers/APs supported by OpenWrt, but not really 6e: https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_16128_ax-wifi
Same. I’ve been looking at this one tho.
OpnSense for router/switch/etc. and a Ruckus box running the Unleashed firmware for the AP.
Not 6E but the GLINet Flint 2 runs a flavour of OpenWrt 23.05.
I own the original Flint and I have been really happy with it. It’s has a “fisher price” mode for most people; but then you can also log into Luci and really tinker under the hood.
I have the Flint 2. I’m only using it as a dumb AP and managed switch but the wireless performance has been a significant step up over previous APs and routers I’ve owned, even if it doesn’t support 6E. And it comes with a couple of 2.5GbE ports so you can integrate it with a 2.5GbE LAN and use with a 2.5GbE+ internet connection (not that it’s very common yet).
To OP: the firmware is in its early days (both stock and snapshot openwrt) so you may run into problems with some use cases.
Just buy whatever router you want and then buy a wifi6e/Wifi 7 WAP.
Since it seems that the link has been removed, I will try to add it in the comments: https://www.mbreviews.com/asus-rt-ax88u-pro-wifi-6-router-review/ What a strange occurrence
I, for one, can not see your results
Are the images not loading? There should be multi client and single client test results.
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.
I don’t bother with “mesh” type setups specifically, but yeah, router/switch in one device (usually with one or more additional switches for more ports and/or newer wired standards) and APs in separate devices with ethernet backhaul.
These APs could still be all-in-one routers if they have good wifi hardware/drivers and have OpenWrt support, but they are treated as dumb APs that could be swapped in/out if problems occur.
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
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.
Please put sarons eye in the middle
You should see the GT-AX6000.
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.
The RT6600ax is on my list of routers that I will test. Hopefully it got cheaper to make the time invested worth it.
First router I’ve owned where the base firmware is better than open-wrt/dd-wrt… can’t recommend it enough
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?
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.
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.
Thank you for the suggestion. I will add power consumption to the article as well, it’s easy to do so.
