Hey :) 3rd post ever but I’ve just purchased this from Amazon - it normally sits around $550 new, currently on sale across the web around $450 and Amazon has it at $286 :)
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is it stand for dumb*ss OS?
Lol if you're Vietnamese
Du Ma in Vietnamese as in F*** You lol
*** Your Mum!
Ma = Mum see the similarity?
Does this provide enough range for upstairs/downstairs? Right now I'm having to use 2 routers
You're probably better off using a Mesh setup.
I've heard Mesh is slow (I've got an Ethernet port upstairs so using that with the second router). Only problem is no seamless handoff between the routers
I've heard Mesh is slow
lol
Depends what you get and how much you want to spend. A single router for a two story house…absolutely not. If it was me I'd get something from Ubiquiti and put one on each floor. Put in the $$$ for the best speeds.
@Aliensf: I guess every house is different, but my Asus AX86U is good enough for 2 storey house, and it's not even placed in a central location.
Might be better off getting 2 access points like Ubiquiti Unifi or TP-Link EAP and connecting them both to a central router. That way there is no bandwidth loss or latency increase and being proper access points they should be able to roam pretty quickly.
The difference between Mesh and just using a repeater for downstairs?
Mesh is usually better at roaming. With just a repeater devices will often hang on to the first access point they connect to.
Mesh - better reliability, seamless roaming (even between 2.4Ghz to 5Ghz bands). To get really good speed, you will need top end models.
Repeater - cheaper setup, when it works, you could get better speed than low/mid range mesh, but hard to get proper roam between the repeater(s) and the main router. If you elect to name the repeater with a different SSID, then getting a smooth roaming is quite difficult if not near impossible.
There is also the option to run both. In short, go mesh if you can.
Depends on the house. I have a RT-AC68U in a two storey house and works fine. Router upstairs. Streams 4K Netflix/Prime etc downstairs no problem. TV is at the opposite side of the house to the router
Depends on what the inter-floor is made of.
If the router is in the ground floor, 5.0 Ghz can go through wood floors easy.
How about if it's on the second floor? Can it still go through wood?
;)
you need to be running the WoodOS for that.
No. Wifi only flows upwards
I have this, It's good for the price. Bought it for a similar price when scorptec had a sale.
Is the OS still having issues? Read there was stability issues with DumaOS
I have this for about a year now.
Twice, I have woken up with no wifi, after trouble shooting found that the router has factory reset itself.
Apparently it is a known issue.
otherwise I love the router
Thanks, sounds good hopefully I don’t have bad experiences
Showing $438 now.
Got one as my r7000 has been dying.
yeah wifi on my r7000 was dying… did the same thing happen to yours?
so i just ended up getting the Ubiquiti unifi to plug into it.
I used to plug the r7000 into the telstra router. Just went back to using the telstra router for now haha.
The wifi would disappear and just not appear again.
My R7000 still running strong after 8 years.But I am keeping an eye on potential replacements.
yep, so wifi issues, why not just plug the NBN directly into the R7000? ADSL, or cable? not FTTP?
Yep. I use it as a bridged modem now.
Better off just getting a WiFi 6E router or waiting until WiFi 7 comes out
Didn’t Wi-Fi 6 just start becoming mainstream a couple years back
Wifi 6E uses 6Ghz, but the higher the frequency, yes it is faster but you’ll get shorter range. For most people, range is way way way more important than speed.
This or Asus AX-RT 86u
86U rates much better
If you intend to use custom firmware, must have 2 USB ports on a router, and/or need the Ai-Mesh feature, then 86u.
Otherwise, XR1000 Wi-Fi 6. XR1000 supports Wi-Fi 6 after all, whereas 86u is Wireless AC.
ASUS RT-AX86U is a wifi 6 (AX) router as well, not AC. You referring to RT-AC86U?
But good luck finding AX86U stock. I’ve been looking for one but there’s simply none around.
Probable a good sign it's a decent router if it's sold out everywhere
It is now $437
Will wait for wifi 6e router.
modem and router are two different things?
Yes, but some devices are both a modem and router. Others are one or the other. Then some devices are neither, for example a toaster.
Yes i use my toaster as an access point
Yes, I use my toaster to toast access points.
Did they really call the OS DumaOS?