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ASUS RT-BE88U BE7200 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 7 AiMesh Router $474 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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ASUS RT-BE88U BE7200 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 7 AiMesh Router $474 Delivered @ Amazon AUAffiliate
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Dyl on 14/04/2025 - 03:22 amazon.com.au (458 clicks)
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New all time low. Has 2x 10Gbit, 4x 2.5Gbit and 4x 1Gbit ports - plenty of ports for everyone.

Only dual band, not triband.

Note the band speeds are:
5 GHz Band. 5765 Mbps.
2.4 GHz Band. 688Mbps.

The Intel BE200 only does 2400Mbps at 5Ghz; not the full 5800Mbps as it does at 6Ghz, keep this in mind. (In other words, you will only see 2400Mbps theoretical in most cases; half the maximum. It would take two clients to suppress the maximum. Real world this is below gigabit speeds still on WiFi, but the ports are great)

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  • monchee on 14/04/2025 - 04:55

    Doing my research before I upgrade, how does this compare to a UDR7?

  • ruddiger7 on 14/04/2025 - 06:33
    +1

    I've had this for a few months now. Mostly grabbed it for having 2x 10GBE port and 4x 2.5GBE ports and using the 2.5s with some Ubiquiti on-wall U7 Pros. This router doesnt have a 6GHZ signal for WIFI 7 so its not true WIFI 7 but it is half the cost of other ASUS Wifi 7 routers.

    • Dyl on 14/04/2025 - 09:19

      It has other reqs of WiFi 7 though and will get decent speeds with a BE200 adaptor still

  • GenerallyClumsy on 14/04/2025 - 07:34

    I like the look of this router. I don't understand why Asus left off 6 GHz. Does it make much difference? What are the alternatives? I don't want tp-link.

    • Twix on 14/04/2025 - 08:52

      6GHz is not mandatory for Wi-Fi 7 and some countries don't allow 6GHz yet. Wi-Fi 7 dual-band also saves costs.

      Why is it that some Wi-Fi 7 routers / access points don't have 6ghz capabilities?

      1. Do you want Wi-Fi 7 tri-band with 6GHz or Wi-Fi 7 dual-band without 6GHz?
      2. How much do you want to spend?
    • Dyl on 14/04/2025 - 09:20

      It's just one less band, you can't use them all at once anyway (not on one device). Realistically you'll barely see a difference unless it's a mesh network or commercial use

      • GenerallyClumsy on 14/04/2025 - 09:37
        +1

        I thought one of the capabilities of wifi 7 was being able to agrigate all bands on the same device.

        • Twix on 14/04/2025 - 10:02
          +2

          Yeah that is MLO (Multi Link Operation) which is mandatory for Wi-Fi 7.

  • deepfriedchips on 14/04/2025 - 10:22

    I find 6ghz great for me as im in a small apartment, so fantastic short range throughput so long as you have devices compatible with 6ghz. Also, because 6ghz is relatively new, i find none of my neighbours are using that band, so the channel is largely free, minimising any interference etc, however YMMV.

  • soda-pop on 14/04/2025 - 11:59
    +2

    One reviewer on Amazon says this is the CN model and missing DFS Channels.

  • ocyrion on 14/04/2025 - 16:33
    +1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels

    I bought this router from Amazon AU (sold by and shipped from) a couple of weeks ago and I have these 5GHz bands in the Control Channel menu: 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 149, 153, 157, 161 and 165. Region is set to Australia in the Professional tab and sticks no issues. But I seem to be missing DFS 96-112 and 132-144 based on the above list of WLAN channels.

    Checking via SSH in Putty says this:

    nvram show | grep -e 'country_code|location_code|territory_code|ccode
    cfg_location_code=XX
    size: 105726 bytes (156418 left)
    location_code=XX
    territory_code=AA/01
    ui_location_code=XX
    wl0_country_code=CN
    wl1_country_code=CN
    wl_country_code=US

    I presume this is grey import stock and should be sent back?

    The rest of the unit is impressive - anyone got a local model bought from a different retailer and could check theirs for me?

    • BargainWizard on 14/04/2025 - 18:45

      i dont know how to use putty to get that country code information but i bought mine last week from computer alliance ebay store and the 5ghz channels are the same as yours

      • ocyrion on 14/04/2025 - 19:07
        +1

        Thanks. Looks like ours are the same. If you feel motivated, download Putty, enable SSH on the router, log in then enter this:

        nvram show | grep -e 'country_code|location_code|territory_code|ccode

        It'll spit out a list as above.

        I wonder why the model sold here (if local stock) would be missing these channels?

        • BargainWizard on 14/04/2025 - 19:15

          sorry to be a bit off topic but what power brick did everyone get with theirs since mine came with one of the 3 types of power bricks the 12v 5a 60w one but i bought one around 2 months ago from computer alliance online non ebay store that had a fault and was refunded that came with one of the other 2 types of power bricks the 19v or 19.5v 45w models
          it was a bit confusing at 1st thinking why is the power brick different this time but it does state on the asus product page there are 3 types of power bricks although i still dont understand why there would be more than just one type is there any difference

          AC Input : 110V~240V(50~60Hz)
          DC Output : 12V with max. 5 A current；19 V with max. 2.37 A current ； 19.5 V with max. 2.31 A current

        • BargainWizard on 14/04/2025 - 19:27

          is there possibly an error with something because it shows this

          nvram show | grep -e 'country_code|location_code|territory_code|ccode
          -sh: location_code: not found
          -sh: ccode: not found
          -sh: territory_code: not found
          size: 104909 bytes (157235 left)

          • ocyrion on 14/04/2025 - 19:49
            +1

            @BargainWizard: Try this one?

            nvram show 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'country_|location_code|territory_code|ccode|wl._chlist' | sort

            My power brick is the 12V 5.0A 60W variety, pretty chonky, with the clip in plugs for AU, what looks like a European plug and another one.

            • BargainWizard on 15/04/2025 - 00:44

              @ocyrion: got this result this time

              ocation_code|territory_code|ccode|wl._chlist' | sort
              0:ccode=ALL
              1:ccode=CN
              2:ccode=CN
              location_code=XX
              territory_code=AA/01
              ui_location_code=XX
              wl0_chlist=1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
              wl0_country_code=CN
              wl0_country_rev=1
              wl1_chlist=36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165
              wl1_country_code=CN
              wl1_country_rev=1
              wl_country_code=US
              wl_country_rev=1

    • freeman on 14/04/2025 - 18:56

      I don't think Amazon sales grey import goods in Australia.

    • ocyrion on 14/04/2025 - 21:58
      +1

      I've done a bit more tinkering and research including switching the region within the firmware GUI between Asia (default) and Australia. The effect is:
      * Asia - have all the channels I said were missing above, but less transmit power (19.5dbm > 25.25dbm range, 5GHz)
      * Australia - missing the above channels, but more transmit power (27.5dbm on all 5GHz channels)

      Also - when set to Australia the info is above, when set to Asia:

      0:ccode=ALL
      1:ccode=US
      2:ccode=US
      cfg_location_code=AA
      location_code=AA
      size: 105905 bytes (156239 left)
      territory_code=AA/01
      ui_location_code=AA
      wl0_country_code=US
      wl1_country_code=US
      wl_country_code=US

      Amazon review is probably mistaken about it being a CN model, since as above the details change when you select the region. I saved both copies of the logs but probably a bit too much to post, but if anyone is interested shoot me a PM.

      Happy with the router so far, range is better than the AX86U it replaced and it is nice having an abundance of ports which is the main reason I bought it. Also couldn't care less about the 6GHz band as 5GHz is plenty fast enough for devices and anything needing speed can be connected by LAN, IMO.

    • BargainWizard on 18/04/2025 - 15:25

      did you end up keeping it or sending it back and if you did send it back whats the reason

      • ocyrion on 18/04/2025 - 18:27
        +1

        Keeping it, it's great with all the 2.5G ports and better overall than the AX86U which I've now put as an AIMesh unit.

        The "territory_code=AA/01" means it's an Asia model which is fine, same as my local stock AX86U. A Chinese model would have CN/01 for this code. The EU/01 models are European and have lower transmit power on the wifi which means weaker signal.

  • mrpickle on 14/04/2025 - 20:59

    Is it worth upgrading from a netgear d7000 nighthawk ac1900? No coverage issues with this but do notice some dropouts here and there (think most are router related as reconnects on restarts)

    • Dyl on 14/04/2025 - 23:01

      Asus I find is a lot better than others with dropouts on WiFi, I get a constant 1ms on my AX82U

      Note the band speeds are: 5 GHz Band. 5765 Mbps. 2.4 GHz Band. 688Mbps.

      The Intel BE200 only does 2400Mbps at 5Ghz; not the full 5800Mbps as it does at 6Ghz, keep this in mind. Not sure on other chips; there's not many available currently.

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