I am reviewing what I have… ASUS - ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro. I know this is a beast but I’m wondering if I made a small mistake with this after talking to some friends.
My house is totally covered by this and the speeds are great. I really have no issues at all with it. I was talking to a friend who has a “longer” house where his router is in 1 corner so he has trouble reaching wifi at the other end. Naturally I recommended a mesh system and sent his family a Nest Wifi 6e Pro which will be delivered tomorrow.
It made me wonder why I bought the router I bought instead of upgrading my older Nest Wifi (from 2019 I think) to also getting a Nest Wifi 6e Pro. And that made me wonder why anyone even makes these routers anyway that aren’t just mesh systems…
Yes, I know the AX11000 can use Asus AImesh proprietary thing but I don’t think it would work as well as a router designed to work around mesh like eero or Nest.
Thoughts? Why does anyone sell stand-alone routers at all? Simply cost?
Having a purpose built router with Access Points would be one reason.
Let’s say you have two scenarios. Scenario 1: Two AP, both wired
Scenario 2: One wired AP, the other AP using mesh
Would it make a difference for mobile devices when switch between the two AP in terms of one having a better signal because you changed your position?
I’m not taking about bandwidth, of course the both wired AP will have better bandwidth. I’m just asking about which scenario provides better automatic switching for mobile devices connected via wifi.
What? Mesh always underperforms against properly deployed AP’s. Mesh is shittier in every way.
It’s cheaper to install ethernet with wireless access points, which work better than a mesh network.
Mesh networks should only be used where you can’t install ethernet for some legitimate reason. If you can install ethernet it would be silly to pay more for worse performance.
If you are a home user and IT ignorant, MESH is fine.
Not something I would ever use, but I’m sure the glossy ads sell plenty of units, along with fanciful max speeds.
But then thise same users are exactly the type who would also have uPnP enabled…
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