ASUS - RT-BE92U BE9700 Tri-Band WiFi 7 (802.11be) Smart AiMesh Extendable Router - Black

I've been running Asus routers for the past few years so I ended up with this unit after the BE96U I bought had dead ethernet ports and there were no other units in town or within a short drive. Setup is the same as with any other Asus router as the GUI is the same. Unit immediately picked up on my cable modem and started providing ethernet. With that said I run dual WAN so I had to add a switch to give all of my ethernet clients a connection. Take notice when setting up wireless as it binds all bands by default and I like to keep them separate. Asus should have at least 5 available ethernet ports on a router like this as you lose one when you enable dual WAN. Maybe they'll make a pro version with 8 ports in the future. Range is slightly better than with the unit it replaced, AX88U, which is important as I have a robot vacuum and various smart appliances that depend on wifi. I always keep my routers on a laptop cooling pad so I put a new Targus AWE83US pad under it which is completely flat since this unit is a little top heavy. In my use case wireless clients have the same internet bandwidth as wired clients which is a mix of 2.5 and 1 base t clients as tested on speedtest. If I should require more coverage in the future I'll get another unit and mesh them together.

Faster than my AX82U but I was replacing my AX11000 Pro due to an earlier firmware failure so it doesn't seem as fast as that device on my network. TV connected by Ethernet is doing well and wife's phone Pixel 8 hits 500mb even though it's on the opposite side of the house about 25 feet and through a few floors and walls. I say it is worth the price.

This is the same good as the BE86u and BE 88u but has 6Ghz for faster frequency. 1G ddr4 ram brings my network experience much better than the previous AXE7800.