Reddit reviews ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 AX11000 Tri-Band 10 Gigabit WiFi Router, Aiprotection Lifetime Security by Trend Micro, Aimesh Compatible for Mesh WIFI System, Next-Gen Wifi 6, Wireless 802.11Ax, 4x Giga
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Triple level game acceleration accelerate game traffic With device, game packet and game server prioritizationCutting edge hardware offers the best performance 1.8 GigaHertz Quad Core cpu and 2.5 G gaming port for ultimate performanceYour own gaming mesh network Compatible with ASUS AiMesh Wi Fi system for seamless whole home coverage.Memory:256 MB Flash,1 GB RAMASUS wrt enables support for open, advanced monitoring and control which includes device bandwidth utilization as well as device or usage prioritizationASUS AiProtection security to neutralize internet threats before they hit your networkNextgen ax Wi Fi is backward compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi Fi devices and Supports current Wi Fi devices. Operating Frequency:2.4 GigaHertz, 5 GigaHertz 1, 5 GigaHertz 2
Is there any consumer gear out there that supports 802.11ax / ay yet? I know that some phone makers have started to put that feature set into their top end gear, but I was of the impression no consumer grade gear supporting that standard was available yet.
(edit: Looks like I was wrong. You can buy this MONSTROSITY if you really want to be an early adopter. Yeesh. I think I'll wait for something a little more compact to come out before I upgrade my home WLAN.)
I wouldn't really consider the LinkSys WRT3200ACM to be "hardcore". While running Mullvad on the OpenVPN client on my PC fully saturates my ISP's bandwidth of ~200mbit/s download, running OpenVPN with the same configuration as I was on my PC, but on my WRT3200ACM yields ~132.5mbit/s of download maximum.
The speed you will see is heavily dependent on the type of CPU your router is running. If you have a bandwidth of anywhere above 100mbit/s and want to be able to saturate that with a router, you're gonna have to pay up.
TL;DR- The WRT3200ACM has a 1.8GHz dual core processor, and that caps out, I'd say, at ~135mbit/s depending on the level of encryption your VPN supports / you choose to run. Get something which is 1.8Ghz quad core and supports AES-NI and you should be fine. As for router firmware I'd recommend DD-WRT or OpenWRT, but they might take some getting used to depending on how savvy you are.
If you are asking these questions, then the real question should be. How comfortable are you with networking and networking gear?
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If the answer is your not, then playing with a system you know nothing about is probably not a good idea. If that is the case buy yourself 2 of these Asus ROG put one on either side of your place and call it a day. They are supposedly capable of around 5000 Sq2 feet and they are Asus so everything will be reliable. You literally have to take 1 line from your modem to the first one you setup as a Standard Router and then one line from that router to the other which you setup as an access point. The setup process is pretty much click and go. The only thing you have to remember is that everything you setup in the router is mirrored EXACTLY the same in the access point. This way none of your devices really has a hard time switching between the router and the access point. I'm running three Asus AC68U and if you look at my home you only see one network. (to the network pros - Yes i know i still have multiple networks)
But in the long run if all you have to do is add a couple passwords to lock it up, it's less of a headache. I personally do not like mesh networking, they are still WAY to expensive for what you get and how little control you have over them. You also run into a lot of them working on the same frequencies which can cause interference with themselves, which of course leads to poor reception. The routers I suggested were 450 each, the ubiquiti access point is 800 each and i have no clue what their range is.
Long and short of it, in my personal opinion for your home and maybe even some small offices going with mesh equipment of any kind is a waste of money.