Who the Heck Needs a $600 WiFi 6E Router?!

Meet the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 WiFi 6E gaming router! What a mouthful! This router is an absolute beast with its dual 10-gig ports, 6GHz frequency band, and fancy RGB. My parents' house is littered with old access points, and I'm willing to bet a single ROG WiFi 6E gaming router can replace all of them! Come along for the ride!

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[dbfishing]

Yes mom I need this for my zoom class.

[Mad]

I have this router for a reason: 10GBe port x 2 plus 2.5GBe. I have 3 gig symmetrical internet. That thing is the only thing letting me take advantage of every ounce of that connection. It's a beast, but expensive for most people

[boodog]

I've had one for two months now. It replaced my 3 older asus mesh network. Amazing router.

[jeremylane]

I work for and ISP in the Chicago market. When you’re using 9 mesh pods in a home that size your causing over congestion. In all honesty I recommend the Google Mesh Wi-Fi to a lot of customers and have personally used it for my dads house. They work great. Not saying that one router also isn’t bad just not necessarily good. What you’ll run into is Band steering issues where the devices will just select a certain ghz channel (2.4, 5, 6) and stay on until you turn off Wi-Fi and turn it on again.
Also here in Chicago we’re testing 10 gig symmetrical over coax.

[kagex]

... Some small points before I continue (2:50):
1. It seems there was a mesh system without seperat ethernet connections to the access points. No wonder it was bad, how could it not?
2. WIFI 6E has an abysmal range and will have problems reaching the next room through a closed door with an acceptable stability.
3. For range you will have no choice but to use WIFI 5 or maybe even WIFI 4 if you have a single AP wich will decrease your speed.
4. Stability and speed can be completely diconnected.
For example you can have great speed but one person moving can lead to an extreme slow down or even diconnect of the network.

I'm interested how it ends, my guess is that there will most likely be an improvement with stability, latency and speed (single AP instead of a wireless Mesh System) but the reach of the Network could go down a bit.
The reach should actually not decrease very much, it was still a wireless Mesh System and every node needs a good, stable connection to the network.
If they didn't have a good, stable connection you found your biggest problem.

[roucious]

Moving the router off a speaker that has a giant magnet in it would also help the performance.

[greengant]

The main issue with the previous setup was that it is a Wifi Mesh system. You can't pass wifi to wifi and expect a consistent connection. These companies that promote wifi mesh systems are a scam! If you need multiple WAP's running than they each need to be wired with a controller. As an IT professional I use ASUS routers and have for more than decade. Best Home routers on the market for sure. Thanks for the video Greg!

[Ernesto]

My little brother recently hooked us up with a Wifi-6 router and it makes a hell of a difference.
I get more range when I'm out in the parking lot with my phone.

[JRAM]

I have the little brother of this router. GT-AX11000. This thing is amazing for half the price of this one!

[Dyonivan]

As much as I've learned about computers the last couple of years, networks and routers still go way over my head. I guess it's a blessing I live in the middle of nowhere with Internet that maxes out at 38 mb/s bandwidth.

[singlsrvngfrnd]

This reminds me to be thankful for my sequential gigabit connection in rural Kansas.

[mekkanic]

I have the AXE -11000 model. Very happy with it. Serious gamers will appreciate the additional features in the software.

[vietne]

The reason for the poor performance before is there were too many devices. You don't need anymore than 3-4 properly placed Nest devices. The more you add, the worse you get because Nest doesn't have a dedicated backbone for the mesh wireless.

I would recommend the Eero or Orbi systems that have dedicated backbone wireless.

The reason why you're not getting the most from a single router is because distance kills throughout severely. What you didn't test is the wired throughout speed and wireless near the router. Then compared as you moved to different areas.

I've setup Google Nest that can get 500mbps through a 4500 sqft home. For gigabit I always recommend Eero/Orbi for the ease of setup and consistency due to the dedicated backbone.

[derSkedda]

That router is as expensive as my PC. Absolute insanity!

[boblekewl]

I have the AXE11000 version of this router & it rocks! My 1GB download connection gets 700-800MB. My previous router struggled to get 500MB.

[disguiseddvant]

Your father first issue is that they need to relocate the cable modem or run a ethernet line upstairs and hook up the wi-fi router. How the wi-fi signal works is that it flows down and not up. This is why some people will put the wi-fi router upstairs outside hallway or in the attic. If you ever notice with cellular towers/infrastructures they're at the highest point and never at ground level or by water (water is like a glass mirror and will reflect the signal all over). The other issue that they're running into is interference with metals in the walls, the kitchen area, and other wi-fi devices.

[adilox]

been watching your videos one month ago and i never get bored .
love your content man

[JustWitness]

To be honest, swapping out the spectrum provided modem for his own modem he would probably see a difference in overall bandwidth and save money overall without the added fee for renting on the bill.

[MegaLokopo]

Isn't six gigahertz less likely to penetrate walls than 5 gigahertz? It sounds like their problem easily could have been they were always connecting to a farther away wap on a 2.4 gigahertz connection instead of one closer, in which case, they needed less waps not a more powerful wap.

[Bandoughha]

I'm still using my Linksys EA9500 AC5400 bought used years ago. It is currently pushing 600 Mbps downloads over wifi. I don't see a need to upgrade yet.