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In many ways, the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro is the upgrade to ASUS’s GT-AX11000 that came out more than three years ago. If the latter is ASUS’s first step into Wi-Fi 6, the new router is its final hardware in this Wi-Fi standard. It seems that way, anyway. And to …
This is the ASUS RT-AXE7800 vs. NETGEAR RAXE300 matchup I promised in the review of the former. Asus’s latest Wi-Fi 6E router is the answer to the NETGEAR’s counterpart, whether or not anyone wants to admit it. Sharing the exact same Wi-Fi specs and processing power, the two seem to …
The RT-AXE7800 is not ASUS’s first Wi-Fi 6E Tri-Band router—far from it. Before this, the company already had the GT-AXE11000, ZenWiFi ET8, GT-AXE16000, and ZenWiFi Pro ET12. But the new router still manages to be unique. Its hardware specs remind me of the NETGEAR RAXE300, and its appearance brings back …
This post is a quick comparison of the ASUS RT-AX86S, RT-AX86U, and RT-AX86U Pro. Together, they make up confusing dual-band Wi-Fi 6 options. In mid-August 2020, I published an in-depth review of the RT-AX86U, calling it “arguably the best dual-band Wi-Fi 6 router” for a good reason—the router has indeed …
I should have written this NETGEAR Orbi RBK852 vs. ASUS ZenWiFi XT8 matchup long ago. They were among the first Wi-Fi 6 mesh systems you could find, and that, by the way, was the first similarity among a few they had. But better late than never. NETGEAR’s recent release of …
If you’re confused between ZenWiFi Pro XT12 vs. ZenWiFi Pro ET12, you’re not alone. Differentiated by a single letter, their model names seem to be a mean trick ASUS plays on us all. While there are a lot more similarities between these two than their monikers, they are also very …
The ZenWiFi Pro XT12 is worth the wait. And that’s a good thing, considering it has been a bit of a tease. ASUS initially and quietly unveiled this tri-band mesh system in August 2021 with the ZenWiFi ET12; both were slated to be available in the US in early 2022. …
Final Update (September 5, at 2:15 pm): Web Dove has received his prize and left the following message: Thank you Dong! I have a 2.5g Trendnet switch which will let me connect 2.5g ethernet AiMesh backhaul between this new Ax86u and my current Ax86u exterior router. Looks like somebody is …
With the ZenWiFi Pro XT12 around the corner, you might have missed another variant in this tri-band AiMesh family, the ZenWiFi XT9. First quietly unveiled back in May, the XT9, as the name suggests, is a step between the XT8 and the XT12. And its hardware specs show precisely that. …
Since I posted the review on the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000, I’ve gotten questions about comparing it to the Orbi RBRE960, which is the router unit of the NETGEAR Orbi RBKE 960 series. Well, an ASUS GT-AXE16000 vs. NETGEAR RBKE960 matchup is a bit like apples vs. oranges. For one, …
