Hi! I am like very new and new to this forum, and this could probably be a stupid question coming from me, but I am still writing this since I am just unsure. I am from Norway.
I have ordered 2 GT-BE98 routers to replace the mesh system I have at home that the ISP here has provided me for free, 4-5ish years ago. The current setup is 2 airties 4930, and just currently, I got the modem/router upgraded from the ISP to a Wi-Fi 6 capable one (It's a Sagecom F@ST3896). I was thinking of replacing the 2 airties mesh boxes with a new WiFi 7 capable router by using bridge mode on the Sagecom modem/router to handle the connection and have the modem/router as a modem. I am not really sure, but is the GT-BE98 a good choice, or is the GT-BE19000 a better choice because of the two 6GHz bands it has? Since I was thinking of running the Asus routers in Aimesh mode, and I have never used their routers before. My use case is to have my NAS and maybe my Quest 3 be connected to the router, and my PC in my room connected to one of the GT-BE98s to be able to use for streaming VR. I was also planning to stream from my main PC down to the living room TV PC for Moonlight streaming, and in general, a router I can modify myself enough for gaming. (The current setup is very unstable in terms of connection since the Airties boxes sometimes disconnect, and I have to pair them again and again, and it's getting on me now. And just so it's clear, it's a 3-floor house, hence the mesh boxes. One for the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor)
I am not sure how the Aimesh system works, but from what I have read, if I use the wireless backhaul, it will, by default, choose the fastest band. So the 6GHz band will be used by mesh connectivity, and the rest of the band, as the 5GHz and so on, will be free for normal use? And now the question regarding GT-BE19000, since the 98 PRO is not available here in Norway, the GT-BE19000 is the closest thing in terms of how many bands it has. Since the PRO and the 19000 have two 6Ghz bands, wouldn't it be better to have that? I am not sure if the GT-BE98 was a good choice, but I can, of course, send it back if it was indeed a bad choice. I am also not very familiar with firmware, and from reading here, GNUTON and Merlin are some good firmwares to use? If someone here could explain and answer my questions, I have written here, I would be very grateful, since this section of Tech is something I am not really good at, and I never knew I would dabble in it until like now.
I have ordered 2 GT-BE98 routers to replace the mesh system I have at home that the ISP here has provided me for free, 4-5ish years ago. The current setup is 2 airties 4930, and just currently, I got the modem/router upgraded from the ISP to a Wi-Fi 6 capable one (It's a Sagecom F@ST3896). I was thinking of replacing the 2 airties mesh boxes with a new WiFi 7 capable router by using bridge mode on the Sagecom modem/router to handle the connection and have the modem/router as a modem. I am not really sure, but is the GT-BE98 a good choice, or is the GT-BE19000 a better choice because of the two 6GHz bands it has? Since I was thinking of running the Asus routers in Aimesh mode, and I have never used their routers before. My use case is to have my NAS and maybe my Quest 3 be connected to the router, and my PC in my room connected to one of the GT-BE98s to be able to use for streaming VR. I was also planning to stream from my main PC down to the living room TV PC for Moonlight streaming, and in general, a router I can modify myself enough for gaming. (The current setup is very unstable in terms of connection since the Airties boxes sometimes disconnect, and I have to pair them again and again, and it's getting on me now. And just so it's clear, it's a 3-floor house, hence the mesh boxes. One for the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor)
I am not sure how the Aimesh system works, but from what I have read, if I use the wireless backhaul, it will, by default, choose the fastest band. So the 6GHz band will be used by mesh connectivity, and the rest of the band, as the 5GHz and so on, will be free for normal use? And now the question regarding GT-BE19000, since the 98 PRO is not available here in Norway, the GT-BE19000 is the closest thing in terms of how many bands it has. Since the PRO and the 19000 have two 6Ghz bands, wouldn't it be better to have that? I am not sure if the GT-BE98 was a good choice, but I can, of course, send it back if it was indeed a bad choice. I am also not very familiar with firmware, and from reading here, GNUTON and Merlin are some good firmwares to use? If someone here could explain and answer my questions, I have written here, I would be very grateful, since this section of Tech is something I am not really good at, and I never knew I would dabble in it until like now.
