Hi - I recently purchased the GS-BE18000. Nice little router. Looks sexy. Easy to setup. Has the regular intuitive Asus UI (this is my 6th Asus router). Love all the 2.5G ports on the back (I need these). So far so good.
Wifi connection is strong, smooth, constant. Feels very responsive. I like it.
So the bad. The wifi 7 speeds using 5G appear to be capped or something? I get around 500-600 mbps on multiple different devices that I've tried. The newest device I have is an iPhone 17, which uses a N1 chip up to 160 MHz channel bandwidth for Wi-Fi 7 (I think this should be able to get around ~1,400 mbps). I have a few latest model fire sticks, two newish laptops, older phone etc. They all seem to be getting around the same speeds. These speeds arent much of an improvement on my previous router, which is disappointing...
Any ideas for settings or changes I can make? Using the latest firmware (Sep 2025). QoS turned off. All other settings look fine to me but I must be missing something.
Dong Knows got ~1,800 mbps using this router. I cant even reach my 1gig internet speeds.
Also, range is so so. I was hoping wifi 7 would offer more range? 6G cant even penetrate a single wall (9 ft away through a wall and the signal crashes). 5G is nice close up, but drops off fast as you go upstairs. Any settings around this?
Thanks all.
Wifi connection is strong, smooth, constant. Feels very responsive. I like it.
So the bad. The wifi 7 speeds using 5G appear to be capped or something? I get around 500-600 mbps on multiple different devices that I've tried. The newest device I have is an iPhone 17, which uses a N1 chip up to 160 MHz channel bandwidth for Wi-Fi 7 (I think this should be able to get around ~1,400 mbps). I have a few latest model fire sticks, two newish laptops, older phone etc. They all seem to be getting around the same speeds. These speeds arent much of an improvement on my previous router, which is disappointing...
Any ideas for settings or changes I can make? Using the latest firmware (Sep 2025). QoS turned off. All other settings look fine to me but I must be missing something.
Dong Knows got ~1,800 mbps using this router. I cant even reach my 1gig internet speeds.
Also, range is so so. I was hoping wifi 7 would offer more range? 6G cant even penetrate a single wall (9 ft away through a wall and the signal crashes). 5G is nice close up, but drops off fast as you go upstairs. Any settings around this?
Thanks all.
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