ASUS RT-BE92U

[Tech9]

Locked in few different places.

 

[Hypothosis]

Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 is known with a lot of disconnect issues.

https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/1dyzng1/intel_wifi_6e_ax211_160mhz_disconnects_internet

so... https://www.asus.com/us/networking-iot-servers/adapters/all-series/usb-be92-nano/

anyone tried this? or the big ugly brother? https://rog.asus.com/networking/rog-usb-be92/

 

[rickysuperdog]

so... https://www.asus.com/us/networking-iot-servers/adapters/all-series/usb-be92-nano/

anyone tried this? or the big ugly brother? https://rog.asus.com/networking/rog-usb-be92/

Seriously, don't buy the BE92U nano. It just use USB2.0 standard. Details:

USB Wifi 7 adapter - USB-BE92 Nano

I'm planning to skip the entire Wi-Fi 7 generation just because of the enormous false advertising around it. Wi-Fi 6 is more stable and fast enough for whatever needs to be wirelessly connected. For higher speeds and even better reliability - wires. As WiFi specs get more complicated - the...

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For the ROG one I have no any detailed information.

 

[RMerlin]

Intel AX211 is fine. I used one for nearly a year in my laptop with zero issues, and my previous laptop had an AX200 or AX201, which was fine for many years. I recently upgraded to an Intel BE100 mostly for test/dev purposes.

 

[ualdrivr]

New ASUS RT-BE92U.

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Specification:

ASUS RT-BE92U - Tech Specs｜WiFi Routers｜ASUS Global

RT-BE92U achieves blazing-fast WiFi speeds of up to 9,700 Mbps, ensuring seamless streaming and data-intensive tasks, which is also flexible, safe, and easy to manage.

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WiFi 7 was nothing but a PITA for me, with the GT-BE98 Pro that I purchased and returned within a month of ownership, for a full refund. I'm back to WiFi 6 wired backhaul mesh setup with ZERO issues what so ever. WiFi 7 still needs a LOT of work, IMHO, especially the 6GHz channels.

 

[HackSlash]

so... https://www.asus.com/us/networking-iot-servers/adapters/all-series/usb-be92-nano/

anyone tried this? or the big ugly brother? https://rog.asus.com/networking/rog-usb-be92/

I am having great success with this internal card upgrade. This way you can use existing laptop antennas. I generally avoid USB for permanent devices like this. I usually use PCI slot cards for desktops too.

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[Germerican]

You can do Guest Network to VPN on your RT-AX86U running Asuswrt-Merlin and YazFi script.

GitHub - jackyaz/YazFi: Feature expansion of guest WiFi networks on AsusWRT-Merlin, including SSID -> VPN, separate subnets per guest network, pinhole access to LAN resources (e.g. DNS) and more!

Feature expansion of guest WiFi networks on AsusWRT-Merlin, including SSID -> VPN, separate subnets per guest network, pinhole access to LAN resources (e.g. DNS) and more! - jackyaz/YazFi

github.com

It's available in AMTM. I personally wouldn't replace good working RT-AX86U with RT-BE92U.

Tech9, you were right... After switching the RT-AX86U with the RT-BE92U for a week, I noticed the signal strength at favorite spots around the house were at best the same, but mostly worse (all 2x2 clients though). I couldn't get the VPN set up on the RT-BE92U as I wanted it (somehow it messed up the separate IoT network) and despite running the latest Merlin fw (3006.102.4 Beta 2) I got random reboots every other day.
And thanks for the tip with YazFi, just figured it out this morning, seems to be working like a charm! And with the latest fw for my old RT-AX86U (3004.388.9_2) some minor headaches on my IoT network are gone too (some clients wouldn't reconnect automatically after a fw upgrade).

I did like that the RT-BE92U was running much cooler (stable at 59C for all temps) and power consumption was about the same as the RT-AX86U (running two 80mm USB fans on the back though)

So I'll keep using my RT-AX86U until it falls off of Merlin's list of supported routers. Hopefully by then, there's a true successor out (not counting the RT-BE86U due to the lack of 6Ghz).

Tech9, thanks again for your advice, could have saved a lot of time ;-)

 

[Spartan]

Tech9, you were right... After switching the RT-AX86U with the RT-BE92U for a week, I noticed the signal strength at favorite spots around the house were at best the same, but mostly worse (all 2x2 clients though). I couldn't get the VPN set up on the RT-BE92U as I wanted it (somehow it messed up the separate IoT network) and despite running the latest Merlin fw (3006.102.4 Beta 2) I got random reboots every other day.
And thanks for the tip with YazFi, just figured it out this morning, seems to be working like a charm! And with the latest fw for my old RT-AX86U (3004.388.9_2) some minor headaches on my IoT network are gone too (some clients wouldn't reconnect automatically after a fw upgrade).

I did like that the RT-BE92U was running much cooler (stable at 59C for all temps) and power consumption was about the same as the RT-AX86U (running two 80mm USB fans on the back though)

So I'll keep using my RT-AX86U until it falls off of Merlin's list of supported routers. Hopefully by then, there's a true successor out (not counting the RT-BE86U due to the lack of 6Ghz).

Tech9, thanks again for your advice, could have saved a lot of time ;-)

I have two BE92U's in an AiMesh setup and have the VPN connected 24/7 with 0 issues and not a single disconnection since day one. I am running the latest ASUS firmware though not Merlin.

 

[Hypothosis]

I have two BE92U's in an AiMesh setup and have the VPN connected 24/7 with 0 issues and not a single disconnection since day one. I am running the latest ASUS firmware though not Merlin.

giving the new one from asus a try, hopefully 6hz behaves better and router doesnt crash... 3.0.0.6.102_37548

 

[Tech9]

Tech9, you were right...

I know it works and YazFi is quite popular add-on.