Best Practice/Settings for Current ASUS BE Firmware....

[jzchen]

This is probably the reason I ended up with 14 nodes that you mention. No subliminal advertising here in the app. Looks so appealing! (The ads scroll to the left like a stock ticker tape. I picked my favorite)...

 

[jzchen]

Thank God there's only the one Tether app for both Archer routers and Range Extenders, because that new model is looking mighty appealing!

 

[Reinforcer]

I got a GT-BE98 Pro before I got a Deco BE95. I still have both running in the same household, BE98 Pro as an AiMesh node and BE95 as an Access Point. I have added two TP-Link Range Extenders RE405BE and RE655BE to the same space (no walls between den, breakfast nook, and kitchen. I can't say that setup while I had the three together worked 100% perfectly with my WiFi 7 OnePlus Open, but it did work better than the BE98 Pro based on iPerf speed testing to a 10 Gb PCIe enabled desktop. I guess the phone, which is my only 6 GHz capable device, was the one buggy at that time...

I can say that TP-Link does not bother creating a Deco emulator because you open the settings and it feels like there's nothing to configure compared to ASUS ZenWiFi line. But yes I agree, TP-Link
summed up is "it just works".

There's someone on the ROG forum who received a BE98 Pro for Christmas, and there are a couple of us (3 total) that use the BE98 Pro, trying to help him solve inconsistent performance. Sometimes it is the customer/owner that seems to make things more difficult to resolve. I am still suspicious of his choice of Quad9 DNS and poor router placement....

I was going for the BE98 Pro before I eneded up deciding on the BQ16 just simply because of the more minimalistic look.

I agree TP Link's generally don't have anywhere near the number of configurable options as Asus routers but they just work.

I agree while sometimes it can be user error if a lot of options have been changed however in my case it's a straight forward setup with just the standalone router and advanced settings changed.

 

[Poseidon]

Personal opinion, I would NEVER trust or use a TP-Link router. Heard too many instances of “spyware” theories.

Whether true or not, it’s enough for me to stay away from them.

 

[jzchen]

I got nothing to spy on, or if there is something of interest, I don't mind sharing, ie. never caught COVID...

(Did two things, one of which any doctor would never tell you to do:
1. If I started feeling ill I very carefully avoided possibly transferring it to anyone else.
2. I binge watched Netflix on my phone, sleep depriving myself until it literally fell out of my hands and onto my face.

Never tested positive even when my wife caught it and we slept in the same bed)...