chrismsales
Occasional Visitor
My three year old Asus GT AC5300 has started having some strange issues and the latest firmware did not resolve so looking at maybe replacing. We have around 50 smart devices (switches, bulbs, etc.) connected via wifi but tv's, desktop pc, and the xbox are hardwired. With the AC5300 being a tri-band router, we have the 2.4 channel and then two 5Ghz channels but one of the issues is that there always one of the 5Ghz channels that stops working so not sure if another tri-band is really needed or is even necessary these days?
The router is in an upstairs office closet and signal does not seem to be much of an issue for us currently in our two story 2,300 sg foot home. We have 500 down and 20 up internet and I work from home with heavy video conferencing all day so really just wanting to make sure that we have a beefy enough router to handle all the devices and activity. Heavy gaming as well so low latency is a plus. I've heard much about Merlin's firmware so was thinking something that supports that would be a plus as well.
Looking at the RT-AX88U or the RT-AX86U but are there other options I should be exploring?
Thanks!
The router is in an upstairs office closet and signal does not seem to be much of an issue for us currently in our two story 2,300 sg foot home. We have 500 down and 20 up internet and I work from home with heavy video conferencing all day so really just wanting to make sure that we have a beefy enough router to handle all the devices and activity. Heavy gaming as well so low latency is a plus. I've heard much about Merlin's firmware so was thinking something that supports that would be a plus as well.
Looking at the RT-AX88U or the RT-AX86U but are there other options I should be exploring?
Thanks!