New ASUS RT-AX95Q/AX6600 AiMesh kit

[phatal]

Engadget has a short article announcing this Aimesh router pair (apparently a replacement of the AX92U).
Most notable improvement looks to be Wifi 6 connectivity is no longer reserved just for back-haul, but now can be also used by clients. No word on pricing/availability.

Here's a link https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/27/asus-wifi-6-router-looks-normal/

 

[Balance]

Interesting. The AX92U always was a strange design with only 802.11ax for the backhaul. The AX95Q hasn't popped up at the FCC yet.

BCM6755 as SoC and for 2,4 GHz and the first 5 GHz band, and a BCM43684 for the second 5 GHz band. So that's should be:

• 600 Mb/s on the 2,4 GHz band (2x2 MIMO, 40 MHz)
• 1201 Mb/s on the first 5 GHz band (2x2 MIMO, 80 MHz)
• 4804 Mb/s on the second 5 GHz band (4x4 MIMO, 160 MHz)

 

[maxbraketorque]

Finally a decent appearing mesh kit. I think ASUS has been hurting themselves in the mesh market with all their funky case designs. This should solve that.

The higher performance wifi 6 chipset sounds good as well, but what I really like is the 2.5 gbps ethernet port. With that, I can easily set up a 2.5 gbps topology in my house.

 

[ShinyRobot]

I got 2 Asus AC3100 routers and they were the worst for my WiFi Calling & dropped calls constantly when moving between Access Points. Their AIMesh was terrible and buggy. I had to remove them entirely and go back to my multiple AirPort Extremes after 6 months of trying everything to make them work. I'm very leery of any Asus product as a result, they just aren't made very solid it seems. I have a few threads on the topic... I'm still looking for a good alternative to Apple, unfortunately.

 

[L&LD]

I got 2 Asus 3100 ROG routers and they were the worst for my WiFi Calling & dropped calls constantly when moving between Access Points. Their AIMesh was terrible and buggy. I had to remove them entirely and go back to my multiple AirPort Extremes after 6 months of trying everything to make them work. I'm very leery of any Asus product as a result, they just aren't made very solid it seems. I have a few threads on the topic... I'm still looking for a good alternative to Apple, unfortunately.

I have never heard of an Asus 3100 ROG router?

Are you talking about the RT-AC3100 instead?

How many Airport Extremes do you have connected? How big is the area that you are covering?

 

[ShinyRobot]

I have never heard of an Asus 3100 ROG router?

Are you talking about the RT-AC3100 instead?

How many Airport Extremes do you have connected? How big is the area that you are covering?

Yep, my bad AC3100 (the "gamer version" RT-AC88U). 1700 sq feet, but upstairs & downstairs, lots of connected devices like Rachio & Sonos, interference, etc. The actual Wi-Fi was pretty good, but no WiFi Calling is a dealbreaker as we live in a deadzone.

 

[L&LD]

Yep, my bad AC3100 (the "gamer version" RT-AC88U). 1700 sq feet, but upstairs & downstairs, lots of connected devices like Rachio & Sonos, interference, etc. The actual Wi-Fi was pretty good, but no WiFi Calling is a dealbreaker as we live in a deadzone.

I don't think your square footage was big enough for two of them.

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/s...-go-with-the-rt-ac1900p-v3.34748/#post-281391

I'm not sure why WiFi calling didn't work for you? Running (old) stock firmware I suppose for AiMesh, maybe.

How long ago was this? AiMesh is still a hit and miss proposition for some.

 

[RTN]

ASUS RT-AX95Q • https://wikidevi.com/wiki/ASUS_RT-AX95Q

ASUS RT-AX95U • https://wikidevi.com/wiki/ASUS_RT-AX95U

ASUS RT-AC95U • AC3000 AiMesh Wi-Fi System (2 pack)

ASUS RP-AC92 • AC2100 AiMesh Node/Wi-Fi Extender

 

[Waltski]

Is this the same router? Saw this at the FCC site...
https://fccid.io/MSQ-AXHZ00

 

[YoungStarDC]

Has there been any updates regarding this?

 

[aublumberg]

Has there been any updates regarding this?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081GH8XRS/?tag=snbforums-20

 

[YoungStarDC]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081GH8XRS/?tag=snbforums-20

Ah, thank you! I see it was completely rebranded, that's why I couldn't find anything. It's not out in Europe quite yet it seems.