No high end Asus routers released in a year!?

[lagrave]

Given a seemingly equivalent choice of an Asus Zen n-pack OR n Asus standalone routers, what might be the deciding considerations besides cosmetics and any supposed ease of use?

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Does Zen support WRT-firmwares?

 

[OzarkEdge]

Does Zen support WRT-firmwares?

I don't know this. I would query the firmware author for the hardware they support. For example, Asuswrt-Merlin lists supported hardware here: Home | Asuswrt-Merlin

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[RMerlin]

Do you have any estimation on what kind of difference if any the GT-AX6000 would have running OpenVPN with its 2.0ghz cpu compared to the 1.8ghz chip in the AX88U?

I assume it would be largely a linear performance gain since they are both using Cortex B53 cores.

 

[RMerlin]

Does Zen support WRT-firmwares?

What's "WRT firmware"?

 

[TheLostSwede]

What's "WRT firmware"?

Open WRT / DD-WRT would be my guess.

 

[TheLostSwede]

I assume it would be largely a linear performance gain since they are both using Cortex B53 cores.

No such thing as a Cortex-B53, it's just what Broadcom calls their Cortex-A53 chips. I doubt they made any architectural changes, unlike what Qualcomm does.

 

[Dragnet.nu]

The antennas on the ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 seems to be detachable. Could be useful in a bridging scenario with an external antenna.

 

[TheLostSwede]

The antennas on the ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 seems to be detachable. Could be useful in a bridging scenario with an external antenna.

If it's a 6E router, then that would prevent it from being FCC certified.

 

[Dragnet.nu]

If it's a 6E router, then that would prevent it from being FCC certified.

Yes, but it is not a 6E router.

 

[RMerlin]

Open WRT / DD-WRT would be my guess.

I see people sometimes also referring to "Merlin WRT".

 

[TheLostSwede]

Yes, but it is not a 6E router.

Fair enough, then I guess it's all good.

 

[TheLostSwede]

I see people sometimes also referring to "Merlin WRT".

Oh? Can't say I've ever seen that and I promote your work whenever possible.

 

[RMerlin]

Oh? Can't say I've ever seen that and I promote your work whenever possible.

What can I say - some people are really bad with names...

 

[lagrave]

There is nothing on this list https://fccid.io/MSQ that looks suspicious for being a new high end router?

 

[TheLostSwede]

There is nothing on this list https://fccid.io/MSQ that looks suspicious for being a new high end router?

No. Asus doesn't seem to have submitted many of its already announced products for some reason.

 

[shabbs]

What can I say - some people are really bad with names...

MerlinWRX Subaru Turbo Charger edition...

 

[lagrave]

Why haven't Asus released any high end¹ routers since last autumn or so? The semiconductor problems? Are there any known upcoming devices?

¹ I'm referring to something that checks most of these boxes
* WiFi 6e
* 10 Gbps Ethernet
* AX11000
* USB 3.2 (USB-C?)
* 3x3
* WPA3
* Expensive

I must bump this thread. It is 1,5-2 years without any new high end router. Why why WHY!?!? Any official announcement from ASUS?

 

[shabbs]

There's been hints at "Pro" versions of routers coming in the roadmap but I don't think they'll check all those boxes...

 

[Clark Griswald]

I'm personally waiting for the MerlinWRX Subaru Turbo Charger PRO Edition with Mirror Top Technology.

 

[RMerlin]

I must bump this thread. It is 1,5-2 years without any new high end router. Why why WHY!?!? Any official announcement from ASUS?

The GT-AXE16000 was released about a month ago. So, I'm not sure what you are talking about there, it can't get any higher end that this...

ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000

Quad-band WiFi 6E gaming router, new 6 GHz band, dual 10G ports, 2.5G WAN port, dual WAN, AiMesh support, VPN Fusion, Triple-level game acceleration and free network security

rog.asus.com