Rt-ax92u vs Xiaomi AIoT Router AX3600

[ZoltánF]

Hi, witch one should i take for my fiber network? Just home use. 2 TV, 3 smartphone, 1 PC, 1 laptop. Upload and download of torrents, sometimes watching Netflix or HBO and from my PC watching on TV my movies.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Grisu]

I would prefer RT-AX58U with Merlin support.
Cant say anything about Xiaomi.

 

[OzarkEdge]

The Xiaomi appears to be a new release. It has an antenna dedicated to finding/managing Xiaomi IoT products. It's made by "China's Apple". It is based on OpenWRT(?).

I would be concerned that it is too new and too IoT-oriented and not too available yet.

OE

 

[Grisu]

He wouldn't ask if it not available, but other concern about security updates more than a year.

Do you know the reason for a dedicated IoT antenna?

 

[OzarkEdge]

Do you know the reason for a dedicated IoT antenna?

No, not really. It could be simply for automatically finding their IoT devices to populate their app... perhaps something like how WPS adds an unknown node. It smacks of being non-standard and gimmicky, which I like to avoid, not to mention China, IoT, and automatic communications.

We really need to just say NO! to any networking product that wants to do us favors. This is becoming a losing battle as consumer products become "smart". We need standards and regulation to protect consumers from smart products. They are not operating in our best interests... they are exploiting us.

OE

 

[OzarkEdge]

He wouldn't ask if it not available, but other concern about security updates more than a year.

I saw a site selling them as "Preorder". China production has been down lately.

OE

 

[ZoltánF]

I would prefer RT-AX58U with Merlin support.
Cant say anything about Xiaomi.

Hi.
Why do you prefer the AX58U instead of the ax92u?

 

[Grisu]

There are many threads with problems but much less for 58U.
And 58U got Merlin support now, big advantage for even less money.