Upgrade for parents to support Wireguard

[treeskygrass]

Here’s the situation…

Parents have RT-AC68 which meets all their needs given their limited 30/5 internet. Remarkably they have no issue streaming multiple TV’s and use almost 2Tn a month on only 30Mbps (they leave TV on to sleep to).

Anyway, because of the streamers cracking down on password sharing, I route traffic from their 4 TV’s to my own IP so that all our “household” traffic originates from the same IP. Works great.

Problem is the RT-AC68 only supports OpenVPN and I think Wireguard would work better. It’s frustrating because as we all know Wireguard is tiny compared to OpenVPN and the RT-AC68 is totally capable of running it if Asus wanted to update the kernel but that looks unlikely… so I’m thinking of getting another Asus so I can use their mesh feature and turn the RT-AC68 into an AP.

So my question is… what’s the least expensive Asus that supports Wireguard and mesh (and hopefully Merlin)? They seem like mostly expensive gaming routers, which seems silly for their use case.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Prices and availability may vary by region.

[Wireless Router] How to set up WireGuard® VPN server? | Official Support | ASUS Global

Prepare

WireGuard® is only supported on the firmware version later than 3.0.0.4.388.23000. For Supported models, please refer to https://asus.click/vpnfusionmodel (You can find the support model list at the bottom of this page).

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GT series​

GT6
GT-AXE16000
GT-AX11000 Pro
GT-AXE11000
GT-AX6000
GT-AX11000
GS-AX5400
GS-AX3000

ZenWiFi​

ZenWiFi Pro XT12
ZenWiFi Pro ET12
ZenWiFi XT9
ZenWiFi AX (XT8)
ZenWiFi XD6

RT series​

RT-AXE7800
RT-AX88U Pro
RT-AX88U
RT-AX86U Pro
RT-AX86U, RT-AX86S
RT-AX68U
RT-AX82U
RT-AX58U
RT-AX3000
RT-AX59U
RT-AX92U

TUF series​

TUF-AX5400
TUF-AX3000_V2
TUF-AX3000
TUF Gaming AX6000
TUF Gaming AX4200

 

[treeskygrass]

Not very helpful, I already knew that much.

 

[drinkingbird]

Not very helpful, I already knew that much.

Wow he put together a detailed response that gives all the info you need and that's your reply? Especially after starting multiple threads or replying to otter threads asking basically the same stuff repeatedly?

Good luck getting help when you can't get your AC68 to mesh with a 388 code router.

 

[sfx2000]

Parents have RT-AC68 which meets all their needs given their limited 30/5 internet. Remarkably they have no issue streaming multiple TV’s and use almost 2Tn a month on only 30Mbps (they leave TV on to sleep to).

You might get better assistance by posting in the appropriate sub-forum...

Asus has a dedicated group over there - just saying...

 

[treeskygrass]

Wow he put together a detailed response that gives all the info you need and that's your reply? Especially after starting multiple threads or replying to otter threads asking basically the same stuff repeatedly?

Good luck getting help when you can't get your AC68 to mesh with a 388 code router.

Hardly, copy and pasted from the same page I found. I asked for a recommendation, not a Google search. Plus, he’s kinda stalking me.

 

[treeskygrass]

You might get better assistance by posting in the appropriate sub-forum...

Asus has a dedicated group over there - just saying...

Thanks. Is that more appropriate for “buying advice”?

 

[ColinTaylor]

Hardly, copy and pasted from the same page I found. I asked for a recommendation, not a Google search.

You didn't say you had found that page or ask for a recommendation. You asked "So my question is… what’s the least expensive Asus that supports Wireguard and mesh (and hopefully Merlin)?".

I gave you a list of routers that support Wireguard but couldn't say which is the least expensive because I don't know what country you're in and therefore stated "Prices and availability may vary by region".

 

[L&LD]

@ColinTaylor, you helpful 'stalker' you!

 

[treeskygrass]

You didn't say you had found that page or ask for a recommendation. You asked "So my question is… what’s the least expensive Asus that supports Wireguard and mesh (and hopefully Merlin)?".

Which you didn’t answer.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Which you didn’t answer.

I answered part of your question, which routers support Wireguard. As I clearly stated in the very first sentence of my reply "Prices and availability may vary by region". As you didn't state what country you're in I have no way of answering the second part of the question. I gave you the list so that you could check the prices for yourself. I guess you're just too lazy to do that minimal amount of work and expect someone else to do it for you.

 

[bee144]

Which you didn’t answer.

Unreal. Is this how you behave in real life?

 

[TheLyppardMan]

Some people are so ungrateful to the voluntary help given on this forum. We should all treat each other with respect and be happy that we have a wonderful forum with lots of experts on here that give their time for free (I'm not an expert, so I don't count myself in that list).