Review Asus RT-BE96U Wi-Fi 7 router review: A new 6 GHz wireless speed king emerges

[Admin]

The RT-BE96U ditches the gaming-centric software and RGB frills of Asus’ flagship Wi-Fi 7 router but still packs a performance punch.

Asus RT-BE96U Wi-Fi 7 router review: A new 6 GHz wireless speed king emerges : Read more

 

[bit_user]

Who makes the SoC? My current Netgear router has a Qualcomm SoC, which is a fact they state quite openly. I don't love Qualcomm, but at least I trust them.

 

[SonoraTechnical]

Uff $700... For that price It should replace my DSL Modem and provide a dedicated VPN Channel for one of the Ports (so that my wife can view Disney+ and Discovery+ on the Roku TV while we are in Mexcio)

 

[peachpuff]

Strange model number compared to all the previous asus routers.

 

[SydB]

Asus, fugly, overpriced. Next.

 

[abufrejoval]

I keep wondering about these antennae...

For all I understand from physics, the higher the frequency the smaller the waves and the shorter the antennae that transmit and receive them. Those protrusions clearly seem made for the 2.4 GHz band, which is what I'd call last resort or what you really don't want to use, ever, if possible.

And all those really expensive office building access points very much look like a smoke sensor, no protrusions whatsoever and the most advanced tuneable antenna arrays completely hidden inside...

So my take on these is that they are mostly, if not completely unnessesary for 5 and 6 GHz bands, unless they did in fact include them there in one tiny corner or another.

But I don't take well to someone who evidently is trying to fool me with a misleading design that is rather unpractical on top.

Perhaps TH could do some research and provide a bit of toungue lashing where it is appropriate?

 

[TheGreatDonkey]

Who makes the SoC? My current Netgear router has a Qualcomm SoC, which is a fact they state quite openly. I don't love Qualcomm, but at least I trust them.

Broadcom BCM4916 - ARM B53 2.6Ghz.

 

[JamesJones44]

I don't know if I consider 25 feet far, distant maybe. I would be more curious about performance through walls. My current NEGEAR RX120 WiFi 6 router performance drops about 50% simply by going into the next room over a closing the door (about 10 feet away with a wall in between). The overall throughput is still higher than 2.4 GHz, but for something that truly needs high throughput it would be interesting to know how much loss will occur with walls in the mix. I haven't played what a 6 GHz band router yet, but I'm assuming it will suffer more potentially.

 

[HideOut]

$700 wow.

And all LAN ports arn't a minimum of 2.5G? again, wow.

 

[bit_user]

And all LAN ports arn't a minimum of 2.5G? again, wow.

As long as at least one LAN port is at least the same speed as the WAN port, that's better than Netgear can so far manage.

 

[tamalero]

Uff $700... For that price It should replace my DSL Modem and provide a dedicated VPN Channel for one of the Ports (so that my wife can view Disney+ and Discovery+ on the Roku TV while we are in Mexcio)

or built a top of the line server grade router with similar capabilities.

 

[Eg0]

I looked at it and the 98 pro but for that money decided to spend a little more on a ubiquiti dream machine se and two APs. Much more for your money.

 

[palladin9479]

Guys ... just make sure you keep a handgun nearby in case it starts making robot noises and transforms into a decepticon.

 

[peachpuff]

Guys ... just make sure you keep a handgun nearby incase it starts making robot noises and transforms into a decepticon.

Say no more fam...

 

[bit_user]

Say no more fam...

Wow, now I see it!

Did you just make that? Stable diffusion or what?

 

[peachpuff]

Wow, now I see it!

Did you just make that? Stable diffusion or what?

Copilot

 

[peterf28]

Asus makes the best consumer WiFi router currently. I was a TP-LINK fan, but they completely messed up the firmware/web UI part, support is nonexistent, and there are a lot of bugs (all my smartphones have massive battery drain issues when connected to tp-link WiFi routers !!!).

 

[bill001g]

Asus makes the best consumer WiFi router currently. I was a TP-LINK fan, but they completely messed up the firmware/web UI part, support is nonexistent, and there are a lot of bugs (all my smartphones have massive battery drain issues when connected to tp-link WiFi routers !!!).

Asus messed up big time also. Along with the firmware controversy on their motherboards and issue with warranty claims I am not so sure they are better than anyone else now.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-routers-offline-faulty-update