That doesn't sound right. Are you on the latest firmware and did you try Merlin? If nothing works RMA it.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews Thanks for the fastest reply ever! Yes, I do confirm. Latest firmware. I can also confirm that a couple of devices far in my house corners get a signal only with RT (Outdoor Cam, Google Nest Hub). I would like to stress that my evidence only refers to my personal experience and location. I'll do a hard reset and will give it another try (I have another week before the return windows expires). Since RT is working flawlessly, I don't feel the urge to go for a second TUF sample, but I do appreciate the suggestion. Many thanks again.

I suppose I could, but then again all you need to do is to get an antenna that matches the one from the AX73 (dB) from somewhere like Aliexpress and then connect it to the board..

@@SamsTechnologyReviews please do a tutorial for that. Thank youuu

Yes, the instructions are identical for both models. Just make sure to download the OEM firmware for WRT1900AC, don't use the one for WRT3200ACM.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews Thanks!!. Sorry for my english. (I´m from Argentina.) When i try to use Putty i get the error"network error: Connection Refused/Timed Out" And Again THANKS!!!

With WiFi, it's terrible unless you use a separate AP. As for 2.5GbE, it does work without problems.

It should work, although I would argue that pfSense is the superior software.

My notes say that they're Skyworks SKY85743 for 5GHz and Qorvo QPF4216 for 2.4GHz. And I do agree that this silent swapping of components is annoying at best and misleading at its worst. For example, I had no idea why AiMesh didn't work for years on my first gen RT-AC68U until I found out that ASUS has made it available for newer hardware versions only. And kept quiet about it while the forums were on fire years back...

I'll ask Zyxel if they have a spare unit somewhere that I can test.

Glad you liked it, although it took me like 15 minutes to make it :)

@@SamsTechnologyReviews well there was important playing that had to be done in between shots when I was little lol.

@@AlaskanFalcon That's the most fun part!

By iPhone app, you mean the ASUSWRT app? If yes, then you should be able to see all clients that are connected to the router regardless of the network that they're connected to.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews No, I meant the iphone app for their respective IoT devices.

@@mr.boniato6402 You ask whether you can access the IoT devices from a separate (isolated) network from your phone? Well, if these devices support some Cloud communication, you should see them, otherwise, no, the inter-network communication is closed. ASUS doesn't really have a comprehensive set of features for its VLAN, while prosumer-grade and above hardware definitely does. I would also look into the Merlin implementation of VLAN. It seems to be superior to the OEM feature.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews No, I meant when the iphone is connected to the same router on the main wifi network and the IoTs are connected to the same router but on the vlan wifi.

No, both include it right now. A recent firmware update has enabled it on the RT-AX86U Pro.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews Does it allow for 1-way from main to IOT? Client isolation? Internet access? I'm currently using Merlin with Yazfi.

@@eddtru You're better off with the Merlin implementation. The 'OEM' VLAN is still in its early stage and it's barely more than client isolation.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews Thanks, saved me a reset.

Yes. ASUS doesn't make it easy to choose between models. As a side note, I did test the TUF-AX4200 (also very close to the TUF-AX6000 hardware-wise) and it was impressive.

I hope I understood what you asked correctly. If your ISP gives you 2.5Gbps, the WAN port does support it as well, so that's the total bandwidth that you get available. The actual throughput that your client devices will see varies, but it should be above 1Gbps when near the router.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews Thanks for your reply. Actually. the ISP gives me 1 Gbps. In my previous motherboard, I had one single 1 Gbps Ethernet port, which was connected to the ISP's modem's 2.5 Gbps output. As a result, I got speed results of about 980 Mbps. I then installed a 2.5 Gbps PCIe extension card, and hooked it up to the modem. The PC revealed around 1056 Mbps download (Speedtest measurements). I went forward by hooking up another Ethernet cable from my TP Link I Gbps port to the PC. The Internet speed, as expected, did not change, however I started to get faster website downloads, which indicates a larger data throughput. I did not have to do any further configuration, because Windows 11 combined the two 2.5 and 1 Gbps ports automatically. In the beginning of the year, I built a new PC, with the ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero, which has two Ethernet pots, namely 2.5 and I Gbps, and thus there was no need for a 2.5 Gbps adapter any more. The speed results were the same, though. At some point in the last built, I still could not find a router with a dual 2.5 Gbps WAN/LAN port, so I kept the TP-Link 1 Gbps in use. I have always thought that the ideal built would be the 2.5 WAN and LAN in separate ports in the router, so that I could hook the modem's 2.5 port to the router, and from the latter to a 2.5 connection in the PC. Currently, I understand that both setups would work as intended. However, the RT AX-88U Pro has features beyond those required for my work load, so a replacement could be worthy. I am still not sure about doing this. That's why I asked you if the resulting Wi-Fi LAN from the Asus would benefit from the 2.5 Gbps route, i.e., modem to router, even considering my device's Wi-Fi adapters, which, as you know, will render whatever ISP speeds lower. At any rate, thanks again. Unfortunately the Asus router is not cheap in this country, so I cannot experiment and return to the seller if it fails to meet my expectations.

@@paulorobertoelias8425 So, basically, you currently use link aggregation between the PC and the TP-Link router? Can I ask what sort of model do you have? The ASUS routers do support LACP (802.3ad), although from what I could see, it's for two Gigabit ports only (will look further into it). Then again, your max link is Gigabit..

@@SamsTechnologyReviews Hi, thanks for your help. I have been using the TP-Link Archer AX73, in order to provide the 1 Gbps port to the PC. By the way, yesterday evening I got the Asus RT-AX88 Pro router delivered to me. My initial impression is that I have A LOT to learn about some settings of this router. At this point, I am not sure if the modem provided my ISP, the Sagemcom F@ST 5670, is LACP compatible, probably not. Also, the RT guidelines are not entirely clear to me about this support. I should have to connect two Ethernet cables from the modem to the router's WAN and LAN 4 ports. Well, the ISP's modem has the 2.5 Gbps port that I connected to the PC. In this case, I connected this port to the RT instead, and from the RTs 2.5 Gbps LAN port to the PC. This setup seems fine, even though previously I was getting a bit more than 1 GB from the ISP, and now around 984 Mbps. The other connection is now from the modem's 1 Gbps port to the RT's 1 Gbps LAN 4 port, according to the manual. This is not working, as far as I can see, and probably due to the lack of the LACP support from the ISP's modem. I phone today to the ISP's support, and they promised me to find out if their modem supports LACP. Currently, my subscription is for 1 Gbps only. At any rate, as I said, I still have a lot to learn. One thing that impressed me very much so far was the RT's Wi-Fi Smart Connect signal. I had this facility on the TP-Link AX73, it simplifies everything, but now the Wi-Fi signal is incredibly stable, as seen on my TV's streaming services and KZbin as well. While setting up cables, I disconnect the routers cable from the modem, but the streaming went on as if nothing happened. I still don't know why, but nevertheless I was pleasantly surprised!

Yes, it should work. I will also give you a link to the official ASUS guide: www.asus.com/gr/support/faq/1049415/

It is a Chinese only router. Use Google translate in browser (right click in Google Chrome and choose translate from Chinese to English) You get English native in the app.

GT AX6000. Im about to purchase this one myself. Best results on throughput = best for gaming

I agree, the GT-AX6000 is the better device.

thank you guys

Yes, I bought this router immediately after it was released, so it is indeed the first hardware version.

I had a similar issue with a Linksys WRT3200acm which after reverting to the original firmware (from OpenWRT), it started acting weird. What fixed it was a hard reset. I know that it may be a long shot, but you could try it out after returning to the OEM firmware.

They should work, but in a limited fashion. The 6GHz network will only be visible on Windows 11 and Linux afaik.

@SamsTechnologyReviews That would be fine. The issue here is driver compatibility. Do you know of any wifi7 card with Windows 10 drivers support?

@@hudsonmubiru I know that the Intel BE200 does support Win10.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews you know of any science be200? Share link please

@@hudsonmubiru The link to the product. There are some on Amazon, such as this one: www.amazon.com/Wireless-BE200-Bluetooth-5800Mbps-NICGIGA/dp/B0D2HMVH5Y/. But I also got one from Aliexpress and it was just as good (yes, I got two for reasons that are beyond my comprehension).

how is the performance of the router, please let us know the hardware version you are using

I already made one :)

Sure, I will make a short guide over the next few days.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews appreciate it!

Unfortunately, the U6 Enterprise is more expensive than the U7 Pro Max at the moment. If I find something on the used market, I will make a comparison video.

Purely in terms of throughput, the EnGenius Fit6 Lite did better using the 80MHz channel width, but it does not support the 160MHz one. The U6 Pro does which does put it in the advantage. As for latency, the Fit6 Lite performed a bit better overall and it's also way newer, so take that into account as well. As for software, it depends which one you're accustomed with.

Thanks for the support! I do take VR into consideration, but it's going to take a bit more time until I can test some VR headsets since they're so expensive.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews That sounds fair! Can't wait to see what comes next.

You can check the signal attenuation graphs for more detail, but in my tests, I saw that the GT-AX6000 had a better throughput when the client was farther away than the other routers. Bear in mind that this was a single-client test.

​@@SamsTechnologyReviewsThanks for the feedback!

Yes, of course. You should still keep on eye on the support offered by TP-Link and whether they quickly mitigate any potential vulnerability (which do occur from time to time). But, as long as everything is up to date and have pfsense at its core, you should be set!

You should be able to return it and get a router that does support 6GHz. Right?

It is still a fast router and a good buy for the price, unless you need Gbit speeds or live in a crowded place with lots of 5GHz interference.

The u6 enterprise has 10 streams and is the same price as the u7 pro max. I love these videos especially opening up the hardware

I used the open-source tools net-hydra. You can find them on Github. There is also flent that you can use to see the latency.

You mean the one that has the most gaming-focused features? The GT-AX6000 and the RT-AX88U Pro are better equipped in this respect. As for the latency, you get a glimpse from this video, but I always suggest to use cable since Wi-Fi is at the mercy of the ever-changing interference.

Can it make that much of a difference? I will make a video in the next days testing exactly this on both the U7 Pro and the U7 Pro Max.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews Well, I know that I like to begin with Meshing off, since it makes t-shooting more easy. But it does free up memory, makes it send out less SSID's at a time. So it must have some benefit in performance.

@@petervandebeek5980 It's curious that Ubiquiti doesn't disable it by default. As I mentioned before, I will re-run all tests on both APs very soon and see the impact that this feature can have.

@@SamsTechnologyReviews They (sort of) advertise with Meshing. So that should work out-of-the-box. But it destroyes more then it fixes, for what i've seen.