Comment on A review of the ASUS RT-AX88U Pro + I need your advice!
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Wow. Those search engines are so bad they outright removed your advertisement link. Crazy
I dunno. I think any review of an all in one router with an emphasis on performance/technology is, at best, irresponsible at this point. “Mesh” systems have gotten cheap enough that they are genuine products to consider for consumers which means buying a wireless access point (WAP) is actually reasonable. And then just replace that in a few years for a fraction of the price of a new “router”.
If you just need “a router that works” then… Amazon and/or Wirecutter have you covered because they are all “more or less the same” and it becomes a matter of what brand and price you like. If you care about performance and coverage and so forth… the all in ones are horrible.
SamB@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It depends on the brand since very few allow the user to properly configure and control the mesh system. Then again, there’s AiMesh available.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
TP-Link (and I think even ubiquiti?) allow the WAPs to be used in both standalone and mesh mode. The pricing required for meshing means a standalone WAP is dirt cheap.
And the standalone plays well with any router.
SamB@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Oh, I wholeheartedly agree. But I don’t think we’ll manage to convince many people, outside the tech enthusiasts that this is the best way for good WiFi.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 9 months ago