I currently have a Netgear Orbi mesh system with two satellites that I’d like to upgrade. It’s the first-gen Orbi, with only 3 ethernet ports and one useless USB port. I’ve eliminated as many 2.4Ghz devices from my network as possible, and moved as many devices as I can to ethernet. My goals are to move to modern wifi to support things like game future streaming as much as possible.
The Asus RT-AX88U Pro is currently like $230 on amazon, so I was thinking of going with that.
I’d rather go straight to 6E, of course, but it seems like the “best” routers are in the $400 range.
What would you do?
I thought about this exact question earlier in the year when I upgraded to full fibre but the isp router was rubbish. I ended up deciding it was better to get a WiFi 6 router on sale for now and wait for a bigger upgrade. I don’t have a use for 6ghz though, not many devices support it.