Asus ZenWiFi BT8 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh at a more affordable price point
https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/routers/asus-zenwifi-bt8-wi-fi-7-mesh-router-review
https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/routers/asus-zenwifi-bt8-wi-fi-7-mesh-router-review
5 Comments
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
While having a solid feature set, this SKU is really "more affordable" on a relative basis. It will probably work out to around €1,000 in Europe. Not a price for routers (even a mesh kit) that I associated with the word "affordable".
tankplanker@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
It's missing the 10gb backhaul that it's more expensive brothers have, which would be important if you are looking to max out a mesh arrangement that it's 6ghz band is capable of.
I have three XT8s connected via the 2.5gb backhaul and they have been rock solid for me. I can achieve around 1gbps from most locations in my house. I only use them as APs, really don't rate the routet part at all. Longer term, I will upgrade them to the wifi 8 versions when they show up in a few years.
10gb is essential to me if you are spending this amount expecting top of the line performance. I don't see the point of spending this amount for a mesh setup and then losing the best wifi band to backhaul or crippling it with a slower wired connection.
darthsid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Jesus Christ - at that price it better be offering happy endings…
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
... wirelessly
noyou@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Its already available, like 500 for a 2-pack