Comments on: Asus RT-BE88U Review: A Straightforward and Powerful dual-band Wi-Fi 7 Router

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 19:00:44 +0000

In reply to Jeff.

Happy Fourth, Jeff!

1. That happens a lot, like the case of the RT-AX58U vs RT-AX3000. They are essentially the same. The name change is to create a different SKU to help Best Buy cheat on its “price matching” promise. Generally, I’d go with the standard version, though, regardless of vendors. They tend to have better (firmware) support, etc..
2. Don’t trust a router’s built-in speed test, they are generally accurate up to a certain threshold, often that’s Gigabit. More on speed testing here. As noted, a 10Gbps port generally deliver between 6.5Gbps to 8.5Gbps. Performance drops when you enable traffic-managing features, such as QoS.
3. That or you have to use a transceiver as mentioned in the review. For your case the Zyxel XGS1250-12 or the Zyxel XS1930-12HP is a good option.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:00:47 +0000

Dong, happy 4th! Long time reader, appreciate your reviews and attention to questions and comments.

1. I was looking for RT-BE88U and only found RT-BE7200 at my “best” buy store, is this the same device? All looks same but zero mention of RT-BE88U on packaging etc.

2. I have it setup, and max download speed using Azus QoS tool shows 4GB, but when I connect direct to my Google router I can get 8GB… is this normal or should these Asus routers achieve full speed coming from an 8GB router?

3. If I want more than 2.5GB to any devices downstream the Asus router do I need to make use of the SPF+ port, presumably to an SPF+ compatible switch?

Thanks much from a novice just trying to max out my speeds!

-Jeff-

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 03:18:28 +0000

In reply to Yoav. Yes, Yoav.

By: Yoav

Yoav — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 23:23:55 +0000

Hi Dong,
Providing that all of my devices only use up to WiFi6 (I mean, even the latest iPhones and Mac’s only support standards up to WiFi6e), should I stick with the AX88U Pro for the time being? Do I read it correctly, that the AX and AC protocols will be more efficient on the older model (considering I do not require more than two 2.5gbps LAN connections)?

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:36:18 +0000

In reply to Jeremy. You can put only so many items on a chart, Jeremy. Also if you want to compare apples to oranges you'll need to do that yourself. Generally, a Wi-Fi broadcaster does better with clients of its standard than a broadcaster of a higher standard. Keep that in mind. There's more to a router than the performance numbers.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 03:20:23 +0000

I don’t like that dongknows.com doesn’t show the different mixes of router generations because a great example of “progress” without improvement is the BE88U vs AX88U Pro. If you look at the benchmark charts, neither will be on the other’s benchmarks. The description and summary talks about the BE88U being a great dual band router but when you compare the speeds compared to the AX88U Pro, you see the older does better in many scenarios since both are non-6ghz.

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Mon, 20 May 2024 21:21:03 +0000

In reply to hovlnad.

By: hovlnad

hovlnad — Mon, 20 May 2024 19:20:46 +0000

In reply to Dong Ngo.

hi
yes the GT-BE98 (+pro) would be nice except for the price 🙂
and on the RT-BE96U Asus has “limited” the Lan ports vs the GT-BE98 , so for me personally the GT-AXE16000 is a better option.

One other alternative might also be a RT-BE88U and an sfp+ to rj-45 Transceiver (multi gig). but need to think a bit more about that……

thanks for a great site

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Mon, 20 May 2024 16:25:55 +0000

In reply to Hovlnad. Or the RT-BE96U or GT-BE98 Pro.

By: Hovlnad

Hovlnad — Mon, 20 May 2024 09:55:25 +0000

Would have been perfect for me…..
but the SFP+ port is a deal breaker.
I need two “normal” 10g multi gig ports….
I’m therefore strongly considering the older ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000.