Comments on: Asus ExpertWiFi Overview (vs. ZenWifi): A New Mesh-Ready SOHO Hardware Series

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 05:31:12 +0000

In reply to P. Roebuck. Pretty sure she had something to do with this, P. It actually looks pretty good in person. Check out its full review.

By: P. Roebuck

P. Roebuck — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 04:54:48 +0000

> In other words, the hardware can blend in better with the surroundings instead of standing out like an eyesore to specific aesthetically hard-to-please groups of users.

Didn’t know my wife was evaluating ASUS routers now. The ones that resemble spiders are an especially tough sell if visible in the living room.

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 04:47:19 +0000

In reply to Michael. Virtual is the best term and derived from "VLAN". "Additional" would mean when you add another AP to the network. More here.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 22:48:41 +0000

In reply to Dong Ngo.

Never heard the term “virtual” used for this. Not the best terminology. Perhaps “additional”? Higher end routers (not consumer devices) typically offer many SSIDs on the same frequency band.

These Asus routers support VLANs, so I suspect an SSID can be assigned to a VLAN (we’ll see) which would make the term “virtual SSID” a bit confusing as an “additional” SSID surely will not be required to live inside a VLAN.

Not to be Grinch, very much appreciate you and your website.

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 20:13:46 +0000

In reply to Michael. Generally, each Wi-Fi band has one SSID. When you get the second or more out of a band, such as a Guest SSID, that's virtual.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 16:17:57 +0000

Judging a book by its cover is, admittedly, bad. Still, a network device without LED lights on the Ethernet ports is a bad sign.
Another bad sign is an on/off switch for a router. Why? And why put said switch right next to the power cord which is an on/off switch of its own. I once had to throw out an Asus router because the spring in the on/off switch broke.
Question: what is a “virtual” SSID vs. any other type of SSID?

By: 8675309

8675309 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 23:54:09 +0000

In reply to Stuart. Lol I have a gt-ac5300 as well after dark knight really didn't fit in anymore but not sure with these ram specs & the fact that they never seemed to fix the problems they had with expressway gen ap's before merging code that ai mesh still has these metaphorical ghosts on top of the shaky tomato usb foundation they built asuswrt on that ive been leaning on buying a ubiquiti edgemax & maybe look for one of their used ac ap's

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 15:45:37 +0000

In reply to PeterM. The EBG15 is part of the new line Asus annouced earlier this year. It's not (yet) available in the US, however.

By: PeterM

PeterM — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:14:43 +0000

I’m looking to go behind a VPN for the first time and searched for a “asus wired router” and came across the ASUS ExpertWiFi EBG15.

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I don’t have huge demands, so will probly get a used Asus RT-AC86U and put Merlin on it, but I’d love something like the EBG15 if it was available and affordable (and connect a GLi.net Mango for rare wireless needs)

THANK YOU for a great website, btw, and wonderful that you respond to all the messages.

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 16:02:22 +0000

In reply to Jason Roth. I can't confirm, Jason, since Asus gave me the specs. I haven't had my hands on the hardware. As for ExpertWiFi, we have to wait and see. Check back in a while.