That’s expensive, Joey! I have a similar setup but with a single GT-BE98 Pro and a 2-pack BQ16 for future AiMesh-related posts and thought I’ve been rolling VIP. Thanks for sharing and cheers! 🙂

Thanks Dong. I ended up setting it up prior to your recommendation, and I found it not to be worth it – I do like keeping the SSID’s separated.

Which is another thing, it looks like the smart connect is now the default when setting up a new Asus network – frustrating to say the least.

On a more positive note, I am running 2 GT-BE98’s and two satellite BQ16 Pro’s with a XS1930-12HP switch in between – and man, I think I found the absolute perfect setup!

I’d say it’s not worth it, Joey. Give this portion of the post on the standard a good read.

That’s the #1 in this list. And you can turn Wi-Fi off on the rest by the way.

seems there are not many options available at the moment.

I haven’t tested the TP- Link, and I can’t test every router. The Unifi OS has so much more, tho.

@Justin I’ve been using an ER8411 since its launch in November 2022, so around 18 months now. It works pretty well. I can get 8.4Gbps down in speed tests, which is the same as what I get if I connect my computer directly to the ONT.

My main complaint was the lack of a IPv6 firewall (it used to allow all inbound IPv6 connections!) but this was fixed in firmware v1.1.1 around six months ago.

For MikroTik, you’d really want to get something from their router line (model numbers starting with CCR), not their switch line (CRS). The L3 offloading on the switches is mostly for inter-VLAN routing, with no NAT. It doesn’t support IPv6 routing well, and NAT slows it down quite a bit. The conntrack table is very small too, meaning the number of simultaneous connections that can take the “fast path”.

The main downside of the ER8411 is that it just has 2 x 10Gbps ports (SFP+) and 8 x 1Gbps ports. No 2.5Gbps. That’s fine for me since I have a MikroTik switch with 12 x 10Gbps ports.