Reply To: ASUS RT-BE92U vs RT-BE86U Posts below are from a previous topic below that has now been moved to here as topic became diverse. Looking for a great deal on a new ASUS RT-BE92U Wi-Fi…

[kev2021]

Thanks.  My RT-AX86U is at parents place and where they live, the power hardly ever goes out so the Sip-passthrough isn’t a major issue as 99% of the time it’s connected with no issues.  I only recall the power going out in recent years when there was a whole network outage across a large part of the country a few years back.  Apart from that, it potentially is only a issue if internet goes down but seeing a router/VoIP hub are online, when it comes back up it likely just reconnects, only had internet go down once with plus net to my knowledge.

As for my home, I have the RT-AX86S and being outside of London and a bit more rural, the power comes in over head and hence any strong winds etc causes the power to them go out, only for literally couple of seconds but its enough to then cause the VoIP hub to not re-connect, hence considering changing it as it is a lower spec model than the 86U i.e. less ram etc so thought might be worth changing it just to see if it makes a difference.  I presume the rt-ax86S is EOL in 2026/2027 also or perhaps already is EOL. I’m guessing router is only support for what 4 or 5 years? I forgotten when I bought it to tbh, will have to look it up but of course I may not of bought it when it was released :)

Do ASUS still continue to produce firmware updates for the 86S/86U when EOL or do they stop providing updates, even if its just security updates as opposed to new features etc? Never had a ASUS router before these 2 so not encountered the EOL scenario yet :)

I quiet like the new interface showing x devices and 2.4, 5ghz etc.  Is that only on Merlin or is that on stock firmware too? the BE86U doesn’t have 6ghz band, only dual band 2.4 and 5gz but should be ok, apart from 2 mobiles and maybe 1 iPad pro, I think that is all that’s WIFI 7 compatible I have and maybe 6ghz compatible.  All my IoT devices i.e. smart thermostat, smart plugs are all 2.4 only and need b/g/n I believe to work and they are fairly crucial to ensure work as I access those remotely when not at home to check things and turn on/off heating etc if outside of standard schedule so need to ensure they all continue to work hence will set up guest with same SSID and pswd to avoid having to re-do all the devices as might take a while to do. The BE96U has tri band I believe but that is way way too price, couldn’t justify the cost just for a home router.

As said I will create separate networks for mine i.e. guest – 2.4, main 2.4 and then main 5g and then connect devices to specific ones to try and reduce the number of log entries of it keep dropping and re-picking up devices it seems

Thanks

Kev

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