ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE98 PRO First Quad-Band 320MHz WiFi 7 Gaming Router, Dual 10G Ports, Level 3 Game Acceleration, Mobile Gaming, Subscription-Free Security, AiMesh and VPN Features
A firmware update is planned soon, but even with the firmware running, the router (ASUS GT-BE98 Pro) remains stable and represents an improvement over the ASUS GT-AXE11000. I have a 10Gb/s network card on my desktop and connect locally at 10/10 speeds. I have 2Gbps fiber from my ISP and constantly get about 1.8 down/up. I have a large house and used my previous GT-AXE11000 as a mesh node without any issues with the Ai-Mesh function. The range is good. Speed is good.
My biggest issue at the moment is that LAN aggregation requires 1GbE LAN ports and 10GbE WAN/LAN ports. This doesn't make sense to me, I wanted two LAN ports, 2.5Gbps is best, or even better, you can configure which port you want to use. The current port is meaningless. The app also needs to be updated to support this router (and any quad-band router with 6GHz shared channels) as it lists channel 2.4 as channel 5, channel 5 as channel 6-1, and channel 6 as channel 6-1. 2. This has no effect at all, but it is wrong and for a quality product that currently sells for $800, I would like to see more improvements.
I have two desktop computers on different floors that use Wi-Fi 7. One uses an Intel BE200 chipset over a PCIE card (the Intel CPU in this office) and the other uses a Qualcomm NCM865 chipset over a PCIE card (the AMD CPU in this office). . They all have low/high speeds of around 800Mbps.
Overall, I highly recommend it. I'm sure it would be an absolute plus if a Wi-Fi 7 client comes along and has time to mature with more firmware updates. It now seems that this is essentially unnecessary. Hope this helps you!
- Ultra-fast WiFi 7 (802.11be) delivers new 320MHz and 4096 QAM channels in the 6GHz band, dramatically increasing network capacity and throughput, with speeds of up to 30Gbps.
- Multi-Link connects multiple domains at the same time to ensure stable Internet connection and efficient data transfer
- Advanced external dual feed antenna improves coverage through high efficiency and significantly improves signal strength
- Two 10G ports and four 2.5G ports provide maximum wired connectivity and flexibility
- Level 3 Game Acceleration - GT-BE98 Pro supports your PC gaming operations at every step, from PC game port to game server.