Asus WiFi 7 and WiFi 6E routers

[orlengtao]

I tried to use my old ac68u adaptor apparently the inlet is different hence I’m not able to use and have to use the two pin with 3 pin adaptor.

The plug too small/big or too short? I'll report back on mine a few weeks later

 

[jeffong]

Lazada 11.11 is selling Asus BE98 for less than $800 (Gotten mine around $794) now.

Hmm.. cheapest I saw was $848 after applying a $110 voucher. Never saw it go for below $800 leh..

 

[gnixer]

The plug too small/big or too short? I'll report back on mine a few weeks later

Ac68u power plug too small to be use on ax6000

 

[Skypower]

1. TUF-BE6500 Built-in OOkla SpeedTest results (2.5G WAN)

1) The Qualcomm IPQ 5322 CPU is not bad (64bit Arm Cortex A53 quad-core at 1.5GHz) that it can run at full speed for 2.5G WAN.
2) It has a bug that it may negotiate at 1Gbps when connected to my Intel N100 mini PC with Intel I226-V 2.5G NIC.

2. Just a comparison of my Asus RT-AX86U (Broadcom BCM4908 CPU, 64bit Arm Cortex A53 quad-core at 1.8GHz), using 2.5G WAN. Apparently the CPU is a bit slower and can not get full speed, especially for download.

3. The report in this forum is saying the user can get about 1.5Gbps download speed from Asus ZenWiFi XT8 (lower end Broadcom BCM6755 CPU, 32 bit Arm Cortex A7 CPU at 1.5GHz) using 2.5G WAN.

This speed test is done via physical cable or wifi?

 

[xiaofan]

This speed test is done via physical cable or wifi?

Asus router built-in OOkla SpeedTest, which means the speed from the router to the Internet (WAN speed).

LAN clients (Wired devices) speed will be much lower for Asus RT-AX86U (1G LAN ports only if the 2.5G port is used as WAN port) but similar for TUF-BE6500 (all ports are 2.5Gbe ports).

Wireless speed will be much slower, depending on your wireless device.

For example, the following is from my Acer Swift 3 early 2021 laptop with built-in Intel AX201 WiFi 6 adapter, 4m away from Asus TUF-BE6500.

 

[Uramasa]

Hmm.. cheapest I saw was $848 after applying a $110 voucher. Never saw it go for below $800 leh..

here ya go:

 

[jeffong]

here ya go:

You heng lor

 

[gundamkitten]

FYI for ET12 owners: new firmware available

ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12 Firmware version 3.0.0.4.388_24610
Version 3.0.0.4.388_24610
47.23 MB
2024/11/08

 

[Skypower]

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Bought ytd with sea shipping. Probably got some 11.11 vouchers I claimed also. Cost with shipping is $148.68

Thanks for your recommendation, i just bought the same as well, for sgd$130.85 including sea shipping

 

[orlengtao]

Thanks for your recommendation, i just bought the same as well, for sgd$130.85 including sea shipping

wow your price even cheaper. You must have alot of coupons haha

 

[xiaofan]

Today got good SpeedTest results with the Asus TUF-BE6500 dual band router on the 5GHz band, first time to be able to break 2Gbps barrier for download.

The latop is a 2024 model Acer Swift Go 14 OLED with Intel Core Ultra 125H CPU, 16GB/1TB configuration, at close range (100cm) to the Asus TUF-BE6500 router.

 

[vaxvms]

You heng lor

fast hand fast leg got the best deal

saw carouosel got ppl selling 900
maybe he flipper haha

 

[guangzong]

Today got good SpeedTest results with the Asus TUF-BE6500 dual band router on the 5GHz band, first time to be able to break 2Gbps barrier for download.

The latop is a 2024 model Acer Swift Go 14 OLED with Intel Core Ultra 125H CPU, 16GB/1TB configuration, at close range (100cm) to the Asus TUF-BE6500 router.

Nice Wi-Fi 7 NIC on your laptop

 

[xiaofan]

Actually I would not say the Intel Killer BE1750 (based on Intel BE200 chipset) is better than the normal Intel BE200 WiFi 7 adapter. The extra Killer stuff may kill the WiFi performance actually.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...l-killer-wifi-7-be1750-xw/specifications.html

Nice Wi-Fi 7 NIC on your laptop

 

[azarel]

@xiaofan hi bro - was wondering if Asus TUF-BE6500 is a decent router for MR 3 GB gamer plan? and is it worth paying the premium for SG version or save the $$ and hoot from China?

ha thanks in advance - too outdated from the current router scene haha - no longer have an idea what's good or bad etc.

 

[xiaofan]

@xiaofan hi bro - was wondering if Asus TUF-BE6500 is a decent router for MR 3 GB gamer plan? and is it worth paying the premium for SG version or save the $$ and hoot from China?

ha thanks in advance - too outdated from the current router scene haha - no longer have an idea what's good or bad etc.

Yes I think it is a good one.

IMHO no point paying for the high price of local version if you are okay with the risk of no local warranty for the China version.

I've got three Asus routers from Asus China Taobao/Tmall Flagship store and all of them are fine.
Late 2020 --> RT-AX82U (retired but still working)
Late 2022 --> RT-AX86U (still using now)
Early 2024 --> TUF-BE6500 (using now)

 

[Jurong640]

Yes I think it is a good one.

IMHO no point paying for the high price of local version if you are okay with the risk of no local warranty for the China version.

I've got three Asus routers from Asus China Taobao/Tmall Flagship store and all of them are fine.
Late 2020 --> RT-AX82U (retired but still working)
Late 2022 --> RT-AX86U (still using now)
Early 2024 --> TUF-BE6500 (using now)

hi xiaofan,

If i get starhub 5gbps plan, TUF-BE6500 should be good enough right ? Though i see, it's 2.5g port for WAN too

 

[xiaofan]

hi xiaofan,

If i get starhub 5gbps plan, TUF-BE6500 should be good enough right ? Though i see, it's 2.5g port for WAN too

Yes, if you do not mind the fact that you are not fully utilizing the full 5Gbps bandwidth.

 

[xiaofan]

There is a report of high CPU usage for Asus RT-BE92U here. Not so sure if ZenWiFi BT10 (should be using the same CPU) has the same issue or not.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...ers-without-6ghz-band-support.6905228/page-62

Just got my RT-BE92U however it seems to have very high cpu usage is this normal?

View attachment 52856

Anything you are doing?

Is this in idle or with SpeedTest?

RT-BE92U is said to be using a lower end CPU, probably the same as TUF-BE3600 (Broadcom BCM6764, cut-down version of BCM6765). Personally I will avoid it myself. But I guess if you want a low cost Asus WiFi 7 router with 6GHz band, you do not have many choices.

this is normal usage just connecting online.

somehow i experience intermittend restart and does not seems stable in power supply i suspect.

It could also be a FW issue and maybe the next version will fix the issue.

Similar issues were reported by Chinese Website acwifi for TUF-BE3600 and TUF-BE6500. However, I do not see the CPU utilization issue mentioned by the author about TUF-BE6500. So I tend to believe he was using old FW with bugs.
https://www.acwifi.net/27580.html
https://www.acwifi.net/27462.html

As mentioned, RT-BE92U is said to be using a lower end CPU, probably the same as TUF-BE3600 (Broadcom BCM6764, cut-down version of BCM6765). Let's wait for more reports.

 

[xiaofan]

More discussions on Asus ZenWiFi BT10 can be found here. Looks like it will take more firmware updates to get it more stable. But I have confidence on Asus to fix the issues along the way.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/asus-zenwifi-bt10-discussion.7067525/page-5

BTW, I am actually do not quite like Asus ZenWiFi BT10 if using as a main router, as I like faster CPUs (too much into hardware specifications sometimes).
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...ers-without-6ghz-band-support.6905228/page-62

1) Among Asus WiFi 7 routers, high end ones will use Broadcom flagship BCM4916 CPU, quad-core Arm Cortex A53 CPU at 2.6GHz. It features a dual issue runner network processor and a high-performance Security Processing Unit (SPU). Asus will only mention "2.6GHz quad-core processor" in the specifciation.
https://www.broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-infrastructure/bcm4916

ROG GT-BE98 quad band
ZenWiFi BQ16 quad band
RT-BE96U triband (not available in Singapore)
RT-BE88U dual band (Got cheaper China version as well)
RT-BE86U dual band (Got cheaper China version as well)

2) Mid-end and lower end ones seem to use Broadcom BCM6764 CPU, quad-core Arm Cortex A53 CPU at 2.0GHz. Asus will only mention "2.0 GHz quad-core processor" in the specifciation.

ZenWiFi BT10 triband (good WiFi spec of BE8000, but with lower end CPU).
RT-BE92U triband (cheapest triband WiFi 7 router from Asus)
TUF-BE3600 dual band ( (not available in Singapore, got cheaper China version)
RT-BE58U dual band

3) TUF-BE6500 is an odd one within Asus WiFi 7 router line-up, which uses Qualcomm mid-range IPQ5322 CPU (same as Xiaomi BE6500), quad core Arm Cortex A53 at 1.5GHz, with NPU one core at 1.5GHz. The CPU performance may actually be higher than Broadcom BCM6764. Asus will only mention "1.5 GHz quad-core processor" in the specifciation.
https://www.asus.com/sg/networking-...us-gaming-routers/tuf-gaming-be6500/techspec/