Solved Bought ASUS RT-AX52 but drops wifi all the time, need advice on new router!

[alphaswe]

Hello!

I bought 2x ASUS RT-AX52 but sadly the wifi connection drops all the time. Seem to be a well known issue. Will send them back.

What other routers do you guys recommend?

Requirments:
-3 lan ports
-Stable and fastest 802.11ax on 2.4 Ghz speed. + 5 Ghz.
-Dont need to have so long coverage, will be used in small apartments.
-Will be used behind OpenWRT router with port vlan.
-Budget is 50 EURO. Will be bought in Europe (Sweden).

This is my research as of today:
. Asus RT-AX53U - 880 mhz 256MB
. TP-Link AC1200 A6 - 880 mhz 128MB
. TP-Link Archer C88 - 1.2 Ghz RAM? no 802.11ax
. TP-Link AC1900 C80 - 1.2 Ghz 64MB
. TP-Link AX1500 AX10 - 1.5 GHz Triple-Core CPU - ram? (802.11n/b/g 2.4 GHz) Link
. TP-Link AX1500 AX12 - no info? (802.11n/b/g 2.4 GHz)
. TP-Link AX1500 AX18 - no info? (802.11n/b/g 2.4 GHz)

. TP-Link AX1800 AX20 - quad-core 1.5GHz Broadcom BCM6755 256MB Samsung K4B2G1646F-BYMA (802.11ax 2.4 GHz) Link1 Link2 Link2
. TP-Link AX1800 AX21 - quad-core 1.5GHz Broadcom BCM6755KFEBG (802.11ax 2.4 GHz) 256MB ESMT M15T2G16128A Link


. TP-Link AX1800 AX23 - Dual-Core CPU (802.11ax 2.4 GHz) Link
. ASUS RT-AX52 - 1.3 GHz, 2 cores 256MB (802.11ax 2.4 GHz)- drops wifi-connection all the time.

Thank you.

EDIT: It was my macbook that did disconnect, not the ASUS. Sorry Asus!

 

[Tech9]

Budget is 50 EURO

The budget is quite low. Your choices are limited to entry-level hardware.

Everything AC on your list obviously doesn't have AX support, the rest are all variations of entry-level MediaTek MT7621 and Broadcom BCM6750 devices with integrated 2-stream 2.4/5GHz radios. You have to test your luck and to find what works for your purposes. None have VLAN support, you have to isolate them upstream for everything LAN/WLAN connected.

 

[alphaswe]

The budget is quite low. Your choices are limited to entry-level hardware.

Everything AC on your list obviously doesn't have AX support, the rest are all variations of entry-level MediaTek MT7621 and Broadcom BCM6750 devices with integrated 2-stream 2.4/5GHz radios. You have to test your luck and to find what works for your purposes. None have VLAN support, you have to isolate them upstream for everything LAN/WLAN connected.

Dont need to have VLAN support, my OpenWRT has some type of port vlan so it will work anyways. I am not the admin that setup the device btw lol ;D

And this one has AX support. TP-Link AX1800 AX23

Still searching, maybe could go to 70 euro/pcs.
To be continue.

 

[Tech9]

my OpenWRT has some type of port vlan

It does, but you can't have VLANs on the routers above. Everything connected to them will be on the same VLAN isolated or not from other parts of the network from the OpenWrt router upstream. It's like all or nothing deal. If this works for you perhaps you can find some cheap AIO routers for AP use. If you need access to different parts of the network, guest networks, etc. - wrong hardware.