ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Call of Duty Black Ops 4 Edition

[VirtualLarry]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320371

BEST router ever? *drool*. Combined 10Gbit/sec wireless, with a 2.5GbE port on the back, seems like it can be used for LAN or WAN. (Would be nice if there were actually TWO 2.5GbE ports, one for LAN AND one for WAN.)

 

[mxnerd]

Will 2.5G WAN port guarantee you winning world's gaming championship?

 

[mnewsham]

Pretty much pointless without at least two 2.5GbE ports.

If your WAN is 2gbps, great you can have 1gbps per client.

Or if you want 2.5gbps LAN connectivity to a NAS or something, great, now your WAN is limited to 1gbps.

Just dumb.

 

[JackMDS]

Just dumb.

Certainly so.

This Item is done from a future time marketing perspective.
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Currently, it is like making a "Bulldozer" and make iooks like a ""Smart Car with Horns"".

One day in the future (probably few years from now), this type of Router will be usable to end users.

But by then (this one above) will be to old to be use.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Pretty much pointless without at least two 2.5GbE ports.

If your WAN is 2gbps, great you can have 1gbps per client.

Or if you want 2.5gbps LAN connectivity to a NAS or something, great, now your WAN is limited to 1gbps.

Just dumb.

I agree completely! I was thinking of upgrading my LAN, to something higher than 1GbE. 2.5GbE would be fine, although I would like my client systems to be capable of 10GbE if necessary. But I'll go with 2.5GbE for the LAN, if switches become available, cheaply, and FIOS ONTs/routers, or Comcast-compatible DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modems come with 2.5GbE ports (soon!).

 

[VirtualLarry]

Will 2.5G WAN port guarantee you winning world's gaming championship?

LOLNO. I just want something, anything, with faster than 1GbE ports, in preparation for faster FIOS speeds.

 

[mxnerd]

LOLNO. I just want something, anything, with faster than 1GbE ports, in preparation for faster FIOS speeds.

Unless you are downloading or backing up files to the cloud or streaming videos all day long, really don't know why you need anything over 1Gbps?

 

[mnewsham]

really don't know why you need anything over 1Gbps?

At this point it's more because you want to be able to get the most out of your equipment, even if you don't NEED it, it's nice to know you're getting what you pay for, if I have 2gbps internet (which I could potentially get currently from comcast) I want to be able to utilize that 2gbps to it's fullest. Even if all my devices aren't capable of it, having a router with only a single 2.5gbps port means I could never see the full 2gbps on a single device, at least not without using link aggregation or something.

A router with two 2.5gbps ports however could easily do so, and if you had multiple devices capable of speeds beyond 1gbps, you could buy a 2.5gbps capable switch for more LAN devices. With a single 2.5gbps port however, you'll never be able to fully utilize a WAN connection faster than 1gbps.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I can't wait until this router gets WPA3 and AiMesh support. Then it will be "Golden" for me. I might drop half a grand on a router then. Or maybe there will be some competitive AX routers, and the price will go down to something more reasonable, like $300-350.

I've got four AC68U/R/1900/1900P-family routers stockpiled, to use as AiMesh slave nodes.

Thinking of getting rid of the wires in my apt. Better for inspections. OTOH, wifi may be killing my brain.