welp...i procrastinated a little too long on the RT-BE92U ASUS router there and it went up $30 overnight now @ $249.99 so F that. i decided i'm going to buy the $83 wifi 7 tp-link BE3600 dual band to be up on the latest spec. It's funny as I was just getting ready to buy the other one @ $219.99. But, the tp-link is also -30% off so sayeth the amazon. i think this is the more economical decision. I'm not running an AI operations center over here. Hell...I rarely to never game anymore...albeit I might get back. I'm upgrading from wireless N so even my 300 mbps is limited by my current router. lol "This router has all the features I could ever want even if I never use HomeShield free version or the Pro version (which they charge for). But, aside from this, the router has a Quad Core 2 GHz, USB 3 port, VPN, WPA3 encryption, adequate port bandwidths, dual band (no 6 GHz), 4K-QAM (more bits!), and an adequate web administrative GUI with a remote administrative Tether app for iOS and Android all at a very solid price point which makes it easy to replace when Wi-Fi 8 comes out and the next cheap router comes along without all the fancy bells and whistles!" "Yea...beat that, ChatGPT and Gemini and all you other losers! That's how you debate a Chat Bot!" Edit 1: Uh oh...US investigating TP-link for security concerns as apparently some security flaw allow a network of tp-link routers to do a hack. Reports, including one from Microsoft, have highlighted cybersecurity vulnerabilities in TP-Link devices. Notably, a botnet primarily composed of compromised TP-Link routers was reportedly used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers to conduct password-spraying attacks against users of Microsoft's Azure cloud service. Umm. Edit 2: I guess I'm going to eat the $30 (tariff is it or caused by tariff?). All the other routers don't have the option of free security software like AI Protection Pro on ASUS RT-BE92U. Also, there is a 3rd party firmware option. These options can extend the life past end-of-support by a few years at least. In general, routers and router security are not perfect. Holes are exploited. All one can do is buy a router that gets patches for about 3 years out if they are lucky. I know it's 5 years of automatic updates on eero but that's not a cheap system and requires mesh/satellites because it's a puny wee fellow. Edit 3: (Placeholder)
Bro, what thread are you in? lol. FYI : TP-Link has been under scrutiny for years that supposedly allowed Chinese government officials to target European officials via firmware in their routers and another one last year for supposedly Chinese government-sponsored botnet attacks that used TP-Link routers to go after Microsoft infrastructure. I, personally, would never buy a TP-Link router. That being said, I do own a couple of their smart plugs that I should probably replace. In the meantime, I just isolated them on their own VLAN. Or so, I think/hope. lol.
