Best multi-gigabit router

[waspy88]

So,

Just upgraded to 2gb/s and the router options are quite dire in the UK, the options are the Eeero 7 @ £600 or a months wait for the TP Link Archer 800
Does anyone know of any solid routers with 2.5Gb/s ports + wifi for under £300?

The Eero 7 does feel like overkill

I will be using this primarily for work, and that's through a wired Mac and a wired PC, so don't really need fancy wi-fi features.

 

[Firegod]

The forest place is doing the TP-Link BE9300 (BE550) for £299.99 WiFi 7, 2.5Gb WAN and 4x 2.5Gb LAN for connectivity.

Any good?

BE9300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router

Archer BE550 is an innovative WiFi router with a brand-new design. 9214 Mbps tri-band Wi-Fi enables your devices to run at full speed. Equipped with five 2.5G ports, Archer BE550 provides flexible support for multi-gigabit connections.

www.tp-link.com

 

[waspy88]

No delivery till mid May and ocuk have it on preorder too

 

[Firegod]

No delivery till mid May and ocuk have it on preorder too

Ah fair enough. Didn't see that bit!

 

[coolmp3]

I use the ASUS ET12 2.5gb wan and Lan and 6E. Meshed to ASUS Xt12’s. Works great with EE 1.6 service

 

[PhigBill]

I picked up an TP-Link Archer GX90 (AX6600) about 18 months ago, has a 2.5gbs WAN/LAN port, 1gbs WAN/LAN port, 3 x 1gbs LAN ports and WiFi 6 (personally think thats more than enough), and I've been very happy with it, you can generally find them on sale for <£300.

As a note, if you don't want that crazy "gaming" look, then the TP-Link Archer AX90 (AX6600) (If you can't find it in stock then look for the AX95 AX7800 model) is the general purpose "home" version, virtually identical spec, which for work / productivity would probably suit you better.

 

[GregI]

GL-MT6000

 

[Viberious]

I use the ASUS ET12 2.5gb wan and Lan and 6E. Meshed to ASUS Xt12’s. Works great with EE 1.6 service

I can also recommend a pair of the ET12 units worked flawlessly since purchased. Will keep an eye out for WiFi 7 variants in the future.

 

[Gabby]

I picked up an TP-Link Archer GX90 (AX6600) about 18 months ago, has a 2.5gbs WAN/LAN port, 1gbs WAN/LAN port, 3 x 1gbs LAN ports and WiFi 6 (personally think thats more than enough), and I've been very happy with it, you can generally find them on sale for <£300.

As a note, if you don't want that crazy "gaming" look, then the TP-Link Archer AX90 (AX6600) (If you can't find it in stock then look for the AX95 AX7800 model) is the general purpose "home" version, virtually identical spec, which for work / productivity would probably suit you better.

OP has just moved to 2 Gbps and would only get 1Gbps through that router because it doesn't have 2.5 Gbps LAN ports, they are 1 Gbps

 

[Zairs]

Have a look at the Flint 2 (GL-MT6000) , has specs you are looking for but at a fraction of the price of the others

 

[Avalon]

Flint 2 is the obvious choice, it's a £125-145, has the option of a vanilla OWRT build or the GL-inet custom firmware's, they had a minor issue with 2.4Ghz which has seemingly been resolved with a driver rollback/branching from a slightly earlier OWRT version.

 

[waspy88]

Thanks gents, in the end I pondered whether I'd be slightly more future proofed with the Eero7 max, considering the TP Link offerings were a few months off I went with the Eero, seems to be working quite well.
I have gone down the unify rabbit hole, so will probably make that switch at some point when I have spare time.

 

[GregI]

So instead of going with a open source £130 router you opted for a £600 closed device that farms your data and has known speed problems.

Amazon eero Max 7 Review: The Worst Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Approach | Dong Knows Tech

At $1700 for a 3-pack, the Amazon eero Max 7 is stupidly expensive. Unfortunately, that's the least of its problem.

dongknows.com

As you can see the eero 7 has worse range than the devices they released 6 years ago, defo future proof. Sometimes I even wonder why people post on here. A great alternative nearly £500 cheaper was suggested and you still go with what you wanted to all along.

 

[waspy88]

Oof did not know about the data privacy stuff, I mainly need this just for the wired connectivity as I have another isp for non work stuff. If they are doing this double gateway for monitoring activity that’s a no go, I should have read up. I thought with the cost it would be exempt from such heinous monitoring! I’ll return it over the weekend and get the cheaper one for mt6000

 

[Avalon]

If you wanted to go Unifi, the UXG-Max is 190ish and 2.5Gb LAN/WAN, you just need to run your own controller on something, i'd imagine a future release will have a similar spec and onboard controller, but we are being drip fed releases still and it's not hard to run the controller on a wide range of cheap platforms. Obviously adding Unifi AP's isn't going to be cheap though.

 

[ChrisD.]

There is no 'best'. There is also no requirement to start a sentence with 'so'.