Re: Routers for modem mode on a budget
 

Didn't you say you actually wanted something with dual-radio 5Ghz? And that unlike most consumers you'd actually know how/why to use it?

Still, the claim of 1000Mbps on the 2.4Ghz band... Ermm...

... Given most 802.11AC client devices (including top-of-the-range laptops) only go are dual-stream and 866Mbps or less, MU-MIMO is the only way these could be of any benefit and that's notoriously hard to implement correctly.

Re: Routers for modem mode on a budget
 

If anyone can do it, Asus can. They've built a decent little reputation for themselves and open-sourcing their firmware is an instant win for me.

Re: Routers for modem mode on a budget
 

Asus has very little control over the behaviour of a finished wireless chip. They don't design the hardware or the drivers. And if the hardware designers themselves and the people who write the drives and firmware can't do it, and neither Cisco or Juniper or the other big enterprise vendors can't do it, I don't hold out much hope for Asus.