I have the Asus ZenWiFi AX (XT8) mesh system and AT&T 1Gb Fiber with the BGW210-700 in pass-through mode. (I disabled most of the functionality of the gateway. Turned off wifi, iptables, etc.) I use the mesh system for wifi and ethernet.

I use a pair of 2.5Gb MoCA adapters for the backhaul. My office PC is across the house, so I setup the backhaul router in my office to plug in directly to it. The primary router is upstairs with the gateway.

Gateway speed test: 971 MB/s down 890 up
Office PC (wired) speedtest.net: 862 MB/s down 864 up
Mobile phone speedtest.net: 575 MB/s
(connected on 5 GHz band)

Tested Wifi6 card on PC: 884 MB/s down 855 up

My experiences with Wifi6 is that the speeds are great. If you're using it on a PC/device to watch videos, share files, etc, then you'll be happy. If it's to do something that requires an "always on" connection, then it's not as good as wired even if the speed is good.

This post was edited on 1/30/22 at 8:06 am

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Posted by Southof10Tiger

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Member since May 2013

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Posted on 2/1/22 at 1:05 pm to Ricardo

Thanks for this reply. I'll look more into the MoCA adapters for the backhaul as that may be a possibility for my setup. I have the primary upstairs near the gateway, which is in my office, and the node downstairs directly below in the den near the TV.

I have an apartment above the garage that I was using a slower, cheaper dual-band Asus as a node for to get Wifi out there. It was working fine for the most part. After the most recent firmware upgrade it lost connection to the system so I still need to go get it and pair it up again.

I've been quite happy with the setup so far, however I feel like I'm losing a bit more speed at the devices than I anticipated. The speed is still very good overall. I just want to try and maximize what I have for a while before dumping money into wiring everything in a few years.

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