This Gundam router is so ridiculous I had to try it
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"These routers aren't expensive, only under 300$" Ah yes. I like me some cheap Gold.
they look so tacky too, looks like a toy youd get from a cereal box
Pretty pointless for the price. I have 1gig down/up from verizon fios and my ISP router gives me 900+mbps down/up when wired. A new router isn't gunna change that lol it's not like you can exceed what your ISP is providing. And considering I already get 600mbps down/up wifi around the house there's really no point to pay that much. 9 time outa 10 if you sign up for a 1gig plan the router your ISP provides is perfectly sufficient. Switching out the router is only worth it if you need specific features that the ISP's router doesn't support.
@@mrducky179 yeah, 😂😂😂 i prefer something minimalist, elegant or gamerish not this anime BS. 30 years from now they'll be making some anime, hentai shit.
Yeah no thanks
@@PabzRoz it really depends on the ISP I have 900/700mbps and I only get 40mbps on WiFi because the router is only capable of WiFi N
The RGB gives even more speed!
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Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
u commented on wallibears video
I see you everywhere ffs
Very true. 1.5× to be correct
Kyle: "Based on the Zaku II Gundam"
Me: *Angry Gundam fan noises*
Me: "Wing Zero Gundam"
Yup
Lol I missed that!
hardcore Gundam fan _indeed_
@@SaHOG The constant use of Wing Zero had me seething in impotent nerdrage.
friendly reminder that kyle is in LA - that probably massively changed the internet speeds, and that’s also probably why they changed so much in such short periods of time
Speed tests are only indicative of the conection to the speedtesting servers. Forget wired tests. They all perform up to spec unless its broken. Wi-Fi is where things matter. Check before purchases 2 things. First that the speeds/features advertised are what you want and second is that your existing hardwate supports WiFi 6. If not write down what does your hardware actually supports. Otherwise you will be wasting money on performance you won't see. The router will work by defaulting to the just the speed that your hardware supports so buying a very expensive router is a waste unless you actually have hardware that uses its features to the fullest or you intend to upgrade your stuff too.
The thing about Wi-Fi is there are so many variables going on, mostly having to do with what frequencies it's currently running on vs the frequencies your neighbors routers are going on. These channels are usually set to Auto by default on all routers, meaning if the channel your router is using is the same as one of your neighbors, there's going to be some instability because it's like two radio stations trying to broadcast at the same radio bandwidth, it creates a lot of noise...so the router will swap to a different freq. Now in a lot of residential neighborhoods, a lot of calls to ISP's have to do with either slow or buffering speeds, or random drops...one of the biggest contributors to that is the router's Auto feature, because it's clashing with the frequencies around them. I will usually go into their router and change their 2ghz wifi off of auto to 1, 6 or 11, and their 5ghz wifi off of auto to 44 or 161 because if theyre getting a lot of drops or buffering, chances are that router is just constantly changing channels until it finds a decent one, each time it does that it of course creates disconnections, which can be a few seconds of buffering to even a couple of minutes. That being said, you can download apps like 'Wifi Monitor' to see your neighbors wifi and the channel's they are currently using, and you can decide yourself what the best channel for that will be. In fact if you set the channel off of auto, you'll see that some channels give you poor speeds, others moderate speeds, and usually 1 or 2 channels that really hit that sweet spot of high speeds. And you might get some poor speeds here and there if you take it off of auto, but you'll never have to wait 5-10 minutes in high ping land waiting for the router to decide what frequency it wants to use.
did u fix it? and how?
"This one is based off the Zaku II Gundam." That part made me lol
Kyle: "If you want to disable the RGB, you can"
Me: I don't think someone who buys a Gundam router and would disable the RGB...
I love Gundam, hate RGB :P Gundams don't look tacky like gamer lighting and styles!
Ironically watching this my internet went down half way through the video
my internet went out after 10 seconds lol
Needed a range test and a wall/barrier tests.. just saying.. stay positive my friend.
Usually on AT&T you have to run your router as an AP, put the AT&T router on a DMZ, or use a dumb switch to bypass it all together in order to avoid double routing and NAT issues. At least, that's how it is for residential. I'm not sure if a commercial line is any different.
AT&T sucks in that way. I wish I could just connect the router directly. I had comcast with lower speeds but it felt faster. Must be that latency.
@@mlegos If you've got a fiber ONT box you can MAC spoof a dumb switch and completely bypass the AT&T router. It's a little hacky, but works
Some models will have "IP passthrough" which is similar to bridge mode.
@@EliteProductions3129 Sounds cool. Is there an article on how to do this?
@@ChristopherPuzey I'm using passthrough right now but it adds latency. You can also use cascade router setup but you know ISP routers usually suck.
that internet speed is probably the same as a city's entire one here
Kyle is doing many giveaways, this does put a smile on my face 🙂
the router is equipped with psycomu to enhance your newtype abilitys
Based on those suits? It wasn't developed yet. Lol
@@SaHOG true, but it does have rgb
if only they developed a 3rd Elmeth edition~
WOW, you need a network guy to deal with that cabinet. You have a nice wall mounted enclosure, but no patch panel, no rack mounted equipment, no UPS. Who ran your network cables? They could have at least terminated them into a patch panel, a real pet peeve of mine.
I need it, we keep the router in my parents room and it would be an awesome eyesore for them :) it's not ugly to me, but I would bet that they would not like the "GGGGGAMEERR" look
Kyle: "Your not going to see much improvement"
Meanwhile my router: 30 up and down
i got like 8 up and 14 down
@@kevineliasdeil4807 I've got 5 up and 0.5 down I'm watching the video in 480p come at me
@@kevineliasdeil4807 I'm getting similar speeds on wired at home. It's a ISP issue
It's "You're."
@@robertmccracken6930 an*
To be fair, Actually if you look @ 7:14 top right hand corner of his phone he is using 5Ge mobile data on his test. Meanwhile @ 10:19 he was connected to his WiFi... So that would mean the tests would be invalid.
He had both 5Ge and WiFi enabled at the same time, but the phone was using his WiFi signal to conduct the speed test, since most phones default to the stronger signal. I'm betting that the test is very much valid. Besides 5Ge average speed is much lower than what he's getting here, and chances are he's not living next to a 5G cell tower.
Hi there, I just got an RT-AX82U the end of May of this year, and loving it. I have Spectrum 1GB and and am getting my advertised speeds on wired. On my iPhone 12 Pro Max, which is WiFi 6 compatible, I can get up to the 800's in download. Because it's Cable, I only get 40 up which is a bit above my advertised of 35. I like the game themed 82U, but I also like the typical black one, which is what I got. The router has only been in use a couple days, but has been solid. Great review.
I'm not a Gundam fan, but that device and packaging aesthetic is real nice.
Kyle - "I have come here to laugh at you" I hope that Zaku Router is 3x Faster
Came here to the comments for the "3x faster" meme.
Can they make a stock zaku 2 model thats intentionally 3x slower, that would be funny I think
Your latency improved TREMENDOUSLY with the Zaku
Test one it did test two it was going at the same speed, it's variable for sure and hard to claim dominance on speed test servers anyways.
THREE TIMES FASTER
I've always read/heard that it's best to clear cache after running a speed test so that the next test doesn't give some sort of false positive or piggyback off the last speed test performed.
FYI Asus has an entire Gundam lineup
the case for the rx 78 line never really came state side. alot of the other parts have had limited runs state side though other then the gpus. the zaku 2 case is still in stock at alot of places.
Command strip velcro works great when no mounting option exists. I use it all the time for mounting stuff like that, not to mention it keeps me from putting more holes in the walls. Good video as normal.
What a coincidence. I just finished building an rx-78 as this video was uploaded.
A fellow gunpla builder! I'm also building a kit (Zaku II) that I had in my backlog since I had to RMA my GPU.
@@daniel_gallardo808 Cool! I had an rx 78, banshee, and moon model kits in my backlog from about a year ago cus I stopped building them cus school lol.
@@daniel_gallardo808 I hate the fact that i cant get gunpla at reasonable prices in my country. Its like 5 to 10 times more expensive.
I was building the astray noir, also are you sure that you weren't building a wing zero?
@@boblelsnarf9873 I'm confident it's not a wing zero because it has no wings and the box itself says it's an rx 78
Legends say that the Red Zaku commander type router is 3 times faster than other routers
Did you even Disable Routing/residential gateway on the Modem? "disable everything but the modem"
I have a commercial modem only unit.
YES. Disable DHCP, NAT firewall. Basically anyone trying to do this, the Aris, or modem from comcast etc, need to be put into "Bridge Mode". This will eliminate a lot of potential conflicting features that can cause all kinds of dumb.
Not to mention, turn off wifi on the crappy ISP units.
@@theatheistattitude why disable firewall
@@chriswright8074 Having two firewalls can cause issues.
For the router, it is best to use the 2.5bE port if the modem supports it, many gigabit providers will overorovision slightly, thus you can often get a slight wired performance bump on devices using LACP, as well as 802.11ax clients where 2 stream 160MHz can get around 1.8Gbps real world wireless speeds. If you have fiber to the home, check if the ONT has a 2.5GbE port.
You know what they say about Gundam... You don’t know what you are going to get!
Hmm?
@@hydrostorm1000 Hmm?
The variance between the two Asus routers in WIFI mode could be caused by the antenna distance from other metallic surfaces. The Zaku (red one) is standing up on edge, and you moved it further from the networking box then the Wing Zero (white one), so the path length and interference differences could cause a small amount of difference. Lastly, with the white one having 4 antenna, it probably beam shapes a bit better (particularly when you have multiple things connected) so may provide more consistent speeds when multiple devices are connected.
No one is going to mention that the 2nd/3rd router latency is 11-12ms.. while the ISP is 3ms. seems like a big deal..
Yeah, I saw that too. Bit concerning.
@@ashtonneville5346 The third router was 2ms in one test and a little higher in the other. I'd wager those are subject to the same variations as speeds and not really a big problem.
I have (2) RT-AX82U and (1) RT-AC3100 set up in AiMesh around my house. The AC3100, which we used for about 4-5 years before stepping up to wifi6 with the 1st AX82U. We then added another AX82U for expanding our wifi network even further via AiMesh. As long as the router is AiMesh compatible, you can mix wifi 5 & 6 with no real downside to speak of...
is it sad that Kyle's internet is now three hundred times better than mine?
Yeah im at like 10 mp/s im down bad
the meme goes on
@@BulgeUhBasic I swear, i have a friend with 0,5 mp/s😅😂😂
@@bavarian_ttv2010 WHATTTT BRO TELL THEM I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM DAMN😭
@@BulgeUhBasic ok😂
His Internet is so bad bc its connected from a satelit lol
Sorry for my bad english btw😅
A walk through/video of hooking up AT&T router to another router like you did here would be nice.
Gundam fans would know that you could get 3x the speed if it's red and has space imperialist logo on it.
Bit, you look thinner and happier, idk if it’s front and you are just pushing thru it, but I’m glad you are doing well. Love your content keep it up.
obviously it wouldn't change the wired speed... lol. Imagine paying $200+ for a 100mbps signal boost over wifi when you're already getting 500mbps+. not worth it at all. but hey it's worth it if you win one for free!
It's really not worth it for just the speed incress. But if you move a lot of data over wifi from multiple devices. Like a small business that has "free wifi". Or you live with other people who stream a lot of content in and out. You could see some nice improvements from one of these. But most people just don't need this unless they are trying to use gigabit internet speeds over wifi very often to download large files.
there are certain applications where a nice high speed connection is amazing even if you have wired, namely if you wanna use things like steam link on your phone or my primary usage, oculus airlink for my quest 2
Can never go wrong with Asus router. I have 2 of them. The main one is a behemoth AC5300 spider looking alien monstrosity that covers my entire apartment in terms of coverage while I have another way smaller typical looking one in my room that acts as a repeater of the main one. Probably might look to get a new one for AI Mesh for my room and put my current smaller one in my parents' room since they're starting to consume Netflix now lol.
I use an 3 asus routers in AIMESH thanks to your recommendation Kyle.
Just in case this wasn't known unless you turn off the firewall on the router your going to be double NATing and it does adversely effect your speeds it's redundant and typically the ISP modem's firewall is better because they constantly push firmware updates live where as routers get old and lose support or urgency of support and if you're super worried about security you should be running dedicated firewall appliances
"These aren't super expensive-"
Nice
"$300 or less."
ಠ_ಠ
I have like 1200 in mifi networking stuff. 300 is cheap lol
Could buy the $450.00 GT-AX11000 of you need more I guess.
That white router would look sick on a white wall mounted shelf in the center surrounded by action figures, pop figures, etc.
The red one looks good but I will be sticking to the black with mostly blue lights aesthetic.
"That Lyle can probably read but not me." LOL
Almost spat my coffee out 😂🤣
Did you just call a Zaku II a gundam Kyle..... 🤔😂 Get triggered.
It seems I wasn't the only 1 that noticed that lol
You need to upgrade to the BGW-320 from AT&T! Tri-band and wifi 6. Also can go up to 5gb once available
They force you (for now) to be a new customer for that, I tried to get them to upgrade my BGW-210 to the 320 as well and they said it's only available to new customers (mostly due to the truck roll requirement to run the fiber direct to the unit)
@@lurick I had the 5268 and called and said I was having wifi issues. They sent a tech and I asked for the 320 and he swapped it out for me. Maybe I was lucky but it was that easy
Fun fact: Due to the RGB, the signal is waayy stronger than before!
This is true
Bro stop writing bullshit RGB memes 😑
@@oricooper9525 all I say is: *WELCOME TO THE INTERNET*
I upgraded my old wireless router earlier this year (Upgraded to Linksys EA9300) after we had trouble with multiple people video conferencing at the same time on Wifi. Not only was the over all speed higher 5GHz is less congested in my neighborhood, resulting in less dropped or stalled signals. And with just that router on the first floor in the house I can cover most of my front and back yards.
Buy your own modem too. Stop paying the fee each month for the modem to your ISP. The one they give you is garbage.
Some ISP, like AT&T, requires you to use their modem probably cause it uses optical fiber cable to the modem. If it is coaxial cable, then it would be a different story
@@jakeman3457 Not true, you can get a NETGEAR High-Speed Broadband DSL Modem and bypass ATT. (There was a time when you couldn't get a DSL modem, but times have changed).
@@wolfshanze5980 They use fiber directly to the gateway now. Look up BGW320 in Google Image; a SFP cable is plugged into the SFP port. Even if you can bypass, you are required to rent it during the online ordering process.
@@wolfshanze5980 That is incorrect. AT&T U-Verse uses a proprietary authentication method. Non-AT&T modems will not work with U-Verse. If you have the legacy DSL service (which seems to be abandoned), you can use a DSL modem. However U-Verse and AT&T Fiber internet don't allow you to use a non-AT&T gateway.
I used to have the legacy DSL service (I think up to 6 Mbps) and would use my own DSL modem and router. When we got upgraded to U-Verse, we had no choice but to use their gateway. You can still use a 3rd party router, but you cannot get rid of their gateway.
@@JJFlores197 u-verse is dead... no longer offered to new clients... I used to have uverse, they changed to new services which is cheaper... they just didn't bother telling existing uverse customers about the new cheaper plans... if you got uverse years ago and still have it, AT&T is ripping you off monthly.
I ditched uverse after finding out the way AT&T treats its customers.
That ATT device is a router/modem. If it hands out an IP it's a router, otherwise you're not getting out to the internet (the more you know)
Its called Gateway, combination of Modem/Router. Modem gives out your IP address, then Router serves as DHCP server.
@@Frank_08banner19 Umm that's not how it works. DHCP server is literally the "thing" that hands out IP addresses. In his case, they're private IPs via DHCP (most likely) then being NATed to a public IP. I'm not sure this even qualifies as a modem. Modem is a short for Modulator/Demodulator and it relates to RF (coax plant). We typically consider a light to RF converters "nodes". Anyways, who gives a shyt. Kyle is cool and so are you. I hope you have a wonderful day/night/life!
i die when future kyle explains the 2 routers on the desk XDDDDDDD
ok, boy where do I even begin.
1) The WAN port on both of those routers must only be gigabit.
2) the cables I assume are Cat 5E which max out at gig speeds.
of course you're not going to get faster than gig (or +/- 900Mbps) because none of your other parts support it.
the only reason the ax-82U did better was due to the extra antennae, and even then it wasn't by much.
if you want better speeds and response time.
1) Upgrade your cabling to cat6. (or 6a)
2) designate the 2.5Gb port as the WAN
3) get higher isp speeds.
Your network is only as fast as your slowest piece.
I’ll buy it just for the looks of it. Sick looking router
I was already planning on it and I'm ordering the RX-78 router tomorrow. Overkill for T-Mobile 5G home internet. But I do need a powerful router to connect a smart room with at least 15 Google home devices.
fookin hell
"Sorry, this promotion is not available in your region"
Kyle: "Thank asus for making my wifeii...faster"
Poor guy 🙂
Went into a micro center wanting just a mouse, and ended up finding these two and had to buy the RX style to replace my isp provided router
Why did I laugh out loud when u said it must be the RGB that makes it much faster xDD the RGB meme always gets me
Your voiceover monologue to your past self, chefs kiss, perfection!
I laughed way too hard at the gundam style joke lmao
Just got my wing zero yesterday and loving the speeds! Upgraded from netgear ax3000 and it was probably one of the most unreliable router I’ve owned. Would cut off from some of the smallest of movements, even if powered on
Keeping my fingers crossed for winning to replace my 20 dollar "I just needed a router" router
I have the regular version of the ASUS RT-AX82U and I absolutely love it!
Same here... I actually find these Gundum modems rather tacky... would only blend well if you had a white or red gundam themed PC... otherwise they are tacky... I have basic black PC/Monitor in my setup, so I have a basic black 82U in my setup as well. I paired my router with my own Motorola MB8611 DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem so I never have to pay a stupid modem rental fee.
I was so sleep deprived I thought the title said My grandmas router is so ridiculous I had to try it
Can’t you hook up these 2 routers and make a mesh network with them to fix any dead spots? Should not give it away and setup the mesh function
Google: "Your internet connection should be able to stream HD video"
Lol no shit google, i couldn't tell 😂 im really sad inside.
@13:48 "Thanks Asus for making my Wife-I a lot faster." I understood that reference..
0:50 ... They gave him two because they know it would trigger a Gundam fan, 'This is bait.'
Totally missed the 3x speed bonus meme chance for the red router XD but yes, definitely triggered by the lack of accurate Gundam lore here
"Zaku 2 guNDAm" **insert internal screaming**
That 420 edit had me fall off my seat haha
I have a AX5200 normal version and it was an awesome upgrade from the standard junk one provided by Verizon. Where once I had little signal I now have full!
Hey, non tech guy here. If I live in an apartment and there are like 20 wireless routers on my floor will all the other routers cause interference with mine effecting speed? Sorry if it's a dumb question.
That’s a loaded question but yes the interference will affect performance in a nutshell. There’s heaps of videos on how to optimise your wifi network and select a wifi channel that is the least used
Use WiFi analyzer (available in Android and MS Store) and set you're WiFi to a less crowded range. Remember nothing is a dumb question. Their always a 1st for everyone.
Kyle, you're making me sad putting a home WiFi router in that equipment rack you have for network gear.
Get yourself a PfSense box, a patch panel, and a managed switch!
My thoughts exactly lol
Wish I had more internet options available. Just ran a speed test and 9.70 Mbps up and .83 Mbps down.
Lucky man
I get 3 up .2 down
RT-AX89X is something you gotta try. With a good 2.5GbE modem you can reach 1100 on Cable internet.
Those AT&T gateway you got is the old one. Tell AT&T to upgrade to the BGW320 since you have to rent their gateway anyway. It has wifi 6, goes ~590Mbps down/up.
I have that one, and the range is absolute garbage compared to my old nighthawk Ac1900 (that I obviously can't use anymore on fiber) also if you have more than one Xbox trying to game at the same time there's no way to set the 320 up to get open Nat type on more than one system.
Just as an FYI you can make the rgb,s turn red in case of internet failure, that way you dont have to see the little lights at the top. 4:04 I hope that helps.
*Cries in Australian internet speed*
The test measures should be checked in Asus router not against the ISP. You should prioritize traffic as well and so you should get almost the same as cabled. Maybe revisit once you have fiddled with the settings and checked with "wifi analyzer" app on Android which channels are used and so and so on.
Me with my 0.4Mb/s H+ and no land cable
*cries in french*
My cousin surprised me the other day with the RX-78-2 one after he swung by the previous day and got annoyed that he had to sit on a specific side of the couch so his switch could connect lol. Now I can get wifi up to the stop sign 3 houses over
Imagine watching this at 480p while still buffering...
Australia called. It wants it's bandwidth back
your office needs a complete makeover
I have a TP link wifi 6 router as my secondary router. My main one is a nokia fiber optic router. I have 1gig internet, with my isp provided router ,the 5ghz only gives about 230mbps. I have my tp link wifi 6 hard wired from my nokia router, on my phone , with this barely 80 dollar router, it gives me speeds of almost 700 down and about 600 up. Best 80 dollar router ever
Shows 900+ speeds, and then I'm sitting here with 1MB download speed
I'm actually wearing my Rx-78-2 shirt at work today 🤣
Looks like the little robot off "batteries Not Included"
1:39 oh! oh! oh! oh! oh, orange nya nya style!
RGB adds atleast 3 horsepower to anything you slap it on.
Your wifi device should be *outside* of the metal box/rack. You don't want to Faraday Cage your wifi. The rack is for rac-mount equipment like patch panels, switches and rack mount firewalls like a UniFi dream machine pro (which does not have any wifi)
The Gundam ASUS RT-AX82U is now $32 on New egg. Just FYI. Also it does not look like he bypassed the AT@T router. that is why ping was higher
I do not know if the wifi test is really faithful, the original router is inside the rack, which being metallic blocks part of the WiFi signal, and the one in the test with the Asus routers you have put them outside the rack, so I don't consider that are in similar condition. The quality of the Wi-Fi will improve only with the fact that the routers you are testing have external antennas, but I think they are not on equal terms.
On the other hand, the speed will not improve with a better router, since you will always have the bottleneck of your internet company, what will improve will be the interconnection between the PCs, NAS and servers that may be in the LAN, since the new router has more memory and a better processor and can better manage data transmission, in addition to incorporating one of them the 2.5 gigabit ethernet port.
I expected the Red one to run 3x the speed of a normal router.
"The Wing Zero Unit"... lol
I bet Kyle was stull using the isp router, instead of bringing the ethernet from the ONT directly to the asus routers this would explain those 10ms variances in pings
Security on a SOHO router, made me laugh with my ass.
Why go with the lower spec unit over a silly test variance? Also, of course wired speeds wont be any faster since you are bridged through the same exact modem you were using before...
That's the ISP router, he can't remove it
@@fichocr Not true. You can provide your own modem if you want to...
Probably laughed harder than I should have at the 420 moment 😂
The Gundam one should have had yellow antennas and panel lines. Those normally colored antennas really break from the theme.