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ROG routers update

Doc_Octopus
Level 8

(I apologize in advance because I'm using Google Translator)

Hi everyone, I write this post because I have been an Asus buyer for years, in particular of the Rog routers that I have always liked for the completeness and the number of options in the user interface.
Although they are the most expensive routers, updates are less frequent than the cheapest routers and the Zenwifi series.
I do not demand favorable treatments for those who pay more, but at least that its devices are updated like others and, especially at the beginning of the life cycle, when the bugs are manifold, greater speed in trying to eliminate them.
Today with the distinction between the Pro (US) and non pro (EU) model, the latter is even updated even less than its American counterpart, letting important bugs ruin the experience of use for months.
The experience of use of the best products of Asus has become increasingly poor over the years and increases the feeling of neglect caused by the set of circumstances such as ready -made products to which we must do from Beta Testers combined with the infinite wait for corrections that you do not even know if they will ever arrive and the perception that there are better users (the USA) and the worse treated users (all others) with this distinction between pro and no models.
Greetings

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jzchen
Level 16

I wish they sell the non-pro models here in the USA.  Because prices are more favorable here they sell more, and this seems to encourage them to release more frequent firmware updates.

I must say that they are not the only manufacturer with WiFi 7 issues.  I have a TP-Link Deco BE95 running in the same house, and it isn't running quite right either...

atlantistm
Level 7

Any news why is ROG Rapture GT-BE98 without an fix for almost 4 months?
And then, can someone explain to me why ROG routers are always updated significantly later than normal models?  Is this how ASUS considers customers who spend hundreds of euros/dollars for its most expensive routers?

My wife and son are on vacation for his spring break, currently in New Zealand.  Amazon Australia sells the GT-BE98 there.  Haha, I'm tempted to send them a text to get me one, even though I know they very likely won't...

@atlantistm I really don't know what is slowing firmware development, except guessing there are so many configuration settings that they need a lot of time to sort through.  I remember in the beginning of 6E I ended up purchasing a TP-Link 6E Range Extender and copied the settings over that were different, which worked to get my son's 6E MacBook on the 6 GHz network.  It might take similar effort to get the BE98 to work well with WiFi 7 devices....