
The ROG Rapture GT‑BE19000AI is a next-gen Wi-Fi 7 gaming router designed for smooth, lag-free gameplay and ultra-fast streaming. With AI-driven features including AI Game Booster for optimized performance, noise detection for Wi-Fi stability, and triple-level security with AiProtection Pro—delivering a smarter and safer online experience.
Q: Does this support AFC? (Automatic Frequency Coordination)
A: They just released a firmware update and it finally has enabled AFC, the router is a beast, range in insane

The ROG Rapture GT‑BE19000AI is a next-gen Wi-Fi 7 gaming router designed for smooth, lag-free gameplay and ultra-fast streaming. With AI-driven features including AI Game Booster for optimized performance, noise detection for Wi-Fi stability, and triple-level security with AiProtection Pro—delivering a smarter and safer online experience.

The ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro is designed for gamers who want to keep multiple devices connected and still get incredible gaming performance. Enjoy up to eight simultaneous Wi-Fi streams for more video streaming, gaming and browsing for everyone in your home.

Unlock next-level performance with pristine 8K streaming, videoconferencing, and immersive gaming that offer real-time responsiveness. Harness the power of Wi-Fi 7 for speeds up to 12 Gbps, which is 2.4 times faster than Wi-Fi 6, along with 320MHz high-capacity channels that support up to 120 devices. This Nighthawk RS500 Wi-Fi 7 tri-band router from NETGEAR offers three bands of Wi-Fi, including the ultrafast 6GHz band. The high-performance antenna design provides coverage of up to 3,000 sq. ft. Additionally, you can connect your high-demanding devices via the 2.5Gb LAN port and three 1Gb LAN ports for ultrafast wired speeds.

Award-winning meshes bring next-gen Wi-Fi 7 speeds of up to 30 Gbps, extendable coverage of up to 11000 sq. ft. (3pk) for your worry-free smart home.
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| Performance, Connectivity | There were no pros for this product— | Speed, Connectivity, Signal Strength, Coverage, Overall Performance | Speed, Coverage, Performance, Signal Strength, Range |
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| There were no cons for this product— | There were no cons for this product— | Setup Process | Connectivity, Setup, Price, Firmware |
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Excellent update from my old AC-series quad band. Given I very much leverage guest SSID and VLAN capabilities, had to adjust a bit in going from quad to tri, but given the extra is on the 6GHz side that isn't leveraged much these days by devices, it wasn't huge. Plus the internal limits on things like whitelisting tables jumped 4x, so it wasn't hard to massage some settings. Stability has been good. AFC is functional albeit current instantiations leverage a daily pulse of a mobile device to poll GPS coordinates. The router has a barometric sensor for altitude that marries it all up. Would be nice to have GPS built-in but not commoditized enough yet I gather, or concerns over blocked sat data. Not using much of the AI side of the system (yet) but AI is tied into the Protection system as well as some of the live analytics. Also seems to save the trending data over to non-volatile memory there, which is nice since the other routers would reset such things every reboot or firmware update.
Chris Posted
Super fast, tons of features, love the dedicated ai chip. Huge upgrade from my 2016 Linksys EA9500. Easy setup, love the ability to add additional networks, the security, everything.
Robbo610 Posted
The experience with this flagship router wasn't ideal. The GT-BE19000AI now supports AFC and works very well; the 6GHz band is extremely fast and reaches almost as far as the 5GHz band. However, there are two unresolved troublesome issues with this router: 1. it constantly gets stuck at a blank page after login. ASUS has yet to identify the cause of this bug. 2. if you enable Adaptive QoE or malicious site blocking / tracker blocking, etc., some devices' 6GHz speed drops from close to 2000Mbps to just 400Mbps. ASUS has identified this issue but doesn't have an ETA for the fix. Overall, I don't think the extra features from this router is worth it over the previous flagship GT-BE98 Pro. Other than AFC and a 4GB RAM, the GT-BE98 Pro offers a far more stable and pleasant experience. Plus, it's 33% cheaper.
Kimukatsu Posted