Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this router to upgrade from a AX-82U and to future proof as I upgrade my router every 5 years and hopefully every 7-10 years with this router. I also use my previous router as a AiMesh node for extra coverage/emergency router (see below). Asus is very good about firmware updates and you can always opt out of stuff during initial setup. You can share info with Asus or choose not to, you just have to log in to router via desktop browser for best results. A year later, during a power outage from rainstorm I rebooted the router to get it working but it ended up bricked with just power light blinking no matter what. So anyway, I had NOT purchased the BB warranty and was at the will and mercy of Asus. I called them and got a return authorized as I was still under manufacturers warranty. I had to pay for shipping to Asus, $25 but they ended up sending me a replacement unit of the non BB version of router. It took close to 3 weeks total process and in the meantime I used my "old" AX-82U as my main router after a quick reset, till I received the replacement RT-BE88U. Get the warranty if you don't have a back up router or want to quickly replace it should something happen. This is my 3rd Asus router and they have always been great to deal with. The number of ports on the back means less switches running around and less cables. After receiving the replacement I definitely notice how much zippier the internet is from the 82U going back to the BE88U so I know the money is going somewhere. I'm in a one story house so I get signal in all areas of home and yard (this includes 82U node). I currently only have 3 WiFi 7 devices so the full potential is yet to be unlocked until further evolution down the road and devices are upgraded. So far about 25+ devices in home, all butter smooth.

This router works, right out of the box. Absolutely no issues. I upgraded from my decade old RT-AC87U. It served very well considering it was putchased in 2014! This router is the exact same thing as the RT-BE88U. I dont know why Best Buy had to be different with the RT-BE7200 model number, but they are the same thing. It complicates price match because some people do not understand that they are the same, but its obvious. The router sets up very quickly with the asus app. You have to enable ipv6, security, etc, but everything worked fine right out of the box. Looks sleek and I really like that the heat dissipates ABOVE the device to the open air. Heat rises, great! Be sure to use the asus app to do the initial setup. One firmware upgrade and it’s smart to do that before optimizing the network, so thats great! High speeds, minus the 6Ghz band. Its fine, it just needed to replace the RT-AC87U and wow what an upgrade it is! Everytjing connected and i just turned off the extra IoT network, don’t need it. Maybe I’ll turn it back on for the other random IoT devices, but it probably wouldn’t work since its a separate network from your main network (similar to a guest network). This router gets the job done in all the ways that matter! So glad I now have a stable wifi connection at home once again!! Thank you ASUS!!

I used to have an RX-AX58U router, but it was causing me headaches due to signal interference from the second floor. However, with the newer RT-BE7200 router, my PC is finally achieving a stable 1GBPS connection! I should mention that I have a 1.2GBPS fiber plan.

Well, I’m not a technical guru so I can’t speak to specifics about the different specifications. However, I can tell you this router is bulletproof previous to my purchase of this router, I had two Netgear routers (NighthawkAX5400 & AC1900). The AC1900 was decent, but I was looking for more speed and updated technology. I stepped up to the AX 5400, and had nothing but problems. The router lost connection several times a week and had to be restarted multiple times. I then “upgraded” to the Linksys Hydra Pro 6 router. Absolute trash for me. This router did not play well with my Arris modem. This router lost connection with the Internet multiple times daily and sometimes would not come back online. when it was online. It dropped connection with my Wi-Fi devices frequently. I understand, I am not a technical guru, however I have never had issues initially setting up a router out of the box using the simple (quick setup) instructions. Lastly, my wired connections to the router were not recognized through the LAN ports on the router, as I would get an “unidentified Network - no interne access” message on the connected device. After numerous attempts and internet searches on how to fix this, (and there are many post where others have this issue with the Linksys router), I gave up and purchased/upgraded to the above Asus router. I have had nothing but a great experience with this Asus router. Rock solid connection that does not seem to drop connection and was pretty easy to set up out of the box. This router was much heavier than the three previous routers I’ve had which leads me to believe there are some upgraded parts inside. Internet/wifi speeds are great, and the connection to my Arris modem was quick. I haven’t had any issues getting my multiple devices connected to the Wi-Fi or LAN ports. I am extremely happy with this router as I guess the saying goes - you get what you pay for! This router is absolutely recommended to purchase if you can budget this much for it..

Very very good, i bought this to amplify my connection between my wifis and it did it with no problems, it made optimization easy and simple to understand, would recommend

So far so good. I replaced my orbi wifi mesh system with this. Orbi would not connect to some of my new devices with eufy. I reached out to customer service and they kept saying it not a problem at our end consult the other. I got tired and decided to go with this router and now everything is working and speeds are up. I don't have to worry about if the satillites are working or now. Everything connected pretty easy.

Got the RT BE88U to replace a 4+ year old TP-L AX1800 router that stopped receiving updates a year and a half ago. My ISP plan is 800/20 Mbps, but was noted that 915 mbps down was possible, so most routers are overkill. I decided to futureproof a bit and went with a Wifi 7 router. We don't have any wifi congestion issues, so a router with better 5 Ghz/2.4 Ghz performance was most important to me. My old 1800 Mbps router, wirelessly, would get 650 Mbps, at best, close to the router. I'm getting 940 Mbps wirelessly through the BE88U. Setup was easy. Wish the app settings layout matched the browser UI. Some setting options cause the router disconnect and reconnect when you change them. Great security/protection/parental control options (no subscriptions needed), and Adblock is baked into the router. My house was built in the 1950s, so no wiring. Got my daughter a gaming laptop for Xmas, her bedroom is the furthest part of the house from the main router. I was using a mesh extender with the old router to cover that part of the house, but she was getting lagging/latency playing things like Roblox. Due to no wiring the BE88U is in the opposite corner of the house, so while 2.4 Ghz coverage was fine, I still needed to extend the coveage for that part of the house for the faster 5 Ghz speeds. I wanted to stay in the Asus BE family for AiMesh, but Asus' BE extender isn't out yet. I wanted something a little more robust than a extender anyway, so I also got an Asus RT BE58U router for the other side of the house. That solved my daughters issues, her bedroom now gets over 300 Mbps on 5 Ghz, whereas with the old router/extender it was getting just under 100 Mbps with a lot of latency. The only non-issue I've had is my kitchen gets around the same signal strengeth from both routers so when running a speed test I was still connected to the AiMesh node when I expected to connected to the main router. We'll be upgrading Wifi 7 capable phones over the next year, so I'll play around with those features then.

So far the easiest and best vs. price point we've tested to date for home use. Device, functionality, capabilities of this and the initial setup app is 100x better than the latest rendition of Netgear Nighthawk. Put its intelligence to the test by purposely plugging everything in and powering on in opposite sequence, and it performed the initial setup and grabed an IP from the ISP without one hiccup and proceeded to immediately reassign every LAN device, wireless and wired, with an IP. No errors, no glitches, no concerns. In comparison, the buggy app for the Nighthawk we returned thinks the returned device is still online and connected to the internet. Clearly, if that Netgear was night this ASUS is day. If stability becomes an issue, will modify review. Until then, grab one of these new ASUS and not their Nighthawk counterparts. So far would also take this over the TP-Link WiFi 7 equivalent option as well, even considering this exact model does not have the 6Ghz band (which really isn't needed yet anyway).

So far its been fantastic, our old spectrum modem/router combo would keep dying and we would need to get a more permanent solution. Its speeds are great across wifi even for larger download sizes.

Works great. Definitely runs faster then my previous router. Worth the price

This is my first wifi7 router and was curious on how it would be considering that it was lacking wifi6. Pleased to say, it has performed very well. Coverage is somewhat increase over my Asus AX89X speed is increased and I have had little to no issues. It was extremely simple to set up, just like all the asus routers. It is paired in a mesh network with the AX89x and the only issue (not really an issue) was when I tried to set up MLO. Ihad read online that the AX89x was capable of MLO. Well that was wrong and therefore the connection caused some interruption of the network as the AX89X was NOT capable of running MLO. As stated, I have had no issues and would definitely recommend the BE7200 (I believe this is a BE88U just in a Best Buy exclusive numbering).

This router is future proof ,it has fiber connection,10 gig 2.5 and all kinds of features ,it is fast works great.

The Asus RT-BE7200 (same as RT-BE88U) is a great router with AI-Mesh/VLANs between multiple of them. I have a longer house which multiple of these help cover the entire house. You can setup multiple IoT/guest networks to segment traffic off the main network. I use Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for 10+ years now which allows for multiple add-ons like ad/malware blocking, connection monitoring, and Ookla speed testing. These replaced RT-AX88U routers which were great for 3+ years.

Solid performance across a 2500sq ft home, plus outside to security cameras. Also like that there is a great open-source community for firmware alternatives and additional features like ad blocking and vpn you can add with some basic tech know-how. Also can link up to other ASUS mesh-compatible routers to create a mesh system if you need that.

All time best router I have ever bought. Very easy to use and increased my speeds without dropping. Common issue I had with others

This router RE-BE88U replaced our trusty Asus RT-AX88U which served our needs faithfully for the past 5 years. Based on the performance and reliability of the old AX, we expect the new BE will do the same for years to come. Note: Do not separate 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. All IoT devices will connect to appropriate channel nicely

Was sick of dealing with split mesh systems so i opted for a better single router and it works great. I put this in my closet in the center if the home on the second floor and I get coverage in and all around without issues. I opted to convert to Merlin custom firmware and im glad i did, performs much faster and consistent. The software is super responsive and everything is better than expected. Great value. I dont need the 6Ghz band but still use with Wi-Fi 7 devices and get well over 1000MB/s downloads.

First think I think to note is that there is no 6ghz band on this router…clearly says it in the description. I actually bought this because the 6ghz band doesn’t penetrate walls very well and there’s a lot of them to go through in our home. Instead this holds a very stable connect on the 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands throughout our entire home. Coming off of an xfinity xb8 we went from barely any connection on the floors above to full strength. Asus has a great app and a lot great includes features. This will do WiFi 7 when anything supports it, but again no 6ghz band. That really shouldn’t matter for most people! The included ports give it some future proofing as well. Highly recommend!

I bought four of these routers to set up a network at our ranch. One is the main router and the others are set in access point mode. I previously had four older routers for this network until a bolt of lightning fried them all. I must say, despite spending money I hadn’t counted on spending due to the lightning strike, this setup works much better than its predecessor. Roku smart televisions in three buildings across the ranch all work wirelessly and very well. The range of the network is phenomenal and the signal can be picked up in a deer blind quite a distance from the house. The fenced in yard, about two acres, has full and powerful WiFi access. Outside the yard area the signal carries for about 2000 feet across the ranch, enabling me to use wireless cameras and a wireless internet controller on an electric fence. Setup was pretty easy once I figured it out, and I’m not the most knowledgeable about these things. This setup is much more powerful than one I have at another place which uses Google internet bridges. No complaints whatsoever.

I was a net gear fan. had very good luck with them. I had to return a new nighthawk router and there was no net gear that I wanted. The Best Buy team member told me he had this router. at first I said no but the more we talked I came around and got. Wow this thing work great with a big area of good coverage. I really like the admin program for it. Its is easy to use and you can see what is going on in you network. My network has never been this fast with 10 thing on it . This is a very good router you need this router.