ASUS - WirelessAC1900 Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless Router - Black

So far, I'm pleased with the Asus AC86P. We have several users, and they all reported faster speeds. No drops so far. (It also looks cool, btw... and it's nice that it has a switch to turn off those blue indicator lights on the front) I researched this product for several months... google "Best Wireless Routers for 2016" and you'll get a bunch of review sites... they all pick different ones for "the best" BUT they ALL pick the AC86 as Excellent and in their top tier. The AC86 has an ongoing track record of success and by this time all the bugs have been supposedly worked out. P.S. I talked with somebody who got one for his restaurant, and he said up to 40 (yes forty) people at a time go on it wirelessly... so it'll probably handle your household. BTW the 86-P at BestBuy is the V2---latest version with upgraded processor over the ones at Amazon the R and U versions... so I bought mine at a physical BestBuy store to get the best of the best proven wireless router.

This is a great router! Going from an apple AirPort Extreme, it was a nice change of pace to be able to customize all the settings that Apple doesn't allow their consumers access to. I live in a condominium so "wifi wars" occur almost nightly. I've see a clear improvement in our streaming devices; we used to have to turn off some of our tablets or phones when we were streaming movies through our Sony TV or Apple TV. No longer though! I am very pleased with this product and would recommend no matter the platform you prefer (we have both Apple and PC devices throughout). Only reason for 4 stars and not 5 is I think some folks may find this router a little "tech-heavy" and I could see someone getting frustrated with set up, especially if they are coming from the plug-n-play world of Apple.

I have had 5 different wireless routers over the last 10 years and they all have had the same issues, the coverage is insufficient. I just bought an ASUS RT-AC68P on a recommendation from a friend. It is worth every penny I spent on it. I now have full coverage across the whole house without being dropped. I also now have consistent connectivity throughout the house with out pauses, freezes or drops! If you want a great device buy this one!

I set this thing up on my xfinity wireless modem. I pay for 120 mps and was getting around 120mps wired, but my wireless was roughly 11mps! I purchased this router after reading reviews and i'm getting around 115+ throughout my apartment. I would recommend to anyone.

I have Cable One and have had constant disconnects and serious connection issues over WiFi for a while now. I had an older Netgear Wireless N but always received page faults when it was connected. Cable One provided me with a Arris TG852 (router, wireless, telephony) and the wifi connection was horrible to say the least. Basically I read around online and picked this one up due to its awesome reviews. I am able to get 50 Mbps on most devices and a whopping 10 Mbps on a PS3. In my opinion those are great numbers. The user interface is great for newbies, or people like me that are pretty tech savvy. Just remember to follow the steps I list in here prior to hooking this modem up. It removes all the page faults that are caused by your cable modem firewall and your new Asus Router. 1. Access the modem interface by typing Http://192.168.0.1 into the browser, hit return and the modem interface with the user name and password entry input will appear on the screen. 2. The default user name is “Admin” and the default password is “password” in lower case. Enter “password” and the basic set up page appears. 3. Go to LAN setup and under Nat section select Bridged. 4. Go to the Firewall tab and unselect “enabled” Security will be provided by your own wireless router. 5. Under the wireless tab if the wireless is turned on uncheck enable wireless. 6. Install your own wireless router in accordance with the instructions that came with it. Follow those steps and you will be very happy with the results. The image I posted was from Speedtest.net and compared to 1 -2 Mbps if it connected at all.

Bought this in Rochester NY area. First one lasted about 27 hours and then stopped working. Was a bit baffled due to the great reviews of this and other Asus routers. Took it back to the store and exchanged for another one. Have had no issues since. Up and running for over 2 months now. Very fast throughput. Have had multiple devices streaming internet feeds at the same time, some devices running more than one. Since my IP connection is about 20MB/s this will bog down long before the router throughput would be reached (Router has much higher throughput than the internet connection). It has a great user / web interface that is easy to go through and set up. It can be changed out for alternative O/S's if desired (States in the instructions). I have not done this on this router, but have on an older wrt54g. The alternates have alot more options, but since the installed O/S suits my needs, why screw with it! I have not set up the cloud drive as I use a NAS system, but it is a nice feature to have (I used on an older linksys before the NAS). Range seems to be good, though I do live in a smaller ranch style home. My tablet does connect OK while pulling into the driveway when getting home from work. When summer gets here, I will play more with that feature as I like to stream radio outdoors (Way to cold here now!). Just a note for those who are comparing models... This router is not the same found online at other retailers, it is specific to BB. Note the "P" on the end of the model number. Other retailers and online stores have a "U" or "W" at the end of the model number. The CPU is slightly different and rated slightly faster (GHz). If you are looking for a fast router with lots of features, this one is a great pick! If you are not into the need for speed and are just doing basic web surfing and email, not streaming music and videos or other things that require alot of bandwidth (Several users etc), then save your money for something that better fits your needs. Do remember you get what you pay for, buy cheap, get cheap. I have been running on older routers for years and upgraded to this due to aging and slowly dying equipment. This is like going from a little compact car to Cadillac Escalade as far as features and quality goes, but to me, worth the change as my older equipment just wasn't handling the throughput without having to be rebooted daily, sometimes several times a day. If you buy it, enjoy it! A great product in my opinion.

I spent a lot of time reviewing routers before choosing one, online at Bestbuy.com and other sites. I also talked to a BestBuy Associate in the store, who confirmed my own research about the Asus - Wireless AC1900 Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless Router. I took my router home, read the instructions, did the set-up procedure, as well as the firmware update. Then after a few minutes, the router just stopped. I couldn't even access the router via its IP address and got a weird error message about the settings being updated. I reset the router, and it worked again. An hour later, the same thing happened again. There is a little card in the box saying to call Asus if there are any problems with setting up the router, so I called them. After being on hold for 20 minutes, they hung up on me. So, I just reset the router. This time it ran for a day and a half before locking up on me. I took it back to my local BestBuy store, and they were happy to give me a replacement. Setting up the new router went very smoothly, since I already had practice. Even the firmware update went smoothly.. And this router hasn't had any problems at all. All of our wireless devices have noticeably faster Internet connections. THIS router works exactly like I expected the first one to. If I had gotten this router the first time, this would have been a 5 star review. Asus Customer support gets 1 star, while the folks at my local BestBuy get 5 stars.

My initial experience with this router was not good. I purchased online for store pickup. Got home and setup router. It was great. I didn't have any dropped connections on all my WiFi connected devices. Which is why I purchased this router in the first place. But the following day this router had a major malfunction and bricked itself. So I returned it to the store and exchanged it for another with no questions asked by Best Buy. I had read so many good reviews about this model I wanted it to work. I am aware that sometimes there are production issues and there is bound to be a couple of units that might be bad. So I always give products a second chance. With that being said,if the second one I get is bad I will not purchase anything that brand sells again. My old router was dropping video that was streaming to my tv's. The router was about 5 years old. It was good at the time. Since that time my family has added 3 smart tv's as well as 2 roku units plus 5 cell phones 4 laptops 3 tablets a thermostat and a nvr to the WiFi and router. We noticed that we were dropping connections on a regular basis. My devices were competing for WiFi bandwith. With the addition of an NVR camera system it was very noticeable. So I did my research and came to the conclusion that this model was the best for my household in my price range. It works great, and does exactly what I was looking for. Easy setup, flawless operation. I can now stream movies on all Tvs without any interruptions, as well as check my NVR cameras wirelessly all at the same time. This would have crashed my other router. Overall this is a great route .