Customer Ratings & Reviews

My old Asus router was about 6 years old and still working. Because of it's age I decided to update. I have a smart house with fiber optic to the side of the house with about 25 clients connected. I'm not a gamer but I believe a fast router is key. First thing I noticed is in house apps are faster when making changes like temperature or Hue lighting. I have the hue lighting plugged into the priority ethernet port and noticed an improvement after moving it to that port as I don't play games. The other thing like others have said, use the auto setup and life is good. Very happy with my choice and I do not consider other brands..

Good router with good security. Set up is fairly easy. This is my 5th Asus VPN router. They all have served me well. Like the built-in USB printer server. I have my Dymo Label printer connected to it and shared across the network.

I don't really write reviews, but this is the one chief. After moving we upgraded to gigabit internet, and the old TP-Link Archer A7 AC1750 would not keep up. The AX86U is a killer. WiFi6, 2.5gbe, very easy install, simple and complete control in the dashboard. Insane wifi speeds even from across our apartment. We have tons of devices (shield TV, PCs, Macs, Switch, TVs, watches, phones) all connected with zero issues. If you're looking for a new router, as other people have said: just get this. It's worth every cent.

Excellent Router. I live in a two story house and the router provides excellent coverage without the need for an extender.

Replaced an older Asus Model: RTN66R, purchased on: March 12, 2014. Probably overkill, but now with Wifi 6E on the horizon, i doubt i'll be updating this for a while. Handles all of our devices with ease, no dropped connections, and most important, i can get 5Ghz connection to the two upstairs rooms, where as before only a weak 2.4ghz connection was possible.

haven't been using this router long, so I'll be sure to update my rating if something bad happens. So far it's been incredibly easy to set up. Updating the bios at the initial startup was extremely easy, and everything worked without a hitch. As for signal strength, I'm getting rock solid results about 30 feet away (and through one interior wall). The only caveat to my review is that I'm still using an AC type adapter, so I haven't been able to take advantage of wifi 6 yet. However, I'm really pleased with the performance so far, and increased speed with a wifi 6 adapter would only make it better.

Saved my internet. Initially thought it was the modem, but really needed a router to split the work. Highly recommend this router, high speeds and worth the price.

performance and ease of use is definitely great. I was able to use one in AIMESH with my 6 year old ASUS RT-AC5300 after a firmware update. seems to be very reliable and fast so far.

Most routers are functional, however this one is superb. I get great signal in my farthest point of a 4000 square foot house, which is all concrete and steel girders.

I’ve used Asus routers for several years and been very happy with him. This one has honestly been the pinnacle of my purchases in that it’s the best model I’ve ever bought. I use this as my primary and I use two other Asus router’s in a mesh system that works really well. And on top of that if you’re even a little more adventurous, like me, there’s great custom firmware you can purchase for this router that will give you capabilities that other routers Don’t even attempt. If you’re looking for a great router for the money, go with ASUS. It even has a pretty good security package for people who don’t know much about it.

Overall nice router from Asus. Wireless range is good. Good signal strength everywhere in my 2400 sq ft home with the router installed in a corner room on the first floor. Speed is good. Limited only by the enpoint device capabilites and 500Mbps internet connection. Minus one star becaus i found out there are known issues with the traditional QoS that Asus has not been able to fix for several years. My internet connection is 500Mbps. With traditional QoS enabled, my speed was limited to 100Mbps. Turned off QoS and now i get 500Mbps. May want to look elsewhere if robust QoS is very important to you. That said, i have not noticed any issues while having the QoS disabled.

Prior to purchase I checked up on reviews and found it was all around better then Netgear. Was not disappointed and have excellent range, speeds, and admin interface is fast to edit and commit changes.

This has been a wonderful router. The ASUS stock firmware is alright but I was able to install the third party asus_merlin firmware and it really improved the featureset. Performance is fantastic though.

Needed a better router to avoid internet from dropping and this one works great. Good range have it located in upstairs bedroom and work downstairs. No dropped lines . I would highly recommend.

This router is awesome! Excellent signal strength, excellent speed even with Trend Micro protection enabled. I'm getting close to 1Gb wireless speeds on download using Xfinity cable modem. Zoom meetings are clean and clear with 3 clients on this end. This router delivers throughout my house without using a mesh!

Excellent range and speed. Easy to configure. Highly recommended. Big improvement over my D-Link.

The set up process went smoothly. So far the speed of both the 2g and 5g bands are good, and I have good coverage throughout my two-story home. I am pleased with the performance. At any given time I have 3 Echo shows, two Echo dots, 2 phones, 2 tablets, and one computer (and sometimes--one laptop) connnected to my network. In addition, I stream TV. I have not yet tried the router with gaming.

I’ve owned this router for a few months now and would like to say that it’s the best router I’ve owned to date. With having ATT fiber and using their modem as a pass through, this router is the only one I’ve gotten close to getting the full 1GB speeds. Tests I’ve gotten are 940-960 down/Up. I’ve tried more expensive routers and they would max out around 600-700 no matter what I changed. The app is also a great tool to see what on your network is actively using bandwidth and can view, limit, and block devices you don’t want using bandwidth at any given time.

We've been using Asus routers for years, since they started AiMesh, basically. We already have 2 RT-AC86U routers, but we now have Wi-Fi 6 AX devices, and high-speed internet, so we decided to upgrade the main router and use the other 2 as AiMesh nodes. We have all 3 routers connected via ethernet backhaul. The 3 router AiMesh combination we have set up is almost overkill. Most of our devices just connect to the new router. Regardless, we now have reliable Wi-Fi over most of a square acre, and very fast Wi-Fi speeds inside the house. I'm impressed.

Good coverage, but and speed. App is great for parents to monitor kids and limit certain websites. Covered a 2800 sq ft area, would not make coverage thru brick into garage.