Asus RT-AC86U AC2900

Asus RT-AC86U review

Asus' forte, in most aspects of technology, is generally doing things to the extreme. Routers are no different: the terrifying 8-antenna ROG Rapture GT-AC5300, for example, is a gaming router jammed to the gills with radios that looks less like a bit of wireless tech and more like the plinth for a...

Forget google, ubiquiti and orbi. Asus is where its at!

once they have the kinks worked out on aiMesh, this will set the standard those other systems can't hope to compete with. the 86U has the extended range 5ghz network (FCC changes 2014) which means its already extremely powerful and fast, but the fact you can turn older Asus routers into access...

"Amazing router,"

Great high quality, highly adjustible, with a really nice streamlined control application

I bought this as an upgrade on my old ASUS router and have instantly noticed a difference with this offering better range and speed compared to old router. Also, connection is much more reliable with less drop outs, not sure how well the conjoined 5ghz and 2.4ghz SSID will work out as as some...

Dealing with Asus Tech support is gut wrenching

Brought two of these routers to set up as AiMesh and they were working great. After a few months one of the nodes power light kept blinking off and on. I tried rebooting and factory reseting and after about an hour of speaking to a customer service representative was I told would I have to ship it...

Great router with excellent range

I brought this router 2 weeks ago and the performance and range has been amazing.

Amazing Router but a pain to set up.

I recently got this to replace my D-Link Python which was constantly dropping out. What should have been a simple set up turned into a living nightmare and I was on the phone with my ISP for over an hour. That being said, the speed is amazing and it is extremely reliable and beautiful to look at once it is up and running. It was worth the money and trouble!

Quality & performance

Fast and easy setup. Performs well for COD gaming and all other usual household streaming etc. Customisable.

Connectivity

Look, I have to give it 5 stars, I haven’t even been able to connect to the router yet due to some ISP problems with modem/router connectivity but i have called up ASUS customer service and over and over again they have been nothing but helpful with trying to get my router up and going. The router settings are very advanced. You have so much room to manipulate your settings for how you would like them. I understand this isn’t a working router review but from the experience i have with ASUS and the router settings itself i can say that you won’t be let down, even if something goes wrong ASUS will make it right.

ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 Gaming Router review

ASUS offers a proper router with the GT-AC2900, however as the results show the performance definitely is less than the flagship models out there (and that is the basis of comparison). So while it is a good router, it is a bit more normal and mainstream for perf.