Purchased 2/15/17; Worked great out of the box

As of 6/14/17

Worked well for about 3 hours, then lost all WiFi. Updated the firmware, lost 1 WiFi channel but the WiFi was fast for about 4 days and then slowed to a crawl. Unplugged it for a couple of days, got both WiFi channels back but WiFi was still slow.

Great speeds, never seems to miss a beat; Great addition of usb3 for use as nas drive Enough LAN ports to satisfy anyone Only reason I gave it an 8 is due to cost

Cost Usb3 port on front not rear

About half-year ago review of ASUS RT-AC3200 wireless router was published on our pages. About a model that came to our laboratory today it is known that it has a wireless formula AC3100 that means maximum theoretical wireless data transmission speed equal to 3.1 Gbps. What is it, a setback?

High data transmission speeds in both wireless ranges; Ability of port aggregation; High speeds of IPv6 traffic handling; Availability of QoS and AiProtection mechanisms; Support of MU-MIMO; High access speeds to data on external USB storage; Availability of high-performance VPN-server and client,...

Capabilities of port aggregation are strongly restricted; The web-interface is not completely translated

At the time of writing, the ASUS PCE-AC88 4×4 Wireless AC3100 PCIe Adapter can be yours for just $119.34 at NewEgg , ￡89.99 at Scan Computers , and €96.99 through Geizhals . A more than fair price for one of the most advanced WiFi cards available.

Great performance; Great looks with the large red heatsink; Remote antenna mounting with base; SFF compatible; Fair price

Antenna base cable is fixed; so you're limited to the included 1-meter distance

There's nothing much we can complain on the RT-AC88U except for the price itself and in fact, the RT-AC88U did a pretty good job in overall. No compromise in terms of the internet connection speed, excellent wireless signal strength as well as coverage, Significant improvement in latency during ping...

Easy to setup; Dual band support; Excellent wireless signal strength; Excellent features; Looks great; Able to support more devices connected via wireless connection; USB storage sharing that act like a NAS for quick and easy file sharing

Hefty price tag

For larger houses, sometimes the distance of a desktop PC to the router is too far for an Ethernet cable, or sometimes you just don't want to have unsightly cables around. That's when you use a Wi-Fi adapter like ASUS' latest PCE-AC88. There's a lot to like about the PCE-AC88, like the packaging.

Flexible placement; Great reception; Faster speeds

Needs an AC router to perform well

After running hundreds of speed tests and measuring Wi-Fi coverage over more than 20,000 square feet of yard, I'm confident we've put the RT-AC88U and RP-AC68U through their paces. We may have even pushed them to their limits in some areas.

The ASUS RT-AC88U is an AC3100 class router featuring a mouth-watering eight gigabit ports supporting link aggregation. One of the LAN ports can also be converted into a WAN port providing support for a dual-WAN configuration.

ASUS has a number of routers doing the rounds currently that are aimed at the gamer, with the ‘dead spider' (or AC5300) being the iconic one in terms of design. While the RT-AC88U that we got our hands on does not have the looks of the aforementioned router, it is itself no ugly duckling, and does...