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ASUS AX6000 Dual Band WiFi 6 Gaming Router, 8 Ports, Lifetime Security, Adaptive QoS
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Brand | ASUS |
Model Name | Ax6000 Dual Band Wifi |
Special Feature | QoS, WPS |
Frequency Band Class | Dual-Band |
Wireless Communication Standard | 802.11n, 802.11ax, 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11ac |
Compatible Devices | Laptop, Gaming Console, Smartphone |
Frequency | 5 GHz |
Recommended Uses For Product | Security |
Included Components | Wifi 6 Gaming Router |
Connectivity Technology | Wireless, Wired, Wi-Fi, USB |
About this item
- Next gen Wi-Fi standard 802.11Ax Wi-Fi standard for better efficiency and throughput; ultrafast Wi-Fi speed 6000 Mbps Wi-Fi speed to handle even the busiest network with ease.Power Supply : AC Input : 110V~240V(50~60Hz), DC Output : 19 V with max. 2.37 A current.
- Certified for Humans – Smart home made easy for non-experts. Setup with Alexa is simple.
- Wider usage and more convenience 4 antennas plus 8 LAN ports to support more clients at the same time
- Commercial-grade security – AiProtection powered by Trend Micro blocks internet security threats for all your connected smart devices
- Better partner with mesh system; compatible with ASUS AiMesh Wi-Fi system for seamless whole home coverage’s support: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6, Mac OS X 10.7, Mac OS X 10.8
- Target Wake Time (TWT) allows RT-AX88U to schedule designated intervals for devices to transmit data. This allows them to sleep when there is no need to wait for a router signal, reducing power consumption by up to 7X for significantly improved battery life
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Customer Ratings | ||||||
User interface | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
WiFi signal | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
Tech Support | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
For gaming | 4.1 | 4.6 | — | 5.0 | 3.5 | — |
Value for money | 2.8 | — | — | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
Sold By | Amazon Warehouse | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Xtrasaver Inc | Amazon.com | STC Distributors (Serial # Recorded) |
connectivity tech | USB, Wired, Wireless, Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB | Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB | Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet |
number of ports | 4 | 6 | 5 | — | 6 | 7 |
data transfer rate | 6000 megabits per second | 5700 megabits per second | 5400 megabits per second | 2700 megabits per second | 6000 megabits per second | 3000 megabits per second |
wireless standard | 802 11 A, 802 11 B, 802 11 N, 802 11 AC, 802 11 AX | 802 11 AX, 802 11 AC, 802 11 N, 802 11 G, 802 11 A | 802 11 AX, 802 11 AC, 802 11 G, 802 11 G, 802 11 A | 802 11 AX | 802 11 AX, 802 11 AC, 802 11 N, 802 11 G, 802 11 A | 802 11 AX |
frequency band class | dual band | dual band | dual band | dual band | dual band | dual band |
lan port bandwidth | 8 gb | 2.5 Gigabit | Gigabit | 10/100 megabits per second | 2.5 Gigabit | — |
From the manufacturer
The Next Era of Home WiFi - 802.11ax
Experience up to gigabit speed Wi-Fi with the RT-AX88U, designed for the next generation of devices and the demands of complex & dense wireless environments.
NextGen AX WiFi is backward compatible with 802.11ac/n/g/b/a WiFi devices and supports current WiFi devices.
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Built for Multi-device Households
With a revolutionary combination of OFDMA and MU-MIMO technology, 802.11ax technology provides up to 4X greater network capacity and efficiency in traffic-dense environments.
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Better Battery Life for Your Devices
Target Wake Time allows RT-AX88U to schedule designated intervals for devices to transmit data. This allows them to sleep when there is no need to wait for a router signal.
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WiFi that Goes Farther
With the 802.11ax WiFi featuring OFDMA technology, RT-AX88U provides increased WiFi signal range and coverage by dividing each channel into smaller sub-channels.
Warp-speed WiFi
RT-AX88U is a 4x4 dual-band Wi-Fi router that provides 160MHz bandwidth and 1024-QAM. With a total networking speed of about 6000Mbps-1148Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 4804Mbps on the 5GHz band.
Give your Online Gaming a Double Boost
RT-AX88U's Adaptive QoS prioritizes game packets for smoother online play. It also has built-in wtfast to seek out and secure the shortest possible path between your gaming device and the game server, minimizing game ping and lag.
Commercial-grade Security for your Home Network
RT-AX88U has AiProtection Pro, powered by Trend Micro with automatic, regularly updated security signatures to protect your devices and personal data from internet threats. This strong security offers advanced parental controls.
8 LAN Ports
Eight Gigabit LAN ports make RT-AX88U the ideal solution if you have multiple wired devices, such as NAS systems, PCs and switches. And, if you ever want to host a LAN party at home, RT-AX88U makes it possible.
Powerful Whole-home Wi-Fi System.
ASUS AiMesh is an innovative router feature that fixes these problems: it creates a whole-home Wi-Fi network using multiple ASUS routers. AiMesh is powerful, flexible and you can use a mix of ASUS router model! AiMesh gives you time-saving central control, and seamless roaming capability.
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Price
| $221.03$221.03 | $525.00$525.00 | $402.17$402.17 | — | $288.99$288.99 | $159.99$159.99 | — |
WiFi Speed
| 6000 Mbps | 11000 Mbps | 6000 Mbps | 6100 Mbps | 5700 Mbps | 5400 Mbps | 1800 Mbps |
WiFi Coverage
| Very large homes | Very large homes | Very large homes | Very large homes | Very large homes | Very large homes | Large homes |
ASUS AiMesh Compatible
| ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Ai Protection
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WiFi 6 Speeds
| ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 7.4 x 2.4 x 11.8 inches |
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Item Weight | 2 pounds |
ASIN | B07HM6KJN8 |
Item model number | RT-AX88U |
Customer Reviews |
4.4 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #41,021 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics) #310 in Computer Routers |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | September 21, 2018 |
Manufacturer | ASUS Computer International Direct |
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Product Description
The RT AX88U offers the fastest 802.11AC Wi Fi experience while also being ready for Next Gen 802.11ax devices. It can offer Gigabit+ wireless speeds for the 1ST time with the latest smartphones, laptops, Mini PCs & motherboards. If you need even greater coverage, Pair it with a second compatible ASUS router for mesh Wi Fi.
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Customers like the quality and coverage of the router. They say it's an outstanding consumer grade router with excellent signal coverage. They are also happy with the ease of installation and interface. However, some customers have reported issues with connectivity and WiFi signal. Customers disagree on performance, value, and reliability.
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Customers are mixed about the performance of the router. Some mention that it makes their internet speed faster, provides a huge improvement on range and speed overall, and is more performant. However, others say that it absolutely will not work, the signal is very weak, and the stream drops.
"...me to push 500+ mbps bitrate (264 codec) in AirLink with no noticeable latency..." Read more
"...Signal strength and speed were great. Latency was cut to zero, and the UI is laid out perfectly. Thank you ASUS! You have delivered another winner." Read more
"...I chose this because they have the same horsepower, same specs, and the gimmicky 3rd band of 5Ghz the 11000 has id just that... a gimmick unless you..." Read more
"...never work right with hours of tech support but it was a refurbish never did work right with only 90 days warranty...." Read more
Customers find the installation process of the networking router to be easy. They mention that the interface is simple and straightforward, the VPN is easy to configure, and the password manager makes it easy to copy and paste them. Some mention that it provides easy setup of additional routers.
"...Once that was resolved, the setup was straightforward...." Read more
"My requirements for a router are pretty simple: be reliable, be easy to use, and offer me features and flexibility that I can grow into, rather than..." Read more
"...The App said my setup was terrific. I asked Alexa for the news, and she gave it to me like everything was fine...." Read more
"...other routers in the home support as well which provides easy setup of additional routers...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the coverage of the router. For example, they mention it has excellent signal coverage, the signal strength has greatly improved, and the reception through the house is good. Some say the 5G signal is strong.
"...My initial testing of the throughput and signal strength has been excellent...." Read more
"...Allows for a guest wi-fi network to protect your devices on your more private/separate network...." Read more
"...It's amazing how the process has gotten smoother and faster. The 5G signal is strong on this one...." Read more
"...Latency was down, speeds were up, and signal strength increased...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the router. They mention it's a great router, perfect for their needs, and outstanding for consumer grade networking equipment. It's also a standalone router and a flagship router that performs and delivers. It is a good choice for any home network, and the most advanced router they have ever used for home office. It does a fantastic job by itself and does not need any Aimesh.
"...VPN functionality allows secure remote access, which is beneficial for managing my network when I'm away from home...." Read more
"...But this is an amazing router and I will be sticking with Asus after this experience.Easy to setup. Looks kinda cool...." Read more
"Almost a perfect router for my needs...." Read more
"...This is my second Asus router and it did not disappoint. Truly a flagship router that performs and delivers. Plus the security is unparalleled...." Read more
Customers like the interface of the networking router. They say it has a lot of useful options for both the novice and experienced user. They also say the management interface is simple and straight forward with traffic usage analytics. Customers are comfortable with the features and interface of this router.
"...The Web and mobile interfaces are clean and intuitive (the web version does offer more options though)...." Read more
"...The interface is familiar as other generations of routers which is a plus if accustomed to ASUS routers...." Read more
"...The user interface has a lot of offering. I have barely scratched the surface with it...." Read more
"...features, but the Asus offers ease of set up and a clear user interface to select options...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the reliability of the networking router. Some mention that it has been rock solid, stable, and strong on both bands. However, others say that it does not fail over and tends to isolate itself on one ISP connection. It also crashes at least once monthly and the interface rendering breaks occasionally.
"...This is super stable, leases every IP to every device i tell it on-call and never has an issue. It’s just too freaking good...." Read more
"My requirements for a router are pretty simple: be reliable, be easy to use, and offer me features and flexibility that I can grow into, rather than..." Read more
"...years but started having problem after 20 months but was not strong enough to do the job...." Read more
"This is replacing my Asus RT-AX82U router. Seems to have a good strong 2.4 and 5 signal however the 6e is very weak (main purpose I purchased it)...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the value of the router. Some find the features amazing for the price, saying it's a worthwhile technology investment. They also appreciate the coverage and speed. However, some customers feel the router is pricey, but it will last awhile when ISPs allow dual port bonding.
"...gamer, but I suspect it can do a good job at gaming and at a reasonable price point? Your mileage may differ, but I'm happy with it :)." Read more
"Good product, good software, and good price" Read more
"...Secondly, the price is a bit heavy still...." Read more
"Well worth the every penny! Kicked out my Comcast xFi and this is more performant and far better with a combination of standalone cable modem...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the connectivity of the router. They mention that it loses internet connection, wifi signal, and connectivity with hotspot. They also say that it disconnects the 5 GHz connection at a range where the 5GHz connection is. Customers also say they have issues with the wifi signal and ethernet dropping off briefly.
"...“Quick Start Guide” is good, although I had a brief issue in connecting to the router’s login page...." Read more
"...Then, the wifi dropped. And I realized my Kuna camera devices couldn't connect at all. Sometimes my laptop would connect, sometimes it would not...." Read more
"...It seemed to be just fine until the 5G band would drop every few hours on the PC about 20 feet away straight up from the router on the second floor)...." Read more
"...This is super stable, leases every IP to every device i tell it on-call and never has an issue. It’s just too freaking good...." Read more
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I was looking for a traffic analyzing, enterprise-functionality router with the XR500 with every nerd knob possible (like Tomato firmware offers), and got a dumbed down buggy experience with barely even basic configuration options. The AC88u was the exact opposite. From a conditional VPN to IPS/traffic analysis/web logging/firewal/features you normally need to outfit a network with separate dedicated devices for, this handles it all with absurd speed and responsiveness in the interface. Everything i thought might be a gimmick (like trendmicro’s ‘aiprotection’) is the real deal and you could not ask for more to secure a home network unless you did go with those dedicated devices. It’s super stable (i changed core router settings that have to restart services in AsusWRT, while transferring 150GB worth of data from a client to an SSD connected to it to test network/USB speeds, and downloading a giant BFV patch on my gaming PC while on a work skype call and never even got a blip of cut-out or noise on my call. The web interface locked up because i made one kinda dumb change while doing this but the call never did!), inSANELY fast across the board (from using it as an OpenVPN client to enabling all the COU-taxing security features to topping out its resources by reading and writing to a USB-connected SSD), i can’t even convey how great this is.
I wanted to see my clients’ connection rates, which interfaces they were connected to, and very importantly their life bandwidth and traffic- and within a couple clicks i can do this as if i’m navigating a Cisco ASA firewall. Just function after function, it’s all available, and it all works.
I also got this for increased theoretical AC speeds and eventual AX speeds, along with wanting the fastest chipset available (my R7000 nighthawk was extremely modular, but its dual-core 1ghz CPU definitely struggled to pass VPN traffic at full bandwidth. My XR500 bricked itself after about 5 minutes of use whenever i even tried to configure the VPN. The AX88U has zero issues with that speed or stability there). So far i haven’t been able to bottleneck the CPU with anything yet without the ethernet Gb bandwidth limitation topping out first. Maybe when AX clients come into play and i set up an aggregated 2Gb link the router could start chugging in some cases, but i have no idea and really doubt it would cause a sweat at this point.
Lordy, even gaming-wise i’ve been casually checking my ping in Battlefield V and Anthem, i’m getting response times i’ve never seen anywhere i’ve lived with any hardware i’ve had before (7-12ms pings, better than 95% of everyone on any server i’m put in).
I even use this to manually reserve IP addresses for my non-configurable IoT devices so I know where everything is on the network. The XR500 would wipe its memory every few days, destroying the work i did there. This is super stable, leases every IP to every device i tell it on-call and never has an issue. It’s just too freaking good. My R7000 was the king of the mid 20-teens. The AX88u is the successor.
In summary this thing is an utter beast. If you’re looking to go with a ‘gaming’ router, i was looking between this and the GT-AX11000 when i decided to get rid of the XR500. I chose this because they have the same horsepower, same specs, and the gimmicky 3rd band of 5Ghz the 11000 has id just that... a gimmick unless you have 300 devices in your home. I run about 50 clients in an apartment with plenty of neighbor networks and never have a problem with congestion or needing more bandwidth, especially for gaming, that this extra band ‘gives’ you. Also, the main reason i chose this is because the gaming ROG firmware on thr GT-AX11000 actually IS gimmicky. Read reviews on the GT-AC5300 and you’ll see a lack of Asus updates, constant bugs, broken features (recently an update actually stopped that 3rd 5ghz band from even broadcasting), and poorly implemented gaming functions unique to the router that just don’t work most of the time. I have a friend that runs an AiMesh with an AC88u and GT-AC5300 since Christmas and it has given nothing but issues. The worst part is, NO 3rd party firmware support with the ROG firmware. So if Asus doesn’t fix a bug, you’re out of luck. The AX88u is supported by Merlin which is the snappiest, slickest firmware out there for Asus routers. That’s the key, the firmware- and the AX88u has the one you want with no big compromises to the AX11000.
Last thing, AX11000 has the 2.5GbE port. Neat, but with the 8x 1GbE ports on the AX88u you have plenty of available ports to run link aggregation on, say, a separate switch with 2.5/5/10GbE support in the future for a 2Gb pipe into any of the direct router clients, while you can put any insanely fast clients on the switch directly later when those speeds start being adopted. It’s all a win-win with this router and any future scenarios you can think of.
10/10 best router of 2019, true Netgear Nighthawk R7000 successor.
7/30/22: Purchased and received in October 2021. I have mixed feelings about this router. On the one hand, excellent hardware. No dropped connections over wifi along with consistent signal strength. So many settings /features in the firmware as well and with the quad-core CPU + 1GB of RAM this router is FAST. On the other hand, the unit I received exhibits the DHCP over WAN issue (mine drops its Internet connection once a day around 3:30pm). A reboot restores Internet connectivity but I noticed my public IP address changes each day even with the DHCP query setting on Normal instead of Aggressive or Continuous. It turns out many other customers are reporting the same issue or very similar issues with the newer Asus firmware as well (do a search for Asus RT-AX88U DHCP WAN and SNB/Rogers forums will come up). So this router's been sitting on the side as an ornamental fixture in my home (actually it's my test platform) while I use a TP-Link router to manage wifi traffic (less features but stable day in and day out for work and anything else I do on my network). Lately I've started looking at the forums again and it appears a few of the newer firmware releases are stable. As soon as I can carve out some time on my weekends, I'll get back to working on this router.
The one thing holding this router back from its true potential is it has only a 1Gbps WAN port, when other routers on the market in its price-range have 2.5Gbps WAN ports. If it had a 2.5 Gbps WAN port, it would be a true contender. If you don't foresee having internet service any faster than 1Gbps in the near future, then it's a solid option. To be fair there are many customers that have gotten good units and have no issues. Because I like its hardware so much (Broadcom chipset, 4G-LTE tethering and 8 LAN ports) and firmware features (QoS/bandwidth limiter settings), I decided to hang onto it as a 'project to work on'. To date I've seen no evidence of it having any hardware issues. Will post updates as I work more on this router and I hope to be able to give it more stars.
The router does have some initial issues on first setup. I don't recommend Trend Micro AI add-on if you only have one router. Trend also uses your personal info you enter as you agree upon, spam comes.
Had trouble with VPN operating with my VPN on 2 of my systems where it actually took down the network WiFI and slowed the WAN to a crawl. Also not happy with NORTON360 Virus Software either.
Big issue with password for entry to ADMIN. Seems it lost the password. Tested this and is was. After hard restarts, checking and changing some settings in the internal router settings, I was able to log in without further issues.
Testing still in process.
Very Fast router and strong Signal Strength ......
The connection has been great. No drops, really strong on both bands.
I am going to get a Wi-Fi 6E version to take full advantage of my connection. But this is an amazing router and I will be sticking with Asus after this experience.
Easy to setup. Looks kinda cool. Though the lights are white on the front, they are not a blinding white sun in the middle of the night when you walk past it. Good job there, Asus. Good job.
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