ASUS WiFi Gaming Router (RT-AC5300) - Tri-Band Gigabit Wireless Internet Router, Gaming & Streaming, AiMesh Compatible, Included Lifetime Internet Security, Adaptive QoS, Parental Control, MU-MIMO
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Features
- Tri-band (Dual 5 GHz, single 2. 4 GHz) with the latest 802. 11AC 4x4 technology for maximum throughput (5334 Mbps) and coverage (up to 5, 000 sq. Ft. )
- Mu-memo technology enables multiple compatible clients to connect at each clients respective maximum speed. Supports every operating System, including Windows, Mac OS and Linux
- Built-in ACCESS to Waist gamers private network (GPN) of route-optimized servers ensures low, stable ping times for gaming; Printer Server - Multifunctional printer support (Windows only)
- A protection powered by Trend Micro provides multi-stage protection from vulnerability detection to protecting sensitive data
- ASUS Smart Connect delivers consistent bandwidth by dynamically switching devices between 2. 4 and 5 GHz bands based on speed, load and signal strength ; NOTE : Refer the user manual . . WAN Connection Type: Internet connection type : Automatic IP, Static IP, Pepo(MPPE supported), PPTP, L2TP.DC Output : 19 V with max. 3.42 A current
Description
Wireless-AC5300 Tri-band Gigabit Router with 5330 Mbps throughput for smooth up to 4K/UHD video playback, support Air Protection, MU-MIMO, Link aggregation with teaming ports and Tri-Band Smart Connect
Brand: ASUS
Model Name: RT-AC5300
Special Feature: WPS
Frequency Band Class: Tri-Band
Wireless Communication Standard: 5.8 GHz Radio Frequency, 802.11a/b/g/n, 802.11ac
Recommended Uses For Product: Business, Gaming, Home
Included Components: RT-AC5300
Connectivity Technology: wireless
Color: Black
Other Special Features of the Product: WPS
Frequency Band Class: Tri-Band
Wireless Compability: 5.8 GHz Radio Frequency, 802.11a/b/g/n, 802.11ac
Antenna Location: Business, Gaming, Home
Connectivity Technology: wireless
Antenna Type: Fixed
Operating System: Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Mac OS
Security Protocol: WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, WPS
Number of Ports: 4
Control Method: Voice
Data Transfer Rate: 5300 Megabits Per Second
LAN Port Bandwidth: 1 Gbps
Voltage: 240 Volts
Maximum Upstream Data Transfer Rate: 42.4 Megabits Per Second
Number of Antennas: 4
Smart Home Compatibility: Smart Home Compatible
Wi-Fi Generation: Wi-Fi 5
Has Internet Connectivity: Yes
Router Network Type: Tri-band
Connectivity Range: 5000 Square Feet
Is Modem Compatible: No
Connectivity Protocol: ethernet, wi-fi
Coverage: 5000 square feet
Is Electric: Yes
Frequency: 5 GHz
Brand: ASUS
Model Name: RT-AC5300
Built-In Media: RT-AC5300
Model Number: RT-AC5300
UPC: 889349002407 889349002391
Global Trade Identification Number: 91
Manufacturer: ASUS Computer International Direct
Mfr Part Number: RT-AC5300
Unit Count: 1.0 Count
Warranty Description: 2
Item Weight: 3.2 Pounds
Item Dimensions L x W x H: 24.5"L x 6.5"W x 24.5"H
Color: Black
Has Security Updates: Yes
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Have been using this RT-AC5300 baby since March 2016 (almost 5 years now). Zero issues so far, and it's as fast as it was on day one. EASILY covers a 1600sqft floor - I get strong 5Ghz signal approx 50ft outside of the house, the 2.4G even further away. I later bought a RT-AC68U unit and using them 2 in mesh config so i don't have to pull wires through the house, with the 2nd 5Ghz channel as the backhaul. I'm using the 68U as a "bridge" + switch for my server hardware in a remote corner of the house where my "work office" is. One of the best purchase I've ever made. I've switched friends away from Netgear over to this, too (Netgear USED to be very good , lately they've been crappy on quality with their brand-new routers, APs and switches breaking after 1 month - had multiple friends take them back to store, refund, and swap with an ASUS - and no more problems). There are other high-performance wi-fi routers just now catching up with ASUS. I'm curious what the future will hold - but for now I'm staying with this. TP-Link is starting to close the gap with their network Wi-Fi routers, though (see their quad-core Archer AX11000 Wi-Fi router model), but until they fix ALL their problems, not in my sight yet. There are other vendors offering more features (see Ubiquity, etc), but I'm not interested yet - for now latency and ultimate stability are key for me. ASUS has consistently provided quality hardware in my experience (at least the ones I've used along the years - routers, motherboards, graphics). TIPS: - never leave WiFi channels on "Auto". Most vendors use the same "auto" channels - chances are, your neighbor's WiFi router broadcasts over the same "auto" channel. This leads to collisions. Your WiFi router will then decrease strength of signal to reduce those collisions. And you now have weak signal, get disconnected and don't know why. (Now you know!). Get yourself a free wifi scan app on your smart phone, scan the area, see which channels are vacant, and manually set your WiFi to those. Make a habit to re-scan once every few months or so. - never leave the names of your SSID to factory default. If your neighbors' WiFi has the same names, they will keep trying to connect to your WiFi every few seconds (because the wifi client devices always try to find the best signal)... even if they don't have your password! (those will be connect-failed password - disconnect... and a few seconds later, repeat). This dings the performance and cache of your WiFi router. If your neighbor's house is farther apart, you probably won't notice.. But if houses are nearby, or you live in an apartment, you will definitely notice it. - create a separate guest WiFi network for appliances on the 2.4Ghz band, and keep SEPARATE and UNIQUE passwords for each of the bands. Why: home appliances on WiFi (particularly baby cameras, smart power plugs, smart lights made off-shore) only work on the 2.4Ghz and use VERY POOR SECURITY. These "smart" appliances will force you to use WEAK passwords that are easy to break (for example, "babymama" or "banana3"). This is because they (off-shore manufacturers) have to cut costs as much as possible to stay in business (and this is unfortunate, but it's reality) - so they will compromise on security at your detriment. You will not want a camera that only allows poor security to have access to the rest of your Wi-Fi network. Keep the baby cameras, smart plugs and smart lights on this guest 2.4Ghz network, and everything else on your actual private network. Side-effect is that you will need to move your phone to this guest 2.4Ghz network when you set up your "smart appliances" the first time, but then you can move your phone back to your regular 2.4G or 5G network - it's much safer that way. - for your 5Ghz bands and for your non-appliance-designated band, use a complex password (for example, "I'mThe1Queen@MyHouse!" - these are far, far more difficult to break. - disable "WPS" (WiFi Protected Setup) - this "convenient" feature present in most residential WiFi Routers (ALL manufacturers, unfortunately!) allows you to connect something to your WiFi without using a password, by pushing a button on the WiFi router every time you want to add a new device. This was created for "easy" people, but it's nowhere near as "protected" as it claims to be. The way it works: when you push the WPS button, your WiFi router advertises a "join" code to everyone. Whoever hears it and responds to it first, gets allowed to join and is added. It could be you... or it could be someone else - so, lucky you! To disable it, go to the router's web page, on left side menu go to "Wireless", then on the right side go to "WPS" tab, and turn it off. - The WiFi router comes with USB3.0 port on it. Disable your USB3 and take it down to USB2.0 speed. (You're gong to say "whaaat?"). This is because USB3.0 uses a 5Ghz frequency - and this interferes with your 5Ghz WiFi bands. This problem exists across ALL manufacturers, not just ASUS. I haven't yet seen any of them to fix it. Go to the router's web page, click "Administration" on the left side, then on the right side click the "System" tab, find the "USB Setting" section, then change the "USB Mode" to USB 2.0.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2021 by LPNerd
For the short and sweet review please see the bottom of the review. I purchased this router to replace the ac88u high end gaming router that simply was not cutting. It required constant restarts and began to drop connections all the time bespite the firmware version I used so I sent it back. Unboxing the new AC5300 device the first thing you will realize is this this is absolutely massive. I attached the antennas in which other reviews have said have issues with staying up right, but I was able to feel ample resistance in trying to move the antennas around. My further research lead me to information that said the design has been updated to better support the antennas from slouching down. I can certainly say they do not move unless I move them so that is a huge plus. Immediately after plugging in the router I ran a speed test. I was getting the full 60Mbps that I pay for (actually pulled 62.3Mbps). I didn't realize how much the old router was holding my back. Using the exact same connection I would struggle to get 50Mbps. Not really a huge deal but its nice to finally get what I pay for as far as internet speed. For those that want a router that will simply work as advertised right out of the box this is the router for you. The user interface is vastly superior to any other router I have owned. The menu is clearly laid out and easy to navigate. While navigating the menus I decided to upgrade the firmware since a new version 9.0.0.4 had been released. This firmware is still in beta phase so checking for an upgrade through the router menu will not show the upgrade. After uploading the new firmware my DL speed was reduced to a crawling .5 Mbps. Unsure of the issue I decided to give ASUS support a call since I figured it very well may be a setting I have done my self causing the issue. I was immediately told that the new firmware is having some issues with compatibility with a few cable providers. Honestly I didn't know this was even possible...Cable internet is cable internet right? apparently not. (I have maxxsouth internet FWIW) I downgraded the firmware and everything went back to normal. After doing extensive research I decided to upload the latest Merlin firmware. The firmware install took less than a minute and has been running flawlessly every since. I have yet to experience a single dropped connection or throttle of internet speed due to resource usage yet. Simply put this router just works...all the time. After configuring the router I decided to test the signal strength. I live in an 2000 sq ft. apartment currently and while over at the neighbors house I noticed I was still connected to my own WIFI with a signal strength of 4 bars. Thats INSANE. Highly recommend the router for large homes as the coverage of this router is unparalleled by any router on the market currently. There is also an app that will allow you to interface with the router directly. The app is surprisingly quite good. It allows you to alter the configuration of the router directly on your phone and also monitor the upload and download bandwidth of the router in real time. Another neat feature of the app is the ability to monitor the cpu and memory usage of the router. When many people complain that a router needs to be reset all the time most often it is bc the resources it is using is pushing wither the memory or CPU usage to 100%. In all my testing the CPU usage has never been above 30% and the memory has never cleared 40% while connected to 5 different devices streaming Netflix across all three bands. Overall I am very impressed with this purchase. The only down fall of the router is the price. At over $300 it can be a tough pill to swallow but ultimately you get a rock solid device delivering internet wired or wireless to any device you can throw at it without slowing down a bit. The break down of the device can be seen below: 0=poor 5=excellent Price: 4 Performance: 5 Reliability: 5 Build quality: 5 NAS performance: 5 Looks: (Depends on taste) 4 User interface: 5 App: 4.5 Overall: 4.8 If you have any question nor comments please leave them below and I will check back periodically to help answer anything I can.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2016 by Hodges
This thing is a total beast. I have a very, extremely small amount of bandwidth for the time being. DSL: 1.62Mbps down, .49Mbps up, which is pathetic to say the least, but it's the best option I have considering my location. My problem with my old D-Link router was that the QoS engine (Quality of Service) was supposed to limit the download speeds of my Xbox One (which eats the full bandwidth for a crunchy snack when downloading games), so other devices such as 2 smart phones could stay connected to the WiFi by limiting bandwidth my Xbox uses. Instead the D-Link decided to just drop my Xbox connection so much that it just signed my profile out and stopped all the installations saying there was no internet connectivity until I went into the Xbox settings and told it to connect again. Normally this wouldn't be that big of an issue but when downloading games it takes me 4-5 nights to finish Xbox One games, and when the D-Link disconnects it makes downloading games like Master Chief collection take 2 weeks+ for me. When I got everything setup for this new router I noticed a marked improvement on micromanaging the finite bandwidth. I was able to actually stream videos from youtube and watch news reports on msn all while keeping that game download for my Xbox One going. It took about 4-5 minutes before the router measured how much of the bandwidth your connected device needed but it worked flawlessly shortly thereafter. I can now go to work and leave my Xbox One downloading for a few days while others that stay home can still get some of the bandwidth they need. Another thing to note is I bought this for the WTFast gaming network to try to get better ping times for my Xbox so I can enjoy multiplayer, as they advertise here that it's built into this router. What it doesn't tell you (at least that I couldn't easily find) is that you have to pay for the WTFast services, which equates to about 6$ monthly for basic and 10$ for premium. I just didn't want others to find this as a surprise so I figured I would mention it. *EDIT - While the WTFast services are paid services, you have to create a trial account for the initial setup from the routers web GUI. It will allow you to create a 1-device lifetime access to this service, which I chose my Xbox One's mac address. If you want more than 1 device you have to pay monthly for that additional device. It is confusing because it says my trial account will deactivate in 14 days. I will update this review at that time to see if it forces me to subscribe to keep my 1 device. I followed all provided instructions in the booklet so it should be active. The actual Wifi Signal this thing puts out is amazing. I have full connectivity from nearly every device in this house, and it wouldn't surprise me if the router gives me a tan after prolonged exposure to the wireless signals it generates. I realize that I'm only scratching the surface of what this router can truly do, but for what I paid for it, I'm quite happy that it resolved most of my download issues with my Xbox One. Now I just have to be patient and wait till my ISP comes with fiber to the house to start streaming 4k content to my Samsung UHD tv!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2016 by Storm
I LOVED this product until it became flakey and soon wouldn’t even turn on. Two years of use from I have recently experienced complete unrecoverable melt downs from Cisco Linksys, Linksys Cisco Velop Mesh and Netgear Nighthawk. I’m a distributed software engineer with 35 years of experience and for 20 years you couldn’t bank online without clicking on things that I have written. Simple fact to establish my background. All of the products that I mentioned come from companies that I once respected, but which have all catastrophically failed for me over the past 3 weeks of Tech h*ll... a nightmare that you do not want to experience, believe me. Fortunately I took a chance on this ASUS WiFi Gaming Router (RT-AC5300) - Tri-Band Gigabit Wireless Internet Router. This device is absolutely equal to or far better than any of the alternatives, in particular, the Netgear Nighthawk and LinkSys Velop in every respect. I read reviews and was surprised to see that ASUS had upped their game. I was initially leery of ASUS, but I noticed that the ASUS complaints all stemmed from 2016 but subsequent firmware updates seem to have solidified it. It was true. The ASUS actually came with documentation, unlike the Netgear which came with noting but a request to download an iOS app which merely offered chat to helpless support staff. It was intuitive to set up. It isolated the guest and private WiFi SSIDs perfectly... the firmware authors understood the way it that it should work. You cannot touch any admin function from the guest login. The power signal is every bit as powerful as the Netgear Nighthawk and actually it seems to be more powerful. ASUS was a minor name in routers but they have clearly been hard at work. Cisco, Cisco LinkSys, Linksys Velop and Netgear are once proud companies which seem to have completely collapsed technologically and lost their way. The Asus does far more, is far more reliable, has better engineering, a smoother out of box experience and also apparently has some mesh features. It’s now obvious to me that ASUS is the leader in this space and there really are no serious competitors. My LinkSys Velop system with 5 nodes was completely destroyed by the new company which acquired the Velop, simply by contacting customer support to see if it was possible to change my email address which I used to log in. Guess what, it turned into a nightmare 12 hour marathon and I threw out the 5 Velops in the next trash cycle. The Netgear Nighthawk was a 26 hour marathon. It came with no documentation outside of an insert to download the Netgear Nighthawk app, which is only a way to chat with Netgear and repeatedly get incorrect information and disconnected. Even after getting it barely working I could not log into mine the next morning. It had created 6 subnets when I set up 2 and there was zero isolation between public and private SSIDs. If you just wanna game fine... just buy whatever is cheapest. If you have a serious need to manage a reliable public/Private mixed network then get this ASUS. I notice that the ASUS has some mesh capabilities. I used to have that before the complete meltdown of the Velop after it was acquired from Cisco to some other company. ASUS seems to be so absolutely solid that I would trust them and may give their mesh a spin. In technology it is very easy to be hot and solid, have some turnover in engineering and suddenly be peddling useless junk. ASUS, and in particular, the ASUS RT-AC5300 is absolutely the class of the industry right now. I am really impressed with the firmware, the out of box experience and the intuitive web based admin panels. ASUS is unquestionably the class of this market. Don’t overthink this, buy an ASUS RT-AC5300. Friends don’t let friends use Cisco, Netgear or Velop.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2021 by Takoma
I have owned wifi routers for years now and decided after 2 years of fighting with dropping connections and buggy software on the asus rt-ac55u that it was time to upgrade to a powerhouse and really invest in the long term. Let me start this review by stating that the best and only thing asus has to offer is the intuitive interface when logged into the router. So I bought this router and have a somewhat less than complex wifi network such as: 3 raspberry pi wifi connected tv media centers 1 Nest Wifi lightswitch 3 Wifi IP security cams 2 laptops 2 tablets 2 smart phones 1 wifi printer I have manually assigned IP's handed out by the router, wireless mac filtering, VPN client running at all times, DDNS active and a hidden SSID on top of other features that asus routers can "seem" to be able to handle. For years with my previous model from one factory reset to another, I grew tired of hard resetting and soft resetting the router. It always seemed that whenever I enabled my VPN client or set rules for the samba shares via usb drive, that I had to reset the router just for it to boot up correctly and allow me access. So this new model has all the power features and then some, only to find out after first configuration that like all other asus routers I've used, the router freezes up and loses connectivity after I enable "ANY" of those features from mac filtering to samba service to IP assignment. EVERY time on every model of asus I have to reboot the router after trying to use the features that asus has, and some times multiple reboots are necessary because 9 times out of 10 the router loses connectivity to the internet and doesn't renew the connection. I have been using asus for years and know my way around a router and know the tech aspects of securing a powerful, secure, smart wifi network. So right out of the box as soon as I start enabling these features on my new router it loses connectivity and I fought with it resetting it and disabling features to try and identify what feature freezes it up, but it seems to be multiple. What is the point of offering these features when the buggy firmware overloads and drops connectivity time and time again when a wifi client tries to access the network or when I try to add a new user to my samba shares? I thought this new model and firmware update would be the end of my problems, especially after reading the reviews here but its not, its just the beginning. Know this: This review you should consider because while you do make a gamble purchasing this router, like any, I have had the same consistent issues with asus firmware and for the layman this is a great router but if you are like me with the setup I have, move on to another make. I was not paid or given a discount for this router in offering a honest review. I don't know the quality control process asus uses before they release hardware but good god, I'm done with asus forever. I will be going back to Netgear in the meantime. After so much frustration, if this router did cost any less than 100 bucks I would have taken it out back and played discus with it or made a "will it blend" video with it. In your shopping attempt to lessen the odds of purchasing a garbage router, don't buy asus, take my word for it. Oh and asus, don't give me some generic we're sorry message in reply to this. You're getting your router back and had this not been happening to me over years you might still have a word of mouth customer.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2016 by Statik
This was purchased to upgrade our AC68U in order to handle our glut of wifi connected devices. To that end, it worked, but your mileage may vary depending on your setup. As a standalone router, it gave about 10-20 extra feet of usability range outdoors than the AC68U. Indoors, it absolutely improved the IOT experience and gave what used to be dead-zones for Google Assistant a usable connection. Speeds were improved for both of my wifi connected PCs, but not significantly. The AC5300 tag is, of course, not a reflection of top speed but overall output across all of its bands. We still had the AC68U, and were hoping to eliminate any dead zones permanently in one swoop and provide wired access to a couple of devices that had weak wifi. We did this with the build-in AiMesh that is a feature of both routers. There were pros and cons to AiMesh. Pros: -It works, and it works well. -It is not difficult to set up at all and does not take time to do. -Our Steam Link went from unplayable (input lag, choppy, 720p) via wifi to 1080p with noticeable input delay when hardwired to the now meshed AC68U. It revived this product for us. Cons: -If you don't need the hardwired connection, this may not be necessary unless you have a larger house. AiMesh requires that one band of the routers are dedicated only to each other, so it only adds flexibility to range. -With our PS4 and PSTV's officially hardwired in, it can be confirmed that Remote Play for PlayStation products is absolute garbage and there is no point in hoping it will ever work. -A HUGE security problem - AiMesh only works via WPS. You have to compromise your entire network's security just to use it. WPS is, essentially, an easy PIN code that will allow other devices to connect without giving up your network password. However, this also allows a second way in to your network that is not your complicated, well thought out, near unbreakable password. It's far, far easier to exploit. I would have been surprised to see this in an "easy" mesh kit such as Google or Orbi, but for ASUS this was shocking. It's second feature was a let-down as well. I forgot how difficult it was to get a USB 3.0 drive recognizable on the network through my AC68U until I had to do it again. There are no improvements to the GUI of the AC5300, so I faced the exact same menus and the exact same poor implementation of the disk share features as before. While you can, after some headaches and needless configurations, get your disk and data visible on the network, the official word is that it's not meant for you ever see it as a simple network drive. It is equipped for the job of IOT until the AX standard arrives, and I could easily recommend this router for a medium sized home. As a standalone router, it is terrific. I was happy when the AC68U carried me for years until IOT exploded, and this router will probably do the same for years until AX truly takes over. The AiMesh and extra features do cause a big problem though. If you have a lot of space and need the wifi mesh but don't care about security or extra features, there are far cheaper solutions than this and another ASUS router, and they are easier to set up. If you do care about security, or you're interested in advanced features, then consider an advanced solution that isn't this router.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2018 by Samar Abdallah
I have a mid-sized home network (20-30 devices), and my setup has traditionally been a challenge for most routers. I use most of the advanced features, and tend to run multiple VPNs while others are playing games and streaming video. I have owned flagship routers from all the big names in home wireless routers: DLink, Linksys/Cisco, Netgear, Buffalo, and ASUS, and have a giant router graveyard. I've used third party firmware (Tomato, Merlin, DD-WRT, and even my own builds). Every roouter I have ever owned has had stability problems: A dead connection after heavy use, random resets, permanent slowdown until reboot, you name it. Except this one. It has been going strong for nearly a week now, despite multiple house guests, heavy HD streaming from multiple devices with concurrent video game (Xbox) use, all while update activity is going on via a mix of wireless and wired connections. In addition, I am using another device in "Media Extender" mode as a sort of wireless bridge to bring ethernet to a bank of devices including a Smartthings hub and HD cameras that I've set up around the perimeter. Previous routers have ALL fallen down, usually after 24 hours, and I was forced to reboot the main router, the bridge, both, or even the modem (an Arris 6183) to get things working again. Not this one. Not even a whisper of a problem. Xbox One comes up in Open network every time. I used to have to restart the Xbox several times just to get Open working. IPv6 works great as well, with all my IPv6-capable devices coming up with valid, functional IPv6 addresses. That, too, was hit or miss before. QoS works terrific, but not the newfangled "automatic" mode. I didn't play around with it much on setup, but detection of proper speed seemed flawed, so I just put my real throughput numbers in the fields and everything was golden thereafter. If you've had trouble with BufferBloat, this router puts it to bed nicely. My bufferbloat, even for a *direct connection to the modem* consistently got "F's" from the tool on dslreports.com. Not any more. Connection grade went from F-B-D (bufferbloat-quality-speed) to A-A-A. Results are consistent and repeatable even after a week of uptime. I saw a complaint in another review about connecting to a specific ethernet switch, so I specifically checked this. I have 6 gigabit switches of various manufacturers (TP-Link, Netgear, Mikrotik). No problems with any of them, not from any of the 4 ports. I bought this to replace an RT-AC3200 that was having trouble dealing with heavy Wifi interference from the neighbors. Out of the box, this thing just worked! Able to do sustained throughput of my full 220Mbps down/24Mbps up without a hitch over both Wifi and Wired (IPv4 firewall turned off). With firewall enabled, downlink throughput diminishes by about 10% (typical for latest gen flagship 1.4GHz home routers). No problems interfacing with a small 1Gbps switch or covering my entire home completely--even on the 5GHz band, something that required an Access point before. IPv6 works great, gives Xbox One consistent Open NAT, streams multiple videos (so far tried 3 HD plus Xbox One gameplay simultaneously) with NO buffering! Unit build is solid, and shelf space vs RT-AC3200 is actually smaller. Surprisingly low CPU usage under load (a good sign). Router has 512MB RAM built in, which is about right for a router with this feature set (many others have half or less this amount). Have not tried WTF yet. I am concerned that if they share a small IP address pool, I may get banned if someone who hacks their games uses the service. Using media bridge RT-AC68R to provide access to other hardwired devices elsewhere in the house, and seeing over 700Mbps throughput to the bridge despite a fair distance between the two (about 40 feet through several walls). I'm still in disbelief at how great this router is. If I could give it ten stars, I would. It's a great router. I see fundamental problems with every flagship out there, including the Netgear R8500. Not this one. No regrets. Update 1: 12 days in, I still haven't experienced any problems with this router and it's still highly recommended. Update 2: 4 weeks in and this router is still going strong. 100% uptime. Not a single glitch, not even once! The complaints from my family I was getting with previous routers are gone. Last week, Time Warner Cable (my ISP) went down. I plugged my Samsung Galaxy Note 5 into the USB port and turned on USB tethering on my phone. The router detected my phone and set it as a backup WAN, and the whole house was covered for the entire duration of the outage, which we spent watching the movie Everest in HD on our TV. When TWC came back up, the router automatically switched back to using the standard WAN connection. There were no glitches with that, either! The peace of mind and solid connection of this item is well worth the price to me. MU-MIMO alpha firmware was released on 12/31 for this router, but I haven't tried it as I have not had any speed or signal issues at all with any of my 28 connected devices, and I am still seeing the entire 200MB/s throughput my ISP provides.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2015 by Burnt Toast
Had this up and running a few days now and absolutely zero issues. It is paired with a Motorola surfboard modem on Xfinity blast Internet. Paying for 75Mbps speed but getting 125Mbps. On mainly default settings (I turned on the QoS to prioritize gaming) this router can achieve max speed over WiFi through a ceiling with soundproof insulation. That means insulation made from stone chips meant to block vibration. I have not installed drywall yet but found this to be very impressive. I found this out by accident as I obviously placed the router to avoid being blocked by it. The processing unit in this router and its quality really do the job. I'm relieved to finally have the assurance that it isn't my equipment or setup that is malfunctioning when something won't download or connect. I can game on my Xbone while the 9 year old and my GF do whatever they like and I still feel as though I am completely unaffected by any lagging on my end. I've run a hundred speed tests and am very happy to say I can't get the latency even on wifi to break 20ms to Chicago from northwest Indiana. Even with multiple users. This router has exceeded my expectations even with its fat price tag. The only thing I can mention that isn't quite butter smooth is the autoswitching between the 2.4 band and 5.0. It isn't bad but if you are moving around such as you would with a smartphone it tends to be a bit of a clumsy process handing off. It's sometimes quicker to just disconnect your wifi and reconnect. This is a very minor gripe though since I am generally not doing anything critical and walking around at the same time. This router may seem like overkill to some with slower connections but if you ever plan on getting faster speeds it's reliability and ability to handle multiple users blew me away. I can now take the appliance timers off my modem and router and feel confident I don't need a reboot constantly every time I sit down for an online game. All after a very easy setup. (I admit I over complicated it flipping switches and changing options but after a simple factory reset /reboot all is fine..) I really only should have turned on QoS and the automatic switching for frequencies. I will try to remember to update as I try using more aspects of the router. This router exceeded my expectations so well I jumped the gun to review it a bit early. PS I am coming from a netduma router and an Asus RT66u. Both 200 dollar routers.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2015 by Chuck