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Pros

Easy to set up and now everybody in the house has great wifi at all times. Using the openvpn and setting it up on the router is super easy. The easy set up makes this great and it is fully customizable in the settings!

The 8 ethernet ports is fantastic as it allows you to use it as a mini ethernet switch for running ethernet throughout your house. The only flaw that i have found is, for some reason, it will not relay dhcp requests from wifi range extenders. This now...  Read More

After two weeks, no reboot, no complaints. The stock interface is a bit tough. Asus and a gent named merlin have some kind of agreement on alternative firmware. Most hands-on techies love his firmware, but it's always an iteration or two behind stock....  Read More



Cons

This thing is absolutely flakey and a disappointment. If i want expedited service, they need a hold of $260 on my credit card.

The speed is ok but with all the spotty ability for devices to communicate with each other i would recommend going with a different router. When it works, the router is great.

The port on the router that connects to the modem may have gone bad. The time management only works reliably/consistently if you turn off nat acceleration. The router has some history of having wifi issues.

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Quality


Very satisfied with the product and the help i got from asus to set up nordvpn


I am perfectly happy with it but have to knock if one star just for calling it a gaming router


And dont forget to enable qos as that absolutely will improve streaming quality


I never knew the difference a quality router can make

Competitiveness


The purpose of this router is to retire the other dlink and tplink routers which cant be integrated with aimesh wifi


Ordered this to connect to a verizon mofi usb 4g internet hot spot


1 gb at modem 300mb at distance

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  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 4,680 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 14 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Have used the rtac88u wifi router for almost 5 years now


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I occasionally 68 weeks need to reboot the router to keep it happy


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I then connected one of my firetv sticks to my comcast router over wifi and got speeds of 53mbps down and 25 mbps up


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I called their technical support and was told the router is defective and they sent me an email to return the unit back for repair and it could be up to 10 days before i would get it back


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Before i returned the unit i power cycled it and the speeds returned to what they were before


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The technical support rep never asked me to try that


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I wish i could return the unit for a refund but ive had it for two months now


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The only reason i rated it a 4 was that i could not install it myself

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