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The ASUS RT-AX88U is one of the first Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) routers on the market, and I was quite excited to get my hands on it. So excited, I decided to test it for a second time — I didn’t have any Wi-Fi 6 clients the first time around. So, …
The new ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 router looks so similar to the GT-AC5300 — if you think ASUS has run out of design creativity with this one, that will make two of us! Indeed, this router is a bulky box with eight massive removable antennas sticking out around the sides …
Today marks my 3rd anniversary of having used the ASUS RT-AC88U almost non-stop. It’s the only router I’ve continually used for such a long time. I originally reviewed this router (in my previous life) at its launch and called it the Nexus of wireless routers. Soon after, I got one …
The ASUS Lyra Trio is not your usual run-of-the-mill purpose-built mesh. It’s the first (and so far still the only) 3×3 Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Wi-Fi system on the market. And with the support for ASUS’s AiMesh — available with the latest firmware –, it’s, among other things, the most versatile …
There’s a big, intriguing blue hole right in the middle of the ASUS Blue Cave that catches your full attention the first time you lay eyes on it. But that’s all there is to it. I was a bit disappointed when ASUS told me there was no deep meaning to …
If you look at the ASUS RT-AC86U as a single AC2900 Wi-Fi 5 Gaming router, you’ll overlook a lot, even though, as one, it works well and has a lot to offer. With the support for AiMesh, the router is now part of ASUS’ pool of routers that can work together …
