Best ASUS Routers

The Best – Have a few around the house and is a fantastic product. 10 years and counting and they just keep on ticking. User interface can be a bit… Read more

overwhelming for a newbie but you'll be right. AiMesh works great. NBN FTTP no dramas and Wi-Fi multiple devices just fine. Good app for parental control.

Long Life – I've had this router for over 6 years now, with three ISP's and its never missed a beat. Very occasionally [every 3 months or so] I note a slow down… Read more

and do a reboot. Love the simple GUI and the auto firmware update. I have a large single level home and WIFI is available everywhere and to my outside cameras. Was going to update recently but decided I'd wait until this gives up the ghost.

Brilliant service and product quality – Order placed on Sunday and was promptly packed and sent before midday on Monday. Order arrived from interstate on Tuesday afternoon with express post. Thank you for actioning my order so quickly for speedy delivery. Great service Show details

Asus routers: Trouble free networking – Every Asus router has been a great experience and this one is no exception. People don't realise how good Asus routers are until they own one. … Read more

Pro's Asus continuously update the firmware so if there's a bug it soon gets fixed. -8 LAN ports: ideal for anyone with more than 4 ethernet devices -Wifi 6 (AX) connectivity -Exceptional range: We can see the router 72 metres away at a friends place going through multiple walls and 2 other houses -Surprisingly fast wifi 5 speeds close to the router i.e. >350 Mb/s Chromecast/Google streamer -Reasonable speeds when a further away e.g. ~60 Mb/s on Wifi 5 ~20 m away, at the far end of a garage at the far end of the property, going through brick walls, tin roof, filing cabinets, etc... -Lots of features e.g. Mesh & ability to pass through multiple IP addresses (we run 2 VOIP lines Optus & Vonex) -Rock solid reliability: Zero crashes. No need to regularly reboot. -Good longevity (never had a router fail) -Works straight out of the box -Passing through IP addresses is fairly easy -Advanced settings are fairly easy to find, use and access -User friendly graphical interface

Con's -Wifi 6 (Wifi 7 would be nice) -1 Gb/s ethernet: If you have Gigabit internet or move data around at high speeds this may be too slow

Bought this router for $350 (1 year old)... it was $516 new. Overall a great purchase

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Faulty WiFi, unusable – Easy to set up and use, with decent range for 2.4Ghz and good WiFi speed. But after a few months the WiFi began to suffer errors where it would be… Read more

"connected" but without internet. Wired devices on the same router would continue to work fine. Power cycling the router would see it working fine again for a couple of days. This irregular operation behavior worsened over time and eventually meant that I had problems even trying to use connected devices through Google Home like Spotify connect. After much frustration, I replaced the Asus with a decent Netgear RAX200 and it's been flawless. On the basis of this experience, I could not recommend this device to anyone.

Excellent WiFi speeds – Upgraded from nbn50 to nbn100. Did not get vastly different speeds, when ethernet connected had 105Mbs (always use WiFi). With some searching that… Read more

basic router supplied by IP does not cut it. The Asus seemed to be low cost for smaller home, and packed with features, free firmware update+trend security for life of router+more. Easy setup(though I did need a little help from Asus Support, very good). Concurrent use of 2.4Ghz+5Ghz. 5Ghz for TV+Tablets achieving 105Mbs consistency, and 75Mbs at 30m outside. 2.4Ghz good for mobie phones, printer, Google home, smart lights etc. Using for 6 weeks solid performance. Note: If updating firmware on WiFi, place your device close to the router, as specified in Setup. Very happy with purchase from Amazon and support from Asus.

Works well but its approach to network management could be better – On the upside the RT-AC86U does offer decent performance and its not too hard to set up, mostly. Where it falls down for me and my family is its… Read more

approach to network management. Finding devices on a network is not well configured, so identifying specific devices, is hit and miss. Its counter intuitive interface for parental control time management is going to confuse a lot of people (it did us initially as it asks you to specify hours "not on line" as opposed to hours spent on line) and is not as a consequence easy to set up. It consistently dropped the ball when it came to daylight saving too.

All in all an OK device from our point of view that would have made more sense had it been better at network monitoring and taken a straightforward approach to parental controls.

By far the worst ASUS router I've had the misfortune to spend $$$ on – I had an ASUS RT-AC5300 for close to six years, loved it, until the radios just gave up one day. These LOOK like the same firmware, all the same… Read more

trend security features and a MESH pair for better coverage, but boy... They simply do not work out of the box, nor after five frustrating hours of firmware updates, factory resets, mesh pairing, reconfiguring... I could not get ANY of the Wifi channels stable, and xbox plugged directly into the mesh unit couldn't get an IP address nor connect to wifi.. several devices were refused connection for "wrong password" when it wasn't, despite trying all the legacy WPA2 connection methods.

In the end I've given up, the firmware is clearly a mess, and the units to put it plainly are not fit for purpose and are going back to the shop for a refund.

I'm a 30 years long IT pro, used to setting these things up for other people, so you can bet I was up until I was so frustrated I could hardly speak... this will keep me awake tonight!

Very good – Pretty good wifi router. Replaced useless erro mesh system that just didn’t work properly with Sonos in particular. Much better to have a single unit doing three level house, rather than mesh. System manages all floors well. Show details

After my previous router was plagued with an increasing number of disconnects, I decided to upgrade to the ASUS RT-BE88U. I was drawn to this router… Read more

for two main reasons: the incredible number of LAN ports (it has 10 in total, including 2.5G and 10G options, which is way more than the standard 4) and the fact that it’s future-proof with WiFi 7.

This router was incredibly easy to set up. The ASUS Router app had a simple, step-by-step process that got me connected in less than 15 minutes.

The performance has been flawless. I haven't experienced a single disconnect to date, and the stability is rock-solid, even with dozens of devices connected. I'm extremely happy with this purchase and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a powerful, reliable router that will last for years.

Terrible unreliable garbage with flashy neon lights – This thing is a total, utter, piece of Cr@P! There is no other truer words. Asus know they have buggy problems and have done nothing since day one,… Read more

Constant dhcp generic errors, you do something like use the url filter, firewall or modify the qos settings and the router will just crap the bed and refuse to handshake or connect with the internet. Try setting up a schedule, yep you bet craos the bed again Try putting in a guest network, nope doesnt like it, oh but the trend micro option to sell off your private internet traffic function works of course . Ive persisted with this utter piece of crap for the last time, ive ordered a TPLINK with better features for a cheaoer price and tomorrow, oh i cant wait, im gunna smash this thing to bits with a massive sledgehammer. I will never willingly buy crao asus products again.