ASUS ROG Rapture GT-A Series

I bought this router in September 2020 via eBay.
I had used it with joy up to before I found that the paint had come off.
Its wireless range covered my home, about 210 sqm in almost all areas.
Even though the strength is weak, there is no signal chopping.
I used its USB network share by Samba without a big issue. The wired ethernet is also good.

However, when I found the ruined paint,
I was very disappointed because I had never seen this kind of issue for 50 years since I have used any electronic products. I have tried to resolve this issue because my router lost its value almost.

Firstly, I contacted Asus Australia via servicecenter_au@asus.com with photos, serial numbers, etc. ...

This router is fantastic and so it should be for the price. This is aimed at the high end premium market and it delivers. Even though it is an advanced router it is simple to set up and get working, you can them customise it and really tweak it to match your needs.

Worth the money spent. Awesome speeds and decent range. Some old wireless n IoT devices couldn't connect, maybe due to driver issues but overall a solid performer. I would definitely recommend this router to people.

I have three of them. Has a tendency to permanently lose wireless connectivity. Check the ASUS forums before you buy. Perfectly working routers will die after a firmware upgrade. Some only allow WEB login if running old firmware. Only one working flawlessly - great router when it works but 2 out of my three are now junk.

This router is one serious piece of kit. though I've never been able to test the theoretical throughput of the router (not even close to saturating the speed of wifi-6), I've had no issues with the router at all. Almost a plug and play affair. We are a big family and there could be 20odd devices ranging from mobiles and games consoles through to NAS and even a network bridge to the parents 2kms away all connected at once and the ax11000 never skips a beat. The range is massive as well. Been able to connect ~50m from home whilst walking the dog so coverage is well... covered. Only gripe is lack of ports, would expect 6 LAN ports at a minimum. I'd trade the RBG logo for the extra LAN ports. Oh, its ugly too, but whos looking?

Set up as wired access point to very embarrassing weak-link modem supplied by Foxtel (they save $$$ where they can). Very powerful signal. AX band is over-rated, only good if you're in the same room otherwise AC 5GHz and 2.4GHz bands are very solid and reliable for everything else. With four people on internet there is barely any lag. Netflix flies...except when one person in house plays on-line shooter games that hog bandwidth, and even then lag is just a few seconds. Better than ADSL. Highly recommended.
Update: March 2022. Still working bril...

I recently brought the Asus ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 Dual Band WiFi Gaming Router from Eb Games Australia

Best purchase I have ever made.

I'm a gamer and twitch streamer.

This router has vpn and dos built-in protection.

I can now game and stream without getting dos or booted offline.

Very happy :-)

We know that WiFi is progressing very fast and as we know WiFi6 is not the latest at the end of this year or very likely so. But this router still has its place in the future for its great connection and coverage.

There is a back room where I will get 1 bar out of 5 based on the laptop display. With this router, I get full bar and connection is fast.

This pairs well with the future motherboard with wifi connection as it will provide the stable connection and fast connection speed. No longer the need to find a long lan cable and try to hide ...

having upgraded from Netgears RAX40, this has far superior coverage and the connection does not drop off. Aura sync is amazing, and will definitely be loved by the ROG fans out there. the other features including WTFast and AiProtection are a huge plus when i decided to purchase this router. From comparison, ASUS AiProtection provides more benefits with parental control and network protection bundled together - which was really simple to navigate via their app.

We previously had a problem with our Nighthawk Router serving 7 users, with 14 connected devices, from downstairs of a 2 storey brick and cement house. We were happy with our Netgear Modem, being sufficiently fast, but had a lot of buffering, which was felt to be the fault of the Router. Complex gaming on a number of devices made streaming the Net, almost impossible.

Finally, we decided to change the Netgear Nighthawk to the much bigger more powerful tri-band Asus Rog. It was amazingly easy to install, and was live in just a few minutes. There...