Thnx for the video. I have the Asus RT-AX86U. I'm experiencing the same problems as you mentioned with the 5GHz 160MHz option. Somehow it almost never broadcast it. I also bought the Asus RT-AX86U PRO version to see if that was any better. But no, I tested it for hours and hours changing all settings to try and get to work. But not even once with the PRO version. I even downloaded a bunch of Firmware versions including the Merlin one but nothing helped. So i returned the PRO version. Sometimes the RT-AX86U does connect with 160MHz on my Samsung S23U and my Laptop with Intel WiFi 160MHz supported card and yes it's really fast. But unfortunately it almost never does work. I also have 2 of the RT-AX92U routers. Does 2 are giving even more problems but that's another story 🫣 I loved Asus until i encountered these problems like no 160MHz broadcast, Mesh system not working flawlessly (yes i use wired backhaul), dropping WiFi speeds sometimes etc etc. I'm probably going to invest in the TP-Link Deco BE85 or so.
I only had trouble with some DFS channels, but I could still use the 160MHz channel bandwidth. In your case it doesn't broadcast at all? The BE85 is a good choice if you have some WiFi 7 client devices, just steer clear of the Intel BE200 since it's a complete mess.
@SamsTechnologyReviews it does broadcast it sometimes. I have the feeling that maybe my neighbours WiFi is on the same (auto selected) channel which is 100 as mine and that's probably not helping. I manually switched to 104 and immediately 160MHz broadcast. But unfortunately still not always.
@@ErikT595You can check what channels your neighbors are using with any WiFi analyzer tool on a phone (most are free). Also, understand that the 160MHz is very, very sensitive to interference and that includes simple walls, not only neighboring WiFi networks. Hopefully other hardware will work better, but it's also possible that you may get a more stable network using the 80MHz bandwidth..
in my country GT-AX6000 is the same price as the RT-AX88u Pro - which do you suggest out of the two - The GT-AX6000 is 1 year or so older. not looking to mount. My main use is VLAN - VPN - and security features
Get the cheaper one since they're almost the same device. That is unless you need the router to be mounted on the wall, then the AX6000 is the more suitable option.
@costantineyoussif6679 I actually have been testing the ROG GT-AX6000. It has worked well, but I'm going to try a mesh TP Link X75E Pro setup in my house to see if I get better coverage throughout the house
@@SamBondor What software did you plot it with? So you copied the data from Command Windows? I want to plot the wifi data from PC to Quest VR headset while it's streaming a game in realtime. Would you know how I could do that?
@@Jodez23In a sense, yes. It creates a file which is then ported to a site like chart-studio.plotly.com. As for the VR set, I don't have one, so I am not entirely sure how that can be done, but I will check around and see if I can figure it out.
@@Jodez23This is a bit of a shot in the dark since I don't have the device to test if it works. But apparently it is possible to sideload apps on the VR set, so you could actually run iperf from the headset to a server computer. I found this guide on how to sideload apps, although I am not sure if it will be useful: www.uploadvr.com/sideloading-quest-how-to/
What do you mean it can't be wall mounted? The holes seem identical to the AC3200, which can be wall mounted with either top or bottom up. You have to check for a gap on the sides of the hole since that's where the screw head goes, not the top like you did. Correct me if I'm wrong!
I just put the AX88U Pro back in its box. Yes, the holes seem similar to those of the AC3200, but there is no gap. It's straight, so you can't hook it up a screw or anything similar.
If it's working fine, then I would wait until WiFi 7 gets more widespread. There isn't a huge leap between the two routers to justify the upgrade right now, unless, again, you have specific needs or the router malfunctions.
@@SamBondor thank you. Is the GT-Ax11000 still good? My mum and brother have around 30 devices with PS5s Netflix firesticks phones etc. just want to ensure they can stream/play console etc without issues
I too have the AX88U and it has been working flawlessly in years but I'm gonna switch my home network to the new 2.5Gbit FTTH and our router is not capable of managing that speed on any lan port so I'm considering buying this "new" pro version (only if I manage to sell the old one though cuz I spend a lot of money for the non pro version several years ago). The PRO version also has WPA3, VLAN, a better CPU and a significantly faster USB port (if you use it as a NAS).
Hi, thanks for your review. I built a new PC that features two Ethernet ports, namely 2.5 and 1 Gbps, which can be combined through Windows 11 settings. I therefore have the modem 2.5 Gbps port connected to the PC, and a TP-Link 1 Gbps port also connected to the PC. If possible, I would like to know if this router, once connected to a 2.5 Gbps WAN port from the ISP modem will pass on the signal intact to the Wi-Fi LAN as well, and not only to the 2.5 Gbps LAN Ethernet port. Thanks for any input.
I hope I understood what you asked correctly. If your ISP gives you 2.5Gbps, the WAN port does support it as well, so that's the total bandwidth that you get available. The actual throughput that your client devices will see varies, but it should be above 1Gbps when near the router.
@@SamBondor Thanks for your reply. Actually. the ISP gives me 1 Gbps. In my previous motherboard, I had one single 1 Gbps Ethernet port, which was connected to the ISP's modem's 2.5 Gbps output. As a result, I got speed results of about 980 Mbps. I then installed a 2.5 Gbps PCIe extension card, and hooked it up to the modem. The PC revealed around 1056 Mbps download (Speedtest measurements). I went forward by hooking up another Ethernet cable from my TP Link I Gbps port to the PC. The Internet speed, as expected, did not change, however I started to get faster website downloads, which indicates a larger data throughput. I did not have to do any further configuration, because Windows 11 combined the two 2.5 and 1 Gbps ports automatically. In the beginning of the year, I built a new PC, with the ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero, which has two Ethernet pots, namely 2.5 and I Gbps, and thus there was no need for a 2.5 Gbps adapter any more. The speed results were the same, though. At some point in the last built, I still could not find a router with a dual 2.5 Gbps WAN/LAN port, so I kept the TP-Link 1 Gbps in use. I have always thought that the ideal built would be the 2.5 WAN and LAN in separate ports in the router, so that I could hook the modem's 2.5 port to the router, and from the latter to a 2.5 connection in the PC. Currently, I understand that both setups would work as intended. However, the RT AX-88U Pro has features beyond those required for my work load, so a replacement could be worthy. I am still not sure about doing this. That's why I asked you if the resulting Wi-Fi LAN from the Asus would benefit from the 2.5 Gbps route, i.e., modem to router, even considering my device's Wi-Fi adapters, which, as you know, will render whatever ISP speeds lower. At any rate, thanks again. Unfortunately the Asus router is not cheap in this country, so I cannot experiment and return to the seller if it fails to meet my expectations.
@@paulorobertoelias8425 So, basically, you currently use link aggregation between the PC and the TP-Link router? Can I ask what sort of model do you have? The ASUS routers do support LACP (802.3ad), although from what I could see, it's for two Gigabit ports only (will look further into it). Then again, your max link is Gigabit..
@@SamBondor Hi, thanks for your help. I have been using the TP-Link Archer AX73, in order to provide the 1 Gbps port to the PC. By the way, yesterday evening I got the Asus RT-AX88 Pro router delivered to me. My initial impression is that I have A LOT to learn about some settings of this router. At this point, I am not sure if the modem provided my ISP, the Sagemcom F@ST 5670, is LACP compatible, probably not. Also, the RT guidelines are not entirely clear to me about this support. I should have to connect two Ethernet cables from the modem to the router's WAN and LAN 4 ports. Well, the ISP's modem has the 2.5 Gbps port that I connected to the PC. In this case, I connected this port to the RT instead, and from the RTs 2.5 Gbps LAN port to the PC. This setup seems fine, even though previously I was getting a bit more than 1 GB from the ISP, and now around 984 Mbps. The other connection is now from the modem's 1 Gbps port to the RT's 1 Gbps LAN 4 port, according to the manual. This is not working, as far as I can see, and probably due to the lack of the LACP support from the ISP's modem. I phone today to the ISP's support, and they promised me to find out if their modem supports LACP. Currently, my subscription is for 1 Gbps only. At any rate, as I said, I still have a lot to learn. One thing that impressed me very much so far was the RT's Wi-Fi Smart Connect signal. I had this facility on the TP-Link AX73, it simplifies everything, but now the Wi-Fi signal is incredibly stable, as seen on my TV's streaming services and UA-cam as well. While setting up cables, I disconnect the routers cable from the modem, but the streaming went on as if nothing happened. I still don't know why, but nevertheless I was pleasantly surprised!
What's the difference between Asus AX88U Pro and TUF-AX6000? Based on specs doubled RAM and different CPU. But will it be noticeable in real use, e.g. better Wi-Fi coverage or stability? TUF-AX6000 is also about half of the price of AX88U Pro.
More RAM is usually better if you intend to run some specific types of applications, such as VPNs. I haven't yet tested the TUF-AX6000, so I can't really be certain if it's better in terms of coverage and stability than the AX88U Pro, but there is one advantage that both the TUF-AX6000 and the AX4200 have, and it's the developing support of OpenWRT, if you're into third-party software.
Hi there Sam, I'm having an issue with this router and I'm curious if you can help. I haven't confirmed yet, but it seems like every time the router DHCP lease ends (24hrs) my devices lose Internet connection for a few seconds and then they're back again. Any idea why? Googled around and couldn't really get a confirmation on of this is a bug or if it's normal. Changed my DHCP from aggressive to continuous to see if it fixes this though. Thanks for the great videos.
Can I ask why did you set the DHCP lease to last only 24 hours? Do you have lots of client devices that connect and disconnect over the day? If not, then raising the time to something like a month could solve it. Who knows, maybe the modem doesn't like the frequent DHCP requests..
@@SamBondor this is what the Asus router had set by default. I did some googling prior and found a setting that changes DHCP from aggressive to continuous mode and I haven't had the issue since thankfully. We'll see what happens.
@@SamBondor some new fun issues... Haven't gotten to troubleshoot much yet but my 2.4ghz band is not working/dropping. 5g band working fine though, not sure what's happening at the moment. May need to RMA if nothing works.
@@SamBondor Also, could you do a speed test on 2.4ghz and tell me what kind of speeds you get? I'm getting 200 down and 90 up which seems awful low for my 1gb speeds.
Are you able to view IoT devices connected to a VLAN? - What I mean is, are you still able to view those iOT devices on their iphone app even if they are connected to another network (vlan) and the iphone is connected to the main network?
By iPhone app, you mean the ASUSWRT app? If yes, then you should be able to see all clients that are connected to the router regardless of the network that they're connected to.
@@mr.boniato6402 You ask whether you can access the IoT devices from a separate (isolated) network from your phone? Well, if these devices support some Cloud communication, you should see them, otherwise, no, the inter-network communication is closed. ASUS doesn't really have a comprehensive set of features for its VLAN, while prosumer-grade and above hardware definitely does. I would also look into the Merlin implementation of VLAN. It seems to be superior to the OEM feature.
@@SamBondor No, I meant when the iphone is connected to the same router on the main wifi network and the IoTs are connected to the same router but on the vlan wifi.
@@mr.boniato6402 Some apps will work such as those for smartwatches and headphones, but I did have trouble seeing some devices that were set to use a different WiFi network than let's say an IoT network.
Samba. My ax88u uses all of the ram and one of the cores gets approx 100% usage. Sometimes i cannot access the hard drive and sometimes router restarts. :/
@@vladimirvidovic7443 The immediate possible solution would be to try Merlin and see if anything changes. Unfortunately, in general, the home router can have issues handling SAMBA and especially ASUS which hasn't implemented it in the best manner..
You don't like the ROG red skin? I don't think there's an option to change it. I used Merlin firmware and it's still the same layout and color palette.
@SamsTechnologyReviews coming from merlin on ac88u, so all that red is a bit off putting. Still got great deal on rx6000. Ac88u still strong since new in 2017ish.
Do you need a better range indoors, outdoors or both? Also, how many AP's/ wireless routers are around you? I say that because it's better to have a 'limited' range, where the performance is robust instead of broadcasting the signal at higher lengths, risking severe interference with your neighbors.
My garage is around 300 ‘ from my house. Thick woods about 75% of that distance. Currently cant get a signal to the garage. 0mly have one router at the end of the house closest to the garage. wondering if there is a router powerful enough to get a signal to the garage or do I have to come up wwith a different way to get the signal to the garage. really appreciate your help. @@SamBondor
Try TP-Link Deco BE85 or Netgear Orbi or the Nighthawk RS700. I'm gonna switch from Asus to probably the TP-Link. I'm starting to hate Asus because they can't do what they promise.
I have one as a mesh node for a few months now and I didn't have to reboot it, so it's pretty stable. The main router is an RT-AX82U (don't ask why..).
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Thnx for the video. I have the Asus RT-AX86U. I'm experiencing the same problems as you mentioned with the 5GHz 160MHz option. Somehow it almost never broadcast it. I also bought the Asus RT-AX86U PRO version to see if that was any better. But no, I tested it for hours and hours changing all settings to try and get to work. But not even once with the PRO version. I even downloaded a bunch of Firmware versions including the Merlin one but nothing helped. So i returned the PRO version. Sometimes the RT-AX86U does connect with 160MHz on my Samsung S23U and my Laptop with Intel WiFi 160MHz supported card and yes it's really fast. But unfortunately it almost never does work. I also have 2 of the RT-AX92U routers. Does 2 are giving even more problems but that's another story 🫣
I loved Asus until i encountered these problems like no 160MHz broadcast, Mesh system not working flawlessly (yes i use wired backhaul), dropping WiFi speeds sometimes etc etc.
I'm probably going to invest in the TP-Link Deco BE85 or so.
I only had trouble with some DFS channels, but I could still use the 160MHz channel bandwidth. In your case it doesn't broadcast at all?
The BE85 is a good choice if you have some WiFi 7 client devices, just steer clear of the Intel BE200 since it's a complete mess.
@SamsTechnologyReviews it does broadcast it sometimes. I have the feeling that maybe my neighbours WiFi is on the same (auto selected) channel which is 100 as mine and that's probably not helping. I manually switched to 104 and immediately 160MHz broadcast. But unfortunately still not always.
@@ErikT595You can check what channels your neighbors are using with any WiFi analyzer tool on a phone (most are free). Also, understand that the 160MHz is very, very sensitive to interference and that includes simple walls, not only neighboring WiFi networks. Hopefully other hardware will work better, but it's also possible that you may get a more stable network using the 80MHz bandwidth..
Love this learnt something
in my country GT-AX6000 is the same price as the RT-AX88u Pro - which do you suggest out of the two - The GT-AX6000 is 1 year or so older. not looking to mount. My main use is VLAN - VPN - and security features
Perhaps the extra storage may come in handy if you go with the GT-AX6000, otherwise, choose whichever you prefer since they're very similar devices.
Great video will you be doing a video on the 86u pro I'm looking at this or 86u pro mainly for wifi thanks ps just subscribed
Sure, I will buy it soon and the review will be up most likely at the beginning of next month.
@SamsTechnologyReviews Thanks, mate. Appreciate it!
Would love to see a video like this for the Peplink B-One router.
I will wait for it to get a bit cheaper and maybe I will test one.
RT-AX88U pro at $285 vs ROG GT- AX6000 @ $300 in my country. What's the better buy?
Get the cheaper one since they're almost the same device. That is unless you need the router to be mounted on the wall, then the AX6000 is the more suitable option.
Which one did you end it up buying im in the same boat and can’t really decide? 🤦♂️😂
@costantineyoussif6679 I actually have been testing the ROG GT-AX6000. It has worked well, but I'm going to try a mesh TP Link X75E Pro setup in my house to see if I get better coverage throughout the house
@@costantineyoussif6679what did you end up getting? I’m trying to decide between the “ ASUS RT-AX88U PRO AX6000 “ vs the “ asus rog GT-AX6000”
@@MrDafloof what did you end up getting? I’m trying to decide between the “ ASUS RT-AX88U PRO AX6000 “ vs the “ asus rog GT-AX6000”
Great video. How did you record and graph the long-term speed data? Is that a specific application?
I plotted the results that I got from running an iperf test for about 45 minutes. So I suppose that the application is iperf.
@@SamBondor What software did you plot it with? So you copied the data from Command Windows?
I want to plot the wifi data from PC to Quest VR headset while it's streaming a game in realtime. Would you know how I could do that?
@@Jodez23In a sense, yes. It creates a file which is then ported to a site like chart-studio.plotly.com.
As for the VR set, I don't have one, so I am not entirely sure how that can be done, but I will check around and see if I can figure it out.
@@SamBondor Awesome! Thanks for the info. Look forward to your videos. Very well done and informative 👍
@@Jodez23This is a bit of a shot in the dark since I don't have the device to test if it works. But apparently it is possible to sideload apps on the VR set, so you could actually run iperf from the headset to a server computer. I found this guide on how to sideload apps, although I am not sure if it will be useful: www.uploadvr.com/sideloading-quest-how-to/
What do you mean it can't be wall mounted? The holes seem identical to the AC3200, which can be wall mounted with either top or bottom up. You have to check for a gap on the sides of the hole since that's where the screw head goes, not the top like you did. Correct me if I'm wrong!
I just put the AX88U Pro back in its box. Yes, the holes seem similar to those of the AC3200, but there is no gap. It's straight, so you can't hook it up a screw or anything similar.
I have a RT-AX88U non Pro version. Is it worth upgrading to the Pro? All my devices are mainly Ethernet now except Firestick, iPhones etc.
If it's working fine, then I would wait until WiFi 7 gets more widespread. There isn't a huge leap between the two routers to justify the upgrade right now, unless, again, you have specific needs or the router malfunctions.
@@SamBondor thank you. Is the GT-Ax11000 still good? My mum and brother have around 30 devices with PS5s Netflix firesticks phones etc. just want to ensure they can stream/play console etc without issues
I too have the AX88U and it has been working flawlessly in years but I'm gonna switch my home network to the new 2.5Gbit FTTH and our router is not capable of managing that speed on any lan port so I'm considering buying this "new" pro version (only if I manage to sell the old one though cuz I spend a lot of money for the non pro version several years ago). The PRO version also has WPA3, VLAN, a better CPU and a significantly faster USB port (if you use it as a NAS).
Hi, thanks for your review. I built a new PC that features two Ethernet ports, namely 2.5 and 1 Gbps, which can be combined through Windows 11 settings. I therefore have the modem 2.5 Gbps port connected to the PC, and a TP-Link 1 Gbps port also connected to the PC. If possible, I would like to know if this router, once connected to a 2.5 Gbps WAN port from the ISP modem will pass on the signal intact to the Wi-Fi LAN as well, and not only to the 2.5 Gbps LAN Ethernet port. Thanks for any input.
I hope I understood what you asked correctly. If your ISP gives you 2.5Gbps, the WAN port does support it as well, so that's the total bandwidth that you get available. The actual throughput that your client devices will see varies, but it should be above 1Gbps when near the router.
@@SamBondor Thanks for your reply. Actually. the ISP gives me 1 Gbps. In my previous motherboard, I had one single 1 Gbps Ethernet port, which was connected to the ISP's modem's 2.5 Gbps output. As a result, I got speed results of about 980 Mbps. I then installed a 2.5 Gbps PCIe extension card, and hooked it up to the modem. The PC revealed around 1056 Mbps download (Speedtest measurements). I went forward by hooking up another Ethernet cable from my TP Link I Gbps port to the PC. The Internet speed, as expected, did not change, however I started to get faster website downloads, which indicates a larger data throughput. I did not have to do any further configuration, because Windows 11 combined the two 2.5 and 1 Gbps ports automatically.
In the beginning of the year, I built a new PC, with the ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero, which has two Ethernet pots, namely 2.5 and I Gbps, and thus there was no need for a 2.5 Gbps adapter any more. The speed results were the same, though.
At some point in the last built, I still could not find a router with a dual 2.5 Gbps WAN/LAN port, so I kept the TP-Link 1 Gbps in use. I have always thought that the ideal built would be the 2.5 WAN and LAN in separate ports in the router, so that I could hook the modem's 2.5 port to the router, and from the latter to a 2.5 connection in the PC.
Currently, I understand that both setups would work as intended. However, the RT AX-88U Pro has features beyond those required for my work load, so a replacement could be worthy. I am still not sure about doing this. That's why I asked you if the resulting Wi-Fi LAN from the Asus would benefit from the 2.5 Gbps route, i.e., modem to router, even considering my device's Wi-Fi adapters, which, as you know, will render whatever ISP speeds lower.
At any rate, thanks again. Unfortunately the Asus router is not cheap in this country, so I cannot experiment and return to the seller if it fails to meet my expectations.
@@paulorobertoelias8425 So, basically, you currently use link aggregation between the PC and the TP-Link router? Can I ask what sort of model do you have? The ASUS routers do support LACP (802.3ad), although from what I could see, it's for two Gigabit ports only (will look further into it). Then again, your max link is Gigabit..
@@SamBondor Hi, thanks for your help. I have been using the TP-Link Archer AX73, in order to provide the 1 Gbps port to the PC. By the way, yesterday evening I got the Asus RT-AX88 Pro router delivered to me. My initial impression is that I have A LOT to learn about some settings of this router. At this point, I am not sure if the modem provided my ISP, the Sagemcom F@ST 5670, is LACP compatible, probably not. Also, the RT guidelines are not entirely clear to me about this support. I should have to connect two Ethernet cables from the modem to the router's WAN and LAN 4 ports. Well, the ISP's modem has the 2.5 Gbps port that I connected to the PC. In this case, I connected this port to the RT instead, and from the RTs 2.5 Gbps LAN port to the PC. This setup seems fine, even though previously I was getting a bit more than 1 GB from the ISP, and now around 984 Mbps.
The other connection is now from the modem's 1 Gbps port to the RT's 1 Gbps LAN 4 port, according to the manual. This is not working, as far as I can see, and probably due to the lack of the LACP support from the ISP's modem. I phone today to the ISP's support, and they promised me to find out if their modem supports LACP. Currently, my subscription is for 1 Gbps only.
At any rate, as I said, I still have a lot to learn. One thing that impressed me very much so far was the RT's Wi-Fi Smart Connect signal. I had this facility on the TP-Link AX73, it simplifies everything, but now the Wi-Fi signal is incredibly stable, as seen on my TV's streaming services and UA-cam as well. While setting up cables, I disconnect the routers cable from the modem, but the streaming went on as if nothing happened. I still don't know why, but nevertheless I was pleasantly surprised!
What's the difference between Asus AX88U Pro and TUF-AX6000? Based on specs doubled RAM and different CPU. But will it be noticeable in real use, e.g. better Wi-Fi coverage or stability? TUF-AX6000 is also about half of the price of AX88U Pro.
More RAM is usually better if you intend to run some specific types of applications, such as VPNs. I haven't yet tested the TUF-AX6000, so I can't really be certain if it's better in terms of coverage and stability than the AX88U Pro, but there is one advantage that both the TUF-AX6000 and the AX4200 have, and it's the developing support of OpenWRT, if you're into third-party software.
Hi there Sam, I'm having an issue with this router and I'm curious if you can help. I haven't confirmed yet, but it seems like every time the router DHCP lease ends (24hrs) my devices lose Internet connection for a few seconds and then they're back again. Any idea why? Googled around and couldn't really get a confirmation on of this is a bug or if it's normal. Changed my DHCP from aggressive to continuous to see if it fixes this though. Thanks for the great videos.
Can I ask why did you set the DHCP lease to last only 24 hours? Do you have lots of client devices that connect and disconnect over the day? If not, then raising the time to something like a month could solve it. Who knows, maybe the modem doesn't like the frequent DHCP requests..
@@SamBondor this is what the Asus router had set by default. I did some googling prior and found a setting that changes DHCP from aggressive to continuous mode and I haven't had the issue since thankfully. We'll see what happens.
@@shorowho That's great! Thank you for the follow up which I am sure will help other users as well.
@@SamBondor some new fun issues... Haven't gotten to troubleshoot much yet but my 2.4ghz band is not working/dropping. 5g band working fine though, not sure what's happening at the moment. May need to RMA if nothing works.
@@SamBondor Also, could you do a speed test on 2.4ghz and tell me what kind of speeds you get? I'm getting 200 down and 90 up which seems awful low for my 1gb speeds.
Are you able to view IoT devices connected to a VLAN? - What I mean is, are you still able to view those iOT devices on their iphone app even if they are connected to another network (vlan) and the iphone is connected to the main network?
By iPhone app, you mean the ASUSWRT app? If yes, then you should be able to see all clients that are connected to the router regardless of the network that they're connected to.
@@SamBondor No, I meant the iphone app for their respective IoT devices.
@@mr.boniato6402 You ask whether you can access the IoT devices from a separate (isolated) network from your phone? Well, if these devices support some Cloud communication, you should see them, otherwise, no, the inter-network communication is closed. ASUS doesn't really have a comprehensive set of features for its VLAN, while prosumer-grade and above hardware definitely does. I would also look into the Merlin implementation of VLAN. It seems to be superior to the OEM feature.
@@SamBondor No, I meant when the iphone is connected to the same router on the main wifi network and the IoTs are connected to the same router but on the vlan wifi.
@@mr.boniato6402 Some apps will work such as those for smartwatches and headphones, but I did have trouble seeing some devices that were set to use a different WiFi network than let's say an IoT network.
Can you use usb hard drive normaly on this pro model? I have ax88u and the ram is max used with usb drive attached :/
Does this happen with SAMBA or it does not matter which protocol you use?
Samba. My ax88u uses all of the ram and one of the cores gets approx 100% usage. Sometimes i cannot access the hard drive and sometimes router restarts. :/
@@vladimirvidovic7443 The immediate possible solution would be to try Merlin and see if anything changes. Unfortunately, in general, the home router can have issues handling SAMBA and especially ASUS which hasn't implemented it in the best manner..
Any idea if the ax6000 UI skin can be changed to ax88u pro?
You don't like the ROG red skin? I don't think there's an option to change it. I used Merlin firmware and it's still the same layout and color palette.
@SamsTechnologyReviews coming from merlin on ac88u, so all that red is a bit off putting. Still got great deal on rx6000. Ac88u still strong since new in 2017ish.
I am looking for a router that has the best transmission range. do you have any suggestions
Thanks
Do you need a better range indoors, outdoors or both? Also, how many AP's/ wireless routers are around you? I say that because it's better to have a 'limited' range, where the performance is robust instead of broadcasting the signal at higher lengths, risking severe interference with your neighbors.
My garage is around 300 ‘ from my house. Thick woods about 75% of that distance. Currently cant get a signal to the garage. 0mly have one router at the end of the house closest to the garage. wondering if there is a router powerful enough to get a signal to the garage or do I have to come up wwith a different way to get the signal to the garage. really appreciate your help. @@SamBondor
I do not have neighbors within several hundred feet. @@SamBondor
Try TP-Link Deco BE85 or Netgear Orbi or the Nighthawk RS700. I'm gonna switch from Asus to probably the TP-Link. I'm starting to hate Asus because they can't do what they promise.
@@ErikT595I’m trying to decide between the “ ASUS RT-AX88U PRO AX6000 “ vs the “ asus rog GT-AX6000”
If not what other do you recommend
How is it with ai mesh?
I have one as a mesh node for a few months now and I didn't have to reboot it, so it's pretty stable. The main router is an RT-AX82U (don't ask why..).
is it a modem too?
No. You need a separate modem.
@@SamBondor i bought the ax82 , thanks
vlan and guest network pro video please
I did a very brief intro for both of these features in this video. Do you wish for a deeper dive?
@@SamBondor yes please if it's alright with you.
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