RT-AC88U

"The Asus RT-AX88U is the best choice for a higher end router. It features next generation Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) technology, and an impressive eight Gigabit Ethernet ports, which even supports link aggregation. Backing this up is the usual excellent AsusWRT interface, which allows granular control of every imaginable setting. "

"One of the fastest routers we've tested, the Asus ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 offers lots of gamer-friendly features, copious I/O ports, and a slick management console that lets you optimize your network for lag-free gaming."

"The Asus RT-AC86U is a fast AC2900 dual band router that's equipped with the latest networking technology and is loaded with gamer optimization and network protection features."

The ExpertWiFi may look like a conventional mesh Wi-Fi system. But its business-class app provides versatile networking features ideal for many small-to-medium businesses and public venues such as restaurants and hotels.

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This year marks the 10th consecutive year that ASUS has won Readers’ Choice Best Wireless Networking Brand. And they’ve managed to increase their lead from 33% for the 2022 Awards to 39% in 2023. It is a stronghold for ASUS as a consumer brand that focuses on performance and adoption of the latest standards, especially with their ROG line of gaming routers.

Today, they’re well known not just for superior wireless performance, but also as one of the few brands that continue to push the latest in standards, security, advanced user customisation and building a robust networking ecosystem through AiMesh functionality to enable compatible ASUS routers to work together in a single SSID.

ASUS’ popularity is most likely due to their focus on powerful hardware with cutting edge networking features across their Wi-Fi 6 range from the flagship ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 to the RT-AX86U.

With 29% of the votes this year, ASUS has now captured this Readers' Choice award for Best Wireless Networking Brand for seven straight years.

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Overall, the ASUS RT-AC88U is a high-end solution for those looking to upgrade without becoming obsolete within a few months. At the pace the wireless market is moving, you can rest assured this AC3100 solution will give you years of reliability and look great while doing it.

“The Asus RT-AC88U offers great network performance at long ranged, and for that reason alone, it goes some way to justifying its premium, along with the eight Gigabit Ethernet ports. Add the best-in-class USB transfer speeds, and a smattering of useful enthusiast and gamer features, and it gets even closer.”

The ASUS RT-AC88 offers a host of the latest features and extreme performance that offer a great way to future-proof

"The core of your internal home network needs to be strong and these are about the strongest consumer routers that you can get. “

+ Very good build quality + many features + USB-2.0 and 3.0 Ports + Hoher Datendurchsatz per LAN und WLAN + Simultanous 2.4- und 5GHz networking + Eye-Catcher Effect + 8 LAN-Ports

A really good router for the gamer.

One of the wildest routers, you can buy a home with lots of networking equipment.

AC88 has the best features in the test group along with the other Asus devices

A wireless dream router for the professional who has lots of devices to connect

ASUS RT-AC88U offer 4-steam transmission, 802.11ac and the speed can reach 21067Mbps, but also own 8 Gigabit LAN port and online game optimization funtion. That's why PCDIY! recommended here.

The ultimate effectiveness of video game players develop the best choice.

4x4 and 1024-QAM deliver the best possible wireless performance

2018 best router

After all the tests, we can say that the ASUS RT-AC88U is a very impressive router for a dual-band type. Overall, it is extremely fast and has excellent admin software for both mobile devices and desktop; we also liked that it features a game-specific Quality of Service as well.

All in all, despite its slightly higher price, we highly recommend the ASUS RT-AC88U and consider it a great investment.

"The Asus RT-AC88U is a dual band 802.11 ac router with a massive feature set and an equally large price tag"

The result is feature-packed routers that often go far beyond what other dedicated networking companies churn out and this RT-AC88U is another example.

Among home routers, the Asus RT-AC88U has by far the most to offer. With 8 Gigabit LAN ports, top Wi-Fi performance and a ton of features, it's a great router for anyone, including gamers and those with a large home or a small office.

ASUS latest broadband router makes covering all your devices even easier.

The ASUS RT-AC88U is a unique and great looking solution that fits between the AC2600 and AC5300 markets. While the router may be a bit early in team of client support, it does offer eight GBe ports along with future-proof wireless technology.

Loaded with ports and management features. Multi-User Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) enabled. Speedy throughput performance in testing.

The ASUS RT-AC88U was also an excellent performer doing well in our signal strength and file copy tests. If you are a power user and want to get the best out of your wireless router, the RT-AC88U is definitely worthy of your consideration.

All excellent, full-featured router that's slightly undermined by its more-affordable predecessor.

The Asus RT-AC88U router has eight superfast Gigabit LAN ports, speedy Wi-Fi performance and lots of useful features. Its Web interface is smartly designed and easy to use

ASUS RT-AC88U is an excellent purchase for fans of online games with a margin futures upgrade.

ASUS RT-AC88U router certainly deserves all praise. Its high-performance hardware copes with any load, it does not spoil your senses. It is suitable for both home and office use. Its features implemented in the firmware enable experienced users to actually turn it into a small server, while dummies will be able to configure the device in five minutes using a mobile phone.

ASUS RT-AC88U is one of the most exciting models in its class. It combines the exclusive design with high performance and great stability.

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Muy rápido, gran alcance WiFi, numerosas conexiones físicas

This router ASUS RT-AC88U is next to the RT-AC5300 one of the best routers that we have tested in terms of overall performance. The performance achieved in all tests exceeds or equals the ASUS RT-AC3200 except in the wireless part of the 5GHz band.

It is a device with NAS functions prepared almost exclusively for the game, and for this to be as advantageous as possible, has very interesting exclusive capabilities, such as the creation of a private network of games, the management system of Custom traffic, or different ways to reduce the ping.

Asus does not repeat errors in terms of choosing the SoC, opting once again for one of the most advanced models available, the BCM47094 with two cores at 1.4Ghz. USB performance makes improvements evident, and between the excellent serial firmware and support for DD-WRT are the icing on the cake.

It maintains connective excellence, both at the level of peripherals or storage, and in the ethernet engine itself, using aggregation of links, to connect a high-performance NAS or directly to a compatible switch. That, other models that promise more wifi capacity, do not have it.

The strong point are its 8 Gigabit ports and Link Agregation functionality

Clear and easy-to-use management panel Two USB Eight Gigabit Ethernet ports configuration options Advanced add-on software Speed wireless transmission Great quality and design

There are probably more LAN ports here than you have wired devices, but wireless still work wondrously too.

The ASUS RT-AC88U is so jam packed full of features that it'd make your head spin, but in return you get a router that can almost do everything and does it excellent quality and performance

ASUS RT-AC88U is especially great for gamers who plays on internet and people who are looking for professional network solutions.

ASUS RT-AC88U is greater than other routers we reviewed.

ASUS RT-AC88U performs maximum with plenty of features and high-end specifications

PLUS: ease to configure, external antenna, fast performance, USB port available, support MU-MIMO, big bandwidth, plenty of LAN ports.

"The lesson for this is that don’t ignore your router, it could be the difference of having a fast connection or a loosing gaming experience. The more devices connected to one network, the better the router should be. Fortunately, with our recent Fiber internet upgrade…the ASUS RT-AC88U provided the right upgrade we need and you will probably too."

The ASUS RT-AC88U AC3100 is one of the higher-mid range router in the market and position between the top tier AC5300 and AC2600 solutions. As we find from our testing, the RT-AC88U performance is very good. he storage performance is somewhere in 81.3MB read, and 55.7MB write which good enough for and small storage drive, but USB drive becomes more useful thanks to Asus USB Application, which make it much more than a storage drive that attached to your router.

ASUS RT-AC88U AC3100 dual-band is a premium WiFi router with a powerful hardware configuration and lots of useful features. Some of them are targeted at gamers while many of them are useful to all kinds of users, including small businesses. This wireless router also features great design and excellent performance when it comes to 5GHz wireless networking. It is a great choice for LAN parties, medium sized apartments and office areas where you want a fast, modern and secure wireless network. If you can afford it and you want one of the most advanced routers in the world, that’s capable of managing many simultaneous network connections while offering very good performance, ASUS RT-AC88U is a great purchase that you won’t regret.

Outstanding from other router with Game boost feature that will help you to play online game smoothly latency.

That's great multi-functional router, Everything you need for your own network in one.

Insane 8-Port Gigabit lan and High bandwidth dual band wireless with Game boost technology.

Good Performance with MU-MIMO,

High performance

New Generation of AC Wifi

New record - fastest speed

RT-AC88U is now king of ASUS. The product has lots of great functions and impressive performance, beside that it's a really cool and luxury design.

Test Winners in terms of price, the ASUS RT-AC88U is not playing in the same group, but many things are good, the players are certainly apreciated many extras.

Asus RT-AC88U won "Thubs UP" award by COMPUTER magazine for it is "Excellently equipped router that will take your breath away not only by its speed and Wi-Fi equipment, but also by its price."

The RT-AC88U Wi-Fi router has been awarded with "PC Enthusiasts Gold Award" by pcnadsenci.eu server. "It is more than a solid successor to the RT-AC87U. Design has shifted to a completely different level, the heart of each player fumbles with it. With the performance, the AC88U is very close to the business BRT-AC828, from which it also lent 8 LAN ports. The AC88U therefore offers a comprehensive package that is hard to criticize. The only problem can be the price," wrote editor in the sumary.

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Using 4 powerful antenna with AiRadar technology, can covering a huge aria with best signal

RT-AC88U with decreasing ping time one of the best choice for gaming, send and reciving the data or watching 4K video and streaming in your home's network.

Advantages: Performance, powerful hardware, features, design.

ASUS RT-AC88U is one of the best home usage, ad also its can easily cover every situation at shopping centers or small offices. with this attractive design RT AC88U using 8 Gigabit lan ports plus one dedicated WAN port can be a powerful network device

Well done Asus, this is a superb device and I can see gamers or those watching 4K video getting superior performance right out of the box.

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