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Take your smart home to the next level with this ASUS router. Boosted Wi-Fi speeds and intelligent signals streaming directly to each of your devices will keep your busy wireless network running smoothly, just the way you want.
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Overall a great router!
Before I purchased this router I owned the Asus RT-AC 68U. Let me first say the 68U router is also great. For being 3 years old that router still can hold its ground. Asus has done an amazing job of upgrading the firmware and adding new features. Now this router the AC-3100 is amazing. I have it placed in the center of the house and I have full Wi-Fi coverage anywhere in the house. My 2015 Mac book pro connects to it at 1300 mbps to 600mbps depending on your location in the house. Essentially all my other devices connect at their best possible speed depending on your location in the house. At any given time I have over 15 to 20 devices connected to the router. I have them split between wired cat6, my AC devices on the 5Ghz band and older and slower devices that don't need a fast connection on 2.4Ghz band. The coolest thing about this router is that LAN ports 1-2 can be combined using Link Aggregation giving you a 2 Gbps wired connection to a device. This works great if you have a NAS or a home server that supports it. I currently have mine connected to my home NAS. This works great when you have multiple clients accessing the NAS at the same time. Another great feature is the overall firmware, which I think is phenomenal. I currently have the AI protection enabled and the VPN server active and it still does not miss a beat compared to my 68U, which slowed down my LAN to WAN speed. My home Internet connection speed is 300 down/20 up. With this router for some reason I get speeds tests about 350mbps down/ 25 mbps up. Even on my iPhone 6s plus I get speeds tests that fast. Overall I could not be happier with this router. Now your mileage may vary depending on your own networking environment not everyone’s network is the same! On another note there is another model that is almost the same as this one but it has 8 LAN ports in the back vs. the 4 that this one has. I think its Called the Asus RT-AC88U.
Before I purchased this router I owned the Asus RT-AC 68U. Let me first say the 68U router is also great. For being 3 years old that router still can hold its ground. Asus has done an amazing job of upgrading the firmware and adding new features. Now this router the AC-3100 is amazing. I have it placed in the center of the house and I have full Wi-Fi coverage anywhere in the house. My 2015 Mac book pro connects to it at 1300 mbps to 600mbps depending on your location in the house. Essentially all my other devices connect at their best possible speed depending on your location in the house. At any given time I have over 15 to 20 devices connected to the router. I have them split between wired cat6, my AC devices on the 5Ghz band and older and slower devices that don't need a fast connection on 2.4Ghz band. The coolest thing about this router is that LAN ports 1-2 can be combined using Link Aggregation giving you a 2 Gbps wired connection to a device. This works great if you have a NAS or a home server that supports it. I currently have mine connected to my home NAS. This works great when you have multiple clients accessing the NAS at the same time. Another great feature is the overall firmware, which I think is phenomenal. I currently have the AI protection enabled and the VPN server active and it still does not miss a beat compared to my 68U, which slowed down my LAN to WAN speed. My home Internet connection speed is 300 down/20 up. With this router for some reason I get speeds tests about 350mbps down/ 25 mbps up. Even on my iPhone 6s plus I get speeds tests that fast. Overall I could not be happier with this router. Now your mileage may vary depending on your own networking environment not everyone’s network is the same! On another note there is another model that is almost the same as this one but it has 8 LAN ports in the back vs. the 4 that this one has. I think its Called the Asus RT-AC88U.
My Best Buy number: 3753315988
My Best Buy number: 3753315988
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Take your smart home to the next level with this ASUS router. Boosted Wi-Fi speeds and intelligent signals streaming directly to each of your devices will keep your busy wireless network running smoothly, just the way you want.
Is the dsl modem built in on ASUS RT-AC88U router
I'm on Centurylink DSL. I need a router with much more range than my Netgear. I'm considering an ASUS RT-AC88U. But I can't find any information if the modem is included for DSL like my Netgear.
The Asus RT-AC88U does not have a built in modem. But it is a great router overall with lots of features. You could always turn your current modem into a bridge and just use a new router. At CES this year Asus did announce that they will be coming out with a model that has a built in cable modem. I think the model will be called CM-32 AC2600 but then again that is just for people with cable.
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Take your smart home to the next level with this ASUS router. Boosted Wi-Fi speeds and intelligent signals streaming directly to each of your devices will keep your busy wireless network running smoothly, just the way you want.
Is this Asus router the same with RT-AC88U (8 LAN ports) ?
Is this Asus router the same with RT-AC88U (8 LAN ports) ?
The RT-AC3100 is essentially the same hardware (minus the 8 lan ports). The AC3100 has 4 lan ports and 1 wan.
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