I tested it with the latest WD My Passport SSD, and via a Gigabit wired connection, it registered 107MB/s for writing, and 112MB/s for reading, or about as fast as Gigabit can be in real life. Users with less modern devices who also want good performance when using older standards in their network (Wi-Fi 4 and Wi-Fi 5) What’s most valuable, though, is what you can do with the router’s USB ports. You can use them to host portable drives, USB printers, or cellular dongles. The RT-AC68U also offers some advanced features not found in all consumer routers that make it ideal for SMBs and techies who want to tinker. First, you can set up to six guest networks: three on the 2.4GHz band and three on 5GHz. Also, the Asus router has a full built-in VPN server, not just VPN pass-through support, which is what most consumer routers offer. The RT-AX68U comes with a stand set of network ports — one WAN and four LANs, all Gigabit. There are also USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports.

Asus has one of the most stylish router management interfaces there is, hands down. The design is clean and easy to work with, and it has an appealingly futuristic look that almost reminds me of thecontrols for a video game. Even with a 5ghz WIFI6 IoT push down the line, most devices will limit bandwidth to 80mhz due to DFS and compatibility issues across markets. Things like PS5 and M1 Macbooks are hard limited to 80mhz for this reason. New Xbox didn’t even bother with WIFI6 hardware and uses an older AC chip. The RT-AX68U is rated AX2700, as opposed to AX3000 of the RT-AX58U. The numbers don’t mean much in real life, but they show the biggest difference between them.

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In all, the RT-AX68U’s real-world speeds proved to be exactly that of a broadcaster of its specs. It’s generally fast enough to deliver a sub-Gigabit Internet connection in full. Excellent coverage Network Protection is a friendly version of a home firewall application, similar to the Firewalla Blue + case. It won’t give you a lot of in-depth information, but it does keep your network safe, to a certain extent, of course. Range was also the best among routers theoretically capable of 1,740Mbps and higher that I have tested. The RT-AC68U actually delivered better throughput as the range increased, going up by 5 percent as the distance increased from 5 to 30 feet. The RT-AC66U's throughput had dropped by 3 percent by that distance. Netgear's Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router (R8000), a premium 802.11ac router in the same league as the RT-68U, increased its throughput by 2 percent at 30 feet.

The RT-AC66U is a fine performer. In 802.11n mode, its 90Mbps average throughput at the 2.4GHz band was better than the RT-AC66U's 68.5Mbps in my tests.Is that throughput difference enough that you'll notice significantly improved performance? Probably not. You will likely receive better wireless signal coverage with the RT-AC68U, however. It was our fourth-best performer ever in the range tests at 2.4GHz, its throughput dropping just 9 percent moving from 5 feet from the router to 30 feet away. In the same test, the RT-AC66U's throughput dropped by 25 percent. Without the support for the 160MHz channel width and a Multi-Gig port, the RT-AX68 doesn’t have everything it takes to deliver top Wi-Fi performance, according to the way I test routers. And that was the case in my testing. Install/Update ASUS Router App (Android supports later than 1.0.0.5.44; iOS supports later than 1.0.0.5.41)

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Online learning, including Khan academy®, Udemy®, Coursera®, TED®, VIPKiD®, 51Talk®, XDF®, Xueersi® I was able to get a hold of the RT-AX68U significantly before launch and used it for more than a week before publishing this review and had no problem with it, both as a single or part of an AiMesh system. It proved to be a reliable Wi-Fi machine. You also get advanced customization options for additional tweaking, including AP isolation, setting the multicast rate, enabling jumbo frames for the LAN, disabling the HW accelerator, and more—options that are typically in access points for the SMB. The RT-AC68U also offers robust IPv6 support. It's not a device that's on the same level as a business access point, such as the Meraki M16, which supports many simultaneous connections and is managed with a controller, but it can work just fine for a SOHO network. As a rule, though, it’s always a better idea to set up your router from scratch. Also, note that since routers are different in specs, you can’t always port all settings from one to another. Among other things, the Asus RT-AX68U features WAN Link Aggregation. A robust full web interface with an excellent optional mobile app In short, while not super impressive in Wi-Fi specs, the Asus RT-AX68U is very promising, both as a single router or as a member of a Wi-Fi system. Asus RT-AX68U’s detail photos The Asus RT-AX68U and its retail box.

The router also has a standard number of network ports — one Gigabit WAN and four Gigabit LANs. There’s no Multi-Gig port, but you can combine two LAN ports into a 2Gbps bonded connection. It also supports Dual-WAN and WAN Link Aggregation. The Parent Control is a bit underwhelming, but it gets the job done. And it can schedule Internet access for multiple devices. The Asus RT-AX68U’s QoS Settings. Adaptive QoS The RT-AC68U uses a Broadcom wireless controller and features that company's TurboQAM technology. As a result, the router supports up to 600Mbps at 2.4GHz and up to 1,300Mbps on the 5GHz band.

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You’ll note that the RT-AX58U is a 2×2 Wi-Fi 6 broadcaster, while the RT-AX68U is a 3×3 one. Yet, the former is faster thanks to the support for the 160MHz channel width. RT-AX68U: A standard Asus router doesn’t really have a triple core, but rather Broadcom marketing counts the cpu radio in the SoC. its a 3 (SoC)+1(Radio CPU) design. AX68U is 2(CPU) + 2 (Radio CPU). Reply On the 2.4GHz, the RT-AX68U did slightly above the average among Wi-Fi 6 routers, averaging between 217Mbps and 204Mbp, with the test client being up to 40 feet away. Asus’s web user interface is one of my favorites. It’s intuitive and allows for in-depth customization. But the interface can be overwhelming for novice users. In that case, you can opt for the well-designed Asus mobile app. The app uses Dynamic DNS-based remote access — you won’t need a login account with Asus to use it. AiProtection (a.k.a AiProtection Pro) The RT-AX68U also did well in network-attached storage (NAS) performance for a router without a Multi-Gig port.Robust control and optimization with ASUSWRT With the ASUSWRT dashboard UI, setup, monitor, and control network applications What does all this mean? The older router is a good deal if you have only 802.11n clients, especially if you plan to connect to them at 5GHz. Like other routers, the RT-AX68U comes with a Traffic Analyser feature, which includes traffic monitoring and statistical tools for those wanting to keep tabs on what’s been going on in their network. On top of that, it has the core features and settings available in most Asus routers, including: Universal setting restoration