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Asus RT-AC68U Black

9,1/10 (312 reviews)
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Asus RT-AC68U Black

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Product information

Key specs

Ethernet speed
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)
Frequency bands
Simultaneous dual-band
Type router
WiFi router
WiFi speed
AC1900
Number of stations
1
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Pros and cons

According to our router expert
  • With a speed of 1,300Mbps on the 5Ghz frequency band, this router is faster than similar routers.
  • With a speed of 600Mbps on the 2.4GHz frequency band, this router is faster than similar routers.
  • Beamforming increases range and provides a more stable WiFi connection.
  • This router only supports WiFi 5, so your wireless internet is less stable than with WiFi 6 if you're online with many devices at the same time.
  • Depending on the size of your house, this router offers coverage on 1 or 2 floors. Choose multi-room WiFi for WiFi throughout your home.
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Description

Equip your home with a fast wireless network with the Asus RT-AC68U. This high-speed router will effortlessly stream HD movies to your smart TV while you're gaming on your tablet at the same time. The Quality of Service feature prioritizes streams and makes sure your video runs smoothly, even during heavy internet use. Link multiple routers with AiMesh to create a multi-room WiFi network. This ensures a stable WiFi network with a large range. Use AiProtection to secure your home network from viruses and hackers. Connect an external hard drive or USB to the router and access your files everywhere via the Asus app.

Equip your home with a fast wireless network with the Asus RT-AC68U. This high-speed router will effortlessly stream HD movies to your smart TV while you're gaming on your tablet at the same time. The Quality of Service feature prioritizes streams and makes sure your video runs smoothly, even during heavy internet use. Link multiple routers with AiMesh to create a multi-room WiFi network. This ensures a stable WiFi network with a large range. Use AiProtection to secure your home network from viruses and hackers. Connect an external hard drive or USB to the router and access your files everywhere via the Asus app.

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Included by default

  • Manual (9.43 MB)
  • Network cable
  • CD with manual and software
  • Power adapter
  • Quick start guide

Included by default

  • Network cable
  • CD with manual and software
  • Power adapter
  • Quick start guide

Download the manual

Download the manual (9.43 MB)

Key specs

Ethernet speed
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)
Frequency bands
Simultaneous dual-band
Type router
WiFi router
WiFi speed
AC1900
Number of stations
1
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Reviews

312 reviews
9,1/10 (312 reviews)

Rating

192 reviews with 5 stars

113 reviews with 4 stars

6 reviews with 3 stars

0 reviews with 2 stars

0 reviews with 1 star

Rating per section

Range
9,3
Installation ease
10,0
Speed
7,3
Design
7,3

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Most helpful reviews

9,6/10

Great device!!!

  • Installation
  • Link
  • None found.
  • David camerlinckx
  • 9 August 2014
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Best of 4 802.11ac routers I thoroughly tested

  • fastest wireless speeds of 4 tested routers
  • greatest range in terms of distance from router
  • no "parental control" via keywords
  • Paul van cotthem
  • 9 August 2014
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,4/10

Good range and fast

  • Range
  • Speed
  • A little big maybe
  • Herbert
  • 23 May 2014
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Fast, stable and lots of functionality

  • All imaginable functions available
  • Long wireless range
  • USB3 speed low
  • Sander h.
  • 7 March 2015
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,4/10

Very good, but still not perfect.

  • Installation (setup)
  • design
  • Wifi strong and fast in the immediate vicinity, but further it goes downhill quickly
  • Chris penne
  • 28 August 2014
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Fast router!

  • fast
  • Really, really fast!
  • CoolBlue has too few boxes to fill in plus points :-)
  • Maarten balliauw
  • 3 September 2014
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Ready for the future in 1 go

  • Quick and easy to install
  • Coverage throughout the house
  • Quite big
  • Michel zagers
  • 7 February 2016
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

The ASUS ROUTER from ROUTERCENTER, Very well!!!!

  • easy installation
  • very good range
  • Dd_solo
  • 12 February 2016
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

A router ready for the future

  • Sebastien
  • 21 January 2016
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Perfect router for beginners and advanced users

  • functionality
  • ease of use, interface
  • quality has a price tag
  • Bartel
  • 12 September 2015
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Great device!!!

  • Installation
  • Link
  • Speed
  • None found.

We were looking for another router as we were a bit of a mess with our previous one. We have 2 teenage daughters at home and nowadays there are many devices that work on WiFi, so it had to be a router that can handle something. That's why we chose this Asus. The installation is child's play, the connection is very good and the transfer is super fast. It is not exactly the cheapest but the device is well worth the money !!

  • David camerlinckx
  • 9 August 2014
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Best of 4 802.11ac routers I thoroughly tested

  • fastest wireless speeds of 4 tested routers
  • greatest range in terms of distance from router
  • very easy to configure
  • no "parental control" via keywords

The Asus Asus RT-AC68U is the best of 4 802.11ac routers I thoroughly tested.

I recently had the opportunity to test four of the currently best 802.11ac routers in my home:
- Asus Asus RT-AC68U
- Netgear Nighthawk R7000
- D-Link DIR-880L
- Linksys EA6900

The Asus Asus RT-AC68U came out on top in my thorough testing, both in terms of performance, functionality, configurability, and functionality. In second place came the Netgear router, which is close to the Asus in performance, but which is less configurable in certain areas (e.g. “tuning” of the speed of the wireless connections, user-friendliness and speed of the web interface for configuration). The D-Link and Linksys are also very good routers, but still fall short in performance in difficult conditions (at greater distances from the router, when connecting to obstacles) and their configuration options are much more limited in several areas.

In my testing of these four routers, I mainly focused on:
- Speed of wireless connections between router and client devices
- Router configurability
- User-friendliness of the router

I have not done any tests in other areas, because they are not important in my use case. I did not test the connection of an external hard drive to the router via USB, nor other functions such as eg AiCloud, DDNS, Parent Controls, VPN, Repeater Mode, Bridge Mode, Media Bridge.

1) Speed testing

The Asus Asus RT-AC68U achieved the highest wireless speeds of these 4 routers, both on the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands.
The Asus also scored the best for maximum range in terms of distance, both in a situation without signal-degrading obstacles, as well as in situations with obstacles (one or more walls or ceilings) between the router and the client device.
The Asus also performs excellently as a LAN router, and

I measured the performance at 8 different locations in our home and garden, at different times of the day, and with 3 different devices (Asus Windows 8 laptop, Sony Xperia Tablet Z Android tablet, HTC One Android smartphone).

On the Windows laptop I used the “Amped Wi-Fi Analytics” software to measure the percentage signal strength and “WiFi link speed” in Mbps. On the Android devices I used the WiFi Analyzer app for this. I measured the speed of download and upload to the internet with the “Ookla Speedtest” website and app. The internet connection was a Telenet Whoppa with 160 Mbps downstream and 10 Mbps upstream.

The maximum achievable speeds of this router are 1300 Mbps on the 5 GHz band and 600 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band. In practice, the speed you achieve naturally depends on the test conditions. The further the client is from the router, the slower. The more obstacles there are, the slower. The Ethernet chip in the client also plays a role. To achieve the highest speeds, the Ethernet chip must be recent and modern, thus supporting features such as the 802.11ac standard, “beamforming” and TurboQAM. For example my HTC One Android smartphone these are present.

I was able to achieve the maximum speeds of the Telenet Internet connection on each of the client devices, ie downloads up to 160 Mbps and uploads up to 10 Mbps. So it is the internet connection that forms the upper limit here, because the router itself can handle much higher speeds, which you see, for example, with data transfers on the local network in the house.

The other tested routers can also handle these speeds, in optimal conditions. However, the Asus achieves the highest speed of the 4 routers in non-optimal conditions: further away from the router, and/or with multiple obstacles between router and client device.

2) Configurability & usability

The Asus AC-RT68U is very easy to configure, and very friendly to use. Of the 4 routers I tested, I found these to offer the best balance between simplicity and configuration options.

A “Quick Internet Setup” will help with the initial configuration. This helps less experienced users to get the router up and running smoothly and quickly. After a few minutes I had a working connection to Telenet Internet and to my various client devices.

Further configuration and optimization is then done via a clear and fast web interface.

The Asus offers the most advanced and fine-grained possibilities to optimize the speed of the wireless connection. For example, it is possible to set the channel bandwidth on the 2.4 GHz band to “40 MHz only”, and on the 5 GHz band to “80 MHz only”, which the other routers do not allow. You can further “tune” the connection via the “Wireless - Professional” settings. With the test tools mentioned above, one can assess the impact of each institution.

The router is also the most handy in terms of hardware: all ports are easily accessible at the back. The USB ports are also there, unlike some of the other routers where they are in the front or on the side, which gives a “messy” look in terms of cables.

An example of thoughtful user-friendliness are the indicator lights: they are located on the front, very clearly visible due to the vertical position of the router; and for bedroom use there is a button to turn off all the LED lights so they don't disturb. Another example is that each of the connected client devices can be assigned its own name and icon. That is not possible with some other routers, there you only see a cryptic description of the connected devices.

In short, the Asus AC-RT68U is a reliable, high-performance, professional and user-friendly router. Best of the four in my testing at home.

  • Paul van cotthem
  • 9 August 2014
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,4/10

Good range and fast

  • Range
  • Speed
  • LEDs can be turned off with a button
  • A little big maybe

Range dramatically improved compared to previous router (D-Link DIR655)
If your receiver allows it, you can also achieve very high WiFi speeds with this router.
Initially, this router restarted about once a day, but with the latest firmware that problem has also been resolved. It now runs very stable.

  • Herbert
  • 23 May 2014
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
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Specifications

Product

Product number
436631
Manufacturer code
90IG00C3-MM3G10
Brand
ASUS
Warranty
3 years
Processing of your defect
Via Coolblue
Old product returned for free
Yes

General properties

Type router
WiFi router
WiFi speed class
Basic
Usage situation
Study at home
Living situation
Small apartment, Student room
Number of stations
1
Can be expanded with extra stations
No
Built-in modem
No

Network properties

Frequency bands
Simultaneous dual-band
WiFi speed
AC1900
2.4GHz band speed
600 Mbit/s
5GHz band speed
1300 Mbit/s
Number of WiFi antennas
3
Antenna connection type
Without connector
Jumbo frame support
No

Wired network properties

Ethernet speed
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)
Network connector
Yes
Number of Ethernet ports
4
WAN ports
1
PoE support
No
USB port
Yes
Type of USB port
Standard USB-A
Number of USB ports
2

Mobile internet properties

Automatically switches to 3G/4G
No
SIM card slot
No

Performance properties

Quality of Service (QoS)
Yes
MU-MIMMO
No
Seamless roaming
No
Beamforming
Yes
Port forwarding
Yes
LACP Link aggregation
No

Network security properties

Parental controls
Yes
WLAN security
802.1X, WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK
Firewall
Yes
Firewall type
DoS, SPI Firewall
Guest network
Yes
VPN server
Yes
VPN client
Yes
VPN passthrough
Yes

Physical properties

Mounting possible
No
Width
22 cm
Height
16 cm
Depth
8,33 cm
Weight
1200 g
Color
Black
Material
Plastic

Storage capacity

Memory card reader
No

Power supply

Power supply type
Power grid

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