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Asus RT-AC88U

9,2/10 (111 reviews)
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Asus RT-AC88U

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Product information

Key specs

Ethernet speed
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)
Frequency bands
Simultaneous dual-band
Type router
WiFi router
WiFi speed
AC3200
Number of stations
1
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Pros and cons

According to our router expert
  • With 8 network ports, this router has 3 ports more than comparable routers.
  • This router has AiMesh, so you can connect multiple routers from Asus to each other to create a multi-room WiFi network.
  • This router supports Quality of Service and port forwarding, so it's suitable for gamers.
  • 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

With the Asus RT-AC88U, you're certain to be able to process heavy network tasks, like streaming movies in 4K and online gaming, anywhere at home and without interruption. With the RT-AC88U, you'll equip your entire home with a rapid WiFi network for all your home automation products, your gaming PC, 4K TV, laptop, smartphone, or other WiFi devices. Its 8 network ports ensure sufficient connections for all your devices. To create a multi-room WiFi network, link multiple routers using AiMesh. This way, you can create a super fast WiFi network with a large range. Thanks to AiProtection, you can protect your home network against viruses and hackers.

With the Asus RT-AC88U, you're certain to be able to process heavy network tasks, like streaming movies in 4K and online gaming, anywhere at home and without interruption. With the RT-AC88U, you'll equip your entire home with a rapid WiFi network for all your home automation products, your gaming PC, 4K TV, laptop, smartphone, or other WiFi devices. Its 8 network ports ensure sufficient connections for all your devices. To create a multi-room WiFi network, link multiple routers using AiMesh. This way, you can create a super fast WiFi network with a large range. Thanks to AiProtection, you can protect your home network against viruses and hackers.

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Included by default

  • Manual (11.85 MB)
  • AC adapter
  • Network cable

Included by default

  • Manual (11.85 MB)
  • AC adapter
  • Network cable

Key specs

Ethernet speed
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)
Frequency bands
Simultaneous dual-band
Type router
WiFi router
WiFi speed
AC3200
Number of stations
1
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Reviews

111 reviews
9,2/10 (111 reviews)

Rating

79 reviews with 5 stars

27 reviews with 4 stars

4 reviews with 3 stars

1 reviews with 2 stars

0 reviews with 1 star

Rating per section

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

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Most helpful reviews

9,2/10

Fast and user-friendly router

  • User interface
  • Possibilities
  • AiMesh is still beta (so be patient)
  • Dirk osstyn
  • 12 February 2018
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,8/10

great thing...

  • Hmvos
  • 17 February 2017
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Much better than your I's standard supplied routers

  • USB 3 so own media server
  • Aimesh
  • Price on the higher side
  • Bas
  • 1 July 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Beautiful, complete, secure, super fast router!

  • Ease of use & set-up
  • Built-in router security check & top security
  • Pricey, if you don't like a total package
  • Rick
  • 7 August 2016
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,8/10

Definitely recommended

  • Danny van de wynckel
  • 9 June 2016
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Fast and flexible router

  • Versatile setup (including dWAN, VPN, security, Qos, external printer, HD via USB 3.0,...)
  • Fast open VPN router/server (dual-core, but upgrade firmware)
  • For VPN best upgrade firmware to Merlin version (double speed)
  • Steven droogmans
  • 29 December 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

If looks don't count, GREAT

  • User Interface is great
  • very solid
  • Colossal
  • Ivo verhoef
  • 21 June 2016
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,8/10

More options, more fun!

  • many setting options
  • Very fast
  • Pretty ugly! (Stands in my basement)
  • Pieter doms
  • 8 March 2017
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Top device

  • Very fast router
  • Extensively configurable
  • Energy consumption is on the high side
  • Theo faassen
  • 16 January 2017
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

recommended!

  • super easy to install
  • excellent range
  • big
  • Peter
  • 17 March 2017
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Fast and user-friendly router

  • User interface
  • Possibilities
  • Logging and information
  • AiMesh is still beta (so be patient)

I would like to start with the user interface. That is really a step forward compared to my previous router. You can try it out for yourself here: http://ec2-54-202-251-7.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com:8080/TrafficAnalyzer_Statistic.asp
It's a big step up from my Linksys E4200.
- Let's start with the MAC filtering. I couldn't use it before because it was also applied to my guest access. Who would come up with something like that? When a guest comes I had to request his MAC address. Not so with this Asus. You just check that you don't want that, but that guests are also not allowed to have access to your intranet and that's it.
- Guest access also works in the same way as with a normal WiFi: no portal site but just a WPA2 key. This is especially useful on a Smartphone (less hassle) and if your guests visit several times.
- I also appreciate the logging. Before, all I knew was that there was a problem and that the internet was sometimes slow. Now I was able to find out within the day that there was a problem with the cable to my modem.
- It is also possible to view the traffic per device, at application level (e.g. Youtube) and at user level and graphically displayed on a time scale. Very handy.
- In addition, there are a lot of goodies such as QOS, device lists with IP and MAC address, port forwarding, WIFI channel selection, CPU and memory monitoring, etc... that work very intuitively.

Minuses:
- Accessibility from outside with double NAT is something that is possible for people with just a little more experience. While many brands give the option to work through a portal, Asus uses DDNS. This is a method in which the router periodically passes its IP address to a DDNS server. With double NAT (if your router is behind another router from e.g. Telenet), the Asus router only knows the local IP address that it received from Telenet. That is not a public IP address and so DDNS does not work on it. You can do a port forwarding on the Telenet router and in this way still reach your router remotely (via HTTPS for security).
- AiMesh is a new system to integrate multiple ASUS routers into a Mesh network. This was only announced in January this year at the CES fair. It works fine, but there are still some bugs to fix. If you put your router in AiMesh mode, the MAC filters (whitelisting) will become unusable: No device can connect to the router via WIFI, even if it is whitelisted. Without MAC filtering it works fine and you get 1 large network indoors that can cover all corners of the house.

Conclusion:
- A top router for the ordinary user
- For the slightly more advanced user: a lot of extra options.

  • Dirk osstyn
  • 12 February 2018
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,8/10

great thing...

Bought because it was the best tested by the Consumers' Association. So also correct. Great thing and especially clear and clear operating interface on your screen. Not the cheapest, but cheap is always expensive.

  • Hmvos
  • 17 February 2017
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Much better than your I's standard supplied routers

  • USB 3 so own media server
  • Aimesh
  • Merlin firmware capability
  • Price on the higher side

Easy to order, fast at home, plug and play and stream that trade!

  • Bas
  • 1 July 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
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Asus RT-AC88U
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    25,99 one-time payment
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    45,99 one-time payment

Specifications

Product

Product number
685146
Manufacturer code
90IG01Z0-BM3000
Brand
ASUS
Warranty
3 years
Processing of your defect
Via Coolblue
Old product returned for free
Yes

General properties

Type router
WiFi router
Usage situation
Browsing and emails, Stream movies and music, Work from home
Living situation
Large apartment, Small apartment, Student room
Number of stations
1
Can be expanded with extra stations
No

Wireless network properties

Frequency bands
Simultaneous dual-band
WiFi speed
AC3200
2.4GHz band speed
1000 Mbit/s
5GHz band speed
2167 Mbit/s
Number of WiFi antennas
4
Antenna connection type
Without connector
Jumbo frame support
No

Wired network properties

Ethernet speed
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)
Network connector
Yes
Number of Ethernet ports
8
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
Yes
Seamless roaming
No
Beamforming
Yes
Port forwarding
Yes
LACP Link aggregation
Yes

Network security properties

Parental controls
Yes
WLAN security
WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK
Firewall
Yes
Firewall type
NAT Firewall
Guest network
Yes
VPN server
Yes
VPN client
Yes
VPN passthrough
Yes

Physical properties

Mounting possible
Yes
Width
18 cm
Height
29,9 cm
Depth
8,3 cm
Weight
950 g
Color
Black, Red
Material
Plastic

Storage capacity

Memory card reader
No

Power supply

Power supply type
Power grid
Battery level indicator
No

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