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ASUS RT-AX88U

9,1/10 (87 reviews)
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ASUS RT-AX88U

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Product information

Key specs

Ethernet speed
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)
Frequency bands
Dual-band
Type router
Gaming router, WiFi router
WiFi speed
AX6000
Number of stations
1
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Pros and cons

According to our router expert
  • WiFi standard AX is up to 2.3 times faster than WiFi standard AC.
  • With a speed of 4804Mbps on the 5GHz band. this router is is faster than comparable routers.
  • This router supports MU-MIMO for a more stable wireless connection.
  • To achieve the highest available speed of this router, connected devices must support Wireless AX.
  • This router offers coverage on 1 or 2 floors, depending on the size of your house. Choose multi-room WiFi for WiFi throughout your house.
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Description

The Asus RT-AX88U is a superfast router for gamers and large families. Thanks to the new Wireless AX standard, this router allows you to go online with more than 20 devices at the same time. This won't slow down the network. The gaming option also gives priority to your favorite online games, so you can always game without lags. The router has an integrated virus scanner which ensures that all devices within your network are protected from hackers and viruses. With a maximum speed of 4800Mbps, you have enough bandwidth to stream a movie in Ultra HD on several devices at the same time. You can connect 2 of these routers to each other with Asus AiMesh and you can even go online in every room of your house.

The Asus RT-AX88U is a superfast router for gamers and large families. Thanks to the new Wireless AX standard, this router allows you to go online with more than 20 devices at the same time. This won't slow down the network. The gaming option also gives priority to your favorite online games, so you can always game without lags. The router has an integrated virus scanner which ensures that all devices within your network are protected from hackers and viruses. With a maximum speed of 4800Mbps, you have enough bandwidth to stream a movie in Ultra HD on several devices at the same time. You can connect 2 of these routers to each other with Asus AiMesh and you can even go online in every room of your house.

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Included by default

  • Manual (3.58 MB)
  • Network cable
  • Power adapter

Included by default

  • Manual (3.58 MB)
  • Network cable
  • Power adapter

Key specs

Ethernet speed
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)
Frequency bands
Dual-band
Type router
Gaming router, WiFi router
WiFi speed
AX6000
Number of stations
1
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Reviews

87 reviews
9,1/10 (87 reviews)

Rating

61 reviews with 5 stars

23 reviews with 4 stars

1 reviews with 3 stars

0 reviews with 2 stars

2 reviews with 1 star

Rating per section

Range
8,8
Installation ease
9,6
Speed
9,6
Design
8,4

Customer images

Most helpful reviews

9,6/10

Is more than worth its higher price.

  • Speed
  • Setting options with fast interface
  • Price
  • Hans-michael koch
  • 3 August 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Great device!

  • Quality
  • Super fast
  • Costs what ..., but then you also have something ...
  • Marty van de korput
  • 23 August 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Great home router

  • WiFi 6
  • Range
  • Price
  • Peter
  • 1 November 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Huge router for huge performance

  • Fast, 6 gig of switching capacity
  • huge reach
  • the fam renamed it "aircraft carrier"
  • Tijmen
  • 9 April 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Good device for the private user

  • Easy installation
  • 8 ports
  • Pascal van meerten
  • 10 May 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

top router

  • Easy to install via ASUS app
  • Fast WiFi
  • Quite large, dimensions as indicated under specification are not correct. Are probably inch sizes instead of cm.
  • Gerben harleman
  • 21 May 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Great device!

  • Super fast connection
  • Easy to set up via the ASUS interface
  • Antennas a bit clumsy
  • Lex schoenmaker jr
  • 12 March 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,8/10

Super fast stable WiFi and LAN with lots of extras.

  • Future-proof: WiFi 6 (AX) and WiFi AC with 160 MHZ channels
  • Handy WiFi setup: 2.4GHz and 5GHz on the same SSID
  • Fairly large
  • Tom
  • 17 September 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Top Router!

  • Beautiful design
  • Fast
  • Expensive. But it's worth it
  • Stefan v
  • 18 September 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
7,6/10

Perfect for ground floor use.

  • Huge range horizontal
  • Insane speeds (where there is range)
  • Vertical range minimum
  • Sergio
  • 19 May 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Is more than worth its higher price.

  • Speed
  • Setting options with fast interface
  • Stability
  • Price

Replace current RT-AC87U for this RT-AX88U. What a difference!

The AX88U is a high-performance router, ready to use right out of the box with excellent performance. You can get even more speed out of it via tweaks (eg choose a channel with little traffic, use settings at 160 Mhz).

Transfer speed on 5 Ghz connection up to 75 MB/s or 600 mbps. Router is free at about 15 m distance from laptop. That amply covers the internet speed of the ISPs (max up to 400 mbps for consumers), so there is always enough power left in that area. Even with multiple users on wireless, the speed hardly drops. In combination with Devolo 1200 powerline very powerful throughput up to approx. 500 mbps.

Supported by Merlin firmware. Provides all options for security, protection, blocking. Reasonable app also to set and monitor key things. For gamers, in addition to QoS, additional opportunities to optimize (low ping, low latency) that do require registration.

AiMesh option with older and supported Asus routers (including the popular RT-AC66/68, RT-AC88) is icing on the cake. Please note, AiMesh does not work with an RT-AC87.

Also useful in my case: 8 network ports.

In short, a fine and very powerful router that has a somewhat high price but offers a lot. If you are not a gamer, the smaller brother RT-AC88U will do.

  • Hans-michael koch
  • 3 August 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Great device!

  • Quality
  • Super fast
  • Additional options for gamers
  • Costs what ..., but then you also have something ...

Great device! Due to recent renovations, we no longer had 'perfect' WiFi reception everywhere in the house. That's why I bought this new RT-AX88U. Among other things with a view to the 'AX future'. Then set up the existing RT-AC87U as an access point. I was already very satisfied with my existing router with the Merlin firmware. The Merlin software has also been installed on the new router. The range of the RT-AX88U has again been greatly improved compared to the RT-AC87U. The combination router and access point now ensures that we have a super signal throughout the house and garden. The XS4ALL Speedtest shows values that I have not seen before. Throughout the house depending on the location between 300Mbps and 525Mbps on my iPhone! The free WTFast option to boost 1 mac address is also very much appreciated by my gaming son. He says it's a huge improvement. I have always been a fan of the Asus network products and this is again a quality product. The router is very complete in terms of functions and the configuration possibilities (especially with the Merlin firmware) are almost endless.

It costs a bit ..., but then you also have something ... ;-)

Definitely recommended!!!

  • Marty van de korput
  • 23 August 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Great home router

  • WiFi 6
  • Range
  • Stable
  • Price

ASUS RT-AX88U replaces my ASUS RT-AC87U router because of the WiFi 6 support.
Connected to my WiFi 6 laptop, I get speeds that are significantly higher than with the old router, which has always performed very well. This RT-AX88U router also supports AiMesh, but I have no experience with that.
Connects seamlessly in my house to a variety of devices with different WiFi standards and also has 8 LAN ports.
Comes across very stable.
Various security options, including Trend Micro.
Can act as an NTP server, so that devices you want to block from the internet can still get network time. The router then catches this, if you have set that up.
Also new is the extra settings to give online gamers a better experience.
I am extremely positively surprised.
As an "early adopter" I usually have very different experiences.

The router was delivered to me by Coolblue itself with the environmentally friendly (cargo) bike service. How cool is that? A time frame of one hour and a text message about 20 minutes before delivery. That's what I call service, it makes me smile.

  • Peter
  • 1 November 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
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ASUS RT-AX88U
  • 3-year Backup Plan
    35,99 one-time payment
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    59,00 one-time payment

Specifications

Product

Product number
822057
Manufacturer code
90IG04F0-MM3G00
Brand
ASUS
Warranty
3 years
Processing of your defect
Via Coolblue
Old product returned for free
Yes

General properties

Type router
Gaming router, WiFi router
WiFi speed class
Mid-range
Usage situation
Gaming and downloading, Stream movies and music, Work from home
Living situation
Small apartment, Student room
Number of stations
1
Can be expanded with extra stations
Yes
Built-in modem
No

Network properties

Frequency bands
Dual-band
WiFi speed
AX6000
2.4GHz band speed
1148 Mbit/s
5GHz band speed
4804 Mbit/s
Number of WiFi antennas
4
Antenna connection type
Standard antenna
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

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
No

Network security properties

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

Physical properties

Mounting possible
No
Width
30 cm
Height
6,1 cm
Depth
18,8 cm
Weight
1 kg
Color
Black
Material
Plastic

Storage capacity

Memory card reader
No

Power supply

Power supply type
Power grid

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