ASUS RT-AX82U

Product information

Key specs

Fastest WiFi standard

Wireless AX (WiFi 6)

Ethernet speed

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)

Frequency bands

Dual-band

Type router

WiFi router

WiFi speed

AX5300

Fastest WiFi standard	Wireless AX (WiFi 6)
Ethernet speed	Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)
Frequency bands	Dual-band
Type router	WiFi router
WiFi speed	AX5300
Number of stations	1
Living situation	Small apartment
Number of Ethernet ports	4

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Pros and cons

According to our router expert

• This router supports WiFi 6, which provides a faster wireless connection and better coverage.
• This router supports Quality of Service and port forwarding, so it's suitable for gamers.
• Connect multiple routers with AiMesh so that you have a good connection all throughout the house.
• To use all the improvements of WiFi 6, you need suitable devices.
• This router offers coverage on 1 or 2 floors, depending on the size of your house, and you can choose Multi-room WiFi for WiFi throughout your home.

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Description

The ASUS RT-AX82U router provides your gaming PC or console with an extremely fast WiFi connection. Thanks to WiFi 6, this connection is up to 4 times faster than with WiFi 5 routers. You'll also experience less issues when others are using your home network. This is because the new wireless technology ensures your network remains more stable, even if a lot of devices are connected. The RT-AX82U is designed for enthusiastic gamers. You can give priority to games in general and your favorite games in particular. That way, you'll always have a fast connection while gaming, which gives you an advantage over your opponents. You can easily set this in the ASUS mobile app. Does your PC have parts with ASUS RGB lighting? Have the router light up in the same colors to make it look stylish.

The ASUS RT-AX82U router provides your gaming PC or console with an extremely fast WiFi connection. Thanks to WiFi 6, this connection is up to 4 times faster than with WiFi 5 routers. You'll also experience less issues when others are using your home network. This is because the new wireless technology ensures your network remains more stable, even if a lot of devices are connected. The RT-AX82U is designed for enthusiastic gamers. You can give priority to games in general and your favorite games in particular. That way, you'll always have a fast connection while gaming, which gives you an advantage over your opponents. You can easily set this in the ASUS mobile app. Does your PC have parts with ASUS RGB lighting? Have the router light up in the same colors to make it look stylish.

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Tips for using this product

Tips for using this product

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Included by default

• Manual (4.14 MB)
• Power adapter
• Network cable

Included by default

• Manual (4.14 MB)
• Power adapter
• Network cable

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Key specs

Fastest WiFi standard

Wireless AX (WiFi 6)

Ethernet speed

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)

Frequency bands

Dual-band

Type router

WiFi router

WiFi speed

AX5300

Fastest WiFi standard	Wireless AX (WiFi 6)
Ethernet speed	Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)
Frequency bands	Dual-band
Type router	WiFi router
WiFi speed	AX5300
Number of stations	1
Living situation	Small apartment
Number of Ethernet ports	4

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Reviews

40 reviews

9,2/10 (40 reviews)

Rating

27 reviews with 5 stars

5 stars 0 reviews

12 reviews with 4 stars

4 stars 0 reviews

1 reviews with 3 stars

3 stars 0 reviews

0 reviews with 2 stars

2 stars 0 reviews

0 reviews with 1 star

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Rating per section

Range

10,0

Installation ease

10,0

Speed

10,0

Design

10,0

Customer images

Most helpful reviews

9,2/10

Good performance for a great price

• Router is easy to install
• New AX technology noticeably better than AC
• RGB should be your taste

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• E de jong
• 4 December 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,8/10

Great, future-proof router

• Easy installation
• Good and stable range
• Appearance

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• Paul
• 29 November 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

10/10

The ultimate future-proof router for gamers!

• Very fast and WIFI 6
• Ease of use and accessibility

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• Emre aksu
• 4 January 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,2/10

Neat middle class that is close to the top class.

• Easy to install
• AiMesh

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• M kramer
• 1 December 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,6/10

Does well what it should do. Just great.

• good range
• two separate simultaneous WiFi channels
• should have had more UTP ports

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• Zakelijke gebruiker
• 7 December 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,6/10

top router

• Future proof
• 802.11ax / Wi-Fi 6 mode
• No Merlin firmware yet

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• Hein brinkmann
• 5 December 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

7,6/10

Watch out in combination with sonos!

• Manage via app and browser
• Speed
• Be careful with sonos

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• Rob koenis
• 2 January 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,2/10

Fast router easy to use

• AIMesh in combination with other asus routers
• Easy to install with app or web interface
• No possibility to mount on the wall

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• Sven van der meer
• 27 November 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

7,6/10

great router, aimesh software should be even better

• Very easy to configure
• good price to performance ratio
• Led not my taste

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• Michael van der bent
• 10 December 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,2/10

Good product

• Quickly connected and started
• An app to see updates

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• Florian
• 30 November 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,2/10

Good performance for a great price

• Router is easy to install
• New AX technology noticeably better than AC
• Well packaged including quality network cable
• RGB should be your taste

I am positively surprised at the difference this router makes with its predecessor, a Netgear AC Router. The range is better, but in particular the latency is much lower (waiting for a site to load / an app to respond is better)
The web interface is also easy to operate, which is great! Installation is easy: cables in, set password via simple wizard in the browser and go.
Tip: if you enter the same password as your previous WiFi network, most devices will continue to work. But not on one Windows 10 device and an Android 11 (too new?). The solution is to remove the network and add it again on those devices.
I didn't buy it myself for the looks, but I think it will appeal to the gamer target group.
In short, I am very satisfied.

• E de jong
• 4 December 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,8/10

Great, future-proof router

• Easy installation
• Good and stable range
• Wi-Fi 6
• Appearance

Connecting was very easy. Previous router struggled with the amount of devices here in the house and the range in the attic was minimal. With this new router, finally another week (and counting) without broken connections and also still good range in the attic.

Appearance is a bit pubescent. Certainly with the disco lighting on, but it can easily be switched off.

• Paul
• 29 November 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

10/10

The ultimate future-proof router for gamers!

• Very fast and WIFI 6
• Ease of use and accessibility
• Added value for gamers

This Asus RT-AX82U is a great router that gamers in particular should consider. With WIFI 6 (AX) you are already in a good position for the future, the world is slowly but surely moving there. Everyone can then benefit from stable and above all fast internet without annoying drops in connection quality. Don't have a WIFI 6 device at home? No problem because this router is also backwards compatible with, for example, WIFI 5 (AC). On 5Ghz you get a maximum speed of 5.378Gbps and that's ridiculously fast that other routers can't reach.

This Asus RT-AX82U is Dual Band, so you can use 2.4GHz and 5GhZ. The first has a longer reach, good for the attic or the garden, for example. 5GHz is much more stable, faster, but has a shorter range. This router also supports 160MHz channel width. This makes the channel width versus WIFI 5, which creates a faster connection between the router and a device. This significantly improves viewing of 4K content.

Installation is very easy via the configuration page or the included free mobile application. Within 5 minutes this router is set up with security and lighting to taste. Speaking of lighting, the RGB on this router makes this the coolest networking gear available. It looks like a stealth submarine! With the official application you can remotely set all kinds of profiles and colors for the lighting. Perfect of course for the gamers who love RGB.

For the gamers among us, the Asus RT-AX82U is extra important, because it has some cool features. To start with, there is a low latency mode for mobile, which you can easily enable via the free application. The result is that you get a better mobile multiplayer experience with this. Think of games like Fortnite or PUBG where you no longer get lag. This Asus router is also suitable for Cloud Gaming. It is the first router approved by Nvidia for streaming service GeForce Now, but other streaming services such as Google Stadia and Xbox Game Streaming also benefit from this. Also interesting for gamers is that this Router has a unique gaming port on the back. 1 of the 4 network connections can be used for, for example, a game console. This device will then be prioritized so that lag and latency during gaming are a thing of the past. Finally for gamers, Asus itself has port forwardig functions per game. So you don't have to enable ports for every multiplayer game. With the push of a button you can enable it and then enjoy better connection to the servers of multiplayer games.

Everything I've listed so far is just the tip of the iceberg. This Asus RT-AX82U also has a lot of functions and features. Think QoS, setting up a guest network, a handy traffic analyzer, the possibility for filters, USB functions, the latest WPA3 security, regular updates, VPN and much more. In short, this is a router that is suitable for everyone, because it is future proof, but for the gamers and tweakers among us this Asus RT-AX82U is of extra added value!

• Emre aksu
• 4 January 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

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Specifications

Product

Product number

866862

Manufacturer code

90IG07W0-MO3B10

Brand

ASUS

Warranty

2 years

Processing of your defect

Via Coolblue

Old product returned for free

General properties

Type router

WiFi router

WiFi speed class

Basic

Usage situation

Study at home

Living situation

Small apartment

Number of stations

1

Can be expanded with extra stations

Built-in modem

Wireless network properties

Fastest WiFi standard

Wireless AX (WiFi 6)

Frequency bands

Dual-band

WiFi speed

AX5300

2.4GHz band speed

570 Mbit/s

5GHz band speed

4800 Mbit/s

Number of WiFi antennas

4

Jumbo frame support

Wired network properties

Ethernet speed

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps)

Network connector

Number of Ethernet ports

4

WAN ports

1

PoE support

USB port

Type of USB port

Standard USB-A

Number of USB ports

1

Mobile internet properties

Automatically switches to 3G/4G

SIM card slot

Performance properties

Quality of Service (QoS)

MU-MIMMO

Seamless roaming

Beamforming

Port forwarding

LACP Link aggregation

Network security properties

Parental controls

WLAN security

WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK

Firewall

Firewall type

DoS, SPI Firewall

Guest network

VPN support

VPN server

VPN client

VPN passthrough

Physical properties

Mounting possible

Width

27,55 cm

Height

16,5 cm

Depth

18,44 cm

Weight

740 g

Color

Black

Material

Plastic

Power supply

Power supply type

Power grid