ASUS RT-AX86U Pro

Product information

Key specs

Fastest WiFi standard

Wireless AX (WiFi 6)

Ethernet speed

2.5Gb Ethernet (2500Mbps)

Frequency bands

Dual-band

Type router

Gaming router, WiFi router

WiFi speed

AX5400

Fastest WiFi standard	Wireless AX (WiFi 6)
Ethernet speed	2.5Gb Ethernet (2500Mbps)
Frequency bands	Dual-band
Type router	Gaming router, WiFi router
WiFi speed	AX5400
Number of stations	1
Living situation	Small apartment
Number of Ethernet ports	5

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Pros and cons

According to our router expert

• This router sends via the 5Gz band 4800Mbps, which means it's faster than comparable routers.
• With a 2.5Gbps WAN port, you can ensure a stable wired connection.
• You can mount this router under your desk, so it won't be in the way.
• This router doesn't have the 6GHz band that WiFi 6E routers have.
• Depending on the size of your house, this router offers coverage on 1 or 2 floors.

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Description

You can provide all your games with the fastest WiFi connection with the ASUS RT-AX86U gaming router. This router has WiFi 6, the fastest WiFi version. This allows you to go online up to 5 times faster than with a wireless AC router. On top of that, the router has 1 extremely fast wired connection of 2.5Gbps. This is 2.5 times faster than usual. You can use it to provide the router with super fast internet or to make sure your desktop or NAS has a fast local connection. 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 so that you have an advantage over your opponents. You can easily set this in the ASUS mobile app. Need coverage on multiple floors? Seamlessly connect 2 of these routers using AiMesh.

You can provide all your games with the fastest WiFi connection with the ASUS RT-AX86U gaming router. This router has WiFi 6, the fastest WiFi version. This allows you to go online up to 5 times faster than with a wireless AC router. On top of that, the router has 1 extremely fast wired connection of 2.5Gbps. This is 2.5 times faster than usual. You can use it to provide the router with super fast internet or to make sure your desktop or NAS has a fast local connection. 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 so that you have an advantage over your opponents. You can easily set this in the ASUS mobile app. Need coverage on multiple floors? Seamlessly connect 2 of these routers using AiMesh.

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Tips for using this product

Tips for using this product

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Included by default

• Manual (5.96 MB)
• Power adapter
• Network cable

Included by default

• Manual (5.96 MB)
• Power adapter
• Network cable

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Key specs

Fastest WiFi standard

Wireless AX (WiFi 6)

Ethernet speed

2.5Gb Ethernet (2500Mbps)

Frequency bands

Dual-band

Type router

Gaming router, WiFi router

WiFi speed

AX5400

Fastest WiFi standard	Wireless AX (WiFi 6)
Ethernet speed	2.5Gb Ethernet (2500Mbps)
Frequency bands	Dual-band
Type router	Gaming router, WiFi router
WiFi speed	AX5400
Number of stations	1
Living situation	Small apartment
Number of Ethernet ports	5

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Reviews

39 reviews

8,9/10 (39 reviews)

Rating

21 reviews with 5 stars

5 stars 0 reviews

15 reviews with 4 stars

4 stars 0 reviews

2 reviews with 3 stars

3 stars 0 reviews

0 reviews with 2 stars

2 stars 0 reviews

1 reviews with 1 star

1 star 0 reviews

Rating per section

Range

10,0

Installation ease

10,0

Stability

10,0

Speed

10,0

Design

10,0

Most helpful reviews

6,8/10

Good router, but slow internet if you also turn on QoS.

• Good coverage
• Many options in the interface
• QoS settings have a very big impact on internet speed (up to 650 Mbps!!)

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• Jorn audooren
• 8 May 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,6/10

Very happy with this Asus RT-AX86U router!

• Very good router
• Fast

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• E. romers
• 20 December 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,8/10

Great Router!!

• WiFi 6
• AImesh

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• Oscar kortekaas
• 11 September 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,2/10

Provided 4x LAN is sufficient, look no further, recommended!

• Works flawlessly, also with fiber optic (PPPoE and VLAN)
• Many useful servers (SMB, Timemachine, DLNA, iTunes)
• Only 4 Gbit Ethernet ports

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• Bart
• 14 November 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,0/10

Great stuff, no surprises.

• Interface same as other ASUS router, easy because familiar
• Stands upright, requires less shelf space.

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• Sjoerd boleij
• 22 December 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,8/10

Fast router with WiFi 6 and AImesh

• WiFi 6
• Wan/lan port for 2.5 Gbps
• No

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• Oscar kortekaas
• 11 September 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

10/10

A fast and good router

• Very fast
• Easy to install

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• Koos de roo
• 15 February 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,4/10

Don't buy because you will sit on your screen even more ;)

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• Jeroen
• 18 March 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,2/10

A topper of a router

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• Roy wooding
• 27 March 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,8/10

Great!

• reach WiFi signal
• setting options
• none yet

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• Michel
• 28 September 2023
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6,8/10

Good router, but slow internet if you also turn on QoS.

• Good coverage
• Many options in the interface
• Trustworthy
• QoS settings have a very big impact on internet speed (up to 650 Mbps!!)

In itself this is a good router. I was very happy with this until recently. I had an internet connection of 300 Mbps with Quality of Service turned on in the router settings and I got that speed. However, I recently switched to a 1 Gbps connection, and I only got 330 Mbps or so, very disappointing when your speed should actually go x3. After a long search it turned out to be the router. When Quality of Service is on, your internet speed slows down enormously. I'm in conversation with Asus but here are the numbers:
No QoS: 950 Mbps (approximately the effective speed of my line).
adaptive QoS: 650 Mbps, so 300 Mbps difference, best case with QoS.
traditional QoS: 300 Mbps, so 650 Mbps (!!!!) difference, that's huge.
Geforce Now QoS: 330 Mbps
Bandwidth limiter (even without any actual limits set): 370 Mbps

So keep this in mind if QoS is important to you.

• Jorn audooren
• 8 May 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,6/10

Very happy with this Asus RT-AX86U router!

• Very good router
• Fast
• Easy to install

It replaces my Asus RT-AC68U and is (unsurprisingly) a huge improvement, both in terms of speed and range.

• E. romers
• 20 December 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,8/10

Great Router!!

• WiFi 6
• AImesh
• Wan Port 2.5 Gbps

Long doubted between the 82 h, the 88 h and this one. In the end it became the RT-AX86U. This router has the same chip as an RT-AX88U and that for a more competitive price. The speed and coverage are fine, where I first needed an extender on the second floor and in the garden for range, this router does not achieve the same speed. Furthermore, this router has a 2.5 Gbps port so that it is prepared for the faster modems. This port can be used as a wan or lan port. All in all a great router!!

• Oscar kortekaas
• 11 September 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

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Specifications

Product

Product number

866863

Manufacturer code

90IG07N0-MO3B00

Brand

ASUS

Warranty

3 years

Processing of your defect

Via Coolblue

Old product returned for free

General properties

Type router

Gaming router, WiFi router

WiFi speed class

Basic

Usage situation

Gaming and downloading, Study at home

Living situation

Small apartment

Number of stations

1

Can be expanded with extra stations

Built-in modem

Network properties

Fastest WiFi standard

Wireless AX (WiFi 6)

Frequency bands

Dual-band

WiFi speed

AX5400

2.4GHz band speed

860 Mbit/s

5GHz band speed

4800 Mbit/s

Number of WiFi antennas

3

Jumbo frame support

Wired network properties

Ethernet speed

2.5Gb Ethernet (2500Mbps)

Network connector

Number of Ethernet ports

5

WAN ports

2

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

24,2 cm

Height

32,5 cm

Depth

10 cm

Weight

814,5 g

Color

Black

Material

Plastic

Power supply

Power supply type

Power grid