Asus RT AX86U WiFi Router Review

Introduction:

If you’re in the market for a high-performance WiFi router, the Asus RT AX86U is a top contender. This advanced router is built with the latest WiFi 6 technology, offering exceptional speeds and signal coverage. With features such as adaptive QoS, AiProtection Pro, and support for 160MHz bandwidth, the RT AX86U is a great choice for home or small office use.

The RT AX86U is powered by a powerful 1.8GHz quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM, so you can expect fast and reliable performance. It is also equipped with a dedicated gaming port, which provides dedicated bandwidth for smoother and more responsive gameplay.

One standout feature of the RT AX86U is its mobile game support. In addition, the router supports AiMesh, which lets you connect multiple Asus routers together for a seamless and expansive WiFi network.

Overall, the Asus RT AX86U is a powerful and versatile WiFi router that can handle just about anything you throw at it. If you’re in need of a reliable and high-performance router, the RT AX86U is definitely worth considering.

Prioritizing Gaming Traffic:

Asus RT AX86U (Asus AX5700) Gaming Router has very special capabilities to enhance the quality of online games, this router utilizes two proprietary capabilities to prioritize the gaming and strengthen the gamer’s communication from the game console to the main server. These 2 features include :

• Prioritize via Gaming Port
  • This router equipped with a dedicated gaming port which automatically prioritizes any wired device connected to it (by allocating more bandwidth and resources) . No need to any special configuration, just connect your gaming PC or gaming console to this port.
• Prioritize via Gear Accelerator:
  • Gear Accelerator lets you prioritize wireless client devices via router’s online control panel. You can prioritize devices to help boost their speed and prevent them fighting over bandwidth with other devices.

Mobile Game Support:

Asus AX5700 ( Asus RT AX86U ) is one of the few routers on the market that has such an interesting feature. You can easily take the router to this Mode by tapping a button on the router’s App.

In this case, the router intelligently recognizes the communication needs of the mobile game and provides you with the best mobile gaming experience by using all the software and hardware capabilities.

AiMesh Technology:

Technically, a large and integrated WiFi network can not be implemented without using Mesh technology. It has a standard version that most WiFi equipment manufacturers are looking to implement in their equipment.

But some companies are looking to build their own proprietary mesh technology. So that they can use Mesh technology more efficiently. Asus is also has designed and implemented this technology exclusively.

The name of this technology is “AiMesh”, which is able to create a fully integrated and integrated network by connecting multiple routers compatible with this technology together.

AiProtection System:

This asus wifi router has an internal security system designed and implemented by Trend Micro ( a famous cloud-based security company). This feature is called Asus AiProtection, this system protects your gaming network from all security risks and neutralizes them before they reach your network and devices. Even if your computer  does not have a security system.

Asus RT AX86U Price:

The price of this router is much more reasonable than other gaming routers in this level. The price is around 230-260$ which is a low price for a full-featured WiFi 6 router.

Conclusion:

Different tests were performed by WiFiAdviser technical team on Asus RT AX86U. Which included 4K online game interruption test, overall speed test in high noise and low noise environments. Communication stability test and finally proprietary Gaming capabilities test. In the end, we gave the router a score of 8.5 out of 10, which is a very good score for a gaming WiFi 6 router.

By purchasing this router, you will have a very high level home gaming network and you will have no restrictions on servicing and using game consoles.