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title: "ASUS RT-AX88U AX6000 Dual Band WiFi 6 Gaming Router, 8 Ports, Lifetime Security, Adaptive QoS"
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# 802.11ax WiFi 6 next-gen standard AiProtection commercial-grade security 6000 Mbps ultrafast WiFi speed ASUS RT-AX88U AX6000 Dual Band WiFi 6 Gaming Router, 8 Ports, Lifetime Security, Adaptive QoS

**Brand:** asus
**Price:** R$5326
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> ⚡ Dominate your digital domain with ASUS RT-AX88U — where speed meets security!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** ASUS RT-AX88U AX6000 Dual Band WiFi 6 Gaming Router, 8 Ports, Lifetime Security, Adaptive QoS by asus
- **How much does it cost?** R$5326 with free shipping
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## Best For

- asus enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted asus brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Rock-Solid Security:** AiProtection powered by Trend Micro safeguards all your devices with enterprise-grade threat detection.
- • **Blazing Fast AX6000 WiFi:** Experience lightning speeds up to 6000 Mbps, perfect for seamless 4K streaming, gaming, and multitasking.
- • **Smart & Energy Efficient:** Target Wake Time (TWT) extends device battery life by scheduling data transmission intervals.
- • **Ultimate Connectivity Hub:** 8 Gigabit LAN ports plus 4 antennas support multiple devices simultaneously without congestion.
- • **Next-Gen WiFi 6 Efficiency:** 802.11ax technology ensures superior network capacity and reduced latency even in crowded environments.

## Overview

The ASUS RT-AX88U is a powerhouse WiFi 6 router delivering ultra-fast 6000 Mbps speeds with 8 LAN ports and advanced AiProtection security. Designed for professionals and gamers alike, it supports multiple devices effortlessly, offers seamless mesh networking compatibility, and enhances battery life with smart scheduling. Its robust Broadcom chipset and stable firmware make it a top-tier choice for demanding home and office networks.

## Description

The RT-AX88U offers the fastest 802.11AC Wi-Fi experience while also being ready for Next Gen 802.11ax devices. It can offer Gigabit+ wireless speeds for the 1ST time with the latest smartphones, laptops, Mini PCs & motherboards. If you need even greater coverage, Pair it with a second compatible Asus router for mesh Wi-Fi

Review: BEST value and performance AX router out there - I bought a Netgear XR500 last november for the very impressive looking DumaOS... to find a buggy, completely not fleshed out (event he VPN function advertised wasn’t implemented until a late December firmware update), insanely unstable (crashed at least once a week every week, i had to resort to using my 4yr old Netgear R7000 that was perfectly reliable) router with the company that makes DumaOS having an incredibly apathetic, “we’ll fix it when we fix it” and “No ETA’s on fixes, we make updates, Netgear releases them. Ask them” tone on all forums, i gave up on hoping it would be fleshed out at any point soon. So i got rid of it for the AX88u and flashed Merlin on it. I was looking for a traffic analyzing, enterprise-functionality router with the XR500 with every nerd knob possible (like Tomato firmware offers), and got a dumbed down buggy experience with barely even basic configuration options. The AC88u was the exact opposite. From a conditional VPN to IPS/traffic analysis/web logging/firewal/features you normally need to outfit a network with separate dedicated devices for, this handles it all with absurd speed and responsiveness in the interface. Everything i thought might be a gimmick (like trendmicro’s ‘aiprotection’) is the real deal and you could not ask for more to secure a home network unless you did go with those dedicated devices. It’s super stable (i changed core router settings that have to restart services in AsusWRT, while transferring 150GB worth of data from a client to an SSD connected to it to test network/USB speeds, and downloading a giant BFV patch on my gaming PC while on a work skype call and never even got a blip of cut-out or noise on my call. The web interface locked up because i made one kinda dumb change while doing this but the call never did!), inSANELY fast across the board (from using it as an OpenVPN client to enabling all the COU-taxing security features to topping out its resources by reading and writing to a USB-connected SSD), i can’t even convey how great this is. I wanted to see my clients’ connection rates, which interfaces they were connected to, and very importantly their life bandwidth and traffic- and within a couple clicks i can do this as if i’m navigating a Cisco ASA firewall. Just function after function, it’s all available, and it all works. I also got this for increased theoretical AC speeds and eventual AX speeds, along with wanting the fastest chipset available (my R7000 nighthawk was extremely modular, but its dual-core 1ghz CPU definitely struggled to pass VPN traffic at full bandwidth. My XR500 bricked itself after about 5 minutes of use whenever i even tried to configure the VPN. The AX88U has zero issues with that speed or stability there). So far i haven’t been able to bottleneck the CPU with anything yet without the ethernet Gb bandwidth limitation topping out first. Maybe when AX clients come into play and i set up an aggregated 2Gb link the router could start chugging in some cases, but i have no idea and really doubt it would cause a sweat at this point. Lordy, even gaming-wise i’ve been casually checking my ping in Battlefield V and Anthem, i’m getting response times i’ve never seen anywhere i’ve lived with any hardware i’ve had before (7-12ms pings, better than 95% of everyone on any server i’m put in). I even use this to manually reserve IP addresses for my non-configurable IoT devices so I know where everything is on the network. The XR500 would wipe its memory every few days, destroying the work i did there. This is super stable, leases every IP to every device i tell it on-call and never has an issue. It’s just too freaking good. My R7000 was the king of the mid 20-teens. The AX88u is the successor. In summary this thing is an utter beast. If you’re looking to go with a ‘gaming’ router, i was looking between this and the GT-AX11000 when i decided to get rid of the XR500. I chose this because they have the same horsepower, same specs, and the gimmicky 3rd band of 5Ghz the 11000 has id just that... a gimmick unless you have 300 devices in your home. I run about 50 clients in an apartment with plenty of neighbor networks and never have a problem with congestion or needing more bandwidth, especially for gaming, that this extra band ‘gives’ you. Also, the main reason i chose this is because the gaming ROG firmware on thr GT-AX11000 actually IS gimmicky. Read reviews on the GT-AC5300 and you’ll see a lack of Asus updates, constant bugs, broken features (recently an update actually stopped that 3rd 5ghz band from even broadcasting), and poorly implemented gaming functions unique to the router that just don’t work most of the time. I have a friend that runs an AiMesh with an AC88u and GT-AC5300 since Christmas and it has given nothing but issues. The worst part is, NO 3rd party firmware support with the ROG firmware. So if Asus doesn’t fix a bug, you’re out of luck. The AX88u is supported by Merlin which is the snappiest, slickest firmware out there for Asus routers. That’s the key, the firmware- and the AX88u has the one you want with no big compromises to the AX11000. Last thing, AX11000 has the 2.5GbE port. Neat, but with the 8x 1GbE ports on the AX88u you have plenty of available ports to run link aggregation on, say, a separate switch with 2.5/5/10GbE support in the future for a 2Gb pipe into any of the direct router clients, while you can put any insanely fast clients on the switch directly later when those speeds start being adopted. It’s all a win-win with this router and any future scenarios you can think of. 10/10 best router of 2019, true Netgear Nighthawk R7000 successor.
Review: Asus redeems themselves! - 10/17/22: Updated to 5 stars. Original firmware this router came with was 3.0.0.4.386.41700 which was frustrating dropping the internet connection daily (DHCP WAN issue). Upgraded to firmware 3.0.0.4.388.20518 and it's been stable so far! Will post updates as I have more time to test it thoroughly. The addition of VPN fusion support is a win too! I did not use the web interface or app to update the firmware automatically. Downloaded the firmware from Asus' website. Reset the router to factory defaults. Plugged in a PC via ethernet cable then updated firmware. Reset the router to factory defaults again, disabled Smart Connect/band steering, then manually configured the router to account for older devices on my network (up to MCS 9 256 QAM for 2.4 Ghz and left 5 Ghz on Nitro/1024 QAM). I'm playing things a bit safe with those settings but your mileage may vary depending on the devices on your network. 7/30/22: Purchased and received in October 2021. I have mixed feelings about this router. On the one hand, excellent hardware. No dropped connections over wifi along with consistent signal strength. So many settings /features in the firmware as well and with the quad-core CPU + 1GB of RAM this router is FAST. On the other hand, the unit I received exhibits the DHCP over WAN issue (mine drops its Internet connection once a day around 3:30pm). A reboot restores Internet connectivity but I noticed my public IP address changes each day even with the DHCP query setting on Normal instead of Aggressive or Continuous. It turns out many other customers are reporting the same issue or very similar issues with the newer Asus firmware as well (do a search for Asus RT-AX88U DHCP WAN and SNB/Rogers forums will come up). So this router's been sitting on the side as an ornamental fixture in my home (actually it's my test platform) while I use a TP-Link router to manage wifi traffic (less features but stable day in and day out for work and anything else I do on my network). Lately I've started looking at the forums again and it appears a few of the newer firmware releases are stable. As soon as I can carve out some time on my weekends, I'll get back to working on this router. The one thing holding this router back from its true potential is it has only a 1Gbps WAN port, when other routers on the market in its price-range have 2.5Gbps WAN ports. If it had a 2.5 Gbps WAN port, it would be a true contender. If you don't foresee having internet service any faster than 1Gbps in the near future, then it's a solid option. To be fair there are many customers that have gotten good units and have no issues. Because I like its hardware so much (Broadcom chipset, 4G-LTE tethering and 8 LAN ports) and firmware features (QoS/bandwidth limiter settings), I decided to hang onto it as a 'project to work on'. To date I've seen no evidence of it having any hardware issues. Will post updates as I work more on this router and I hope to be able to give it more stars.

## Features

- Next gen Wi-Fi standard 802.11Ax Wi-Fi standard for better efficiency and throughput; ultrafast Wi-Fi speed 6000 Mbps Wi-Fi speed to handle even the busiest network with ease.Power Supply : AC Input : 110V-240V(50-60Hz), DC Output : 19 V with max. 2.37 A current.
- Certified for Humans – Smart home made easy for non-experts. Setup with Alexa is simple.
- Wider usage and more convenience 4 antennas plus 8 LAN ports to support more clients at the same time
- Commercial-grade security – AiProtection powered by Trend Micro blocks internet security threats for all your connected smart devices
- Better partner with mesh system; compatible with ASUS AiMesh Wi-Fi system for seamless whole home coverage’s support: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6, Mac OS X 10.7, Mac OS X 10.8
- Target Wake Time (TWT) allows RT-AX88U to schedule designated intervals for devices to transmit data. This allows them to sleep when there is no need to wait for a router signal, reducing power consumption by up to 7X for significantly improved battery life

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07HM6KJN8 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #37,282 in Electronics ( See Top 100 in Electronics ) #281 in Computer Routers |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (3,504) |
| Date First Available | September 21, 2018 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 5.25 pounds |
| Item model number | RT-AX88U |
| Manufacturer | ASUS Computer International Direct |
| Product Dimensions | 7.4 x 2.4 x 11.8 inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** ASUS
- **Color:** Black
- **Compatible Devices:** Laptop, Smartphone
- **Connectivity Technology:** USB, Wi-Fi, Wired, Wireless
- **Frequency Band Class:** Dual-Band
- **Included Components:** QSG, RJ-45 Cable power adapter, RT-AX88U router, Warranty card, user guide
- **Model Name:** RT-AX88U
- **Recommended Uses For Product:** Security
- **Special Feature:** QoS, WPS
- **Wireless Communication Standard:** 802.11ax

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: We have a cable internet with max 100mbps. Is it worth it to add this router which is faster than our internet speed?**
A: This wouldn't help improve your internet speeds which would be capped at your ISP's 100mbps. However, if you have a local NAS or play games over your lan, etc... it could potentially help all of your local network traffic that doesn't have to go out to the internet.

So unless you're doing something that needs high speeds on your local network (like a NAS), then you would probably be better off buying previous gen routers which are more established, offer more features, and will ultimately cost you less. These previous gen routers would still be able to max out your 100mbps internet, but would cost you significantly less.

**Q: Since the 802.11ax spec is yet to be finalized, will Asus provide the firmware update to meet the finalized standard?**
A: I agree that ASUS will support it unless hardware prevents it. I bought my RT-AC68U in 2014 and the most recent firmware update is from June 11, 2020.

**Q: Can i eliminate the "lifetime security by trend micro" cr@pware feature?  i reall don't want anyone else scanning my traffic.**
A: That is not how it works.   No one "Scans your Internet traffic".    What happens is a kind of filter gets loaded into the router and the router scans.  The "lifetime service" only provides updates to the filter.

**Q: how to do you release internet provider DHCP?**
A: Well for Verizon router at least, you can go to the the router webpage address of the router and enter the login credentials based on the back of the router. In network settings you release/expire the Verizon router and use your own Asus router, but remember to go to the Verizon app and click the button "use my own router"to say you will use your own router from now on. If you don't, you will still be billed Verizon renting router price monthly.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ BEST value and performance AX router out there
*by C***. on April 6, 2019*

I bought a Netgear XR500 last november for the very impressive looking DumaOS... to find a buggy, completely not fleshed out (event he VPN function advertised wasn’t implemented until a late December firmware update), insanely unstable (crashed at least once a week every week, i had to resort to using my 4yr old Netgear R7000 that was perfectly reliable) router with the company that makes DumaOS having an incredibly apathetic, “we’ll fix it when we fix it” and “No ETA’s on fixes, we make updates, Netgear releases them. Ask them” tone on all forums, i gave up on hoping it would be fleshed out at any point soon. So i got rid of it for the AX88u and flashed Merlin on it. I was looking for a traffic analyzing, enterprise-functionality router with the XR500 with every nerd knob possible (like Tomato firmware offers), and got a dumbed down buggy experience with barely even basic configuration options. The AC88u was the exact opposite. From a conditional VPN to IPS/traffic analysis/web logging/firewal/features you normally need to outfit a network with separate dedicated devices for, this handles it all with absurd speed and responsiveness in the interface. Everything i thought might be a gimmick (like trendmicro’s ‘aiprotection’) is the real deal and you could not ask for more to secure a home network unless you did go with those dedicated devices. It’s super stable (i changed core router settings that have to restart services in AsusWRT, while transferring 150GB worth of data from a client to an SSD connected to it to test network/USB speeds, and downloading a giant BFV patch on my gaming PC while on a work skype call and never even got a blip of cut-out or noise on my call. The web interface locked up because i made one kinda dumb change while doing this but the call never did!), inSANELY fast across the board (from using it as an OpenVPN client to enabling all the COU-taxing security features to topping out its resources by reading and writing to a USB-connected SSD), i can’t even convey how great this is. I wanted to see my clients’ connection rates, which interfaces they were connected to, and very importantly their life bandwidth and traffic- and within a couple clicks i can do this as if i’m navigating a Cisco ASA firewall. Just function after function, it’s all available, and it all works. I also got this for increased theoretical AC speeds and eventual AX speeds, along with wanting the fastest chipset available (my R7000 nighthawk was extremely modular, but its dual-core 1ghz CPU definitely struggled to pass VPN traffic at full bandwidth. My XR500 bricked itself after about 5 minutes of use whenever i even tried to configure the VPN. The AX88U has zero issues with that speed or stability there). So far i haven’t been able to bottleneck the CPU with anything yet without the ethernet Gb bandwidth limitation topping out first. Maybe when AX clients come into play and i set up an aggregated 2Gb link the router could start chugging in some cases, but i have no idea and really doubt it would cause a sweat at this point. Lordy, even gaming-wise i’ve been casually checking my ping in Battlefield V and Anthem, i’m getting response times i’ve never seen anywhere i’ve lived with any hardware i’ve had before (7-12ms pings, better than 95% of everyone on any server i’m put in). I even use this to manually reserve IP addresses for my non-configurable IoT devices so I know where everything is on the network. The XR500 would wipe its memory every few days, destroying the work i did there. This is super stable, leases every IP to every device i tell it on-call and never has an issue. It’s just too freaking good. My R7000 was the king of the mid 20-teens. The AX88u is the successor. In summary this thing is an utter beast. If you’re looking to go with a ‘gaming’ router, i was looking between this and the GT-AX11000 when i decided to get rid of the XR500. I chose this because they have the same horsepower, same specs, and the gimmicky 3rd band of 5Ghz the 11000 has id just that... a gimmick unless you have 300 devices in your home. I run about 50 clients in an apartment with plenty of neighbor networks and never have a problem with congestion or needing more bandwidth, especially for gaming, that this extra band ‘gives’ you. Also, the main reason i chose this is because the gaming ROG firmware on thr GT-AX11000 actually IS gimmicky. Read reviews on the GT-AC5300 and you’ll see a lack of Asus updates, constant bugs, broken features (recently an update actually stopped that 3rd 5ghz band from even broadcasting), and poorly implemented gaming functions unique to the router that just don’t work most of the time. I have a friend that runs an AiMesh with an AC88u and GT-AC5300 since Christmas and it has given nothing but issues. The worst part is, NO 3rd party firmware support with the ROG firmware. So if Asus doesn’t fix a bug, you’re out of luck. The AX88u is supported by Merlin which is the snappiest, slickest firmware out there for Asus routers. That’s the key, the firmware- and the AX88u has the one you want with no big compromises to the AX11000. Last thing, AX11000 has the 2.5GbE port. Neat, but with the 8x 1GbE ports on the AX88u you have plenty of available ports to run link aggregation on, say, a separate switch with 2.5/5/10GbE support in the future for a 2Gb pipe into any of the direct router clients, while you can put any insanely fast clients on the switch directly later when those speeds start being adopted. It’s all a win-win with this router and any future scenarios you can think of. 10/10 best router of 2019, true Netgear Nighthawk R7000 successor.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Asus redeems themselves!
*by T***R on July 30, 2022*

10/17/22: Updated to 5 stars. Original firmware this router came with was 3.0.0.4.386.41700 which was frustrating dropping the internet connection daily (DHCP WAN issue). Upgraded to firmware 3.0.0.4.388.20518 and it's been stable so far! Will post updates as I have more time to test it thoroughly. The addition of VPN fusion support is a win too! I did not use the web interface or app to update the firmware automatically. Downloaded the firmware from Asus' website. Reset the router to factory defaults. Plugged in a PC via ethernet cable then updated firmware. Reset the router to factory defaults again, disabled Smart Connect/band steering, then manually configured the router to account for older devices on my network (up to MCS 9 256 QAM for 2.4 Ghz and left 5 Ghz on Nitro/1024 QAM). I'm playing things a bit safe with those settings but your mileage may vary depending on the devices on your network. 7/30/22: Purchased and received in October 2021. I have mixed feelings about this router. On the one hand, excellent hardware. No dropped connections over wifi along with consistent signal strength. So many settings /features in the firmware as well and with the quad-core CPU + 1GB of RAM this router is FAST. On the other hand, the unit I received exhibits the DHCP over WAN issue (mine drops its Internet connection once a day around 3:30pm). A reboot restores Internet connectivity but I noticed my public IP address changes each day even with the DHCP query setting on Normal instead of Aggressive or Continuous. It turns out many other customers are reporting the same issue or very similar issues with the newer Asus firmware as well (do a search for Asus RT-AX88U DHCP WAN and SNB/Rogers forums will come up). So this router's been sitting on the side as an ornamental fixture in my home (actually it's my test platform) while I use a TP-Link router to manage wifi traffic (less features but stable day in and day out for work and anything else I do on my network). Lately I've started looking at the forums again and it appears a few of the newer firmware releases are stable. As soon as I can carve out some time on my weekends, I'll get back to working on this router. The one thing holding this router back from its true potential is it has only a 1Gbps WAN port, when other routers on the market in its price-range have 2.5Gbps WAN ports. If it had a 2.5 Gbps WAN port, it would be a true contender. If you don't foresee having internet service any faster than 1Gbps in the near future, then it's a solid option. To be fair there are many customers that have gotten good units and have no issues. Because I like its hardware so much (Broadcom chipset, 4G-LTE tethering and 8 LAN ports) and firmware features (QoS/bandwidth limiter settings), I decided to hang onto it as a 'project to work on'. To date I've seen no evidence of it having any hardware issues. Will post updates as I work more on this router and I hope to be able to give it more stars.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by A***R on November 4, 2019*

Good

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