So basically, that is not a 100% Wi-Fi 7 router, it has some capabilities of the new technology, like MLO and 4K-QAM, but not the 6Ghz band, which is the main future for me. And i thought that only Chinese brands, like ZTE, Huawei and Xiaomi are using this misleading labeling, as i have seen on AliExpress, but that is normal because in China the Wi-Fi 7 is a work in progress, as i read online.
As someone who has owned (2) Asus RT-AX88U, one has the main router and one as an AiMesh, this will be perfect to replace the main router to give me 2.5gbps for two desktop PC's I have and fully utilize my 2gbps fiber to the home connection. It's nice that I can leave my existing RT-AX88U in place and use it as an AiMesh.
See I'm using Unifi granted their express gateway however I'm only getting 500mbps rather than the 1gb I used to get with the Eero from my provider. Seems to be an issue that I cannot find a fix for online
This is a terrific router and it was easy to set up and get my web server working behind it as well as my network attached storage. For all the features that matter it really works well. Now there are a few bells and whistles on this router that don't work. One is the built-in speed test it seems to be unable to connect to the server and the other is the firmware update and firmware version check which are unable to connect to the server. However all the client devices have good internet connectivity which makes it baffling that the administrative features built into the router do not. Other than that once I set it up all the features that matter to me work very well.
Sorry I might sound like an idiot here but as I understood the 2.4 GHz is for range and 5 GHz is for more throughput. By the same logic 6Ghz might give you a little more throughput but with reduced range. I live in a double brick house and the 5 GHz is useless past one solid wall so I think it's over rated. I only use it to connect to stuff within the same room as the router and I have the AC88U. I was considering the AX88U but might look at this one. Has been rock solid as long as you keep it cool. Which is the important tip. Most routers give up the ghost due to heat..... Essentially have a laptop cooler under it and it has never given me trouble.
Alex thanks for the review, won’t miss the 6k bandwidth my experience is that it has very short range and can deliver little more than the 5ghz anyway I have a ASUS ZenWiFi Pro WiFi 6E, ET12 twin setup in my house and have just ordered one to use as the main router thanks to your review.
what is a nice feature this router supports LinkAgregation and Game Mode for trafic priority. For me was the best fit for Wifi7 + 10Gbps/2.5Gbps Managed Switch + Router with VPN at 10gb Wan so at the price of 350E was the best for the buck!
Hi Alex. That was a good review … thank you. I have a quick question please. I live out in a rural area, so have to depend on a 4g card in my current router. The specs for this Asus bad boy say it has a “3G / 4G LTE dongle” so does that mean I could slot a SIM card into this and get this to work? I am assuming it won’t work on 5g, which is a pain if not. Any recommendations for a router which will support 4g and 5g? Many thanks. Keep up the good work.
Yes, same Here. Still need to replace my Sophos SG330 with PFsense for something wich support SFP+ . Switching is fully MikroTik because of the low price for 10G (6 years in Rack now) And the Accespoints are UniFi.. (6 LR and Pro) I would never buy an “all in one” consumer product for my house. But its fine for the most people I know :)
Maybe one of you will enlighten me. I currently have VDSL2, but there is a chance that in a few months I will have fiber optics. That is why I am slowly looking around for a new router. Currently I have ASUS DSL-AC52U, which by current standards can be considered poor, but for VDSL2 nothing faster makes sense. I would like to buy another ASUS, because I like the ASUS-WRT system. What is the difference between a traditional router with external antennas that supports mesh and a dedicated mesh set? Is it only about built-in antennas and possibly the number of Ethernet/USB ports, or is there something else?
tri band, 2.5gb port, 5g mobile back up or switchable feed in or shared with wan port, Mesh support for any manufacture, open source firmware and cost only £50 lol
I have to give it to them. Nice job Asus. PS. But .... if we leave the wifi on the side then there are many devices far cheaper and better with these capabilities. If you combine it yes its a good alternative but with such a price I would at least expected remote management or something (yes vpn but no thanks)
If you... put the main feature and cost center of the device to the side, then there are better devices with... the non-primary function of this router. Baffling.
So I guess when Wi-Fi 8 comes out which is coming out soon that's way better than Wi-Fi 7 and it supports more streams and more efficient instead of just replacing $100 $200 access point you go to buy another beast router for 600 bucks huh😊
Did you bleat out this same BS when wireless-G came out... and N... and AC... and AX... and AXE? Uhhh duhhh u kneed duh devices 2 support duh wireless konexion Y knot weight 10 moar yearz 4 faster stuf?
If you want to upgrade your hardware every generation, and you're spending your own money to do it, then good luck to you. The same argument could be used for Phones, or cars, or PC hardware. If you want the latest stuff, naturally you need to spend money on it (or run a TH-cam hardware testing channel ;-)). Personally, I'm looking to upgrade from a decade-old DSL-AC68U now that I'm *finally* getting off a copper connection and I'm already using an AI Mesh network, so I'm very interested to see how this piece of kit performs
I wonder if this will suffer from the 'just past warranty' dead ports issue that several of my ASUS routers suffered with; only a power cycle would get them back, not ideal when you have cameras, NAS and home auto attached. ASUS know how to make a GUI though, I'll give them that.
ASUS VLAN implentation is still bit wonky. I couldn't ever get it working correctly. When straying away from the standard WiFi stuff. Also fun fact VLANS on ASUS routers have worked for awhile. You could also use VLAN 501, 502, 503 for example which where enabled when you enabled the guest WiFi network, but it also applied to ethernet.
Alex, I have a question. Since the BE88U has a SFP+ port, could I connect a fibre optic cable directly from the wall instead of connecting it to an ONT/modem then to the BE88U for direct Internet?
This is a router, not an ONT which are different. PS, your ISP must support any 3rd party ONT you want and they need to configure it as well. UniFi has an ONT, and some people around the world succeeded to use it, some couldn't and some ISP refused to use it but the guys succeeded to hack things together. My own ISP accept only their supplied ONT/AIO Router device, thankfully, we can enter the admin and do some configuration.
@@tim3172 I guess my wording were not clear, by "Your ISP must support any 3rd party ONT" I didn't mean you choose the ONT and your ISP must support it. I meant before choosing the ONT you must choose a compatible ONT that is supported by your ISP. And then went to the other point about wether the ISP actually allows the use of other ONTs or not.
I had SOOOO many issues with Asus, while it doesn't have all the features, I opted to go with Eero instead and run the rest of the software on a Rasperry pi
Wi-Fi 7 and you show 900mbs speed ! is that fast for WIFI 7 ???? my Free ISP rourter WIFI 6 router AX5400 giving me 1.5gbps No drop with over 20 devices connected to it .
Amazon sent me this instead of a £170 item I ordered, anyone suggest if it's worth keeping for now? I don't have an aftermarket router currently, just the one the ISP sent, also no gigabit internet, that is being installed over the next few months, Thanks ;)
Video ideas meeting: “Shall we create a super geeky video filled with pointless man jargon to try and isolate a lot of subscribers?” Well your video was a success 😎🤣💩
This guy clearly doesn't do / know tech (networking) very well, first off he said the wrong name in the video...ooofff, and then his gripe is external antenna's, umm hello, if you want the best WiFi you need external antenna, any wireless router without external antenna's you should avoid...and this is where I turned off the video...more terrible tech tubers....sad!
His gripe with external antenna... is? His gripe with external antenna's what? ... without external antenna... is? ... without external antenna's what? Are you an illiterate who thinks you use apostrophes to pluralize nouns? ...sad!
So basically, that is not a 100% Wi-Fi 7 router, it has some capabilities of the new technology, like MLO and 4K-QAM, but not the 6Ghz band, which is the main future for me.
And i thought that only Chinese brands, like ZTE, Huawei and Xiaomi are using this misleading labeling, as i have seen on AliExpress, but that is normal because in China the Wi-Fi 7 is a work in progress, as i read online.
Asus problems just doesn’t end .. Ubiquity is the best. Absolutely no problems i love them❤
As someone who has owned (2) Asus RT-AX88U, one has the main router and one as an AiMesh, this will be perfect to replace the main router to give me 2.5gbps for two desktop PC's I have and fully utilize my 2gbps fiber to the home connection. It's nice that I can leave my existing RT-AX88U in place and use it as an AiMesh.
I spent little bit more money and stick with UniFi..
See I'm using Unifi granted their express gateway however I'm only getting 500mbps rather than the 1gb I used to get with the Eero from my provider. Seems to be an issue that I cannot find a fix for online
I left Unifi. They do not work well with pppoe in europe.
@@su1kahappened to me had to place MT bridge before unify to handle pppoe
i have had no issues with it in the UK
PPPOE works fine for me too in the UK.... 👍
5 year support and a track record for reliability- above simple hardware gems
Whats that app youre using that shows the network speeds on the top bar?
This is a terrific router and it was easy to set up and get my web server working behind it as well as my network attached storage. For all the features that matter it really works well. Now there are a few bells and whistles on this router that don't work. One is the built-in speed test it seems to be unable to connect to the server and the other is the firmware update and firmware version check which are unable to connect to the server. However all the client devices have good internet connectivity which makes it baffling that the administrative features built into the router do not. Other than that once I set it up all the features that matter to me work very well.
Dang I wish 6ghz was included
Not supporting 6Ghz at this price?
Thanks for all the grate video over all the years mars there is so much I have learn just from your channel alone 🎉❤
Not a problem! Thank you for supporting us over the years, I'm glad you've managed to learn from us!
I currently use the AX88U Pro which replaced my EOL AC88U. Don't think this is enough for another upgrade yet!
Also If I was to upgrade to BE88U Asuswrt-Merlin isn't supporting BE88U.
I was using the ASUS routers for 8 years it sucks.I'm using UDM Pro and the network is stable more than before .
for me, there's a better option, which supports wifi7 and 6ghz. Asus BT10. minus the sfp port. and fewer lans
and what's the better option that you know ?
Sorry I might sound like an idiot here but as I understood the 2.4 GHz is for range and 5 GHz is for more throughput. By the same logic 6Ghz might give you a little more throughput but with reduced range.
I live in a double brick house and the 5 GHz is useless past one solid wall so I think it's over rated. I only use it to connect to stuff within the same room as the router and I have the AC88U. I was considering the AX88U but might look at this one. Has been rock solid as long as you keep it cool. Which is the important tip. Most routers give up the ghost due to heat.....
Essentially have a laptop cooler under it and it has never given me trouble.
hope they give ssd or hdd option with nvr support inbuilt in next version so that we can use this as both router, wifi-AP and nvr together
I saw you at lost village festival haha, was gonna say hi but was feeling a little wavey 😂😂
Alex thanks for the review, won’t miss the 6k bandwidth my experience is that it has very short range and can deliver little more than the 5ghz anyway I have a ASUS ZenWiFi Pro WiFi 6E, ET12 twin setup in my house and have just ordered one to use as the main router thanks to your review.
Dual band only? No sale.
What’s a rooter? 😊
Looks like a pretty sweet router. Nice review.
Must be American 🤦🏼♂️
@@OLIFAB First time discovering the real proper English language hehe
@@tcntad87 😂
@@tcntad87 Yes, like how you say 'Aboot' and 'oot' because, you know... that's definitely how words work.
out... owt... rowter....
what is a nice feature this router supports LinkAgregation and Game Mode for trafic priority. For me was the best fit for Wifi7 + 10Gbps/2.5Gbps Managed Switch + Router with VPN at 10gb Wan so at the price of 350E was the best for the buck!
What a Powerhouse 👍
It's a beast!
Hi Alex. That was a good review … thank you. I have a quick question please. I live out in a rural area, so have to depend on a 4g card in my current router. The specs for this Asus bad boy say it has a “3G / 4G LTE dongle” so does that mean I could slot a SIM card into this and get this to work? I am assuming it won’t work on 5g, which is a pain if not. Any recommendations for a router which will support 4g and 5g? Many thanks. Keep up the good work.
pfsense + unifi for me
Yes, same Here. Still need to replace my Sophos SG330 with PFsense for something wich support SFP+ .
Switching is fully MikroTik because of the low price for 10G (6 years in Rack now)
And the Accespoints are UniFi.. (6 LR and Pro)
I would never buy an “all in one” consumer product for my house. But its fine for the most people I know :)
Yea I run all unifi in my house, I just upgraded to the u7 pro max it's glorious 😮. Just need to upgrade my udm se to the udm pro max
Great video Alex
Alex in the usa, its called RT-BE88U
Thanks guys.
Maybe one of you will enlighten me. I currently have VDSL2, but there is a chance that in a few months I will have fiber optics. That is why I am slowly looking around for a new router. Currently I have ASUS DSL-AC52U, which by current standards can be considered poor, but for VDSL2 nothing faster makes sense. I would like to buy another ASUS, because I like the ASUS-WRT system. What is the difference between a traditional router with external antennas that supports mesh and a dedicated mesh set? Is it only about built-in antennas and possibly the number of Ethernet/USB ports, or is there something else?
Hey Alex what’s that download/upload speed app you have In your menu bar? Pretty sweet!
I see a fiber module, so you replaced modem with this and connected from box where fiber comes lc fiber cable to Asus router direct way?
tri band, 2.5gb port, 5g mobile back up or switchable feed in or shared with wan port, Mesh support for any manufacture, open source firmware and cost only £50 lol
I would like 10 gig WAN and at least 4 more 10 gig ports... Only 2 - 10gig ports is a pain to work with!
I have to give it to them. Nice job Asus.
PS. But .... if we leave the wifi on the side then there are many devices far cheaper and better with these capabilities. If you combine it yes its a good alternative but with such a price I would at least expected remote management or something (yes vpn but no thanks)
If you... put the main feature and cost center of the device to the side, then there are better devices with... the non-primary function of this router.
Baffling.
Does it have physical buttons to disable WLAN and leds?
So I guess when Wi-Fi 8 comes out which is coming out soon that's way better than Wi-Fi 7 and it supports more streams and more efficient instead of just replacing $100 $200 access point you go to buy another beast router for 600 bucks huh😊
Did you bleat out this same BS when wireless-G came out... and N... and AC... and AX... and AXE?
Uhhh duhhh u kneed duh devices 2 support duh wireless konexion Y knot weight 10 moar yearz 4 faster stuf?
If you want to upgrade your hardware every generation, and you're spending your own money to do it, then good luck to you. The same argument could be used for Phones, or cars, or PC hardware. If you want the latest stuff, naturally you need to spend money on it (or run a TH-cam hardware testing channel ;-)).
Personally, I'm looking to upgrade from a decade-old DSL-AC68U now that I'm *finally* getting off a copper connection and I'm already using an AI Mesh network, so I'm very interested to see how this piece of kit performs
@@spun_01I’m still using that AC68U, as part of my mesh, it’s worked out rather well.
£313 on Amazon UK, right now (till 29th i believe)
Alex, where do you learn all your networking knowledge from? Any tips
YT
The internet
No 6Ghz??
I wonder if this will suffer from the 'just past warranty' dead ports issue that several of my ASUS routers suffered with; only a power cycle would get them back, not ideal when you have cameras, NAS and home auto attached. ASUS know how to make a GUI though, I'll give them that.
Way better than the new FritzBox 5690 Pro and XGS,does it work on a Symmetrical 10 Gigabit XGS-PON FTTH Connection?😊
You can select the Wan from Rj45 10gb, SFP+ or 2.5Gb so if you can connect a sfp+ with xgs-ont you solve it.
Still a jack of all trades, master of none really! Shillin' for Asus.
It doesn't have ips/ids/snort. Packs performance. I don't think it has support for wpa 3 192 bit eap tls radius server connection for higher security.
I see why tech youtubers avoid tiktok. because people can duet an slame them for saying things (look how this router looks)
Can u show the game settings
I'd give it 6GHz wireless... what a complete joke.
What speed did you get 2m from it
He won't answer it because he knows that the throughput is bad via wifi
Lost me at “gaming port”
ASUS VLAN implentation is still bit wonky. I couldn't ever get it working correctly. When straying away from the standard WiFi stuff.
Also fun fact VLANS on ASUS routers have worked for awhile. You could also use VLAN 501, 502, 503 for example which where enabled when you enabled the guest WiFi network, but it also applied to ethernet.
Just seems like ASUS is just giving you features that TP-Link and Unifi already gave you for a better price
POE???
Can we run docker containers in it?
flash openwrt onto it and you gucci
_It just lacked `PoE` ports to be perfect.💯%_
You should look at MikroTik equipment
Alex, I have a question. Since the BE88U has a SFP+ port, could I connect a fibre optic cable directly from the wall instead of connecting it to an ONT/modem then to the BE88U for direct Internet?
it depends on your isp
also im not sure but i think you need a special sfp module for that
This is a router, not an ONT which are different. PS, your ISP must support any 3rd party ONT you want and they need to configure it as well. UniFi has an ONT, and some people around the world succeeded to use it, some couldn't and some ISP refused to use it but the guys succeeded to hack things together.
My own ISP accept only their supplied ONT/AIO Router device, thankfully, we can enter the admin and do some configuration.
@@h_alkhalaf "our ISP must support any 3rd party ONT you want"
@@tim3172 I guess my wording were not clear, by "Your ISP must support any 3rd party ONT" I didn't mean you choose the ONT and your ISP must support it. I meant before choosing the ONT you must choose a compatible ONT that is supported by your ISP. And then went to the other point about wether the ISP actually allows the use of other ONTs or not.
RT not RB, smh
the slow pausing guy is back with another roooter.
This is my go-to channel for rooters
Can this replace my virgin media router?
Yea basically every fkn ruter can broadcast multiple SSID's...
I had SOOOO many issues with Asus, while it doesn't have all the features, I opted to go with Eero instead and run the rest of the software on a Rasperry pi
I've only ran Asus, zero issues.
Wi-Fi 7 and you show 900mbs speed ! is that fast for WIFI 7 ???? my Free ISP rourter WIFI 6 router AX5400 giving me 1.5gbps No drop with over 20 devices connected to it .
you in europe?
@@BeefSnot THAILAND. Most of internet providers here giving Wi-Fi 6 router AX5400. some now are giving Wi-Fi 7 for free with 2 years contract.
Amazon sent me this instead of a £170 item I ordered, anyone suggest if it's worth keeping for now? I don't have an aftermarket router currently, just the one the ISP sent, also no gigabit internet, that is being installed over the next few months, Thanks ;)
Errrm, I'll hazard a guess and say yes
Still no POE
Routaa
not full duplex
Video ideas meeting: “Shall we create a super geeky video filled with pointless man jargon to try and isolate a lot of subscribers?” Well your video was a success 😎🤣💩
Real all in one router is TP-Link BE19000 Gaming Router.
This guy clearly doesn't do / know tech (networking) very well, first off he said the wrong name in the video...ooofff, and then his gripe is external antenna's, umm hello, if you want the best WiFi you need external antenna, any wireless router without external antenna's you should avoid...and this is where I turned off the video...more terrible tech tubers....sad!
His gripe with external antenna... is?
His gripe with external antenna's what?
... without external antenna... is?
... without external antenna's what?
Are you an illiterate who thinks you use apostrophes to pluralize nouns? ...sad!
@@tim3172 Yeah this guy is pretty terrible, I mean I'll give him credit...he's trying, but def not an advanced techie...
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Have no idea what you are taking about🤷🏻♂️
Lol
Eh, still consumer grade. Plus no 6GHz kills it for me
Well what can i say got one , its rubbish sent it back my wifi 5 unify kit is better .
I agree, its a load of junk, very over engineered, almost impossible for the everyday Jo to set up, and the firmware is buggy as hell.
@@seanpereira This isn't meant for people who try to plug RJ45 cables into RJ11 sockets.
@@tim3172 what are you talking about, they are RJ45 ports on the back, it doesn't have even one RJ11 port on it what so ever.
What's this one called?