ASUS RT-BE88U Dual-Band WiFi 7 AiMesh Extendable Performance Router, 4K-QAM, MLO, Dual 10G Ports, SFP+, 4X 2.5G Ports, 4X 1G Ports, 34G WAN/LAN Capacity, Network Security, Built-in VPN

Asus RT-BE88U just works!!
Amazon Rview: Read through to get to the Asus RT-BE88U….This review will most likely not get posted. I purchased the Netgear RS700S as “refurbished,” which generally means that it was returned and some how repaired (or at least double check to make sure it is working per manufacturer specs). It was not. Router would continuously drop signal. So it appears that Amazon just repackaged it and sold it, as is.Router Review:1. Administrator menu is very limited on what you can do.2. When accessing the router’s admin menu, it times you out after about 15-20 seconds while your trying to read the documentation for settings. You must re-sign in EVERY SINGLE TIME!3. You can NOT change the admin user name. You must use “admin.” Without the ability to change the admin name Netgear reduced your router access security by 50%.4. In order to gain access to the needed security for the router, you MUST pay an annual subscription!!5. Netgear customer service people are rude to you if you turn down the subscription sales pitch, and then reqest to get I.T. support on an issue. They actually hung up on me. At first I thought the over-seas phone line dropped. However, when I called back 2 or 3 times, they would not even answer the phone.CONCLUSION:I returned the RS700S for a full refund and bought an ASUS RT-BE88U router. Everything mentioned above is NOT an issue. Their admin user name can be changes, you have a huge amount of control within the admin menu (including how long you wish the menu to time-out.) NO annual subscription fees. Signals on 2.4, 5, and 6G are very solid. I have 15 devices and not one of them has ever dropped a signal. Also, reboot times are much fast than Netgear’s.Great router, security, menu interface, and performance! Customer service wasn’t needed because this router just WORKS!!

It Worked Great Until It Didn’t
I was (maybe still am) a diehard ASUS guy, might have to consider other options after this though. The router worked great for about 2 weeks then it lost internet connectivity, after rebooting it once or twice I was able to get it running again. Fast forward 2 more weeks & my internet was crawling slower than dial up! I did a speed test & was amazed at the result. Tried rebooting the router several times (6 or 7) & it would not connect to the internet at all. I have an old RT-AX85U router that this replaced because I needed more ports. I hooked it back up & it took right off. I guess I’ll just use my old reliable 4 port AX86U with a switch & the BE88U is getting returned.Attached are my speed test screenshots. The 1st is the BE88U & the 2nd the AX86U.I hope that this was just a bad router & not that ASUS’s quality is going down. For the price of this router I expected much more that what was delivered.One other thing to note is that the ports on the back seem sort of close together. If you have an ethernet cable that has a little more covering on the end, it is really tight.

Desde que se compró ha tenido diferencia de rendimiento con la versión que no es pro, que tuvimos que devolver por qué dejó de funcionar súbitamente, pero este su rango de alcance no es equiparable. Además que ha tenido problemas de rendimiento en cuanto la conexión de múltiples equipos. Dando velocidades inferiores a distancias medias.

Only issue is 10Gb spf port doesn’t deliver more than 5-6 Gb speed, when using router as iperf3 server, speed stays around 2.5 Gb, it goes up when used as client to test with the device on the other side using fibre.Not able to use trendmicro protection with dual WAN inload balancing mode is also a personal down for me.overall I am okay with the device.