ASUS GT-AX11000 ROG Rapture 802.11ax Tri-Band Gaming Router
ASUS GT-AX11000 ROG Rapture 802.11ax Tri-Band Gaming Router, Speed Up to 1.1 Gbps, MU-MIMO With OFDMA Tech, 3 Level Game Boost, Gamers Private Network, Game Radar for Server Connectio
Keep your gaming band clean
Tri-band networking lets you dedicate one 5GHz band to gaming only, so you can avoid competing for bandwidth with other devices on your home network. With dynamic frequency selection (DFS), ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 also unlocks 15 channels in the least-congested 5GHz bands, providing more bandwidth for all of your wireless devices.
Fortified Frontline Network Security
ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 features AiProtection Pro powered by Trend Micro to defend your network from external attacks and threats by neutralising them before they can reach your devices. Even if your PC’s security software isn’t turned on, AiProtection Pro still protects your network from attacks and intrusions, giving you added peace of mind.
Powerful Whole-home Wi-Fi system. The way you want
In most cases, your ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 can deliver smooth, reliable Wi-Fi to every part of your home. But Wi-Fi coverage can be affected by many factors — room layout, construction materials, and even furnishings. ASUS AiMesh is an innovative new router feature that fixes these problems: it creates a whole-home Wi-Fi network using multiple ASUS routers. AiMesh is powerful, flexible and you can use a mix of ASUS router models — protecting your investment! AiMesh gives you time-saving central control, and seamless roaming capability. AiMesh is Wi-Fi you can rely on — for all your devices, all the time!
| Dimensions: | 240 x 240 x 60 cm; 1.72 Kilograms |
| Model: | GT-AX11000 |
| Manufacture: | ASUS |
| Dimensions: | 240 x 240 x 60 cm; 1.72 Kilograms |
| Origin: | China |
Very expensive but absolutely worth i
I’ve been waiting for a router with these capabilities for a long time. It is definitely expensive and if you don’t need the advanced management capabilities that this has I would move on. But for me and especially for my work this router is amazing. The coverage, the IO, the management tools are incredible and absolutely top of the line. Definitely worth getting if you need the absolute top end in routers.
So far so good
So far so good have linked to my 2 ASUS RT-AX92Us and seems to be doing a good job.
I even have Sky Q alongside would probably be better if I could turn off routing on this, but still working ok even so
I’m using in a wired backhaul AiMesh with 2xAX86U nodes (one on 2.5GbE). Running RMerlin’s 386.8_0_rog firmware at the time of writing this review and everything is stable with a mixture of wired and wireless clients. This replaces an Asus AX88U and the WiFi range is better on all bands.
I will update this review if required but so far, so good.
Great piece of ki
This is the best router I have owned. A great user interface. The basic settings are easy to set up. My network has definitely improved. I cannot comment on the tech support as I have not needed to contact them.
buggy firmware
firmware is quite buggy even updated to the latest one. faced a couple of issue in 5ghz and its very weird that 160mhz only work on channel under 100ch , the most stable 5g channel is 36. Once i figure it out. the network is quite stable and fast at the end. I could reach nearly 1G lan performance at ax160mhz . i feel quite disapointed that it does not allow to use 1G lan as a wan and leaverge 2.5gbe wan port in lan network. it make more sense if you could have only 1gb boardband.
Excellent all round route
I use this router for around 30 devices. All works brilliantly. It supports at least 6 SSIDs, which is very useful for migration purposes and guest networks. I also use it as a NAS and able to get excellent backup speeds of up to 600mbs. Although the WiFi signal strength is a little lower than my older router, WiFi 6 has improved throughput. I’m now able operate at my Internet wire speed of 380mbs throughout the house. Only complaint is the slightly noisy fan.
Superb route
Bought this so I could put the Virgin hub in modem only mode. Virgin WiFi signal was weak by my shed in the garden – roughly 10mbps by the shed when paying for the M200 contract. By using this router, the speed by the shed was up to 200mbps. Great signal now all through the house. Great router.
Excelle
latest firmware and no issues, running 2x 5ghz networks on DFS channels. Able to pull down 650-800Mbps on wifi ax devices in the same room as the router, however this drops off the more walls you travel past.
1gbps ftth running through it and does not break a swea
Complicated device. If using 1Gbps fibre watch the various QOS modes as they prevent a device getting the full 1Gbps which can make you think the broadband is performing badly. The latest firmware includes a speedtest within the router but it can’t go above 600 Mbps for whatever reason so may be misleading also.
I’ve had 2000Mbps unstable between two of these in AiMesh. Using Wi-Fi backhaul i can get internet downloads at 940 down which are stable upload isn’t so is nearer 600 this more to do with local interference and limitations of Wi-Fi. There quite large units. Since latest firmware they have been very stable.
After having an ASUS router for many years, having bought my ac88u from amazon several years ago, I decided it was time for an upgrade.
We have several devices with wifi 6 and the inclusion of two 10gbe ports for the price was something i knew i would use.
My wifi 6 clients connect at 2.4gbps and the signal is noticeable stronger than my previous router. The old router now gets the job of extending the wifi to the bottom of my garden.
The interface is very much the same as the old one so Im comfortable in knowing what setting is where.
I do have concerns over the fan failing but I’ll have to cross that bridge when I come to it.
So far, so good and for 389, i think its worth every penny. It will last me for many years to come.
AImesh and mega speedy
What a LUMP, comes out of the box like some alien drone. so I have been running the latest VIrgin wifi router box. with a problem getting a signal to all my rooms despite none of them being over 15 feet away. sure there are some walls but I would expect at least a cursory signal in all my rooms but NO! one room actually limped a 42kbs from what is supposed to be 500mbs, well that’s just not on I thought. the virgin box overheats at the drop of a hat and makes most things appear strobe like. So being a bit of a whizz at this sort of thing I put the cable modem onto modem mode and ethernetted the Asus GT-AX11000 ROG Rapture Carlos Fandango all singing all dancing doodad up, and hit the go button. Well go it blooming well did. blasted the wifi through the house, even in the dodgy room, down the green to my workshop and right to the rear fence (with the 2.4) most of the time we’re running 18 units on the network and mostly it copes very well. it can drop the security cameras (2.4) a bit but ones 36 meters away behind a workshop with a multitude of heavy machinery dumping EM interference all over the place.
At its worst its a fast and stable 5Mhz system which seldom gives a problem, with a few stability glitches on the 2.4. The bandwidth hungry PS4 pro and PS5 with my Mac all on games, big games. while everyone else is either streaming or Smart TV watching. We chomp up the bits without issue. it might have an annoying issue here and there but its pretty much the best thing around at the moment for the home user to buy. My 2.4 issues may be resolved with the utilisation of the AI-mesh feature. I intend to buy another high end Asus ROG Router to span the distance from the house to the very furthest reaches of the property. but all in all it does what it says. Not bad without going pro-kit mental.
Great hardware and performance
High quality router with excellent Wi-Fi performance. I bought this to replace an Asus ac3200 from years ago that still works fine but can’t keep up with my households bandwidth needs.
I also upgraded my internet speed and wanted to be able to take advantage of it.
I don’t have any Wi-Fi 6 clients yet but even the Wi-Fi 5 performance is 2 or 3x faster than the ac3200. Getting 800Mbps+ speeds on 5ghz band with DFS channels.
Going over range extender still doing around 400Mbps where before I was getting between 2 and 300.
I was bummed that custom firmwares didn’t seem to be available but now I see that AsusWRT Merlin has a beta version available so I’m encouraged.
Been using it for a few weeks now and no stability or performance issues with the latest firmware from Asus (9.0.0.4.386.41994).
I don’t use any of the ROG features at the moment so can’t comment on how well they work.
There seem to be loads of negative reviews on this but I’ve tried a few routers now, tp link archer, nighthawk etc
Went straight back to asus
We’re on virgin gig1, I have a 5 piece aimesh now
WiFi speeds are really fast
User interface is second to non
The aimesh is way way advanced over the tp link and tenda set up I tried
If you have a small amount of knowledge, a fast WiFi connection then this is the kiddie
All bugs seem to be gone with latest software ( previous reviews). All my kids have WiFi speeds that exceed the ability of their equipment in their rooms and not 1 drop out or complaint
My mesh is strong and stable and very controllable with the app
Having tried the rest, I can honestly say although what I have is expensive it’s miles above the competition…..
WiFi 6 too so its future proofed for a good few years
Be prepared, read all the info in advance and you should end up with a fast mesh route
This was not the easiest to set up as the “update firmware” option didn’t work when I initially had my laptop Ethernet connected to the ASUS. Adding the extenders didn’t work as easily as expected either. I had spent 3 days researching and reading about the different routers, Ethernet VS Wireless backhaul, triband vs dual band etc etc and the manuals for the router and ax95 mesh extenders but there were still quirks to setting up which didn’t make it a seamless easy operation. I almost sent it back and then just clicked another option, not the most obvious one to me, and hey presto we were in. I initially added 2 ax95 extenders as this is what I needed with my old dreytek router but I found that I needed 4 not 2 Sx95s to give me good enough stable coverage throughout a 4 bedroom 2 level house. So coverage is not as good as the dreytek but speed is 10x faster. It has taken some time to get everything positioned correctly but at last it appears to be working well and firmware updates are easy via the app.
Helped get my virgin broadband working
Brilliant. My virgin broadband hub 3 was useless .i gave up on customer service and bought the asus rapture a probably over the top router to assist. Wow its fast and covers the all of my 5 bed house easily. Well worth it for trouble free broadband.recommended
At last my wifi problems solved at long las
Few issues to set up at the beginning but all resolved. I’ve tried many routers/mesh systems lost count.
This is the router to have to cover all the dead zones in your house. Perfect for a big house with thick walls.
360 well spend to eradicate a 3 year headache
It’s brilliant. Powerful, fast, full of features, stable. Bought it to replace BT Smart Hub 2 for a 900Mb connection. While BT can’t keep up with several devices, this one handles more than 20 devices with a hand (or anthena) on it’s back.
Super quick delivery
The Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Wi-Fi 6 is a class router, and it doesn’t disappoint. Its performance is good at close range, but it improves with distance to set a new standard for those who want to fill a large home with high-speed Wi-Fi !!!!
Highly recommended 🙂
Large than you think
Larger than what you think it will be, you will need a large shelf or small table/desk to sit it on. Easy to setup had it up and running within minutes for basic Internet and then played around with the large amount of configurations to get best setup for me.
Asus GT-AX11000 review.
I was a little hesitant about buying this router because of the way it looks on the product photos. Having received it the photos, don’t really do it justice as I think it looks really in person.
Initial set up is really easy using the app or browser. Just as a tip when you set it up run all the firmware updates (there might be more than one) then when that’s done factory reset it and run through the set up normally again and customise it how you want.
The range of the WiFi is incredible, it even gets a strong signal outside the front of my home and back garden. There are no WiFi black spots in my large house. The internet has remained stable and all devices work with no issue. Be warned though if you have an xbox one if you keep tweaking things too much it can cause problems but to be fair you don’t need to change the router setting for the xbox to work flawlessly with this router.
Setting up port forwarding is easy if your game is already on the list, just pick the game and device then you are done. Game boost is as simple as flipping a switch to prioritise game traffic, you can just leave it on if you want. These are great but you don’t really have to use them unless there are actual problems that they solve. To help keep the router stable I would avoid excessively changing settings as this will lead to problems. I know when you get a new router with this level of customisation you will want to turn everything on (understandable, you just paid a fair bit for it) but you can set it and forget it for some incredibly strong all round performance.
I received the hardware version 1.1 of this router, I also have the version 1. There isn’t much visible difference but the 1.1 does seem to offer stronger connections for all my devices, for example my outdoor cable went from -78dbm to -65dbm (lower dbm = better, 70 Is ok and 30 is the very best, 80 isn’t good and over 90 is unusable). That’s a pretty good upgrade in my book (the router and camera were in the same place as before to help keep the test fair).
I tried AiMesh with this and it’s really easy to set up. You might not need this as this is a single powerful router and mesh systems usually consist of two or three weaker devices. If you do set this up in AiMesh then don’t forget to use roaming assistant and roaming block lists (this locks certain devices to the main router so they never connect to the node).
I thought I wouldn’t like the LED but so far I’ve left it on colour cycle and it looks good. The antennas are really chunky on the router, and come out of the side so you will need a fair bit of space to place this.
Overall I’m happy with the product and enjoying a good internet connection, hassle free with enhanced features if I need to use them. If you are looking for a router in this price/ performance category then this will have to be on your shortlist.
ASUS GT-AX11000
Purchased due to being sick and tired of VirginMedia Superhub 3.0 with poor relatability from disconnecting for no reason and WiFi coverage poor.
Since installed and tested for over 2 weeks we have had no issues with the router, the only time we had a problem was when Virgin Media service was at fault: very easy to find out due to the excellent Network logs on the web interface.
We live in a semi-detached 1930s built 3 bedroom house (not a big house) with 3 floors and was struggling to get any signal on the 3rd floor.
I decided to go for a WiFi 6 router (yes we do have Wi-Fi 6 Devices) instead of a mesh system due to high costs and having to power more than one device but the good thing about this system is you can add another ASUS router in the future if required to make a mesh WiFi.
Ok the bad: (my particular home)
Signal drops to one bar outside and at the end of a small garden the signal drops out. (I was quite surprised how so many antennas didn’t give me better results)
Saying that even when the WiFi was only giving me one bar of signal, the connection was flawless and worked excellent.
3rd Floor:
Again only one bar of signal, the same I got from the Virgin Media router but the ASUS router still worked flawlessly without any issues with just one bar of signal.
Conclusion:
Excellent product to replace VirginMedia Superhub 3.0.
Don’t expect a massive difference to longer distance WiFi coverage of your home.
Excellent consistent & relatability of WiFi signal even when signal is at its lowest strength.
Purchase another ASUS router in the future compatible with this device to make a mesh system which I might do in the future But for now I have no issues at the moment regarding one bar areas.
Update August 2020:
Purchased ASUS AX6100 WIFi 6 so I can use the AiMesh feature, the AX11000 being the main router and AX6100 as the node works brilliantly.
Extremely easy to set up and much better WiFi coverage for 3 floors. One installed ground floor and the other on the third floor.
Using the ASUS app I can see what devices are connected to which mesh router which I find quite useful as it’s difficult to know which one you are using as this is done automatically without doing anything, brilliant!!
The system is learning all the time so I wouldn’t worry about why your device isn’t connecting to nearest router as mine took a few hours to adjust and work out the best settings for each connected device.
Only gripe is WiFi strength outside is still a little weak even with 2 mesh routers inside. We live in a 3 bed semi – standard sized house and garden.
Looks great build quality is fantastic love it!
Easy to set up at first
Login to Virgin router 192.168.0.1 and set to modem mode
Plug Asus into Virgin modem via lan and set up via walkthrough
500mbps all over our 4 bed detached
Not had to restart it once so far
Upgraded firmware to latest 8011 nightmare no matter what I did my speed dropped from 500 to 200 mbps everywhere
Sorted it now by turning smart detect on and then changing chanels to 160mhz and changing from auto on those 2 chanels 60 and 104 I think
Back to 500 now so very happy with it even put the Aimesh RT-AX92U upstairs for my lads xbox
Its wireless to that then lan cable into xbox hes getting test figures over 600 on the xbox 1 x so again well impressed
Should last a few years now being wifi 6
Samsung s10+ both get 500
Xbox over 500
Old PC upstairs on wireless 250
Old laptop 2007 samsung r780 wireless 250
Beast of a router, awaiting decent firmware upgrades
So along with other reviewers this is useless with the firmware above version ending in 6436. The speeds suffer dramatically but it can easily be fixed and reverted down to any firmware version you’d like.
Version 7xxx introduces WPA3 WiFi security, the first time I’ve ever seen that implemented. However speeds from the router drop by 90% which is why it isn’t yet ready for general use.
I’m on virgin using their really terrible hub 3 which cannot reach my whole home.
Prior to that I was using, very successfully, the BT included smart hub 2 which was so good I discarded the Plusnet hub when I switched in favour of the by hub which I reconfigured easily to distribute Plusnet internet. That’s my last 3 years of internet experience with WiFi routers!
The Virgin hub3 is terrible. Speeds are good to you’re standing right next to it but for your generally larger than 1 bed home, don’t bother using it.
I bought the GT ax 11000 to use and easily connected it to the hub3 in modem mode.
To do that you wire the devices together after choosing modem mode in the Virgin hub 3 settings page, you can use any rj45 socket and cable (gen 7 is cheap now), switch on the router first, then after a minute or so switch on the Virgin hub 3, so that it finds the router in a state of grace. It then allocates an IP address to the router which then begins broadcasting internet. The Virgin hub3 turns a solid red after cycling through some green colours which means things are good.
I have paired this with 2 AX92Us in my 3 floor townhouse and the performance is superb with excellent cover all over. On its own, it covers all but the 4th corner bedroom top floor, where speeds drop to 20mbps from the 213mbps everywhere else.
Initial impressions: a beast of a router. It’s huge. The box is beautiful, the Rog sign is aura compatible when wired into my custom-built-by-myself Asus Rog PC apparently, but I haven’t tried that yet. You can switch the light off completely along with the white LEDs on the front. The 8 antennae state ‘asus high performance antenna’ on each. They screw in and click fold in at 45 degree or 90 degree from a flat 180 degree extension. It’s quite heavy in total.
Hardware: The 4 core CPU runs at 5% utilisation most of the time and the ram runs at 60%. When paired with the AX92Us the ram utilisation is 94% with no performance degradation. There are 2 usb 3.1 gen slots for adding in wired hard disk drives which I have done and use as network Lan or FTP if you are adventurous. There is a 2.5gb port which is really good if you know what it does, and 4 other standard Lan ports.
Setup: is a breeze using the ‘Asus router’ app. You can, if not wanting an app, use your computer or mobile device and make your way to router.asus.com or 192.168.50.1 which is what the default base address is. The settings homepage seems formidable at first, but easy to understand once you tinker about. You can save the settings file to your computer and restore if needed, but you need to restore using the same asus firmware you saved them in. Firmware is easily updated by using the app or using the administration tab in the WiFi settings.
The way Asus have built these things is really cool. The Aimesh really is a good idea. You can use any old Asus routers you have lying around to form an extended mesh. Obviously I’ve used 2 new ax routers to ge the best speeds possible for gaming using a hardwired connection to one of them, but I don’t have any WiFi capable devices yet for the WiFi 6 protocol this has. Some friends will turn up with latest iPhones and will notice a difference!
Quite expensive for what it is, in essence, a router, which is why I bought a used Amazon warehouse item for almost half price at 197. I wouldn’t dare buy this at full price ever, instead I’d buy the AX92Us for the offer price of 266, which happens every 3 months or so, which is what I got them for new.
This is a beast - obliterates wi-fi blackspots
I researched loads before buying this router. i wasn’t too keen on spending so much money on one, but after lots of reviews this was the only router that gave total confidence.
Im with plusnet in the UK, who quite frankly are utter rubbish. The plusnet router can barely offer a strong wifi signal even in the same room, and they didn’t care to help.
Fitted in the ASUS router 1 month ago now and i am acheiving WIRED speed every where in my house, its quite simply amazing. Very simple to setup too and i now use the 5Ghz frequency which means no channel conflict with other local networks.
With 5 smart devices, TV and 3 laptops all using the wifi, 2 of which are used for gaming, the wifi still doesn’t slow at anytime!
In short, this router is worth the extra money over the others, it absolutely obliterates wifi blackspots in my 3 floor house.
No more WiFi problems
Had nothing but trouble from my virgin media hub so decided to go for something much more up market and happy I made the right choice, no more problems with WiFi not connecting, no more trouble with range extender connecting to router, much more reliable and wish I done it soone
Excellent route
EDIT: Seems the original router was a dud for some reason. I know have had it replaced with a new one. So far 3 days, no dropouts or restarts, just rock solid super fast performance. I’m happy (Changed my rating from 1 to 5 stars)…Although ASUS support could be a little sharper, but hopefully won’t need them now – I never have in the past!!
Original Comment.
I bought this router as a replacement/upgrade to an ac66u, which was a solid router. When working the AX11000 is OK, good performance and feature rich. Although my problems started immediately – loss of network connection multiple times a day. At first I thought this was Virgin Media, but on deeper investigation I found that the router was randomly restarting several times a day, also confirmed by router uptime. Log file reveals that the router just dies and restarts, almost as if its been powered down. Really frustrating. ASUS support were not particularly helpful. All front line support could offer was factory reset (which I had done several times already) – or return it !!!??? Support by email is useless, unresponsive – its almost as if they just don’t care or are in denial. Agents just don’t know enough to help in any meaningful way. Poor.
Hugely disappointed !
This isn’t really a review on the product but the journey the router took to get to me. This is my second router, as a week ago when I bought the first one it was 60.00 more expensive. I couldn’t find anywhere where I could ask for a refund of the difference so I had no choice but to buy another one and return the original one for a refund. I was horrified to find that after receiving a message that product had been handed to a resident as I was out only to find the router hadn’t been handed to anyone but left in my designated safe place with just an address label stuck on the actual router box, with no brown box. This is a router costing over 300.00!! Normally deliveries have been good but this time has made me rethink about ordering expensive items. Rant over! Peace.
A decent reliable router.
Expensive, yes! Happy knowing it is future proofed for a few years though. Dont need the power, bit overkill. Just wanted something that could handle all the devices I have. Upgraded from an extremely slow and tempremental Netgear R7000. Im happy with it.
High Performance Router - Too Many Features to List!
This router is packed with the latest wifi technology (WIFI 6) which offers the fastest connection to your devices. At the time of writing, WIFI 6 is only available on the new Samsung phones (UK at least). However, there are a ton of other features that the router offers in terms of network management. One of the handy features I’ve found is the guest wifi which can be created temporary to allow guests to connect for a set period of time. This can be done in a few clicks via the ASUS app on your phone (as well as control many other features). The router has in-built malware/Denial of Service (DoS) protection courtesy of Trend Micro; handy if you have people connecting to your network who have malware which could spread through your network – low risk but handy to have that protection in the router. The router has dedicated gaming features to minimise lag/ping when playing fast paced games like call of duty – there is even a button on the router itself which can be clicked to enable this immediately. The LED logo on the top of the router is a nice touch and even that can be customised to glow different colours in certain scenarios. This customisation of this device goes on and too many to list here. If you have multiple devices such as home assistance, laptops, xbox’s etc – this router can manage all of these without any loss in speed. Great device.
I have had lots of experience with repeaters and the overall experience is flakey at best. I like the idea of mesh, but lots of weak linked access points isn’t going to cut it, given the structure of my house. I was also really suffering from 2.4ghz, which my repeater used, interference from my neighbours.
ASUS have released their new mesh system which has one ax backhaul and ac 5ghz and 2.4ghz channels for device traffic. Since none of this is cheap, I wanted every channel to be ax, so I keep the new setup for as long as possible. What I went for was 2 ax11000s, which was by no means cheap and have setup AiMesh. So rather than my nodes be pretty small boxes with weak performance, I have 2 massive beasts each with great range and solid backhaul.
I did try out one ax11000 on its own to compare it with my old rt-ac68u, which I’ve had for 5 years. The good news it that the signal strength is WAY better. Previous 5ghz dead zones were filled with Wi-Fi. However I was getting only okay speeds at the back of my house (albeit an improvement over no signal). When I put the second one as an airmesh node in my kitchen I was getting full internet speed at the back of my house. My virgin media connection clocks at about 220Mbps and given when connected to the AiMesh node at the back of my house I was still getting 220Mbps, the ax connection between the the 2 AX11000s must be well over the virgin media speed.
In conclusion if you want the benefits of mesh and the benefits of conventional routers, AIMesh is a great way to go. I am repurposing my rt-ac68u as a media bridge as it would have messed up my nice new aimesh setup if I had added it as a aimesh node, ie backhaul would have dropped to ac rather than ax.
Excellent route
This is the best router I have ever owned. Every feature under the sun that you can think of and also excellent speed. I had a AC-86U before this and I was getting about 200Mbps on my BT broadband with that. I am getting above 300 with this. Not the most affordable but recommended if you can spare the money and know what youa re doing with your router.
Excellent and fast WiFi
I was beginning to have problems with my old Netgear router (used only for giving WiFi on a home network). I read up on reviews and decided on this one.
It was very easy to set up and the signal is significantly better and faster than the old one. I don’t think there is anything more that needs adding.
AMAZING BIT OF KIT WORKS THAT WITH SKY Q FIBRE
BEST MONEY EVER SPENT!!! I bought this as my sky fibre was giving me really poor Wi-Fi speeds and really in reliable, I bought the Netgear dm200 to go with it as a modem and the set was really easy, now I’m getting 98mbps through my PS4 (only getting 12mbps max with sky hub) would highly recommend!! Also don’t need and boosters as the Wi-Fi now reaches my whole house.
Just love this router. Does everything but talk to you. Gui is quite user friendly and it needs to be as this is a powerful unit and has a lot of options and settings. Have implemented wpa2 enterprise with this had an issue with old routers dropping connection rebooting automatically and clearing settings on occasions drive me nuts…not any more. Ai monitors connection dropout and auto boosts signal when needed… trend micro monitors for nasties through the router and changes channel to 13 if there a lot of traffic. Very happy with this router would highly recommend.
I bought this as my old router was long in the tooth.. Connected to a BT open reach modem. I do get better wifi signal than before at the furthest reaches of the house but not as good as I might have hoped for and will probably still have to stick in a WiFi repeater. Router can take two WAN connections and load balance them. WAN connection needs to come from another device. Its in the price range of a product for people that know what it does and how to use it. Your not going to buy this because you think it looks cool. The features around controlling bandwith, QOS and parental controls are good. although the time scheduler for cutting off the kids devices is hourly. (need to see if I can get the more granular via ssh). Directly supports connection to Gamers Private Network, powered by WTFast if you have an account. the router has limits around things like number of static ips in DHCP (64) and same with keyword,url, firewall rules, annoying but I shouldn’t hit these limits. Supports Alexa and IFTTT integration if you want to be cool and have voice control over the router. (cool for turning on guest access wifi).
Having got fed up with my Virgin Media Hub 3 erratic performance, I decided to look around for a gaming specific router. After some lengthy research, I decided to go with the Asus GT-AX11000 ROG Rapture. I was not disappointed! I switched my Virgin hub into modem only mode and connected to the Asus router. Setting it up was fairly simple and the results were outstanding. I now have dependable Wi-Fi throughout my house. I used to use an ethernet cable connection for gaming, but the new Wi-Fi connection is just as reliable. No more lag and interrupted connections. The Asus router is a really outstanding piece of work. Highly recommended.
Expensive but get what you pay for. Extremely fast pairs well with Samsung S10+ with WiFi 6 running over 1000Mbps connection speed between router and the mobile. Not had it long so can’t really comment on reliability, but I don’t think they will be any issues.
Needing to replace my old n66u’s I bought two of these ax11000’s and set them up with AIMesh including an ac5300. Resulting home network is flawless – super fast, no weak spots, no drop-off on client devices when moving around the house. AIMesh is tricky – I found I had to place the devices 1m apart (any further and it failed consistently). Once configured it is really impressive, if a little bulky. Not cheap, but really very good.
Excellent product – feature rich. I especially like the AI protection which has blocked access to several purported malicious sites. This product will only get better with more features as 802.1ax is ratified. Thiis is the Wireless Access Point of the future and every home should have one.