ASUS RT-AX92U AX6100 Wi-Fi 6 Tri-Band Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi
ASUS RT-AX92U AX6100 Wi-Fi 6 Tri-Band Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi System for Large & Multi-Story Homes, Flexible SSID Setting, Wired Inter-Router Connections, AiProtection, Trend Micro Security, Pack of 2
Higher Wi-Fi Capacity for Multiple Devices Simultaneously
With a revolutionary combination of OFDMA* and MU-MIMO* technology, 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) technology provides up to 4X greater network capacity and efficiency in traffic-dense environments. Previous-generation 802.11ac ( Wi-Fi 5) Wi-Fi can only handle one device at a time on each network channel, which is an inefficient use of available bandwidth. OFDMA support in the 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard divides each channel into small sub-channels, allowing signals from multiple devices* to be bundled together and transmitted simultaneously, reducing latency for a smoother, more responsive Wi-Fi experience.
Longer Battery Life for Your Devices
Target Wake Time (TWT) allows AiMesh AX6100 Wi-Fi System 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*.
Safer Internet for Your Family and Devices
All your family members, young or old, are exposed to the dangers of internet every single moment they’re online. AiMesh AX6100 Wi-Fi System includes AiProtection Pro powered by Trend Micro™ with automatic, regularly updated security signatures to protect your devices and personal data from internet threats. This strong security offers advanced parental controls, including the ability to block specific websites and mobile app types. Thanks to AiMesh, this protection applies to all your connected devices, no matter which RT-AX92U router the device is connected to.
| Dimensions: | 15.5 x 15.5 x 5.26 cm; 651 Grams |
| Model: | RT-AX92U |
| Manufacture: | ASUS |
| Dimensions: | 15.5 x 15.5 x 5.26 cm; 651 Grams |
| Origin: | China |
I have a Asus XD6 mesh wifi. I found that when standing next to the router with the second node turned off i would get 660mbps, i have a 1gbps line. I turn the second node on and I get about 250mb.
So i thought i’d directly connect the WAN cable in the 2nd node. I still get 250mb!
Last week I returned a Linksys Atlas Pro 6 Velop Dual Band The reason because i experienced a few drops. I would walk from the bedroom to the office and i found my wifi connection disppear for a minute.
But the speed test was running good , 600mbps when standing next to the router even with the 2nd node that was upstairs turned on.
My view is the linksys was great for speed but not for changing advanced wifi settings. I had to phone support to find out how to change the channel bandwidth from 160Mhz to 80Mhz. Why did I want to do this, i didn’t want a crazy fast background speed sucking up the battery of my wireless devices.
Asus has a great app and web management and lots of advanced settings, but i’m getting strangely slow speeds with the 2nd node turned on even though i tried hardwiring it!
So i guess the search is on still as both linksys and asus are not living up to expectations , which are not set that high really. I just want to achieve half my bandwidth speed. about 500mbps around the house.
Edit – changed to 4 stars. I now have 850mbps when close to the router with the 2nd node switched on. If I go close to the 2nd node I get 400mbps. I guess this is because the data is forwarded back to the 1st node. I will later on run a cat6 cable from the office (2nd node) to the conservatory (1st node) which will solve this problem. I don’t really want to pay more for tri band which also would fix the speed issue on the 2nd node
I have a number of these in the home now providing a mesh wifi, I love how easy it is to set up and how easy it is as one node centrally manages and upgrades all the others so I never need to look at them
Really easy to set up and has improved the WiFi signal in the far-flung reaches of the house where it always used to drop.
Not the cheapest but well worth it.
Upgraded from old Google wifi and what a difference. I have a 1Gig internet connection and can finally make use of it throughout my house. A little expensive but worth it.
You can even add your vpn to the router so all clients benefit from it without an app on each one. Thumbs up!
Soon as I upgraded to an ASUS router, the level up my network speeds got was night and day! I have this router paired with the Asus RT-AX82U as a node, and the mesh system works flawlessly throughout my home. 10/10 would recommend.
I bought this ASUS RT-AX92U AX6100 Tri-Band router for three reasons:
1) Having recently changed broadband provider, their router has security warnings for it and is impossible to change the WiFi name or password from the default settings! I therefore needed a good quality router instead.
2) I have used an ASUS router for the past four years on an ADSL line and found it to be totally reliable and give great WiFi coverage.
3) I really like the ASUS app which lets me check and change settings and performance.
So I thought I would be able to plug this ASUS router straight into the little wall box where the fibre-optic cable comes into my property. Sadly I discovered that this will not work with my provider as, again, the firmware on their provided router and the non-public server to which their customers connect will only allow the provided insecure router to work.
My solution is this – disable the WiFi on the insecure router and plug ONLY my lovely new ASUS router into one of the ports. This means that my computer and other equipment which are wired connections are plugged into my secure ASUS router and WiFi is provided by the ASUS router as well.
The ASUS RT-AX92U AX6100 Tri-Band Router looks great, is so easy to set up with the app or direct connection via a computer, and the WiFi performance is outstanding in our small detached modern property.
Bought this to replace the stock Virgin Media Superhub 3 as I was suffering with wifi dropouts on my laptop and occasionally the wifi would not start on boot. It also took such a long time to boot that having to reboot was so annoying as I have no aerial or cable TV connection and rely on wifi as soon as I am awake to watch TV. On opening I thought this is quite small and the wifi fins were quite flimsy so i could see them breaking easy, but to be fair as its going to be out of reach its not really an issue. Installing this was very easy, I had used the Virgin Media forum on how to setup superhub and this router on first use (I would recommend you do the same). More importantly it starts a lot quicker on first turn on, in fact the router is ready almost immediately but the Virgin Superhub still delays slightly but its a lot quicker now due to it only being in Modem Mode. It has every configurable option I would want and much more. I would recommend you check which DNS search is quickest for you (plenty of guides and free apps online) as I found the virgin media DNS was fastest for me and my response time improved on adjusting this. I have had no issues whatsoever so far and I am looking forward to purchasing another AI mesh ASUS router in the future so I can expand my wifi further.
Price was OK I guess in relation to others but still what I would consider to be pricey. I had some Microsoft Reward points that I used towards it else I may have waited until it was on offer or something.
Overall really happy with my purchase
The top speeds we hit with the stock kit were roughly 450mbs up and down when near the router but in the doorway to the bedroom, which is the last place the WiFi would touch we were getting 40/30, if it would connect at all. Now even in parts where the WiFi wouldn’t reach we are getting 150mbs.
I think if I was to add another node I would exceed this massively, but it’s perfect for my requirements.
Speeds next to the router are hitting between 500 and 600mbs so even as just a single router its an improvement over the one hyperoptic provides.
It’s also so easy to set up. Just unplug existing router and put the ethernet in the back of one and just follow instructions on screen. If you use the existing WiFi name and password you won’t even need to change the details on your devices.
Nice, neat, easy to set up, just plug and play swapped with my isps fttp router.
Works great on wifi 6 devices at medium to short range.
Long range not so good and not working so good with x box, even with separate x box ssid set up woth xbox mode on.
Works fine (very well) with windows laptops and desktops and android and iphones.
Can be wall mounted ajd easily configurable. If used as a mesh system you lose wifi 6 as it uses this as the connection / back haul. Then you have AC and older, which is mostly fine too.
Download speed seems to be slightly slower over WiFi than upload speed ie getting 350/500 vs cat 6 getting 500/500mbps
Similar resutls when i had 1000/1000, was only achieving over 900/900 when wired but close enough with wifi. I soon downgraded to 500/500 as gb was overkill
Had a few different ones to try wireless VR with a Quest 2, other AC wifi 5 works well (around 40-50ms ping) but this here can be ran as stand alone (direct to PC and nothing else) and runs AX wifi6 speeds (NOT wifi6E).
Down side is only gigabit either net so your losing 200mbs speeds with wifi 6 connection but ping is sub 20ms (Quest 2 to PC) for me!
This is an excellent router. I have 900Mb BT fibre and the HomeHub keeps crashing when my gradsons are online.
With the ASUS You plug the WAN cable into the BT ONT and the router asks for your username and password. If you put in your BT username and password it fails to work. The username you need is [email protected] the password is not used but you must enter something. It then works perfectly. The connection method is PPPOE but I was not asked for this
I live in a 2 floor house with solid brick walls and with the awful Hub 3 I had low signal areas upstairs and signal stability was awful.
I was expecting to have to pay out for an expensive Mesh system but thought I’d try one RT-AX92U first, as I could always purchase another and mesh it to the first if it wasn’t enough. As it turned out I don’t need to. To be honest, the signal strength isn’t a massive improvement over the Hub 3. It is better but what is amazing is the stability. With the Hub 3, if the signal was weak anywhere my 200mb line would drop to single figure speeds but the stability would make it often unusable. My sons gaming was becoming a constant pain in my ear. With the ASUS this is no longer a problem. Even in areas that have a slightly lower signal, the stability is amazing and I now receive a steady 200-220mb everywhere. The RT-AX92U allows me to prioritise my sons gaming and even lets me NAT a path to whatever gaming server he’s using. Perfect line speeds. Even his friends are jealous now.
As for setup, it’s a dream. I bought a Cat7 cable to link the ASUS and Hub 3 (it does come with a Cat5).
You link the WAN port on the ASUS to port 1 on the Hub 3, log into the Hub 3 using a browser on the same network. Change the Hub 3 to Modem mode and restart it.
Once it’s restarted, turn on the ASUS, download the ASUS router app and literally do what it says. I had to update the firmware, which the app does for you but that was it. I’ve done a lot of Router installs but this was by far the easiest I’ve ever done.
As you can guess, I’m a fan. It’s solved all my issues and at a reasonable price to boot. A fantastic piece of kit.
I have purchased this product to help my home wifi.
I have a sky Q TV and internet system in my home and found I had to turn off the hotspots on the 2 boxes that were hardwired (to stop continuous crashes on the TVs) I have now placed the 2 ASUS units in similar positions. I have switched on the first device in the furthest position from my incoming internet and have an instant improvement. My wife has had problems with her laptop connections to the internet nonstop. But seem ok now on first impressions.
I used to have constant connection issues. Too many devices and weak signals. Worst of all the standard ISP’s router insisted defaulting to channel 6 (the most congested channel in my area – presumably because everyone else’s router does the same). Another provider’s router took so long to change channel it was faster log in and do it myself.
This router is fast. Channel switching is almost instant and generally detects issues before I’ve noticed anything.
I’ve had this connected for a few months now without any problems, even my printer is happy with it!
Connected to the ISP router as a modem, it’s future proof and in house network data transfer is as fast as anything I need for the foreseeable future. The only issue was that they came with European plugs! Still worth it though.
Works amazingly well through two closed doors from the living down stairs to the bedroom upstairs (wired) sending 200mbs with low ping and no interruptions. The whole house has strong wifi. Only slight issue is mostly Apple products will not pick up wifi from the upstairs unit but connect to downstairs leading to some losses of connections. A quick reset of the Asus fixes this. All other devices (Android, windows) work great with wifi in both floors.
Worth the extra money for the stability of the connection.
I paired this with a draytek vigor 130, since the router does not have a modem for traditional copper connection.
I am sure it would work with a fibre connection no problem.
The signal is great, i positioned it in the center of my house using extended cabling, for maximum wifi range in all rooms.
Wifi 6 is great too, I have a fairly slow internet connection, but it is nice to know my internal network is fast.
The user interface was simple to work out (asus wrt) and I was even able to connect to my private vpn from the router.
I used these to replace 4 Access Points in my house. I didn’t need a 2nd dedicated 5GHz channel as I have Cat-6 connecting them together (wired backhaul). In fact this 5GHz channel is better than some of the dual ones available. They were very easy to set up and now I have excellent coverage throughout the house (and garden!) and the download speed on my laptop now matches my external fibre connection (~500Mbs). They are expensive but well worth it if you have a modern WiFi6/802.11ax device.
We needed better WiFi throughout our house and this delivered in abundance. As it is WiFi 6 and has tri-band every area of our home was covered.
You’ll need to decide if you want to support only super modern devices or a wider range as many older devices will fail to connect, this is not a fault and you can choose when you set it up which mode you require.
For older devices not supporting WiFi 6 make sure to choose the correct operating mode.
Overall it isn’t cheap by any stretch of the imagination but is incredibly powerful and the WAN aggregation is superb for the latest Fibre connections delivering more than 1Gbps throughput.
I used to have a competitor’s product (Linksys Velop) which in comparison is absolute garbage – it had 5 nodes in total including the main router (I added over time as there were still blackspots and areas with very poor constant) but caused huge issues. It would disconnect constantly around 4/5 times a day (despite me getting a replacement when I thought the issue might be a faulty node) and ruin movies, games etc. Sometimes it would also fail to reconnect messaging I had to manually turn a node in or off to reset – I even 2/3 times had to reset the whole setup to get it working again.
This however has been brilliant, set it up and no issues since – I have better coverage and speed throughout the house than before. 2 dropouts in the entire time I’ve had it and these sorted themselves out within seconds.
Straight out the box and up and running in minutes, now seeing the full speed of my Starlink connection throughout the house, in the office/cabin and the entire garden.
Dual WAN failover (using multiple internet providers) setup took a couple of minutes and the connection checking times and methods are are configurable. If you want to use both internet providers at the same time load balancing is available and you can set policy based routing to force certain devices to use certain internet providers.
Worth noting this has mixed standards, in mesh mode it uses the wifi6 to exclusively connect the mesh nodes, however, you can simply un hide the SSID and connect (the back haul bandwidth is huge) or if you are able to run Ethernet between the two units it stays available by default.
Final note, these are both routers so can be used independently.
Great but of kit!!!
Does what it says on the tin. Overall it’s a great product.
I have only given this product 4 stars because I already own an Asus RT68U and this has a switch which allows you to turn off the units led/lights. This feature is absent on the AX92U so installing it in a bedroom is okay as long as you are happy with the background lighting.
So I use this primarily for offline in house streaming. I used to have a ISP provided router that connected via an ethernet cable to a gigabit switch in my office. I then use an Nvidia shield to run Plex and the steam link app on the downstairs TV. The connection via this was good usually but more than a little unstable.
I replaced my ISP router and switch with these routers and am very pleased. They run using the wireless backhaul and I am streaming games in 4k with only the occasional stutter. The routers are located downstairs and upstair with a front room and bathroom between and while maintaining a good connection was reliant on me finding the best spot for it to minimise the interference it is now running really smoothly.
The router comes with a free externally facing domain name for using VPN connections on dynamic IP internet connections and means I can now use this and the built in wake on Lan to wake up my home pc if I want to stream Plex or run Parsec (remote gaming) from outside the home.
WiFi coverage is great and no issues apprent when switching between locations in the house.
The only things to note is that you will need a modem for this to connect to the web and the WiFi 6 only works if you set up a second SSID for it and then you can’t use the wireless backhaul as this uses those connections on the respective routers.
Had an existing Asus Zenwifi setup (a couple of XT8 routers), and needed to extend it, so went for the upgrade to the AX92U.
The main logic for the upgrade was that XT8s don’t have a proper guest networking feature (if you set up as a single network/aimesh the guest network is only broadcast from the master router), and from the documentation the AX92U would solve that, enabling satellite nodes to broadcast the guest network as well.
The plan was therefore to use one of the AX92U’s as the master unit, and setup the remaining AX92U and the two existing XT8s as aimesh satellites.
We have a separate ADSL modem, so the master AX92U was plugged into that to setup…and nothing. Which meant I had to read the instructions :-(. There aren’t many, but what they did say was to power down your modem, plug in the AX92U unit, then power back up. On doing that, it took a good two to three minutes for the AX92U to “see” the modem WAN connection, but once it did setup was very simple and straightforward.
Setting up the satellite AX92U unit was trouble free, as was the first XT8 unit after a hard reset. The second XT8 unit was more of a problem, as the install to the aimesh network kept failing. After a good half day of trying various permutations of reset, reposition, configuration…the node finally installed when I hard wired it to the master AX92U unit for the process.
The network has been running a couple days now – providing very good, stable coverage and filling in the previous “blank spots” in the house and surrounds.
Have also found that the QoS and prioritisation appears to be working with this new system – I’m actually not convinced that the QoS and prioritisation on the XT8 network worked at all.
For doing the upgrade, there’s quite a lot of discussion with tips in the Asus forums, but definitely make sure you have the latest firmware in your existing units before starting, and if the aimesh install isn’t completing try a hardwired cat5 connection between the routers.
Good:
– Better coverage, more stable, QoS that works, guest network at every node
Not so good:
– Can be fiddly to do initial setup
I have been impressed by its range and speed. 3 floor house with no repeaters and we get 300+ mbps in every room. The signal is also strong enough to connect WiFi plugs in our detached garage. It generally copes well with a large number of devices (100+). We also often have 4 people doing video calls simultaneously with additional streaming and rarely see performance issues.
Would have been a 5* rating but a couple of months in and recently lost all dhcp network records and had to be restarted and all devices reconnected. I am hoping this was a blip and not recurring as it is a lot of work reconnecting smart devices (lights, plugs, thermostat etc.)
When my 7 year old granddaughter complain that her enjoyment of games on her iPad was being affected by slow wifi I knew it was time for a change. Not being a techie and after seeking advice I was recommended to purchase the Asus RT AX92U. One issue I do have is an older house with internal solid walls downstairs and fibre cable entering upstairs. Specific hardware issues were smart TV dropping signal (it was linked to previous router via wifi) and number of devices in home all requesting wifi.
Advantages
The Asus RT AX92U was easy to set up. I now have full speeds to all devices throughout my home and very acceptable speeds out in garden. System can cope with more than enough devices for my needs (60+). Printer now setup centrally for computer, laptops and phones. The available ethernet ports (4 per node) allow for fixed connection for computer and laptops and TV.
Disadvantages – the high initial cost but on balance I feel it is well worth the investment.
One of these in the centre of the house has made everything connect so much better than all manner of extenders and dual AP’s.
The iOS app allows control and visibility if something is having trouble connecting.
The configurations for AP, Bridge etc give lots of options to work with different broadband routers/modems
The firewall options are pretty good for inbound connections.
The gamer space alien look is a bit out of place anywhere except a 13 year olds bedroom but the performance is what counts.
5Ghz connection is great and very fast. 2.4Ghz is good but limited by general overload of the spectrum, not the fault of the router. It still works very well.
Not cheap but the network is now stable and fast which is what I was looking for having tried all the extender rubbish.
I would give it 5 stars if my 2.4GHz devices didn’t disconnect a few times.
Apple devices, including laptops and phones are having problem connecting to the 2.4GHz connection. They either cannot connect or connect with low or no speed. But they did the same with the supplier’s own router. So, I cannot tell if it is the Asus router’s problem or not.
Generally speaking, I recommend this router.
Massive improvement over my old setup or ISP wifi.
Pro:
* Satellite node provides has a number of ethernet ports, I now see a noticeable improvement with all my media devices using a wired connection (albeit with a 802.11ax backbone).
* Super easy to set-up
Con:
* 802.11ax compatible 5g interface/radio is used only by mesh network, leaving the other 5g wifi interface/radio to be slowed down by older 802.11ac devices. I knew this going in to the purchase, ideally I would have waited for wifi6e but needed a solution sooner due to all the WFH traffic.
I’m sure there are better solutions for large houses, and I could probably reorganise the network to use the 2nd router as a client in repeater mode or something similar – however for a quick fix it works. The 2x routers are exactly the same, so if you and a friend/family member are both after a 802.11ax router – it might make sense to buy this pack and the simply take one each.
I bought this router for speed and coverage of wifi. I have 3 bed property terrace and just bought one not the pair. I was amazed the features and how easy it was to setup. I have fibre with virgin media M350 and found this router use all the bandwidth with ease. My only issue is that it tends yo get warm in the middle. I found a way solving it with old computer fan on a adaptor placed on the top and centre cooled the router down considerably. Even with out fan it works great. I am impressed also with 5ghz wifi higher channels. Now i am above neighbours channels with no crossover. A must router for fibre broadband. Also used cat8 cables. I Changed to Toob which has improved the router considerably. Utra fast speed
Really pleased with these – Bought the pair.
Easy to set up, found significant improvement in wi-fi around the house.
The only reason for 4 is the PRICE. Too expensive really, but these are certainly future proof for about 5-10 years.
Wanted a safe router for my pro-longed HomeWorking, for ALL the family. I certainly got that
I don’t find the app particularly easy to use, especially the partitioning of broadband width – but I’ll lea
After the firmware update to the pair of these with AI-Mesh v2, this now allows with wired back-haul the 3 separate channels. These are the standard 2.4Ghz and two 5Ghz.
I have had this pair of routers for a few months now and had 3 updates.
The main reason for purchase is so I can use the functions of the Asus device over my Virgin router, So the Virgin router is in modem mode (access 192.168.100.1) and plugs into 1 of the Asus devices. Then to pair as access point and node has to be done wireless (Close ish e.g. same room) so the config can be transfered to make the node function correctly.
I used a Ethernet cable for a dedicated backhaul (NOT 5Ghz ant2) which allowed another channel to be run for dedicated AX channel an other AC devices on the other 5Ghz ant1.
When setting these up with a wired connection for the backhaul it gives a displayed illustration on the screen for a how to guide.
I used the app for initial setup then more advanced in a web page.
Modem->Router1 (WAN port)
Router1 Switched port (yellow)-> Router2 (WAN port)
Setup would need to be told that the 5Ghz ant 2 is NOT dedicated backhaul.
I also found that selecting the WPA2/WPA3 setting did not like my old devices so select the one that work for you.
If there is only a single then there will be a triple band option in the wifi settings.
The main reason was net door have virgin and EE taking up 4 channels (2 in 2.4Ghz and 2 in 5Ghz) so I got this to try moving off the crowded channels and also WiFi6 testing.
The two RT-AX92U routers are simply made for the job of running a mesh system and have expansion capability but stay with another AX92U if you do intend to increase. The whole system is excellent.
The stability must come from the units being tri-band routers not the suspect two band for Aimesh.
Regarding installation, you will be asked at set-up of one, any one, of the routers if you want the second router to be a Node – do this. If you do the complete set-up you will find that when you come to check for updated firmware, which I did as the last process, that you will get a different firmware number than that on the Asus website for the individual routers. This would be to make the two routers behave as one and increase the backhaul capability. The update affects the two routers at the same time and the one operation updates the second router so no worrying about updating the second separately.
After using a mix and match router set up for Aimesh AX88U, AX58U and AC68U I found that the combination did not work and lost connection within about five minutes. Asus technical could offer no solution to resolve the issue. Amazon and their external trading network have been extremely sympathetic in my returning these items and I cannot thank them enough. These routers are excellent in their own right but DO NOT try to run them on a mesh system as Asus say you can. My existing router was the AC68U and I was going to upgrade with the other two AX routers. Do not make the same mistake as I did and believe Asus. The AX58U kept disconnecting and blocked the complete Wi-Fi in the process.
This mesh system is strong, solid and appears very reliable. It will also take my AC68U with no problem so maybe ASUS are not entirely wrong.
Go for this dedicated system you won’t regret it and I highly recommend it. Take it from someone who has found the annoying problems. Again, a big thank you to Amazon and Box for being so understanding
I was having constant issues using the BT Smart Hub 2, with whole home Wi-fi (3 x discs). I have a fibre connection into the house. After weeks of messing about I decided to replace it with the twin ax92u ASUS mesh.
I’ve setup with the ax 160hz 5g channel as the backhaul (used to connect to two ASUS routers together, knows as wifi-6) and split my 2.4 and 5g channels so that the devices I want to have speed are all connected over 5gz. The pic I attach is of my PS4 connected via ethernet to the node (second ax92u) so gives you the proof of how well this works. My main router is by my front door with the second quote some way away in a back room.
All my nest cams, ring doorbell, TVs, amazon devices etc all now show solid signal and I’m getting consistently fast speed everywhere in the house.
It’s a lot of money but in my opinion well worth it to save me having to faff about with the rubbish provided by BT.
Have had these for over 4 months now and I’m really pleased with their performance. If you want total house coverage then these do the job, almost no matter how big the house is. I have a large family with 5 teenage lads who are avid gamers and we don’t have a problem. We have 500MB link coming in from Virgin and I can get between 250-450MB anywhere in the house. When you are close to the box (ie within 5 metres) you can easily get the full download speed with between 6-8ms ping. I have move the Virgin box to act as a modem and use the main unit to act as the Router with the other unit using the 2nd 5Ghz network as the backbone for other areas in the house. Great result, small devices and great performance. Have recommended this to other family members who were having a major problem in their house. As soon as these were installed the WiFi performance was solved.
I have the 2 pack Mesh system and every couple of days the router fails and must be rebooted with the following error.
kernel: runner_get_pkt_from_ring:L137 Failed to allocate new ring buffer.
Contacted Asus who denied the issue and offered no help. The device runs constantly with high RAM utilisation, it seems to be related to the AII Protection feature. Disabling this and rebooting frees over 100mb RAM.
UPDATE ** Latest firmware corrects this issue and router appears to be nice and stable. Was able to compare it directly to the BT Whole Home Mesh Wifi and speeds are at least double on the nodes, plus much superior software to BT.
PROS:
RT-AX92U this router is brilliant for everyday use with killer priorities (QoS).
When gaming I used to just full out disconnect with my old router/modem from the game. Now I just lag a little which ain’t optimal but is better then losing my progress to a dc.
This router receives regular firmware updates to improve performance
The App is ideal for viewing who is stealing all the bandwidth.
CONS:
The only con to this router is it gets quite hot which concerned me at first. It states the max cpu temperature in the guide book but no way of viewing it in the Web UI pretty pointless. I’ve suggested a view tab for the UI but ASUS never replied to me.
For future ASUS products maybe add a tiny quiet rpm controlled fan via the UI?!
Set up was easy and the number of options and advanced settings is amazing. In a way I would have liked some simpler settings but mainly because I’ve not the time to got through them all.
I tried to set up a network drive using a hard drive plugged in one of the USB 3 ports, but couldn’t do it… I’m sure I could get it working if I gave it time but am too busy.
Wifi range is so much better than the VM hub and two VM extenders which didn’t work great I have a more consistant signal, I now have one SSID and can set up guest networks and control my kids access.
I had issues with connectivity to my Oculus Quest linking to the dual band (2.5 & 5 ghz) but I created a second SSID with only 5ghz connection for that one use and now never have issues.
The price was excellent for a wifi6 mesh router as well.
Amazon, unfortunately, sent out the wrong item when I ordered this so had to return but bought through another vendor. So impressed with the product however thought I’d leave a review here. On Virgin broadband and was getting very poor wifi from the virgin hub. Had tried other solutions of plug extenders but they never really worked very well. Happened to see of the Asus wifi mesh on youtube showing someone getting full wifi speeds on the 3rd floor of their house and it looked very impressive so I thought I’d give the asus a try. I’m impressed, I get full broadband speed (160 Mbps for me) over wifi now everywhere in the house. Took a little bit of effort changing the virgin hub to modem mode and getting it set up but all up and running and it just works. Very pleased.
The AX6100 mesh router system was simplicity itself to install and setup. I have it connected to a Netgear DM200 modem and the whole system is working great so far. Whilst in the web UI I checked for firmware updates. The default version was – 3.0.0.4.384_5979. Both RT-AX92U units were updated to version 3.0.0.4.384_6437 (released 06/11/2019) in no time at all and without any problems. The units are very well designed and have a satisfying weight to them. The only downside of the physical design is the “maze-like” vent, which will collect dust and will require cleaning out with a soft brush and vacuum occasionally.
There’s a recent review of this product in Custom PC magazine (issue 196) where it was very highly praised. However, they say that they had some issues setting up USB functionality. I do plan to purchase a network attached printer and probably NAS in the not too distant future, so it’ll be interesting to see how it goes, but otherwise I can’t comment on this at present.
This is one of the most impressive pieces of hardware I’ve had the pleasure of purchasing in a long while – WELL DONE ASUS, I’m delighted!
Some bugs in the software but nothing that’s a show stopper. Finally bought 3 of these in total and have jettisoned my 4 Google Wi-Fi units – simply no comparison. Consider it currently to be the best Mesh Wi-Fi 6 units on the market.
Added bonus that my iPhones no longer drop connections which they did with the Google units and it’s fully compliant with Alexa.
Best of all, despite being probably the most sophisticated of solutions on the market, set up was a doddle. And of course no need for a permanent internet connection to set it up. All my Ewelink units work with it as do my Squeezeboxes and my Dyson not forgetting the Withings items — some 40 permanent units connected all the time, so old & new WiFi protocols are catered for.. Oh I almost forgot, also the TP-Link home automation units as well.
Happy to recommend it.
Set up for these routers was extremely easy.
In general the coverage and the speed is exceptional. However, I still have an area which has very low signal (this does not come as a surprise since some of the walls in my house are nearly 1m thick). However, it is disappointing that the connection is dropping nearly all the time in this zone. I am going to try moving the mesh routers to see if I can improve this.
Because the Wifi uses something called “Smart Connect” whereby it chooses whether to use 2.4ghz or 5ghz, it may well be deciding that the signal strength is too poor and therefore choosing to disconnect itself so that it can try the other bandwidth. So I may have to change the configuration so that the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bandwidths are on separate SSIDs and selected manually as was the case with my previous router.
Otherwise I may have to install an extender just to cover that final weak zone.
All in all, I am very satisfied but a bit disappointed that the signal is dropping all the time in the weak zone (something that did not happen with my previous Asus RT-N66U router).