ASUS ROG Strix GS-AX5400 WiFi 6 Extendable Gaming Router
ASUS ROG Strix GS-AX5400 WiFi 6 Extendable Gaming Router, Gaming Port, Mobile Game Mode, Port Forwarding, VPN Fusion, Aura RGB, Subscription-free Network Security, Instant Guard, AiMesh Compatible
No Limits!
With the amazing VPN Fusion you can run both a VPN and an ordinary internet connection — simultaneously! So even if other network users need to use a VPN, you can still enjoy maximum gaming speeds.
Everyone’s Protected, Always
For total peace of mind, GS-AX5400 includes ASUS AiProtection Pro powered by Trend Micro, with automatic, regularly updated security signatures to protect all your devices and personal data from internet threats.
Make Free WiFi Secure, Wherever You Are
The free public WiFi you find in coffee shops, restaurants, hotels, airports and so on is rarely secure. ASUS Instant Guard uses VPN technology to create a secure data tunnel to your GS-AX5400, adding rock-solid security to any public WiFi connections you use.
| Dimensions: | 16.64 x 0.76 x 0.76 cm; 898.11 Grams |
| Model: | GS-AX5400 |
| Manufacture: | ASUS |
| Dimensions: | 16.64 x 0.76 x 0.76 cm; 898.11 Grams |
| Origin: | China |
i have finally sorted this issue asus could use some clearer instruction but apart from that everything was fine
i put a bad review and tryed to return this
(which they were fully ready to do)
i am now correcting this review as have managed to sort the issue after about 50 youtube tutorials.
So much more superior compared to hyperoptics default router. You will get a lot more stability, security and other options you can configure which you can’t on a default. It’s easy to setup on either your phone with their app or connecting the router to a laptop/pc. If you are a casual gamer it’s a must to get this router or similar.
I live in a new build flat where I was restricted as to broadband provider. The providers only offer to supply cheap routers so after some researchbought this one. has worked great over the past year with a strong signal throughout the apartment even with it being quite a distance from one side of the apartment to the other.
Having failed to set up a TP Link router I tried this one and it was much easier. Log in to the router and just fill the cells as required. Make a note of the info you use!
Excellent and easy to set up, Virgin hub was so slow, connected this and everything was super quick
I am using it for Full Fibre 900. No complaints so far.
Not a single wifi blackspot in the house now, fast, stable & elegant, intuitive web admin, love it.
Bought this router as I do like ASUS routers. I wasn’t interested in the gaming bits but it does allow using two RJ45 ports to double up on speed. My main reason for buying was to eliminate the constant disconnection of devices due to my ISP router not being handle the number of connections. I have something like 25 IP addresses being used. When the family visit that goes up to about 35 devices. I installed the day before the family arrived and NO disconnections. Brilliant! Set up was easy as I got the network ID from my ISP router before disconnection. The password was “greyed” out, however a quick call to Shell sorted that out. I also set up a separate SSID for the 5G band to make sure all the existing devices connected to the 2.4G band, then moved the devices which worked better on 5G over to that band. The point being not to clog up the 2.4G band with devices which could use 5G.
I upgraded from my virgin superhub 3 which was awful, but I didn’t realise how bad it was until I tried this.
My signal strength greatly improved, soo much so that I no longer need my tp link signal booster, it reaches even further than that does!
I get no more intermittent wifi drops and get a constant stable WiFi speed now, which is essential for all the devices I have which is over 10 smart devices, a gaming pc, a working from home laptop, tvs, firesticks and many more attached to it at all times and it handles them all with no issues whatsoever.
Using this router as my main one after putting Virgin media router into modem mode. Once done this router has been running perfect, I have utilised network switches and WiFi devices and they all run at full speed. Happy with this overall!
I bought it on sale and is absolutely feature packed, I like the media server functionality the most. The white status LEDs can be pretty annoying but you can easily disable them. I just wish I could keep those off and the RGB ones in but is all or nothing.
The range is pretty good but thick walls can be a problem. I had to buy an Asus mesh extender to cover my full flat and work amazing
Super router in Wifi 6AX with four antennas allows to greatly increase the range of the signal. the installation is very simple and therefore quickly operational but for those who are looking for settings worthy of professional system without breaking the bank, this product is perfect because there is a huge possibility of configuration (games, VPN, network analysis, etc ..)
The above settings are for sky Ultra (FTTP) Sky won’t help you with anything rather bad customer service got told to use the sky router and they didn’t know what I was talking about!
(Sky Ultra FTTP )
If you use the app skip the ISP setup and set up the WiFi connection to your liking and then admin user etc .
You’ll connect with no internet.
Connect to the new WiFi then go into the app and select web UI on this you’ll have more options and will be able to setup the ISP under WAN settings for a connection to sky Ultra FTTP.
The pics above have the settings you need.
Standard sky broadband you may need different settings.
Make sure you connect the open reach cable direct to the Asus WAN on the WiFi box.
We have VM and i personally think their routers are rubbish. Any way i had an ASUS router that died so i purchased this and I’m glad I did.
It’s excellent in every way. LAN is super fast and the WI-FI signal reaches every part of my place.
Would i recommend this? YES 100%.
Best router I have ever owned, and my best feature is the vpn fusion which allows me to setup up my vpn subscription on it and then assign it to whatever device connected to the router.
Great product but sadly says it’s a router but it’s a router extende
Good route for gaming lots of features and easy to use but asus technical support is worse you will not get help from them no telephone support and if you email them the say return the item. I had TP-LINK router and the technical support are best phones or email but not asus.
his is a cheap router that’s as good as a unit costing 300
so how have they made it so cheap I wonder the antenna are not removable this is my main gripe. its not true wifi 6e but for just over 120 what do u expect my pc links at 1.9GB my mobile links at 1.2gb I’ve used routers costing over 300 that can’t achieve this. I suppose the question is is will it still be as good in 6 months
I don’t think their is merlin firmware for this but it is based in a broadcom cpu chip so their might be custom firmware available. it stays cool
theirs not much not to like yes its a bit ugly has cheap non upgradable antenna but this dosent need upgrading its a very capable product at a very nice price with 3 years warranty
I originally bought the AX3000 variant, but after having issues while using with an Oculus Quest 2 connected by AirLink to my PC I decided to try the AX5400 one. I can confirm that now it’s working as intended. The PC is connected by Ethernet so I assumed AX3000 would be capable enough. It could be the 20+ devices that are constantly connected to the network that actually caused the issues, but this models seems to handle everything well.
ook a while to set up as an mesh node, once configured this worked perfect as a mesh node.
only downside was that the product was delayes a number of times by AMAZON shipping, when I spoke to customer service – call centre in India was told that the product has not been sent to UK!!!!! and was made to be like a fish out of water…. maybe the staff need to trained better to give more suitable BS answers
I bought this router because the new Virgin Media Hub doesnt allow port forwarding, After reading about the features I was excited to get this setup, and so far hasnt let me down.
Ive been able to port forward, I have a home media center setup through it, and using the VPN fusion to allow my PC to go through a VPN while the rest of the devices stay on the public internet.
This is a great feature rich router for replacing a crapping ISP router.
With me moving to FTTP instead of the copper cable Broadband, I wanted to get rid of my Fibre optic ADSL Router and have my setup like a Virgin Cable setup. Having FTTP I can now have a long Ethernet cable plugged into the BT ONT modem which is on the wall and the Ethernet plugged into the WAN Router. This ASUS router is amazing and now all the DSL settings have now gone it makes it a easier setup for myself being a WAN user over a FTTP (Fibre To The Property). Whether you are a FTTP or a Cable user this Router will work for both. I’m using this on my Plusnet FTTP and it is a brilliant router with lots of Wi-Fi signal too. I hope this answers your questions if you have any. Brilliant ASUS, I always swore by Netgear but no more, this is my third ASUS Router, I always use them now. Good Luck!
I ended up choosing this ASUS TUF Gaming AX5400 and paired it with an Asus RT-AX55 as a mesh node, and wow.. WiFi is suddenly through out our entire house, there is a drop in signal on the top floor (its a 3 floor house) so I may add another node up there at some point but even with the drop we are still getting full speed in those rooms so its not too much of an issue for now, but I know it will bug me enough to get another one sooner or later. However this router does everything I need and more, especially having a full security package built in, and parental controls so I can set specific devices to only access the internet at certain times and block certain content to them while leaving other devices free access.
I did test the Eero 6 and its WiFi range was nowhere near that of the ASUS TUF Gaming AX5400 (without the other router as a node). Although the Openreach engineer who installed the fiber line made me laugh saying this router would not work as it needed to be the router supplied and no other router would work with the modem, he called his manager who confirmed to him that ONLY the supplied router would work, so I set it up using the Eero 6 to keep him happy.. After he had left and I had tested just how good that router was I had it unplugged and the ASUS TUF Gaming AX5400 plugged in and working in no time, despite not being the supplied router.. lol
Looks amazing, great size and the colour LED thing was cool!
I had very high hopes for it, very easy to setup! I was going in 5 minutes, the features are endless and the GUI is really impressive, I’d been using an old RT-AC66U for years and that was bulletproof but lacked the WiFi signal for our 1930’s brick house once we started added all the smart-home wonders.
Now I’d seen that this router covered a large area with its WiFi signal with the Spider looking antennae….
It does… but bricks are still the enemy. It was definately more powerful than my old Asus but it really couldn’t stretch nearly as far as any dedicated AP setup could and that left me a little dissapointed.
Had to return and go for the router + AP route but for the 108 I purchased it for, it was a bargain. Great unit but bear the range in mind if you have lots of brick walls and lots of devices spread far and wide
ASUS have nailed it with these routers, the signal quality & feature set is going to be hard to beat. I bought one of these to improve WiFi in the house and solve a problem with my Sky broadband wifi constantly dropping the connection to our HP wireless printer.
The AX5400 solved that instantly, and the extra network ports on the back means I can still use my powerband network for low latency gaming too.
But it’s the AiMesh that I bought this for, I wanted more flexibility in where I placed this router, but knew that might mean I needed to boost signal elsewhere in the house. The Asus router is in a far more convenient (and better looking) spot than the old Sky wifi, but that did mean we got poor signal in one corner of the house.
5 minutes adding a second Asus AiMesh wifi router and I’ve now got superb seamless coverage in the whole house. It takes about 4 taps on the phone to add an AiMesh router, and it’s completely automatic from there. You leave it alone for 4-5 mins and that’s it, job done. Really happy with how well both devices are working.
This is my first EVER third-party Router and let me just start off by saying, if you want something reliable and with plenty of options to adapt to your network, this is for sure an option to go for.
I picked this up for 89.99 back in November 2021. It dropped massively around that time and then after Christmas hit above 100? So I’d cosider myself lucky there.
I moved into my new house and thought, why not treat myself to a brand new spanking network, Wi-Fi 6 capable and something to distribute 1Gbps heathily through Ethernet. Wireless is amazing but we’ll touch onto that soon.
Working in the industry of IT, I’ve always grown up loving technology and, having it ALL as such.
Cut the sob stories.
I want the best, the better and beastly out of all options I have, FOR the right budget.
The TUF AX5400 was an impulsive buy, I pretty much just went: ‘Open Amazon, typed in ASUS router’ and this showed up and I thought.. HEY fancy! (RGB LGBQT logo included)
Setting up my network with Virgin’s Hub 4 was painless, nerve racking because you never really know what to expect.. and theennnn I hit an issue.
Plugged everything in, right port, WHY IS IT NOT WORKING!
Turns out, you need to set something in WAN to allow for Special ISP requirements (in pictures).
This makes sense because you’re essentially converting the ADSL line feed into something the ASUS Router can replicate. Once I did that, I just rebooted BOTH routers and I was connected to the InTeRwEbZ.
I have 1Gbps down and 50Measilybps up via Ethernet
You can see my speedtest results in around, 930Mbps Down and 50Mbps Up.
Unless I’m really picky about 70Mbps, there’s no issues there at all unless I’m ‘that annoying human being’ who complains about every little thing. I have 105MB/s down on some apps, so I really am living the life.
The Wi-Fi is incredible, I recieve about 6-700 on my phone near the Router and down the hallway into the bedroom, with a little corner leading into it, I recieve about 3-500 (there is a wall and thick doors). The fact that I can recieve that through doors and what not, is pretty crazy considering I though the Virgin Hub’s were doing me a favour -_-
Just remember that, Wi-Fi works of frequencies similar of microwaves, and other invisible stuff that we can’t see. EXPECT a drop in speed if you rely on Wireless with ANY device, it’s common sense and this is why you should Ethernet where you can or at least ETHERNET any repeaters/extenders/meshing devices to get FULL throughput to those said devices. Don’t expect the best performance in black spots if you don’t invest your time properly into Networking around your Home.
Overall, OUTSTANDING product, would HIGHLY recommend and will be Ai Meshing my network soon.. probably.. I don’t need to but I want to LOL
After getting my router really quickly, the unboxing experience did not let me down one bit. I felt like a kid again. Gigantic box with cool militaryesque font. I wasted no time in ripping open the box faster than a 8-legged horse. The inside was fab. I loved that they gave such simple instructions on a small sheet with different options to get the router installed. They sent me a link to get a guarantee registered which I must do. The router itself is glorious. It looks like something that takes part in Robot Wars with its sleek profile and sharply styled leading edges. I spent so much time turning it over and around admiring and complementing it’s design. Once I took the router out, my cat made use of the box. For some reason he loves boxes and this was certainly up his street (paws up Asus – from my cat).
I set up the router after putting the dreadful hub into modem mode. When I initially launched the router, I found my speeds shockingly low. Why? Because I had not configured it properly. Here is how I configured my router to give me optimum speeds baring in mind I am using WIFI 5 devices so cannot truly unlock the potential. I knew that my laptop being WIFI5 could get around 800mbps on my network adapter so I figured that would be my benchmark for brilliance.
My settings were adapted under the wireless section of the router’s backend which is found at router.asus.com. I initialised two separate SSIDs for 2.4ghz and 5ghz (you will be asked at the start so don’t worry). I did this because I wanted to keep the 5ghz (the faster connection) obvious and so I could manipulate just that. In the wireless tab on the left of router’s backend portal I did the following:
– Select 5ghz to modify the 5ghz band
– Changed Wireless Mode: to N/AC/AX mixed (I did this because none of my devices will run on AX. If you have any non WIFI 6 devices, you must use my setting. Otherwise if you select AX it will disconnect devices that don’t handle WIFI 6. If you do have WIFI6 devices then amazing. You can put AX only. You will literally unleash the maximum speed).
– WIFI Agile Multiband: Disabled (multiband enabled will slow you down)
– Target Wake Time: Disabled
– Channel Bandwidth: Enable 160 MHZ then from the dropdown select 160 MHZ (this will give you the best of the best speed)
– Control Channel: AUTO
– Protected Management Frames: Disable (if you enable this, it will slow you down)
The rest should be left as is. Please do experiment to find what is best for you. If you live in a large house, you may find my settings profile to limit the reach in which case you will likely depend on lower MHZ like 40, or just use 2.4ghz and configure as above on the 2.4 profile in the wireless tab. When you make changes and select ‘Apply’ it will disconnect you so do not worry about that. Just wait about 2-3 minutes for it to reconnect.
If you get any trouble when you fiddle with settings, log back into the 2.4ghz and you can change whatever setting you fiddled with on the 5ghz back to how it was when working. If anyone is using mac and running bootcamp windows, please go to device manager and select your wireless card and ‘roll back’ the driver. The updated version you are running on makes the card slow.
Anyway, enough of the technical. I feel amazing. This router has given me what I pay for: fast internet. I now average 776-810mbps on my laptop which is more or less the theoretical limit. I may not need the full speed that I get for my use, but since I am paying Virgin Media for it, I want to have that running through my house. I do not accept that their hub is acceptable when only outputting 300mbps. That is a shambles and a regular excuse they use for poor equipment.
Last but not least, the design is beautiful. I love the colour changing symbol even though I don’t see it! This can be modified in the router portal you open by looking for the ‘aura’ tab on the far right of the home screen. It’s wonderful.
Enjoy.
We have fibre to the premises (FTTP) but I had a feeling we were being let down by the default ISP router we were given; we had drop-outs, slow reconnects, patchy coverage. This router has fixed it all. When you’ve gone to the trouble of having low-latency ultra fast fibre to your house, why put-up with the router giving you hassle? We had a bit of trouble configuring the router to speak with the ONT box on the wall but this was about getting the information from Vodafone, not the router itself which is easy to use. Our Samsung phones have all connected on WiFi 6 signal. I had a very old (12 years) computer and the Wi-Fi card refused to connect to the new router. Rather than battle with it, I bought a new Wi-Fi card and it connected perfectly. Oh, at it looks like the Batmobile so who wouldn’t want that on the desk…
So far it has worked absolutely flawlessly. Wireless performance across numerous devices has been noticably better than before. Another nice feature that is easily overlooked is that this router lets you configure advanced routing settings, DNS and parental controls, without having to pay annual fees to some idiotic third-party service that other router manufacturers will make you do. Hats off to Asus for their integrity.
The setup instructions were OK but not perfect. That’s not actually a major criticism; if you don’t know anything at all about network installation then you’d probably struggle regardless. If you have some networking knowledge you should be fine.
A single one of these routers should meet the needs of a three-bedroom house. If your house is larger then it is possible to buy more of these routers to create a WiFi mesh.
All wireless devices so far, without exception – laptops, tablets, phones, Roomba, Sonos, Amazon Fire sticks – have connected successfully without difficulty.
Since this router supports WiFi6, it should provide good service for several years before obsolescence.
I’m completely satisfied with the ASUS TUF Gaming AX5400 router. An excellent purchase!
The range and WiFi signal on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz is very good, and – importantly for me – it seems to be able to handle a large number of devices. I have – on occasion – close to 30 devices connected, and if I plugged everything in (PCs, laptops, tablets, phones, smart switches and lights, raspberry Pis and other IoT bits and bobs) it could be well over 40. And I’ve had no drop-outs or connection problems (my old TPLink router would drop devices after about 20 connections and needed a reboot to resolve)
It also has a dedicated Game port that will automatically prioritise bandwidth to anything plugged into it. You can also prioritise other specific devices and define different profiles for this prioritisation – gaming, web conferencing, web browsing etc if you want.
It’s all managed through a clear and user friendly interface with good defaults, but plenty of scope for you to tweak and adjust, if that’s your thing.
Best of all – unlike TPLink and Netgear, and an increasing number of other router manufacturers – this functionality comes without requiring a paid-for subscription. The equivalent TPLink router has a 50 annual subscription for the Aiprotection, parental controls etc)
I got it for a bargain around Christmas / Black Friday at 90.
Also, ASUS confirmed it is essentially the same router as the considerably more expensive ASUS RT-AX82U. The TUF Gaming router has two additional aerials and lacks the Space Invaders like casing of the AX82U, and the interface is very slightly different, but other than that it’s the same hardware.
All in all, a great WiFi 6 router.
More background for those who are bored and have nothing better to do 🙂
I’d had a TP-Link VR900 AC1900 WiFi modem router for a few years, which I got because the BT Homehub router I had as part of my Fibre1 package from BT kept disconnecting some of my WiFi devices. A common problem, as it turns out
The TPLink has been good – though it lacked some configurability features – but recently it started randomly dropping devices connected to the WiFi2.4GHz channels. After a several emails back and forth TPLink basically advised it couldn’t handle more than about 20 devices – even though half of mine were things like smart plugs and switches that need almost no network bandwidth. 20 devices might sound like a lot, but it really isn’t if you have smart plugs and switches etc
So I looked into getting a new router and researched which ones can handle a lot of devices. Firstly, there are very few choices if you want a modem router (one that has a VDSL port that you can plug your BT broadband ‘phone line’ into.) There is an ASUS router which has the VDSL port (the DSL-AX82U), but it’s a lot more expensive (210ish) and if you have an old modem router that you can configure in ‘modem only’ or ‘bridge’ mode, then you can use that to plug in your broadband ‘phone line’ and take one of the Ethernet cable outputs from it and plug that in to a cable router like the TUF Gaming AX5400 that I am reviewing here. The old TPLink VR900 that I was replacing had this bridge feature, so I managed – after a little research – to configure it in bridge mode. This meant I could buy the much cheaper AX5400. It also means I’m spreading the modem and routing workload across two devices rather than one
I tend to favour Asus products they have proved to well made in the past, and this was no exception.
It’s very easy to set up and can use open source firmware within warranty conditions. A router (once set up) should be the most boring and forgettable piece of equipment you own and this is the perfect router, sits there and does its job without drawing any attention to itself at all. It does has a light that you can play with on the front, but again I’ve set it the way I like it and left it.
Signal is strong enough through the house WIFI-6 works a treat (on my one item that supports it) and is very fast and solid.
I’ve set it to reboot once every 7 days in the early hours of the morning, it always reconnects with all the devices well and without hassle.
The Asus router is well built solid piece of kit. Once setup, it had good range and data throughput. However, after a few days of use, I experienced Wi-Fi drop out – whereby it was connected to the WIFI but no data was transmitted. On rebooting the router, it would work fine again.
The other issue I had was the MAC access control. It was 50/50 if it worked properly, despite having listed all the devices to allow access to. I installed the latest firmware, but these issues continued.
With no further firmware fixes available the item was retuned as it would appear the routers firmware is the issue as it should not be disconnecting or blocking data transmission without rebooting.
The routers user interface is quite complex and not easy to navigate until you have used it a while.
Before I bought this router, I didn’t know a router would make such a huge difference in the network speed and stability. Recently, I added a few more Pcs at my home, and my BT smart hub 2 started to become unstable. Web pages often get stuck, and online gaming experienced high pings at times. I bought this new Wifi6 router and was wondering if it could make any difference. To my surprise, all the problems with BT smart hub 2 have gone now. Web pages open instantly now, and I never have high ping in online game any more. No wonder, even BT engineer suggested to invest in a performance router like this one. The range would great, covered my 4 bed detached house without the need of any disk. All devices are on 5g so the speed is over 1gbps.
I am so pleased with the asus router and would highly recommend it. The price is reasonable too.
I didn’t know routers could work so well. Seriously – my BT provided router when you clicked a link to a settings page and you’d wait up to 30 seconds for it to load.
This one. Bam. It’s done loading before I’ve taken my mouse off the button.
Also appears to output far less heat than the standard BT router that it replaced.
But the best feature by far: you can limit how much of the internet certain devices can use!
Think about that. Have a someone in your house that always downloads stuff and slows down your internet so much Netflix pauses? Limit their speed so it doesn’t bother you.
You can make it do that guests join a separate Wi-Fi network that is speed limited do they can’t sap your connection or see your devices.
Every router should be like this.
Once the setup was done, this router was a breeze to setup. The interface is easy to navigate, and the companion app is easy to use and allows you to configure everything on your mobile or tablet.
Well worth the price as the signal now gets to all corners of my home, I can also set up a VPN service on the router so if I’m out and want to be more secure on public wifi, or I can route all my connections through a 3rd party VPN.
Cant go wrong Fantastic signal, easy setup and AiMesh has been a a breeze!
I brought 2 Asus GS-AX5400 for my house house connected over AiMesh.
I now get 5GHZ at the bottom of my Garden which makes Wifi calling a breeze whilst walking throughout my house or into the garden.
When connecting an ethernet cable to my second router which is connected over Wifi my laptop is speed testing at over 600Mbps download and 52Mbs upload!
When testing 5GHZ Wifi over my second router it is around 200-300Mbps download and 52Mbps upload
So you know i have 1Gbps download and 52Mbps upload!
Qos features are great i tend to stick with Asus own when im gaming i just switch in the app to prioritise the gaming appliances and they take priority over other traffic so speeds my downloads up and drops my ping slightly!
Wifi 6 definitely has helped with Wifi calling on our phones we havent had any drops since i swapped and for me living in a grade 2 listed building with 1.5 meter stone wall and no landline that has been a life saver.
Security is much better than your run of the mill service provider router plus all the extra features are just icing on the cake.
I was that impressed with the increase in performance i brought 2 Asus GS-AX3000
For my Mother’s house which due to the size probably needs 3 for a Green connection over AiMesh which is currently on orange but still just as good as my own!
I also enjoy the added feature that i can remote access into her router settings in my app which saves me a drive if there ever was an issue.
But since the switch over alls been perfect!
All i needed to do was turn the router into modem mode run an ethernet cable between the service provider router and the Asus GS-AX5400 download the app do a quick setup and i was connected!
Then tweek the settings to your liking and off you go!
Mostly everything can be done over the app but going into a web browser will give you alot more options for fine tuning!
Well now I got this on a Black Friday deal in late November 2021; it replaces another ASUS router. The RT-AC51U which I have been very pleased with — mainly since I used it for a 3/4g mobile as a primary internet connection [& TV internet connector/ mobile phone/ Alexa etc] and it worked rather well.
The new AX5400 arrived in a day from the Amazon people, and I was expecting just a minor upgrade with the Gigabit ports rather than the 100 Lan of its trusty predecessor; but hey. Speeds are much, much, better in the same USB (actually this is a 3. USB not the 2. of the older one) — remember mine is an android phone connection (XCover 4s — yes, I know but it has a replaceable battery and with a USB C cable it charges from the router too). This setup was best for me since we are in a very rural location and BT quoted an additional 1300 to connect us at 30-50Mbs via fibre (currently less than 2mbs via copper), & digging up the countryside as they said they would have to do — so, my Vodafone delivered about 10Mbs on my unlimited data account for 25 a month. This new router does better than that — I am currently getting about 30Mbs — but it is winter, and the tourists are all departed
What is clear is that the new router is a major step up from my old one — no I don’t have Wi-Fi 6 or any ax capable equipment, but what I do have is a new router that is very capable and quicker and with a MUCH stronger Wi-Fi signal — moreover with Ai Mesh I can add to it easily. The phone app appears useful too. hey me as a 60-year-old! — My TUF Gaming days are perhaps over, but as a quality router, this ticks the boxes for me — especially since it fits seamlessly with my mobile data plan. (my calls are of course forwarded to another phone and I leave the data plan as my principal broadband — saves me a broadband monthly cost)