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Review on πŸ” Renewed ASUS RT-AC66U Dualband AC1750 Gigabit Router with Wi-Fi Port by Wiktor Grzankowski ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Expectations were not met, average quality.

I have been using the router for almost a year now. I was pleased with the very rich functionality, frequent firmware ates and the ability to install custom firmware Merlin, well, 5GHz communication is just an airplane, in kopeck piece I almost everywhere pull the full 200mbs from the provider. At the same time, there are big problems. The 2.4GHz network breaks no further than my old D-link, which cost 2 times cheaper. The 2.4 network itself periodically freezes or even falls off due to interference from neighboring routers. Of course, in our time in a big house it is almost impossible to find a free channel on 2.4 - but this does not mean that neighboring routers should jam my network so much! Another problem is overheating. In idle time, the temperature of the processor at the router is stable at 73-75 degrees (I check thanks to the Merlin firmware), and under high load it can reach up to 90, when even the 5GHz network starts to freeze and fall off. I had to put a small fan under the router, since it is powered by built-in USB ports. In general, the impression is very ambiguous, so I do not recommend taking such a router. Too many cons for the price.

Pros
  • Functionality, firmware, 5GHz connection quality, 3 year warranty.
Cons
  • It gets very hot, relatively low range and noise immunity of the 2.4GHz network, the price of the router is clearly too high.