Pros
- The highlights will be compared with Keenetic Giga 2. The router is operated in a one-room apartment with an area of about 40 square meters. m. is located in its very center, the main consumers (computer, tv box, game console) are connected via LAN, a couple of mobile phones, a tablet, a laptop are connected via WiFi. Usually devices (wireless) are located at a distance of no more than 8 meters in a straight line from the router, through a maximum of one concrete wall. Asus has a larger physical size, a heavier case and a solid feel. I personally liked the design. The quality of communication (WiFi) is strongly affected by the loading of the air of neighbors' routers. In this regard, everything is fine with me, there are only about three or four networks in addition to mine, which is probably why in the whole apartment the speed does not drop below 90 m / bit from the declared 100 from the provider (Beeline) (on a 5 GHz network). By LAN cable, of course there are no problems. Asus' graphical interface is visually prettier, but that's a matter of taste. I didn’t experience any problems with the logic of the location of the menu items, but it works more “viscous” compared to the interface of the seven-year-old Keenetic. I was surprised by one moment: the procedure for registering each consumer device, assigning an ip address to it, was accompanied by an invariable reboot of the router (about two to three minutes). There are no such problems in Keenetic, everything is registered quickly and without reboots. Access to files on a USB 3.1 HDD connected via Samba did not cause any complaints. The access speed is much higher than in Keenetic (but there is usb 2.0). There were no issues with the print server either. The mobile application for ios of the current version at the time of 01/25/21 "Asus router", compared to the similar application my. Keenetic supports the brand of the web interface. The app is prettier but feels more "sluggish" compared to the keenetic app. From the obviously negative, I can note that often through the Asus application it is not possible to connect to the router via the Internet from the outside (for example, via the mobile Internet), there are no such problems with keenetic.
Cons
- Viscous interface (web and mobile apps), frequent reboots when applying various settings, unstable connection to the router to control it from outside via a mobile app (but how often do you need it).
