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Review on Wi-Fi router ASUS RT-AC88U, black/red by Seunghyun Nahm ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Nothing special, there are positive and negative sides.

I bought it based on the comments here on the market. Before that, there was Asus RT-N12. But I needed a dual band. In addition, with the RT-N12 I had to use a TP-Link signal amplifier. What can I say . TP-Link, of course, I removed. The signal strength is now enough to "rookery" (this is about 9 meters to the router). But if 2.4 GHz is a confident strong signal, then 5 GHz is weak. Percent 40-50. And the receivers (smartphone and tablet) periodically switch to 2.4 themselves. Which indicates either weakness or signal instability. At the same time, there are no "four reinforced concrete walls" in the signal path. One-room apartment. Router in the hallway. That is, from the strength of one wall. And there are no interior doors. And the torrent client disappointed me terribly. Immediately after the start of the download, the web interface starts to slow down wildly. Login takes about 5 minutes. The transition to the "usb application" section is more than 10 minutes. I am generally silent about loading the Download Master page. Waiting is unrealistic. At the same time, other sections work quite quickly. They load in a second. An hour after the start of the download, the web interface responds much faster. Login is fast. Transition from the main page to the usb-application section 30-40 seconds. Loading the Download Master page 20-30 seconds. On the Download Master page, the transition to the "General settings" section takes about 10 seconds. But the download speed is a separate conversation. I uploaded a 16 Gb movie. The first time did not wait for the end of the download. I thought that the distribution was clumsy. Started downloading via Synology DS216play. Uploaded in twenty minutes. I started downloading again through the router, and changed the carrier. The first time I used a Seagate Barracuda drive, the second time I plugged in a USB flash drive. And the disk and flash drive with a computer and laptop work very fast. So, after 1 hour 25 minutes after the start of the download, the router showed a progress of 5%. After 2 hours and 45 minutes, 28.7% progress. The firmware at the moment is the latest 3.0.0.4.380_3341. I bought it with her, did not ate anything. I'm struggling with support. Terribly disappointed.

Pros
  • Appearance, clear web-interface
Cons
  • Mediocre 5 GHz signal, the torrent client slows down terribly. Warm, but not hot.

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