I don't know that the "Guest" is on about, but it IS Fiber ready. I have giga speeds (950/450) at home handles it like a pro. I have put everything possible in my house wireless including my servers, there is no lag no slowness. The best router you can buy today I don't know that the "Guest" is on about, but it IS Fiber ready. I have giga speeds (950/450) at home handles it like a pro. I have put everything possible in my house wireless including my servers, there is no lag no slowness. The best router you can buy today

I bought this to upgrade a Netgear nighthawk R7000 and it has made a huge improvement. I am on Voyager gigabit fibre, and all TV in the house comes through this connection. The old router was struggling with multiple hd streams and the increase in devices generally, phones laptops etc. The router is located downstairs in the living room, the netgear would barely be able to provide a 2ghz connection to the upstairs opposite corner of the house.

In searching for a new router my intention was to improve wireless coverage, improve throughput for more devices and i also wanted a router that would provide VPN Support (considering ExpressVPN or...view more I bought this to upgrade a Netgear nighthawk R7000 and it has made a huge improvement. I am on Voyager gigabit fibre, and all TV in the house comes through this connection. The old router was struggling with multiple hd streams and the increase in devices generally, phones laptops etc. The router is located downstairs in the living room, the netgear would barely be able to provide a 2ghz connection to the upstairs opposite corner of the house.

In searching for a new router my intention was to improve wireless coverage, improve throughput for more devices and i also wanted a router that would provide VPN Support (considering ExpressVPN or Nord). I therefore put Wifi 6 high on the list of requirements. I dropped the idea of buying a multi device mesh bundle, as the good wifi 6 options were still too expensive.

I chose this Asus for all the above reasons, i have never owned Asus before and it is great, the UI is fantastic. It obviously supports AI mesh, so the option is there to add further devices if required, but i have no need.

In terms of internet speed.....

On a Wifi 6 client (Surface Laptop 3, Iphone 11, Galaxy Note 10) - I get around 400-450 down and 400-450 up.
The rest of the devices support AC (Wifi 5) - typically get around 100-150 down and 150-200 up.

This device easily copes with multiple devices - contending for bandwidth - i have had no problems at all - even on the older Wifi 6 devices.

Wireless coverage is great too - even 5G now reaches upstairs far corner of house with around 150gig download.

I bought this to future-proof - and it is has made a big difference.

=== Troubleshooting I had to do ===

My ISP disallows me from using any routers except for the trash Huawei one they provided. This means that this ASUS router didn't work out of the box (not ASUS's fault). What I had to do was to set my WAN MAC address the the MAC address of my previous Huawei router, which resolved the issue.

=== Pros ===

* Incredibly fast Wi-Fi. Getting 100MBit/s on 2.4GHz with older computers (which means 5GHz is unnecessary, because my internet caps out at 100).
* Gives pretty graphs that shows in real time who's abusing your internet, and allows you to rate-limit them on the spot. More broadly, you can also rat...view more === Troubleshooting I had to do ===

My ISP disallows me from using any routers except for the trash Huawei one they provided. This means that this ASUS router didn't work out of the box (not ASUS's fault). What I had to do was to set my WAN MAC address the the MAC address of my previous Huawei router, which resolved the issue.

=== Pros ===

* Incredibly fast Wi-Fi. Getting 100MBit/s on 2.4GHz with older computers (which means 5GHz is unnecessary, because my internet caps out at 100).
* Gives pretty graphs that shows in real time who's abusing your internet, and allows you to rate-limit them on the spot. More broadly, you can also rate-limit individual guest networks etc.
* Can spoof the WAN MAC address that you give to your ISP (tested on fibre).
* Exceedingly simple interface.
* Has so many high level features that it feels like a mini server.
* Supports SSH :D

=== Cons ===

It has some minor annoyances that you don't have with cheaper routers. For this price, you shouldn't have annoyances. Examples:
* You cannot access the router by going to its IP address. You can only access the router by going to router.asus.com, which internally redirects to that IP. This is problematic in many situations, the biggest problems being custom DNS and corporate VPN. You can force the URL to resolve to the router using your hosts file, but this creates other issues such as an extremely sluggish web interface on Mac (Linux is mostly fine).
** Just to be clear though: corporate VPN works 100% with this router, but you cannot access the router while on VPN.
* The router cuts the internet connection when applying the most basic settings (such as assigning a static IP to a node). Consequently I need to check with family before doing anything, especially during working hours.

Overall I have no regrets, and this is the best network device I've ever acquired. Would 5 star if not for the cons. Would definitely recommend.

I say easyish because it has the same setup as the previous model that I also used to own. It is a bit difficult as you need to talk with your internet provider to get the details for setting it up for the first time (and the providers do not train their staff to work with third-party routers). So it may take a bit of fiddling around with to set up your internet connection the first time you turn it on.

It performs great, I had the previous unit - RT-AC88U which had an issue of not putting out 5.0 GHz. This unit doesn't have a problem. It might be a little overkill for my 70 square metre flat, but it definitely covers every device in the h...view more I say easyish because it has the same setup as the previous model that I also used to own. It is a bit difficult as you need to talk with your internet provider to get the details for setting it up for the first time (and the providers do not train their staff to work with third-party routers). So it may take a bit of fiddling around with to set up your internet connection the first time you turn it on.

It performs great, I had the previous unit - RT-AC88U which had an issue of not putting out 5.0 GHz. This unit doesn't have a problem. It might be a little overkill for my 70 square metre flat, but it definitely covers every device in the house and pushes 350 Mb/s to my two computers connected with AX wireless adapters.

The unit is a bit $$$ and is probably surplus to my requirement but I can't deny that it rocks.

fibre setting can be found https://www.pbtech.co.nz/ASUSISPSettings, same as other ASUS router. fibre setting can be found https://www.pbtech.co.nz/ASUSISPSettings, same as other ASUS router.

Work great on 2 degrees fiber, ended up with more speed over previous router.
Easy to set-up and get working Work great on 2 degrees fiber, ended up with more speed over previous router.
Easy to set-up and get working

Ordered during lock down 4 to replace an Asus RT_AC86U purchased in October 2018 which failed. Set up to SPARK fibre was more frustrating than with AC86U. Although "same" steps to follow took longer to get running. Probably because of Covid staffing, support from PBTECH not up to expected standard. Once running this unit uses full available speed, handles multiple simultaneous connections with no drop off, and has very good signal strength throughout the house. Ordered during lock down 4 to replace an Asus RT_AC86U purchased in October 2018 which failed. Set up to SPARK fibre was more frustrating than with AC86U. Although "same" steps to follow took longer to get running. Probably because of Covid staffing, support from PBTECH not up to expected standard. Once running this unit uses full available speed, handles multiple simultaneous connections with no drop off, and has very good signal strength throughout the house.

runs on merlin now runs on merlin now

I did lots of research on Wifi 6 routers

The power is sublime. It reaches 4 houses away which is great when visiting neighbours

The user interface and features are fantastic and the AI mesh is superbly designed

Cheers, Chris I did lots of research on Wifi 6 routers

The power is sublime. It reaches 4 houses away which is great when visiting neighbours

The user interface and features are fantastic and the AI mesh is superbly designed

Cheers, Chris

So far so good So far so good

Had this for a few weeks now and can confirm that the house has full wifi coverage and no dead spots. The GUI is still easy to navigate and set up was a breeze.
Was planning to use the old Asus RT-AC68U as a Mesh Node but because the signal has been great, there seems to be no need. Had this for a few weeks now and can confirm that the house has full wifi coverage and no dead spots. The GUI is still easy to navigate and set up was a breeze.
Was planning to use the old Asus RT-AC68U as a Mesh Node but because the signal has been great, there seems to be no need.

Only had it for a few weeks and seems to be solid and reliable so far.
Amazing network speeds, and a very intuitive web interface to setup the router. Only had it for a few weeks and seems to be solid and reliable so far.
Amazing network speeds, and a very intuitive web interface to setup the router.