Title says it all. Great price on the 2 pack imo..
If you want a single you can pick one up from Bing Lee for $146.30 Bing Lee - ASUS RT-AC68U (30% will be taken from the $209 when you add to cart.
Also try claiming cashback http://www.asuspromotion.net/anz/2019cashback/
Right, that's what I thought, thank you for the quick reply
No disadvantages
Haha
Same. AiMesh is a feature
What advantages does the RT-AC86U have over this one? And are they worth the upgrade over the one provided by my internet provider (TPG, with NBN HFC)?
It has a newer gen CPU so it handles higher network traffic and better USB3 read/write. If you do a fair bit of linux router hacking AC86U is better.
Cheers
Anyone in Sydney CBD area wants to go halves? I only need one.
Sure. PM sent
Bing Lee has them for $146.30 + delivery (was $6 for me). They have a 30% discount on asus routers this weekend, add it to cart and the price gets reduced from the advertised $209.
Also can then get $10 cashback from asus directly http://www.asuspromotion.net/anz/2019cashback/
And cashrewards/shopback for an extra %1 or so.
Thanks, will add this to the description..
Hopefully we can claim the cashback from ASUS as well on the 2 pack
Oh, so it's on their website, not on eBay. Got it.
I've had one of these for quite a few years. Absolutely destroys any ISP provided router and includes a million useful options after installing the merlin firmware. The wifi performance is amazing and I can limit devices individually or give other devices priority and it works every time.
I wish every ASUS product was as good as this one.
Are you still using it or you upgraded to another one?
Moved to a house with FTTN so using it as a wifi access point instead of a full on router but it's still serving me well
Do you have any experience with ubiquiti products to compare? I want to extend wifi and have been thinking of the pro which are $200 each. We are also on FTTN with Telstra gateway. Planning on hard wire to get outside, then multiple wireless placements (start with one, add as desired if can't get the range I want). A pair of these 'might' be a more budget friendly way to achieve the desired range
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Been waiting for a good price to pick one up. Just bought one. Danke schoen
Anyone in Melbourne area wants to share? I only need one. Thanks.
30 mins too late bud
While this might seems to be a good idea, AC68U has two bands only so one band will be used for the two routers to communicate, leaving just single band available. This is less ideal as you prefer tri-band for Mesh as it keeps one 2.4 and one 5 Ghz wifi bands available.
What if you connect them over cable for your mesh?
How likely is that an option for most people? If you can use wired between network devices, then wireless access point is also an option. In fact, that could provide better stability than AiMesh.
no, we have points in each room but want a single AP not switching
@furyou: You do know that access points can have the same SSID and also that with Mesh, behind the scene, it is still hopping between the router/satellite units right?
Mesh isn't single access point. Use WiFi Analyzer or some equivalent app and check it yourself.
With /tri-band routers/, it will dedicate one of the two 5GHz bands to inter-router communications.
https://www.asus.com/microsite/AiMesh/en/index.html
AC68U is NOT tri-band. You need ALL tri-band routers throughout for that to work. All routers in the mesh network needs to communicate using the same channel.
You are just repeating my point:
This is less ideal as you prefer tri-band for Mesh as it keeps one 2.4 and one 5 Ghz wifi bands available.
There are also other cheap mesh which cuts the 5Ghz bandwidth in half and using half for the backplane.
Thanks all, glad I waited the 2 days now. :)
Whats the difference between this and RT-AC68U? The word AiMesh makes me confused but it seems like the same ?