Bargain! Cheapest ever! Great price and spec. Just bought one as a sub-router.
Was $89 on Black Friday.
Edit: Limit of 1 per Amazon account
Edit 15:20 23/Dec: it's back in stock but price goes up back to $89.
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The $149 ASUS RT-AX56U is good value, as its a 4 core and compatible with merlin (if you want to run ad blockers etc on it)
https://www.amazon.com.au/ASUS-RT-AX56U-AX1800-802-11ax-90IG…
AX56U as main router with AX53u as mesh nodes is the perfect setup that won't break the bank
I think I'll upgrade my RT-AC68u to the AX56u as main router
I have not found any AC86U or any other Asus AC routers on sale.
Theres asus rt ax86u from amazon for $357.47 but need uk power adaptor to au, looks like cheapest option for asus with gigabit connections. ASUS RT-AX86U 5700 Dual Band + WiFi 6 Gaming Router, PS5 Compatible, upto 2250 sq ft & 35+ devices, NVIDIA GeForce Now, Lifetime Free Internet Security, Mesh WiFi support, 2.5G port gaming port, black https://amzn.asia/d/iSRlYSQ
Is the AX56u not sufficient enough for fttp gigabit connection as main router?
Not really for full speed
I got about 850mbit on the WAN port as of a few months ago before I switched back to the RSP supplied gigabit router
May have changed with new firmware but I haven't tried skipping straight to GT-AX6000
(Suspect it may be due to shared switching though since it's a budget router)
Good enough for me im on a 250/25 plan anyway hah
Wavlink wifi 6 ax1800 mesh router is on Amazon for $50
Another option and cheaper, to boot.
Cheers OP! 🍻
it's back in stock but price goes up back to $89.
Bought one around 2pm and it was still $65.
Congratulations! :D
it's OOS again now.
Damn , how did I miss this.
Thats why you gotta stay up late and not miss out on the bargain bus =)
True ozbargainers check every couple of hours. Can't be slack of you miss deals. Lol
Agreed
That much difference between ax1500 and ax1800 when I don’t even have any wifi6 devices?!?
Wonder if it will come back in stock
Yes back
Not quite the $65 price though.
Retravision has it for $98
How good is this trend micro security really?
Can't be protective enough anymore these days with all the scams going around
Anyone have issues setting up up their ax53 as an Aimesh node? I reset it, tried hooking it up to Ethernet first, using the supplied cable etc but the app just won’t find the ax53.
You will need to update your firmware on both devices first before you reset the ax53u
Thanks - firmware is up to date on all my other ASUS devices. Any idea on how to update the firmware on the ax53 if I can’t get the app to recognise it?
Unplug your original router.
Plug your new ax53u as the only router connecting with the NBN box.
Connect a computer with the ax53u with an ethernet cable.
Use a browser to login to your ax53u
Update firmware and reset.
@Wisered54: Yep you'll need to update firmware first. You can also reset connect to wifi, update firmware then reset and add to aimesh
@serpserpserp: Depends on your budget
ax56u or ax58u if you're just getting started $150-200
ax86u around $300 up to $400 so gt-ax6000 is a better deal
gt-ax6000 is a newer model to ax86u if your budget is $400
above that you need to think about getting wifi-6e or 7 (ie. axe11000, axe16000) or going for a ax11000 and that's too far above my budget to care I'd rather go enterprise gear or unifi above that