RT-AC68U

Power user or not, the biggest advantage of going FT on your router is that Asus declared it EOL beginning of 2024 and there will be no more firmware fixes or updates. Even though Asus did in fact release firmware security fix last year for it, it's not a guarantee. Many old, EOL routers are still u

Keeps the router up-to-date as far as security. I have to TMo versions running FT. Last Black Friday I bought a new Asus to upgrade the wifi standards. Nothing but problems. Returned it and plugged my trusty AC68U FT back in. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

It was 10 years old. ASUS RT-AC68U. It was great until I upgrade from 100 Mbps FTTC to 500 Mbps FTTP. The Asus could still pump out 500+ over wifi but only at short range. I’ve got a Flint 2 now.

Wrt54GL (takes the expanded version of dd-wrt with more features) After that it’s the cellspot from t-mobile, which is a rebranded rt-ac68u. Hacking this to the Merlin firmware made it rock solid. You could also pick these up for stupid cheap

Personally, i'd say get an Asus router that supports Merlin firmware. You can look up the compatible list here - https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/ I've got AC68U from 2013 that just met its end of life in 2024. Ran with merlin firmware almost the whole time. Now running a AX86U Pro that replaced the A

I have the legendary AC68U (actually TM-AC1900 from t-mobile, but flashed). 10+ yrs later, still running like a champ as of now.

I'd been using it for over 10 years, it served me so well. Just tonight my unit stopped working...FYI they still update the firmware, the last one dated 2025/10/27, very recent:https://www.asus.com/networking-iot-servers/wifi-routers/asus-wifi-routers/rtac68u/helpdesk_bios?model2Name=RTAC68U Other m

OP I'm experiencing a different issue but only on Apple hardware. Recently upgraded from Asus RT-AC68U to ASUS RT-BE88U to support my new fibre connection. Always ran Merlin firmware on them too. With the new ASUS RT-BE88U the Apple devices seem to connect fine, but after long periods on no use they

I like ASUS routers, in particular the RT range with Merlin support. My last routers covering years of use have been the N66U, AC68U, AC86U, and now AX86U Pro all running Merlin firmware. All performed brilliantly with Xbox and Sony consoles and Open NAT with multiple consoles connected to their res

I still have a Asus AC-68U/AC 1900 I used for like 6 years. I use all Ubiquiti stuff now but I keep it for a backup. If I was looking for a consumer wireless router I'd go for a newer Asus. I had a tplink on that was just a cheap temporary one that I used when we moved and my Asus accidently got bur