RT-AC68U

ASUS

RT-AC68U

65 positive 1 neutral 32 negative

Based on 98 Reddit mentions

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New forced contract on ASUS router - give us all your personal information

Bad advice. Asus routers are actually amazing products, and enhancing it with merlin firmware make it the best routers you can buy, in my humble opinion. I've only ever had 2 Asus routers, one i bought in 2013 (AC68U), which lasted until they discontinued it in March 2024. And I bought the replaceme

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Stand-Upstairs in r/HomeNetworking

April 21, 2026 3:32 PM

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What is a rock-solid affordable router for an average family?

If that Asus is the RT-AC68U then it's at least meshable if you buy a newer Asus router to use as your main router. That's one of the things that I like about using AiMesh. You can get a better router, and still put your old one to work somewhere else in the house. My current RT-AX68U Pro replaced b

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Somhlth in r/HomeNetworking

June 4, 2025 11:46 PM

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Older Asus routers compromised - check if you're affected

The AC68u was/is a router I encountered a lot where I live. Recommended that thing to so many people too.

GreNadeNL in r/HomeNetworking

November 24, 2025 11:29 AM

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Wife said “WiFi sucks, fix it, but don’t tell me how much it costs”

The Flex 2.5G PoE + AC Adapter 210W would be the better match Exactly the conclusion I came to last month. Seemed like this is the time to go 2.5gb equipment so I'm not replacing again in a couple years. Hoping what I bought lasts ~10 years like my last AC68U did.

sasquatch_melee in r/Ubiquiti

April 3, 2026 1:36 PM

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Having trouble with your Lumen internet? Not satisfied with your 360 WiFI / Premium WiFI and Quantum Fiber / My CenturyLink app experience? Or do you want to use your own 3rd party router so that you have more control over your network? Here are some helpful instructions.

What ASUS is so old it doesn't support VLAN tagging? The RT-AC68U from 2013 does I know. And even that model is EoL and should be replaced. It's under LAN - IPTV on ones with firmware before 3.0.0.6 Only one device can do the VLAN tag, so the 2nd router should be set in access point mode connected w

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N0_L1ght in r/QuantumFiber

February 13, 2026 6:23 PM

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Spent 10 hours trouble shooting the new asus modem😑 worth it after all

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

Flyer888 in r/HomeNetworking

May 7, 2025 12:42 AM

4

Best mesh router for long term firmware support: Google, Xiaomi, TP-Link, others? Avoiding DIY if possible.

You mention Asus here, and my impression is that Asus normally have a quite long support time for their products. The absence of a firmware update for a while, does not mean that the product is end of support. A driver behind why Asus normally have had quite good long term support over the last 10 y

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Northhole in r/HomeNetworking

April 13, 2026 11:01 AM

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New router recommendations and understanding wifi 7

Most more-than-basic wireless routers will allow you to set up your network the way you want it. You can assimilate all bands into the same SSID or you can separate your 2.4G and 5G networks (and 6G for Wifi 7) into different SSIDs. If you assign SSIDs like your previous wireless router (and use the

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xtalgeek in r/HomeNetworking

April 6, 2026 2:55 PM

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Don't see a good reason to upgrade Asus RT-AC68U other than updates

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

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jvhoch in r/HomeNetworking

November 16, 2025 9:48 PM

2

Express 7 wifi is brutally slow for older non-AC devices (under 1Mb/s)

Doesn't look great for a laptop that a couple feet away clear line of sight from the Express 7. For some reason I can't post a screenshot but here's what I'm seeing. Network: Default24H Internet Activity: 75.7 MBTX Retries: 0.0%Standard: WiFi 4MIMO Config: 2x2AP/Client Signal Balance: PoorRx Rate: 1

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motorambler in r/UNIFI

November 28, 2025 11:14 PM

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