RT-AX88U

ASUS

RT-AX88U

141 positive 3 neutral 28 negative

Based on 172 Reddit mentions

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Is a VPN Router Worth It?

I have one. It’s fantastic. But I whitelist devices. I don’t want my young kids having VPN access unless I manually turn it on. It was very easy to set up. I have an ASUS RT-AX88U. Just needed to upgrade the firmware to Asuswrt-Merlin. I don’t remember all the steps, but it was one of those things w

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_China_ThrowAway in r/chinalife

July 19, 2025 4:16 AM

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Qualcomm's next mobile connectivity chip ushers in the Wi-Fi 8 and Bluetooth 7 era

I skipped 6E and 7 entirely because of the same reasons. Even on my “old” Asus ax88u, I’m able to pull 700mbps over WiFi to my MacBook Pro and around 600ish on my iPhone 16 pro. There’s really no reason to upgrade unless you’re going multi gigabit and you really want to upgrade But even at that poin

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UnexpectedFisting in r/hardware

March 3, 2026 2:28 AM

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Best WiFi 6 router right now for a busy household?

there is currently no need for wifi 7 other than better range in some settings. wifi 6 is plenty of fast enough. I have the RT-AX88U pro and 800mbs+ per wireless client is a bigger pipe than most can use comsidering 4k only uses 35 mbs and most servers cap downloads shy of 800mbs.

AutomaticIron4453 in r/wifi

February 16, 2026 4:06 AM

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Aging router upgrade advice

Get a ASUS AX92U or RT-AX88U Pro We have 1 in our house and we get full bars everywhere

Dry-Property-639 in r/HomeNetworking

March 14, 2026 11:04 PM

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Router recommendation

First question— do any of your devices even have WiFi 7 capability? At 600mbps, 1100 sqft, and your gaming devices hardwired, I would say something like a Glinet flint 2, or even Asus RT AX88u Pro for the 2.5gbps ports for future needs.

forlinux in r/HomeNetworking

March 22, 2026 3:34 AM

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Help choosing a router for upgraded internet

Couple of Asus router recommendations. There's the GT-AX6000 or RT-AX88U Pro, two different wifi 6 routers that have virtually the same electronics inside. If you want to stick your toe in the water with wifi 7, there's the RT-BE96U,, which has been on sale a lot. Both of these routers have given me

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MrDoh in r/HomeNetworking

January 6, 2026 12:06 AM

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Splitting wifi bands

Splitting the bands is honestly your safest bet here, especially with a busy household. Bell’s Gigahub 2.0 can handle a lot, but when 10+ devices fight for 5 & 6GHz, even Bell can’t work miracles—unlike Rogers, whose routers seem allergic to multiple connections. Keep an eye on which devices hog ban

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tele-robbery in r/bell

January 11, 2026 9:52 PM

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300 Mbps on a 1 Gbps Plan

Just for the record, I’m in an old neighborhood still on Cox Coax and those are the speeds I’m getting that I posted above. Don’t know if it makes a difference but instead of the Cix modem, I’m using a Nighthawk C1000 cable modem and the Asus RT-BE96U. Although I was using the Asus RT-AX88U before t

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cornholiolives in r/CoxCommunications

January 18, 2026 4:53 PM

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ASUS RT-BE92U 1 Year On

That's a great download of your initial thoughts. Thanks a lot for sharing. I have a RT-AX88U Pro and the RAM on that is almost maxed all the time too. I've not had any issues with it thus far. I think I will make the plunge and get myself one of these soon.

Dense-Shopping9285 in r/HomeNetworking

February 22, 2026 8:22 PM

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Will be in Europe for 1+ years and want to access streaming sites that will also be used at my house

You really need to try setting up own VPN server with Wireguard (it works for Asus RT-AX88U Pro) works perfectly for streaming

selfhostedproject in r/VPN

February 27, 2026 8:57 PM

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