RT-BE88U

ASUS

RT-BE88U

42 positive 0 neutral 7 negative

Based on 49 Reddit mentions

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Does anyone have SaskTel's 1gb internet plan, and is it worth $160/month?

Door to door Sktel dudes were offering 1g for $65/mnth on 2 year contract to new subs. Try to get Sktel to match that. I did similar with Access and stayed with them, but anything over 100Mbps is only fun or useful to me when torrenting. I have a newer router that uses 2.5Gbps ethernet between it an

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BankBuster1000 in r/regina

July 20, 2026 5:51 AM

4

Good Wi-Fi Router in 2026. Any recommendation?

Just bought the ASUS RT-BE88U WIFI 7 router,beyond outstanding!!! I am getting over 900MB on WIFI on a 1GB Ethernet connection and established a Mesh network using RP-BE58. Great software,frequent firmware updates and Best Buy offers excellent guarantees/warranties. Good luck!

Cohnman18 in r/wifi

January 5, 2026 1:54 PM

7

Mesh wifi dillema

I love my ASUS RT-BE88U WIFI 7 router paired with several ASUS RP-BE58 Mesh extenders. Just “marry” the extenders to the main router and in your case,use the RT-AC86U as one of the extenders. Good luck! WIFI 7 is almost 2X the speed of WIFI 6.

Cohnman18 in r/wifi

June 18, 2026 1:25 AM

2

Bell is so bad...

I use my Asus RT-BE88U with my 3Gbps service without any issues. Are you sure you were setting everything up right? All Canadian telecom, cable, and ISP's are pretty shit! It's because we are Canadian and there is no actual real competition.

jcsww in r/bell

January 13, 2026 7:11 AM

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Looking for the best high-end router for fiber internet (2 Gbps+, WiFi 6 or newer) with strong range and no ISP restrictions

We went through this recently when we upgraded to 2Gbps FTTP. We ended up purchasing an ASUS RT-BE88U from Amazon for $499 when it was on sale last month. Does everything we need it to do and has a strong signal that covers our two storey home.

zaphod6502 in r/nbn

July 24, 2026 7:19 AM

1

Bell says, they cannot swap my modem for (Giga hub) gen 1/ Home Hub 4000. Is this true?

What sort of speed degradations are you seeing? With my Asus RT-BE88U via PPPOE, I'm still seeing 3.2Gbps download speeds on speedtest.net, but I do see only about 1'ish Gbps upload speeds. Measured on the modem itself I was seeing 3.2/3.2. I can tolerate the slower upload speeds.I'm not seeing any

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bpsmicro in r/bell

April 2, 2026 2:00 PM

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What's the best router for a home office that can also do PCVR?

I recommend just getting a router that your headset supports. Quest 3 supports 6ghz wifi on 6e, but you can probably get a great signal like I do (i live in a condo building, tons of networks around but still great connection on 5ghz via the Puppis S1). As mentioned before, it is not advised to use

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phylum_sinter in r/virtualreality

June 4, 2026 1:04 AM

1

Any team rtax86/88u move to be88u and not regret it?

I haven't used either, but I think the BE88U is a bit overpriced for what you get (since it is only dual band WiFi 7 - only 2.4ghz/5ghz; no 6ghz band). Here's a review: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/asus-rt-be88u If you can get a used AX86U for a good price, why not buy one? Just re-flash the firmwa

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sunrisebreeze in r/HomeNetworking

June 20, 2026 9:09 PM

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Any team rtax86/88u move to be88u and not regret it?

It is pointless to move to BE from AX, if you are not taking advantage of the 320Mhz bandwidth on 6Ghz ( a feature Asus RT-BE88U does not offer), and MLO still cause lots of issue on network adapters older than BE. Move from Asus AX88U Pro to Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Fiber and U7 Pro XG and i wish i s

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US_Delete_DT45 in r/HomeNetworking

June 21, 2026 1:46 AM

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Eero mesh system on Full Fibre max - extenders or more pro 6Es?

Got onto the same plan and found the eero router to be inadequate for the throughput over WiFi. Good excuse to upgrade my existing router (an ancient Netgear R7800) and ended up going with the asus RT-BE88U. Double the speed over WiFi, and literally billions of network ports on the back which have c

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Princ3Ch4rming in r/Zen_Internet

August 29, 2025 2:14 PM

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