ASUS RT-AC86U Wi-Fi AC2900 Mesh Wifi system Router AiProtection by Trend Micro, WTFast game accelerator free, adaptive QoS, USB 3.0 ASUS router app support, Dual-WAN 3G/4G support

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It uses NitroQAM (1024-QAM) modulation technology to deliver potential throughput speeds of up to 750Mbps on the 2. Note that the AiMesh is an ongoing feature and, for now, is still in an early stage and might not have everything you’d find in other purpose-built mesh systems. NitroQAM™ (1024-QAM) technology delivers the ultimate 5GHz quad-stream (4x4) speeds of up to 2167Mbps, giving RT-AC86U combined total speed of 2917Mbps.

if you tweak both the router and the client to favor speeds (over compatibility) you will get what I saw. Moved to within Nest range (36-48, but tried a few channels) in a channel where neighbours don’t have presence but the overall neighbourhood is much more congested around these frequencies.The Cut Through Forwarding tests look for throughput reduction when various router features are used. When it comes to specs, the Asus RT-AC86U only lacks tri-band capabilities (that is, not having an extra 5GHz band). band, I was a little unimpressed with speeds of only 142Mbps from 7 feet away, but at 25 feet, I saw the number jump to a respectable 169Mbps. This is a requirement of the January 2013 Dangerous Goods Act, introduced by the Civil Aviation Authority.

With the support for AiMesh, the router is now part of Asus’ pool of routers that can work together to create a Wi-Fi system. The RT-AC86U’s performance was stellar in my testing, both as a single router and part of an AiMesh network. We currently have a Frontier-provided Arris NVG468MZ which almost does the job, it’s main shortcoming being no or poor service at the extremes of the house.It also gives you multiple ways to ensure that your online games get the network priority needed for a smooth gaming experience, and it provides robust parental controls in a user-friendly management console. General settings include Guest networking, a Traffic Analyzer, USB storage settings, AiCloud settings that let you set up your own cloud server, Adaptive QoS with manual and automatic bandwidth limiting and application-specific prioritization, and Game Boost, which gives you access to WTFast routing technology and the Gamers Private Network to provide optimal bandwidth for WTFast-enabled games. Unless you have a fiber connection, you are probably restricted to bandwidth well under 100 megabits per second (Mbps). We went back and retested the wireless performance of the three first-to-market AC1900 routers with newer firmware and found slight improvements that have changed the rankings. To help out, Asus incorporated a functionality that, when you mouse over a setting, a question mark pops up.