ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Tri-band 10 Gigabit WiFi Router

Pros: Functional, fast, already know the layout of the gui. Link bonding works well. Port forwarding works. Reached max speed test with an ipad of 481/510 Mbs Down/up, better than previous routers I tried. AiMesh worked well, paired up with a AC86. Cons: Restoring old configuration doesn’t work well. Something was off when I restored my old configuration from my RT AC3200 router, which was updated to the latest version before backing it up. Although the restore completed successfully, the 5G bands either failed to broadcast the SSID, or joining it failed. I resolved this by starting from scratch. Will some times report the incorrect numbers of connected clients on the outside dashboard, but will report correctly when clicked on for further details. When the unit is restarted, one of the 5G band takes an extra few seconds to appear. It crashed on me once when swapping out ports and introducing another router. It required a physical reboot. Worked fine afterward. The Internal feedback report feature to Asus did not completed, it complained that smtp port maybe block by ISP. I doubt this. One other small thing, it did not play nice with a Samsung Galaxy native web browser. No prompts comes up when clicking on username or password field. Overall Review: Would recommend despite being a new item to the market. I was frustrated at first with my out of the box experience, but quickly learned that my restored configuration was the issue. There other few odd stuff, but I’m sure it will be corrected with firmware updates.

Pros: – 5G range is great. Much better than my previous Netgear Nighthawk X4S. – Great real-time analysis of traffic that is very informative. – Intuitive UI and control of the router (better than other brands in my opinion). – Mobile app that allows disconnecting clients easily (useful to turn kids’ devices off) Cons: For AIProtection, need to agree to terms and conditions of TrendsMicro, a third-party that is managing that service. I see this as a potential security hole… Fortunately it is not enabled by default. Overall Review: I recommend this product because its UI and analysis pages are superior to other brands. My future routers will all be from ASUS. I tried before Netgear, D-Link, Cisco this is my favorite brand in terms of ease of use and performance.

Pros: Fast speeds multiple devices incredible Cons: Expensive, bulky Overall Review: Tried nighthawk and a mesh system. Hands down this out performed and exceeded my expectations . It’s expensive but worth it .

Overall Review: I’ve had a number of routers over the years. While getting the NAT sorted out for gaming has never been particularly fun most routers the last few years have been pretty simple. For most just enable QoS and it works. On this one, it works for a day, then back to strict NAT. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.And that’s beyond the headache of the first few weeks of owning it where speeds on my gigabit connection were limited to an absolute crawl (before it finally started working after about the 100th factory reset).Just a headache, through and through. Currently compelled to leave this review because I couldn’t join a Rocket League tournament with my friends on Xbox because once again, my NAT is strict today. 3 years of owning a prior ASUS router and I don’t think my NAT was ever strict once after clicking a simple enable QoS toggle. This one is a daily headache.