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ASUS RT-AX68U AX2700 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router

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Amazon has ASUS RT-AX68U AX2700 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router on sale for $159.99. Shipping is free.

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Office Depot and OfficeMax also has ASUS RT-AX68U AX2700 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router on sale for $159.99. Shipping is free.

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Key Features:
  • High Efficiency WiFi 6 - Enjoy fast speeds up to 2700 Mbps with WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
  • Commercial-grade Network Security – Lifetime free ASUS AiProtection Pro, powered by Trend Micro, with WPA3 to protect your home
  • Instant Guard gives you one-click secure internet access via RT-AX68U from anywhere in the world
  • Parental Controls for All Ages - Customize settings for different age groups, giving your kids the internet access they need
  • ASUS AiMesh Support – Create a flexible, seamless whole-home mesh network with AiMesh-compatible routers

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    • Our research indicates that this product is priced $20 lower (11.1% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $179.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this product:
    • 4.5 out of 5 star overall rating at Amazon
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Amazon has ASUS RT-AX68U AX2700 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router on sale for $159.99. Shipping is free.

Note, Usually ships within 10 days.

Office Depot and OfficeMax also has ASUS RT-AX68U AX2700 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router on sale for $159.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member kgorilla for sharing this deal.

Note: Refer to the forum thread for additional details and discussion.

Key Features:
  • High Efficiency WiFi 6 - Enjoy fast speeds up to 2700 Mbps with WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
  • Commercial-grade Network Security – Lifetime free ASUS AiProtection Pro, powered by Trend Micro, with WPA3 to protect your home
  • Instant Guard gives you one-click secure internet access via RT-AX68U from anywhere in the world
  • Parental Controls for All Ages - Customize settings for different age groups, giving your kids the internet access they need
  • ASUS AiMesh Support – Create a flexible, seamless whole-home mesh network with AiMesh-compatible routers

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price matches the last Frontpage Deal from August.
    • Our research indicates that this product is priced $20 lower (11.1% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $179.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this product:
    • 4.5 out of 5 star overall rating at Amazon
  • About this store:
    • View Amazon's return policy here.
    • View the Office Depot and OfficeMax return policy here.
    • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
    • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.

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Jsz0301
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AC1900 is 3x3 1300 5G + 3x3 "600" 2.4G. In reality, no clients really support the higher 256 QAM rate on 2.4G. It's the same general performance as an AC1750 class for normal clients. 1300 5G + 450 2.4G real world spec.

AC3100 is 4x4 + 4x4 config, but like the AC1900 it's Turbo/nitroQAM and is effectively AC2400 "Real world" spec. 1734 + 600 for a majority of clients connecting to it.

AX82U is a 4x4 + 2x2 router using a cheaper SoC for its main CPUs. Theoretically it should perform better than the 68U in 5G, but performs worse in practice, especially with legacy AC clients.

https://www.mbreviews.com/asus-rt...-review/2/
https://www.mbreviews.com/asus-rt...er-review/

The main CPU on the 68U is a significantly better A53 dual core and helps with VPN/read/write times over the cheaper 67xx family of BCM SoC.

The AX3000/AX5400 Asus routers are more on the end of marketing hype. You're buying a low end SoC paired with a higher end 5G "4x4" chip (half radio disabled on AX3000). Youre paying for the "160mhz" 5G.

160mhz bandwidth isn't practical for real world wifi and drops off into 80mhz territory over 15 feet. Also degrades SNR and requires DFS channels.

Edit 2: AX68U performs better in real world use/distance. Only upgrade from here is the 86U, 88U, 89X. If you want a little bit of everything and a good price, the 86U is your only option.


Edit: AX68U is AX2700 3x3 1800 + 3x3 861. It's the direct AX upgrade to the old AC1750 spec.
Pratticus
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Probably a great router, like all ASUS products I've interacted with. However, personally, I'd prefer the RT-AX86U. Pull an old modem or router out of the closet and trade in at Best Buy for 15% discount. RT-AX86U was $212 for me.
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I bought this router about a month ago to replace my TPlink Archer C7. I selected it because it was the cheapest router I could find that I could plug an external hard drive into and get 100mb/s reads and writes. It improved my range and speed throughout the house. The upstairs, which is farthest from the router, was getting around 90mb/s and now I get pretty much get the max speeds (300mb/s) provided my ISP. I'm far from a network expert but I'm pretty happy so figured Id share.

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According to 3 camels, never been better priced on Amazon.
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank Pratticus

Probably a great router, like all ASUS products I've interacted with. However, personally, I'd prefer the RT-AX86U. Pull an old modem or router out of the closet and trade in at Best Buy for 15% discount. RT-AX86U was $212 for me.
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oldmonk
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Quote from kgorilla :
According to 3 camels, never been better priced on Amazon.
Didn't want the white color, now I can get one. Thanks
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank justsin

https://sourceforge.net/projects/asuswrt-merlin/files/RT-AX68U/
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Quote from justsin :
https://sourceforge.net/projects/asuswrt-merlin/files/RT-AX68U/
Been awhile since I have used Merlin, but curious if performance is better on something like this or a newer ubiquiti? I just setup an older ubiquiti mesh AC and it's not strong enough for a single laptop with the security features on (190-175mbps on speedtest @ 8 feet away no walls).

Most curious in the onboard FW and metrics.
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Quote from duijver :
Been awhile since I have used Merlin, but curious if performance is better on something like this or a newer ubiquiti? I just setup an older ubiquiti mesh AC and it's not strong enough for a single laptop with the security features on (190-175mbps on speedtest @ 8 feet away no walls).

Most curious in the onboard FW and metrics.
Sounds like you can isolate the problem a bit more in terms of determining whether it is the wifi radio or the processing power of the device.

I keep going back to Asus, somewhat because I don't want to learn ubiquiti and I'm already familiar with linux networking (asuswrt is linux based) so it's much easier for me to anything custom.

I almost bit on the cheaper TP-Link AX21 from Walmart but after reviewing their OpenMesh capabilities and using their emulator (impressed they had one) I was rather underwhelmed.
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Got last week in white color. Great router.

I will always buy asus routers. I'm accustomed to all the great features such as VPN server, phone app etc.
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Quote from kgorilla :
Sounds like you can isolate the problem a bit more in terms of determining whether it is the wifi radio or the processing power of the device.

I keep going back to Asus, somewhat because I don't want to learn ubiquiti and I'm already familiar with linux networking (asuswrt is linux based) so it's much easier for me to anything custom.

I almost bit on the cheaper TP-Link AX21 from Walmart but after reviewing their OpenMesh capabilities and using their emulator (impressed they had one) I was rather underwhelmed.
I really suspect that the issue is the processing power of the ubiquiti and there wasn't anything major to learn if you know linux already. It's almost completely UI driven, but you can also SSH in. I came from using openWRT for a long time, so I feel that I can comment a bit on the complexity.

By the way, I had to stop using my SonicWall TZ500 (for primary devices) because of the identical issues. It's still usable, but almost any streaming service shutters, lags, or pauses for 10-30 seconds intermittently. I jump over to a different device w/o a real firewall options and no issues.

For the number of devices, and for streaming (media / gaming) I find that anything without quad core just cannot keep up to a QoS that the household expects... but we easily go through 1.5-2.3 TB of data a month where 80-90% of that is media (web not torrents/etc), camera footage, or gaming streaming services.
Last edited by duijver September 26, 2021 at 03:44 PM.
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Which one would be better, this, or tplink ax73 for $180?
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fantasylin
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Quote from Pratticus :
Probably a great router, like all ASUS products I've interacted with. However, personally, I'd prefer the RT-AX86U. Pull an old modem or router out of the closet and trade in at Best Buy for 15% discount. RT-AX86U was $212 for me.
How trade in works at BB? Can we pricematch and the trade in to get 15% off
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How trade in works at BB? Can we pricematch and the trade in to get 15% off
I don't know how likely you are to get a price match plus the 15% off. The store I went to didn't want to give me the discount on the ASUS - said it wasn't part of the promotion. So I pushed, got a manager and we made it happen. YMMV on combining money-saving methods.
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Quote from antinthis1 :
Which one would be better, this, or tplink ax73 for $180?
Better is kinda subjective based on your needs, but Asus I believe has some of the best consumer router software and good reliability and longevity. TP-Link has reported complaints of lack of updates and other things, it's been years since I used them. I was considering TP-Link at a much lower price...
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Is the 5G Hz coverage good enough for a 3500 sq ft house with 2 levels?
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hope this hits a black friday sale
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How about to use it as AiMesh node with RT-AX88u? is good option

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