Price: $20.00 lower (13% savings) than the previous price of $159.99
Features:
The Next Gen WiFi Standard - Future proof your home network with the next-gen WiFi 6 technology, providing up to 2. 7x faster speed than the previous WiFi generation featuring OFDMA and MU-MIMO technology.
Ultra-Fast Wi-Fi - RT-AX3000 supports 160MHz bandwidth and 1024-QAM, boasting a total network speed of 3000 Mbps - 575Mbps on the 2. 4GHz band, and 2402GHz on the 5GHz band.
The Most Powerful Mesh System — AiMesh technology allows you to establish an even stronger mesh WiFi system with other ASUS AiMesh compatible routers, ensuring stable and seamless whole home coverage.
Commercial-grade network security for family - AiProtection Pro protects all the connected devices on your home network and advanced parental controls allow you to manage the family's internet usage.
Mobile App Support - Control and customize every feature at your fingertips using the ASUS Router App for both iOS and Android devices.
Customer reviews:
★★★★★ / 3,597 global ratings
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Price: $20.00 lower (13% savings) than the previous price of $159.99
Features:
The Next Gen WiFi Standard - Future proof your home network with the next-gen WiFi 6 technology, providing up to 2. 7x faster speed than the previous WiFi generation featuring OFDMA and MU-MIMO technology.
Ultra-Fast Wi-Fi - RT-AX3000 supports 160MHz bandwidth and 1024-QAM, boasting a total network speed of 3000 Mbps - 575Mbps on the 2. 4GHz band, and 2402GHz on the 5GHz band.
The Most Powerful Mesh System — AiMesh technology allows you to establish an even stronger mesh WiFi system with other ASUS AiMesh compatible routers, ensuring stable and seamless whole home coverage.
Commercial-grade network security for family - AiProtection Pro protects all the connected devices on your home network and advanced parental controls allow you to manage the family's internet usage.
Mobile App Support - Control and customize every feature at your fingertips using the ASUS Router App for both iOS and Android devices.
Customer reviews:
★★★★★ / 3,597 global ratings
Model: ASUS RT-AX3000 AX3000 Dual Band Wi-Fi 6 Router
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Be aware theres a V2 version with newer BCM6756 SoC. Doesn't support merlin (yet).
I think $140 is still too high, especially since the SoC version will ultimately end up cheaper to produce. (vs. BCM6750 + BCM43684 disabled down to 2x2 MIMO).
On the plus side, there's prob throughput improvements on the newer model. Also moves up to a "quad core" with 1.7ghz clock speed.
I don't think its really a quad core relative to higher end units, but whatever.
I tried this last year when I was upgrading from my Netgear Nighthawk R7000. The ASUS AX3000 had worse range than the 5+ year old Nighthawk! So I returned the ASUS AX3000 router.
I decided on an ASUS mesh system instead (XT8), works great.
If you have a single-level home then this ASUS AX3000 router may work for you. But if you have a multi-story dwelling or the floorplan has lots of corners/alcoves, I'd recommend considering another router with better range, or a mesh system.
I tried this last year when I was upgrading from my Netgear Nighthawk R7000. The ASUS AX3000 had worse range than the 5+ year old Nighthawk! So I returned the ASUS AX3000 router.
I decided on an ASUS mesh system instead (XT8), works great.
If you have a single-level home then this ASUS AX3000 router may work for you. But if you have a multi-story dwelling or the floorplan has lots of corners/alcoves, I'd recommend considering another router with better range, or a mesh system.
AX58U is a 2x2 MIMO setup.
Your old R7000 was 3x3 with decent power output per FCC rating. 820mW unii-1 + 1w unii-3. Add walls and high local congestion to the mix and yeah, obvious result.
The 58U would only superior if you're running AX clients, otherwise you're basically downgrading to weaker HW for everything else.
*There are outlier situations where 4x4 AC + 2x2 client can still compete @ range vs 2x2 AX client/router. Depends on your environment.
The XT8 is 2x2 for its main connection radios, but it has a 4x4 wireless backhaul to bridge the gap. MIMO matters less with Mesh, even more so for wired backhaul.
I recently got an Asus AC3100 and noticed that it ran so hot that I was afraid it might start a fire. I reverted back to the TMO AC1900 Merlin and it runs cool to the touch. Performance wise I notice no difference. Speed tests on the 5 GHz band show 112 Mbps down on both routers. I have 28 devices (smart tvs, laptops and security cameras etc.) Never had any issues with the TMO AC1900 but I thought I would gain something with the AC3100.
I think all powerful newer routers run hot. I saw many posts of the TP-Link AX3000 running hot.
Your old R7000 was 3x3 with decent power output per FCC rating. 820mW unii-1 + 1w unii-3. Add walls and high local congestion to the mix and yeah, obvious result.
The 58U would only superior if you're running AX clients, otherwise you're basically downgrading to weaker HW for everything else.
*There are outlier situations where 4x4 AC + 2x2 client can still compete @ range vs 2x2 AX client/router. Depends on your environment.
The XT8 is 2x2 for its main connection radios, but it has a 4x4 wireless backhaul to bridge the gap. MIMO matters less with Mesh, even more so for wired backhaul.
XT8 is one very solid mesh system right now. ASUS is making other mesh options seem like a joke with that FCC update lol
Very helpful info; thank you!
Overall the XT8 has been good. Had some initial quirks and the firmware took a while to settle and become more stable. No issues in the last few months!
Your old R7000 was 3x3 with decent power output per FCC rating. 820mW unii-1 + 1w unii-3. Add walls and high local congestion to the mix and yeah, obvious result.
The 58U would only superior if you're running AX clients, otherwise you're basically downgrading to weaker HW for everything else.
*There are outlier situations where 4x4 AC + 2x2 client can still compete @ range vs 2x2 AX client/router. Depends on your environment.
The XT8 is 2x2 for its main connection radios, but it has a 4x4 wireless backhaul to bridge the gap. MIMO matters less with Mesh, even more so for wired backhaul.
XT8 is one very solid mesh system right now. ASUS is making other mesh options seem like a joke with that FCC update lol
Extremely helpful. I too am running about 20 devices off an old R7000. I've got to reset it every now and then because I lose 5ghz. Still running stock firmware. Should I hang on longer, or pick up something? What in the Asus/Netgear lineup would be a significant improvement for around $200-$250? I was eyeing this Asus router until I came across this deal and knowledge. Thanks!
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Extremely helpful. I too am running about 20 devices off an old R7000. I've got to reset it every now and then because I lose 5ghz. Still running stock firmware. Should I hang on longer, or pick up something? What in the Asus/Netgear lineup would be a significant improvement for around $200-$250? I was eyeing this Asus router until I came across this deal and knowledge. Thanks!
AX86S or AX86U would be significant upgrade due to 4x4 5G. 2.4G is 3x3 like your current router, but has AX support.
The 4x4 radio will give you extra range with AC clients plus has SNR benefits when using AX clients.
Id wait for the ax86U to dip down to 220 again, 170-180 for AX86S
To all those who keep mentioning "mesh" systems, this unit uses ASUS AIMesh, so don't let jargon throw you off. a mesh system is nothing special, just a series of routers that are connected. You can build homemade mesh systems with cheap used routers and turn them in Access Points or Repeaters. This is how we have always done "mesh" systems. Granted, there are a couple caveats, but "mesh" a simply marketing hype and misinformation.
Anyway, I just bought this to use in my AIMesh setup. The AIMesh setup does everything for you from the main router with a single click of a button, so that is nice. I used this router as basically a Repeater and I hard wire into the router and turn off wireless on my computers in my office. I get my full bandwidth (600 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up) The main reason doing it this way is for the upload. Connecting wireless to the repeater, although I can get almost full download, I cannot get more than 2 Mbps up.
Be aware theres a V2 version with newer BCM6756 SoC. Doesn't support merlin (yet).
I think $140 is still too high, especially since the SoC version will ultimately end up cheaper to produce. (vs. BCM6750 + BCM43684 disabled down to 2x2 MIMO).
On the plus side, there's prob throughput improvements on the newer model. Also moves up to a "quad core" with 1.7ghz clock speed.
I don't think its really a quad core relative to higher end units, but whatever.
How can you check which one you have before flushing to marlin?
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I think $140 is still too high, especially since the SoC version will ultimately end up cheaper to produce. (vs. BCM6750 + BCM43684 disabled down to 2x2 MIMO).
On the plus side, there's prob throughput improvements on the newer model. Also moves up to a "quad core" with 1.7ghz clock speed.
I don't think its really a quad core relative to higher end units, but whatever.
I decided on an ASUS mesh system instead (XT8), works great.
If you have a single-level home then this ASUS AX3000 router may work for you. But if you have a multi-story dwelling or the floorplan has lots of corners/alcoves, I'd recommend considering another router with better range, or a mesh system.
I decided on an ASUS mesh system instead (XT8), works great.
If you have a single-level home then this ASUS AX3000 router may work for you. But if you have a multi-story dwelling or the floorplan has lots of corners/alcoves, I'd recommend considering another router with better range, or a mesh system.
Your old R7000 was 3x3 with decent power output per FCC rating. 820mW unii-1 + 1w unii-3. Add walls and high local congestion to the mix and yeah, obvious result.
The 58U would only superior if you're running AX clients, otherwise you're basically downgrading to weaker HW for everything else.
*There are outlier situations where 4x4 AC + 2x2 client can still compete @ range vs 2x2 AX client/router. Depends on your environment.
The XT8 is 2x2 for its main connection radios, but it has a 4x4 wireless backhaul to bridge the gap. MIMO matters less with Mesh, even more so for wired backhaul.
Will also end up supporting or already supports UNII-4 [fccid.io]for the 4x4 backhaul communication... meaning rock solid connection since no one else would be sharing spectrum with you (for awhile).
XT8 is one very solid mesh system right now. ASUS is making other mesh options seem like a joke with that FCC update lol
I think all powerful newer routers run hot. I saw many posts of the TP-Link AX3000 running hot.
Your old R7000 was 3x3 with decent power output per FCC rating. 820mW unii-1 + 1w unii-3. Add walls and high local congestion to the mix and yeah, obvious result.
The 58U would only superior if you're running AX clients, otherwise you're basically downgrading to weaker HW for everything else.
*There are outlier situations where 4x4 AC + 2x2 client can still compete @ range vs 2x2 AX client/router. Depends on your environment.
The XT8 is 2x2 for its main connection radios, but it has a 4x4 wireless backhaul to bridge the gap. MIMO matters less with Mesh, even more so for wired backhaul.
Will also end up supporting or already supports UNII-4 [fccid.io]for the 4x4 backhaul communication... meaning rock solid connection since no one else would be sharing spectrum with you (for awhile).
XT8 is one very solid mesh system right now. ASUS is making other mesh options seem like a joke with that FCC update lol
Overall the XT8 has been good. Had some initial quirks and the firmware took a while to settle and become more stable. No issues in the last few months!
Your old R7000 was 3x3 with decent power output per FCC rating. 820mW unii-1 + 1w unii-3. Add walls and high local congestion to the mix and yeah, obvious result.
The 58U would only superior if you're running AX clients, otherwise you're basically downgrading to weaker HW for everything else.
*There are outlier situations where 4x4 AC + 2x2 client can still compete @ range vs 2x2 AX client/router. Depends on your environment.
The XT8 is 2x2 for its main connection radios, but it has a 4x4 wireless backhaul to bridge the gap. MIMO matters less with Mesh, even more so for wired backhaul.
Will also end up supporting or already supports UNII-4 [fccid.io]for the 4x4 backhaul communication... meaning rock solid connection since no one else would be sharing spectrum with you (for awhile).
XT8 is one very solid mesh system right now. ASUS is making other mesh options seem like a joke with that FCC update lol
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The 4x4 radio will give you extra range with AC clients plus has SNR benefits when using AX clients.
Id wait for the ax86U to dip down to 220 again, 170-180 for AX86S
Anyway, I just bought this to use in my AIMesh setup. The AIMesh setup does everything for you from the main router with a single click of a button, so that is nice. I used this router as basically a Repeater and I hard wire into the router and turn off wireless on my computers in my office. I get my full bandwidth (600 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up) The main reason doing it this way is for the upload. Connecting wireless to the repeater, although I can get almost full download, I cannot get more than 2 Mbps up.
I think $140 is still too high, especially since the SoC version will ultimately end up cheaper to produce. (vs. BCM6750 + BCM43684 disabled down to 2x2 MIMO).
On the plus side, there's prob throughput improvements on the newer model. Also moves up to a "quad core" with 1.7ghz clock speed.
I don't think its really a quad core relative to higher end units, but whatever.
MSQ-RTAXJ300 = v1
MSQ-RTAX5000 = v2
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