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expirediCar2025 posted Nov 18, 2022 02:35 PM

ASUS RT-AX86S AX5700 Dual Band WiFi 6 Gaming Router

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Various Merchants have ASUS RT-AX86S AX5700 Dual Band WiFi 6 Gaming Router for $179.99. Shipping is free.
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Various Merchants have ASUS RT-AX86S AX5700 Dual Band WiFi 6 Gaming Router for $179.99. Shipping is free.
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Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal ideas and discussion.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6 from over 270 Amazon customer reviews.
  • About these stores:
    • Best Buy via eBay: 30 day returns | Buyer pays for return shipping
    • 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.
    • Information about Best Buy returns can be found here. -Corwin

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Tourist1292
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It has been at this price often. This one has no 2.5Gbps port and is a lower model of RT-AX86U.
nvng
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Also 512 MB RAM for the 86S model vs 1GB for the 86U model. May be an issue if you like to flash alternate firmware. Seems like this could impact performance but this is supposition only.

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Nov 24, 2022 05:33 AM
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Jsz0301Nov 24, 2022 05:33 AM
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Quote from Mayday981 :
I understand now. Thanks for this info. Guess I should expect different speeds.
It could also be local interference from neighbors.

There's a router based speed test in the QoS tab via ASUS GUI to make sure its not your connection.



Quote from FranksAndBeans :
Good summary. I'm currently running this wired up to my xfinity x1 wifi router (put in bridge mode) as the wifi performance of the xfinity unit is not great. I'm getting full ~9xx download speeds from my 1gig xfinity service on compatible devices, and the stable working range is maybe 20-30 feet longer which was exactly what I needed.

I haven't had it for long but you can defeat the leds and it's been 100% stable for me, and the range boost is good enough I don't need to mess with a mesh system, which was what I was leaning towards.

I can see the missing 2.5g port as being a critical feature for some. That's the main reason this unit is cheaper.
Yes the 2.5G port is the only real world advantage if you don't mess with the CPU sided stuff.

Number of client connections are 100% biased to the radio CPU (A7 @1.5ghz), though if you end up using SW layers, the quad core and ram will provide more oomph.

The dual core A53 in this router is stronger than the cheaper A7 based Quad core and Tri core models that use 2x2 SoCs.

Broadcom/WIFI brand marketing just sucks when it comes to presenting the correct info.
Last edited by Jsz0301 November 23, 2022 at 10:39 PM.
Nov 25, 2022 08:36 AM
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Jrigby33Nov 25, 2022 08:36 AM
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Quote from bcm00re :
I tried to do the router trade-in to get an additional 15% off but was denied. Anyone been able to get that additional discount on a router that's on sale at Best Buy?
It's legit I got the 15% off. I did get the run around up front, then went to the PC sales counter and acted like they told me to come there for the 15% off and they gave it.
Nov 25, 2022 05:33 PM
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savagepaganNov 25, 2022 05:33 PM
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The AX86U Pro is due to be released soon but I don't know exactly when it will be.
Nov 25, 2022 11:26 PM
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eipiplusoneNov 25, 2022 11:26 PM
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Thanks Op! Just did the 15% bestbuy trade in deal. Perfect opportunity to use the Citi $15 off $150 merchant offer.
Nov 26, 2022 03:54 AM
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uclagamer_99Nov 26, 2022 03:54 AM
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How does this compare to gs-ax3000.
Nov 26, 2022 09:58 PM
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ceruleanightNov 26, 2022 09:58 PM
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the employee at the resister didn't know how to handle the recycle promo so I went to the service desk and the employee there took care of it without any issues. I was surprised how quick the process was. it took about 5-10 minutes from walking in the store, finding the router (last one), then checking out. somehow there were no lines, which I was quite surprised. I was expecting to wait in line for awhile
Nov 27, 2022 07:18 AM
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great408Nov 27, 2022 07:18 AM
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Quote from 6700i6700 :
reminds me of that garbage asus tmobile router SD used to hype

the day an Orbi deal came around I never looked back
Been running the hacked T-mobile ASUS for years… now it's MESH for AX86S running flawless.

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Nov 30, 2022 05:37 PM
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supersteveartNov 30, 2022 05:37 PM
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I got this router and it shows 90% usage for RAM, my ASUS ROG Strix AX3000 GS-AX3000 router shows 57% ram usage. Both have 512 mb. Is the higher ram usage bad? What's everyone else's ram usage from the Asus app?
Dec 01, 2022 04:00 AM
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szhmanDec 01, 2022 04:00 AM
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Quote from great408 :
Been running the hacked T-mobile ASUS for years… now it's MESH for AX86S running flawless.
Did you update the AX86S main router to merlin firmware as well?
Dec 22, 2022 10:57 AM
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coreyyokDec 22, 2022 10:57 AM
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Quote from supersteveart :
I got this router and it shows 90% usage for RAM, my ASUS ROG Strix AX3000 GS-AX3000 router shows 57% ram usage. Both have 512 mb. Is the higher ram usage bad? What's everyone else's ram usage from the Asus app?
It's how Linux handles the memory and reallocates it on the Asus, causing it to appear maxed out.
Jan 01, 2023 10:44 PM
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supersteveartJan 01, 2023 10:44 PM
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Quote from coreyyok :
It's how Linux handles the memory and reallocates it on the Asus, causing it to appear maxed out.
Thanks. I'm not too familiar with how Linux handles ram. I bought the same router from Amazon to test with. It also maxed ram to 88%. I ran tests on both routers and even without devices attached it was around 77%. Configuring/enabling a few services and it's close to 90% for both so it looks like that's standard with this router. I'm surprised no one else who bought this mentions RAM usage. This is the same whether I use Merlin or Asus firmware.

I also bought the ASUS ROG Strix AX3000, a lesser router compared to this one and the RAM max was around 55% so to me it makes no sense. Same features but less ram usage. Why is that?

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