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ASUS RT-BE88U Dual-Band High Performance WiFi 7 Router

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Amazon has ASUS RT-BE88U Dual-Band High Performance WiFi 7 Router on sale for $299. Shipping is free with Prime or on $35+ orders.

Sam's Club also offers their Members: ASUS RT-BE88U Dual-Band High Performance WiFi 7 Router on sale for $299. Shipping is free for Plus Members.

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Product Details:
  • Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
  • Up to 7140 Mb/s Throughput
  • 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz (Dual-Band)
  • 4 x Detachable External Antennas
  • 1 x 10G RJ45 WAN/LAN | 1 x 10G SFP+ WAN
  • 1 x 2.5G WAN/LAN | 3 x 2.5G LAN
  • 4 x Gigabit LAN
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Port
  • AiMesh Compatible
  • Works with ASUS Router App

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Amazon has ASUS RT-BE88U Dual-Band High Performance WiFi 7 Router on sale for $299. Shipping is free with Prime or on $35+ orders.

Sam's Club also offers their Members: ASUS RT-BE88U Dual-Band High Performance WiFi 7 Router on sale for $299. Shipping is free for Plus Members.

Thanks to Deal Hunter tDames for finding this deal.

Product Details:
  • Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
  • Up to 7140 Mb/s Throughput
  • 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz (Dual-Band)
  • 4 x Detachable External Antennas
  • 1 x 10G RJ45 WAN/LAN | 1 x 10G SFP+ WAN
  • 1 x 2.5G WAN/LAN | 3 x 2.5G LAN
  • 4 x Gigabit LAN
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Port
  • AiMesh Compatible
  • Works with ASUS Router App

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this store:

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Model: ASUS RT-BE88U BE7200 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 7 AiMesh Extendable Router, Black

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greenwich
Dual band. No 6 GHz. 🤮
dplane
95% won't need either. I rather have a high performing dual band router than the many problematic triple band ones.
anaccounthasnoname
This is supported by ASUS Merlin custom firmware:

https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net

Not supported by OpenWRT at this time.

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Dual band. No 6 GHz. 🤮
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Quote from greenwich :
Dual band. No 6 GHz. 🤮
95% won't need either. I rather have a high performing dual band router than the many problematic triple band ones.
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how long will this deal last for, or is the new price?
Feb 19, 2025
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3golpe91
Feb 19, 2025
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pulled the trigger on this one. Not sure if the performance gains will justify the difference in price vs. the 86u pro, but feels nice not having to worry about a router for a long time.
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This is supported by ASUS Merlin custom firmware:

https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net

Not supported by OpenWRT at this time.
Last edited by anaccounthasnoname February 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM.
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d3maxt
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In for one!

This is the best dual-band router out there. Yeah, no 6GHz, but 2.4GHz and 5GHz are great and benefit from Wi-Fi 7. Better than RT-BE92U, if you don't need 6GHz.

Thank you!
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MangekyoSharingan
Feb 19, 2025
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Quote from dplane :
95% won't need either. I rather have a high performing dual band router than the many problematic triple band ones.
That is obvious. But the Asus ET9 AiMesh that's on sale for $349 has a nice tri-band 6E. The cover range is nice too. Prefer that for $50 more. Don't need 7 band for my use.
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sr27
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we are at a point where routers with specialized firmware cost two to three times their PC equivalent. these prices need to come down.
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Nintendo1474
Feb 20, 2025
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This is the cheapest router with an SFP+ port. Bought it to see if it'll let me bypass an ATT fiber gateway, although FAQs say unlikely
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Quote from Nintendo1474 :
This is the cheapest router with an SFP+ port. Bought it to see if it'll let me bypass an ATT fiber gateway, although FAQs say unlikely
Based on my research 4 years or so ago, you'll need to have the ATT authenticate and then pass on the traffic using a managed switch. It's been a while.
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Quote from Nintendo1474 :
This is the cheapest router with an SFP+ port. Bought it to see if it'll let me bypass an ATT fiber gateway, although FAQs say unlikely
Had att for a bit and was considering a Ubiquiti UDM pro for the SFP. Have you considered a media converter or plug straight into the router with SFP gpon MAC stick? I've only slightly delved into 8311 on discord
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polyspecific
Feb 20, 2025
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Quote from greenwich :
Dual band. No 6 GHz. 🤮

Very efficient way to state that you can read a spec sheet and not understand what the specs mean.
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Quote from MangekyoSharingan :
That is obvious. But the Asus ET9 AiMesh that's on sale for $349 has a nice tri-band 6E. The cover range is nice too. Prefer that for $50 more. Don't need 7 band for my use.

Everyone can benefit from full duplex capability. good luck with that 6ghz band.
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2.6ghz quad core CPU. I believe this is one of the few routers that can encrypt/decrypt Wireguard traffic fast enough to saturate a full gigabit by itself.
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Quote from MangekyoSharingan :
That is obvious. But the Asus ET9 AiMesh that's on sale for $349 has a nice tri-band 6E. The cover range is nice too. Prefer that for $50 more. Don't need 7 band for my use.
Entirely different audience. This one has 10 ports between LAN and WAN, six of which are 2.5gbe or higher.

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