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ASUS AX3000 Dual Band Gigabit WiFi 6 Router $68.99 + Free Shipping

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Amazon [amazon.com] has ASUS AX3000 Dual Band Gigabit WiFi 6 Router (RT-AX57) for $68.99. Shipping is free.

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  • Supporting 802.11ax WiFi standard for better efficiency and throughput.
  • RT-AX57 supports 1024-QAM for dramatically faster wireless connections. With a total networking speed of about 3000Mbps — 574 Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 2402 Mbps on the 5GHz band.
  • Supporting not only MU-MIMO but also OFDMA technique to efficiently allocate channels, communicating with multiple devices simultaneously.
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Amazon [amazon.com] has ASUS AX3000 Dual Band Gigabit WiFi 6 Router (RT-AX57) for $68.99. Shipping is free.

Product Description from Amazon
  • Supporting 802.11ax WiFi standard for better efficiency and throughput.
  • RT-AX57 supports 1024-QAM for dramatically faster wireless connections. With a total networking speed of about 3000Mbps — 574 Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 2402 Mbps on the 5GHz band.
  • Supporting not only MU-MIMO but also OFDMA technique to efficiently allocate channels, communicating with multiple devices simultaneously.

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May 7, 2025
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Eragorn
May 7, 2025
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Normal sale price is around $80 since around March. This is the lowest drop from what I can tell at least on Amazon.
May 8, 2025
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yoolen
May 8, 2025
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Good price. Unfortunately not supported by Merlin firmware
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May 8, 2025
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Oliviacrowe
May 8, 2025
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Is this a good budget router? I have the ac1750
May 8, 2025
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mstrblueskys
May 8, 2025
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Quote from Oliviacrowe :
Is this a good budget router? I have the ac1750
I really like my asus routers. I use 2 for mesh with a wired backhaul and they're great. More freedom than a basic mesh system from TP link and Google, for better and worse.
May 8, 2025
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Luigis3rdcousin
May 8, 2025
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I have an ASUS RT-AX56U and basically mine has double the memory and storage but the AX57 has a 1.7ghz cpu but mine has 1.5ghz. The 2.4ghz channels bandwidth is the same. It's only on the super fast wifi 6 channels on 5ghz where you see the faster speeds. Meh. Most people won't ever use that. In fact I have some older HP printers that I will never give up and they don't play nicely with Wi-Fi 6 so routers wifi 6 is disabled.
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SammieSocal25
May 8, 2025
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I'm tempted to get away from Netgear. Does this have a decent parental control feature?
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consig1iere
May 8, 2025
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Quote from yoolen :
Good price. Unfortunately not supported by Merlin firmware [img]https://static.slickdealscdn.com/images/smilies/frown.gif[/img]
Does Merlin support mesh?

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fluffyboi
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Quote from SammieSocal25 :
I'm tempted to get away from Netgear. Does this have a decent parental control feature?
as a previous victim to netgear, Asus has been nothing but solid performer. solid connection, route just feel solid. UI are extremely easy to use and no netgear BS or whatever sub fee they ask for. depends what you need for parental control, block certain app or internet hours its all built in
May 8, 2025
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SkipMoneyXL
May 8, 2025
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How does this compare to the TP-Link Archer AX21 AX1800 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Gigabit Router deal for $50 from Amazon? Is it worth the $19 price difference for 500Mbps download service and about 20 devices?
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CrawlinB
May 8, 2025
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STAY AWAY.
Asus AX3000 is the worst I've ever bought. I setup two of these in mesh mode. All was working fine until the newest firmware update dropped. I started getting dropped packets all the time.
I reverted to the old firmware and it works fine now but now my router is vulnerable and I'm out over 200 bucks.
Their support didn't help. Asked me to install the newest firmware again, which broke it and then they were clueless.
DO NOT BUY
May 8, 2025
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yoolen
May 8, 2025
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Quote from consig1iere :
Does Merlin support mesh?

Yes. It's a modified version of the official Asus firmware with some tweaks and additional features.
May 8, 2025
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swacman1
May 8, 2025
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Quote from SammieSocal25 :
I'm tempted to get away from Netgear. Does this have a decent parental control feature?

I had problems with my Netgear router/modem the last several years before I knew about the chip issue. I purchased an Asus RT-AX1800S back in 2023. I turned off the Wi-Fi on the Netgear and use it only as a modem with the Asus router. Problem solved and I have been very pleased with it.
May 8, 2025
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weirdly
May 8, 2025
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OP update it please.
Just dropped to $60!

Good deal.


FYI It looks like Staff posted a lower price today:
https://slickdeals.net/f/18301381-63-99-asus-ax3000-wifi-6-router-rt-ax57-at-amazon?v=1&src=SiteSearch
May 8, 2025
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FairSweater7777
May 8, 2025
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Quote from yoolen :
Good price. Unfortunately not supported by Merlin firmware
incorrect. The ax3000 is the same hardware as the ax58u. AX58u is just the "best buy exclusive" model, and you can flash the same merlin to either.

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FairSweater7777
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Quote from yoolen :
Good price. Unfortunately not supported by Merlin firmware Frown
Incorrect. The AX3000 and the AX58u are the same hardware, the 58u is just the "Bestbuy Exclusive" model. You can flash the same Merlin build to either and they will work the same, because it's the exact same guts inside

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