ASUS - RT-AX3000
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Based on 1 year's data from Mar 17, 2026 How it works
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"I just bought 3 ASUS wifi 6 routers and the AImesh is actually perfectly fine. ... 600 megs in my living room via mesh"
"I use Asus routers in my Ai mesh network and it gives me complete control over everything and I've loved it."
"Their AI mesh system works well"
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"I use Asus routers in my Ai mesh network and it gives me complete control over everything and I've loved it."
"many settings available"
"Asus AiMesh - Yea"
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"I ended up with ASUS AX 3000 for a proven stability in long run."
"I just bought 3 ASUS wifi 6 routers and the AImesh is actually perfectly fine. ... 600 megs in my living room via mesh"
"My 6 year old RT-AX3000 is still getting firmware updates"
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"wifi 6 which is fast enough for the type of use you’re describing. ... 3000mpbs is more than enough for 99% of users"
"It's fast, reliable"
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"Stable and cheap."
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"Last year, I bought an ASUS AX3000 WiFi 6 Router, but I returned it. I used it for ~3 weeks, but it was super unreliable compared to my current Asus AC-1900. I never figured out why. I thought it would be an upgrade, but it seemed slower and had tons of connection issues."
"every client connected to the AX3000 will have at best half the bandwidth available, because of its data having to be repeated on the same 5GHz channel to the AX86U."
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"Maybe i screwed up the configuration, but it was also more complicated than my current Asus. Hoping to avoid that again. Need something the other family members can handle without any input, like we currently have."
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"the AX3000 is only 2x2 dual band and has no dedicated radio for meshing, so if you mesh wirelessly, you end up halving the 5GHz bandwidth."
"every client connected to the AX3000 will have at best half the bandwidth available, because of its data having to be repeated on the same 5GHz channel to the AX86U."
"There does seem to be a client limit at about 75-80 wifi devices whiche forced me to move iot devices to a separate wifi network."
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"every client connected to the AX3000 will have at best half the bandwidth available, because of its data having to be repeated on the same 5GHz channel to the AX86U."
"the AX3000 is only 2x2 dual band and has no dedicated radio for meshing, so if you mesh wirelessly, you end up halving the 5GHz bandwidth."
doublemint_ 1.0>Asus and long term support in the same proposition is something not realistic Depends on what is meant by “long term”. My 6 year old RT-AX3000 is still getting firmware updates
Asus AiMesh - Yea TP-Link Deco - Yes TP-Link Easy Mesh - Not sure
DZCreeper 1.0A single router covering 2000ft is not realistic. What I would do is purchase the RT-BE55 as your main router due to the much faster CPU and an RT-AX3000S to use as a wired access point. A Ubiquiti system would offer centralized management and more performance but that would push the budget considerably higher.
Exodia101 1.0The RT-AX58U (first one) is the best out of the 3.
Fantastic-East-4390 1.0We just signed up to the same plan and this is what we went with. https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/asus-ax3000-2nd-gen-dual-band-gigabit-router-black-rt-ax58uv2-asax58u
hereticjedi 1.0Ok, you don’t need anything to flash then. I got this one: https://www.asus.com/nz/networking-iot-servers/wifi-routers/asus-wifi-routers/rt-ax3000/ Mesh capable if you need it (you shouldn’t with 100m2) wifi 6 which is fast enough for the type of use you’re describing. Has a bunch of the handy ASUS inbuilt features . You will probably get 5- 7 years out of a modern router before they stop doing firmware upgrades etc so consider that when you buy. . Wifi 7 is only worthwhile in super busy areas and if you have devices with it otherwise wifi 6 or even wifi 5 is fine, Mesh is only needed if you need to extend coverage etc. most people massively over buy when they get a router. Your limited to what your fibre plan allows you to download so if your plan only lets you do 500mbps no point having a 10,000mbps router. 3000mpbs is more than enough for 99% of users
lebrun 1.0This. I have the RT-AX58U. It's OK, but I'm moving to a Flint 2 soon. I miss OpenWrt.
ryderbg 1.0Thank you for the detailed review! How well does the WiFi 6E perform? I have several WiFi 6E devices, but my main focus is using it with the Meta Quest 3 for higher bandwidth in Air Link and PCVR. Currently, I’m using the ASUS AX3000 v1 (tri-core version) and find it not enough.
TheBobFisher 1.0I own the ASUS RT-AX1800 and RT-AX3000. I like them both. I don't use either of them as my gateway anymore though. I upgraded to a sg-1100 pfSense gateway recently and have both the routers running in AP mode now. One for upstairs coverage and one for downstairs coverage. I, as others have said, encourage you to install Merlin firmware if you choose ASUS. Just make sure your model has Merlin firmware available. The RT-AX3000 v2 was my gateway before the sg-1100 and I had to install forked third-party Merlin firmware because there weren't any current versions that supported the v2 model.
Traditional_Limit236 1.0Get this instead... https://ebay.us/m/86Zycg I always go for Asus because all of their services come with purchase.
Z00111111 1.0I bought an ASUS RT-AX3000P and it's working great for me. I'm using a Quest 3. I've got a Cat6 ethernet cable from PC to the router.