![]() That can’t compare to the Netgear Nighthawk RAX80’s 1.39Gbps maximum output, but it’s 4 percent ahead of the TP-Link AX6000 (888.2Mbps), 7 percent ahead of the Netgear Nighthawk XR1000 (859.1Mbps) and 12 percent faster than Linksys MR9600 (822.0Mbps). At 15-feet, it had a peak throughput of 929.7Mbps. Asus RT-AX86U: Performanceīased on a week of testing using Ixia’s ixChariot’s network simulation benchmark in my 100-year old 3,500-square-foot home, the Asus RT-AX86U was equal parts reliable router and gaming companion. By contrast, the Bitdefender software that Netgear includes in its Armor security offering costs $70 a year for security updates. The best part is that it includes lifetime updates to counter new threats. Called AIProtection Pro, there’s nothing to load onto your devices, because the software works in the router, behind the scenes. It’s a secure router with built-in code from Trend Micro that not only can stop intrusions but block malware from attacking your network. It can be quite a light show at night, but the router has a button for turning off the lights. There are activity indicators for each of the Ethernet ports and whether its WPS system has been engaged. Up front, the RT-AX86U has 10 white LEDs that show it’s turned on, connected to the Internet and is transmitting on the 2.4- and 5GHz bands. The RT-AX86U has switches for turning the router on or off as well as one on the side is for using the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) protocol to quickly add a device to the network. There’s also a pair of USB 3 ports for adding up to two external hard drives to the network. For speedsters, two of the network ports can be aggregated for top-speed output. That’s potentially a total of five downstream ports, one more than most provide, but three less than TP-Link’s Archer AX6000’s eight LAN ports. ![]() To that it adds four dedicated gigabit per second downstream Ethernet ports along with an extra LAN port if the Multi-Gig connection if it’s not being used. Along the back are a 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) and a 2.5Gbps Multi-Gig WAN input port for working with the latest broadband modems.
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