Asus RT-AC68U AC1900 whole home Dual-Band Wi-Fi router for mesh network, protection Lifetime security by Trend Micro, Amish compatible, Adaptive Qu’s & parental control.
Dual band with the latest 802; 11 AC 3×3 technology for combined speeds of up to 1900 Mbps.AiProtection : AiProtection Pro, AiProtection, Malicious site blocking, Two-Way IPS, Infected Device Prevention and Blocking. WAN : Internet connection Type – PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, Automatic IP, Static IP. Dual WAN, 3G/4G LTE dongle, Android tethering, Port forwarding, Maximum port forwarding rule : 64, Port triggeringc, Maximum port triggering rule : 32, DMZ, DDNS, NAT Passthrough : PPTP, L2TP, IPSec, RTSP, H.323, SIP Passthrough,PPPoE relay.
1 GigaHertz dual core CPU enables smart multitasking by dedicating separate lanes for Wi Fi and USB data; Network standard: IEEE 802; 11a, IEEE 802; 11B, IEEE 802; 11G, IEEE 802; 11N, IEEE 802; 11AC, IPv4, IPv6. Memory: 128 MB Flash; 256 MB RAM
Effortless router setup with the ASUSWRT web based interface; Dual band connectivity for compatibility and performance
Monitor and manage your network with ease from your mobile device using the intuitive ASUS router app
A protection powered by Trend Micro provides multi stage protection from vulnerability detection to protecting sensitive data; Please refer the installation manual and the user manual before use which is highly essential; Dc output: 19 Volt with maximum 1; 75 a current; Guest network: 2; 4 GigaHertz x 3, 5 GigaHertz x 3
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ASUS AC1900 WiFi Router (RT-AC68U) – Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Internet Router, Gaming & Streaming, AiMesh Compatible, Included Lifetime Internet Security, Adaptive QoS, Parental Control
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7 reviews for ASUS AC1900 WiFi Router (RT-AC68U) – Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Internet Router, Gaming & Streaming, AiMesh Compatible, Included Lifetime Internet Security, Adaptive QoS, Parental Control
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Vespula –
Where has this ASUS RT-AC68U router been all my life??
Wow. Goodbye Netgear. Hello ASUS RT-AC68U AC1900 router! In fairness to Netgear, the netgear r6300 I have had for years has been a stable product (with the right settings, however) and it was paired with a Arris SB6141 Cable modem, but lightning took both of them away. I went for the combo C7000 Netgear latest and greatest I wanted to like it but it lagged and had 20 second drops of connectivity. Unstable. Unacceptable new product with bugs was my experience and a lot of others had the same experience too. Reviews for Asus were surprisingly good and never had owned an ASUS router before but the reviews were so over the top I had to find out. So I ordered my new Arris SB6141 Cable modem (because it was rock solid for me before) and the RT-AC68U.First impressions… wow nice build quality. Very impressive. Real removable antenna just like a real AP pro class. It just felt good and looked great. All the machining and connections looked above grade from any other manufacturers in the consumer space I have seen. A real “PRO-SUMER” product.My background is I.T. and I am in this space so to impress me was not an easy feat. Our use case for this router is:NO cable… all streaming house… using Two Roku, 6 laptops, one of them dedicated for streaming Xfinity TV-GO stations, a Wii game console, Grace Digital Mondo Internet Radio player, HP laserjet on wifi, oven on wifi, garage doors on wifi, heated tile floor thermostat on wifi (for the weather), and 6 smart phones (2 iphones, 4 android). Plus a “lab” in my office using wifi devices (Wifi scanners, etc) for job related activities. We often could be streaming roku channels (ESPN, FoxGo, etc) at the same time as Fox news on another tv, with Roku netflix upstairs as well, plus any of the household (or all) could be streaming online youtube, amazon video prime or facetime with friends.So you can see its a heavy usage situation. My router right now has 21 devices connected at one time from the list mentioned above. Back to the review…On powering up and connecting to this Asus the setup was so easy it was amazing with the wizard. I was online in seconds.The interface was amazing… Wow. The feature set was so in depth and so well done that this was like router Eden. Graphics, Data, Stats galore. Instant salivation for anyone with an appreciation and knowledge on 802.11. They should have code named this router the ASUS PAVLOV.All that is great but if it doesnt work, or drops its just a piece of pretty junk. Guess what. Its got it where it counts too.Signal strength around the house is stronger than ever. Speeds on all clients are crazy fast. Stability on 2.4 *AND* 5ghz is what it should be. I mean wow. where has this router been all my life?? The router has a cpu graph for the dual core cpus in the interface and its barely breathing handling the traffic- even with all the bells and whistles turned on collecting traffic, stats and web history from clients! Oh and did I mention this is all with QoS turned off!! Why limit bandwidth if you dont need to? QoS seems to be used best for small pipes or compensating for poor routers that cant handle a load, in my expeience. My network is rock solid. I will update this if something changes, of course, but from my experience you just know when you know, you know? And for this router… I know!In closing, watching the real-time bandwidth utilization graphic in the interface I can see the ebb a flow of downstream data (as well as upstream). Mine was pulsating in bursts from 6 to 28Mbps as the demands of multiple HD streaming clients was requested. Dual core CPU never clicked over single digits combined. I have Xfinity Blast! and speed tests were 75-80 down and 10-12 Up over 5g wifi — just for reference. plenty of headroom.,Netflix Roku App’s Network test reported that my Downstream capability to their servers was 17.35 Mbps. Nice.So to sum up. I think this is the best router ever on many levels, Build quality, stability, feature set, and pairs very nicely with a Arris SB6141 DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem, which to me is a proven solid product that I have used easily for over a decade (back when it was made under Motorola). I even used a 6121 4 channel version prior to this 6141 8 channel down / 4 up coming out about 10 years ago (I think).6141=great modem.Asus RT68=Awesome Stable RouterEDIT UPDATE on 7/30/2018:This has been a solid router for me since I wrote this review. I am up to 27-33 clients around the house generally between adding technology finding its way in the house (now 5 rokus!) and supporting transient devices for my job, or friends/family. Still remains to be great. I do update the firmware when it comes up and have not had problems with any version.Also, I mentioned I used QoS off… I have since changed gears on that. I now have QoS on and set to MEDIA/VIDEO as the priority due to all the video we stream here… It has been rock solid and definitely performs better with QoS set ON. Video plays at Highest resolutions and glitch free all around the house.Newest feature of this router in the firmware is AIMESH. This feature intrigued me because the far reaches of our bonus room has poor signal…. the roku in there doesnt seem to like the weak signal… I bought another one of these routers and added it as a MESH NODE. This allows seamless roaming around the house and load balancing of clients between the two routers. The only problem I had was the firmware’s didnt match so it wouldnt mesh. I downloaded the latest and updated both to the latest firmware and then had no problems meshing the second router as a node. Very easy. I placed it at the end of the house downstairs, and now have good signal in the bonus room. I continue to love this router!! AiMESH rocks!Update 12/27/18:Still kicking strong. AIMESGH is great!! There have been several firmware updates and the router keeps getting better. I have not had any real issues with any of the firmware updates so I am grateful for that and kudos to ASUS for apparently knowing what they are doing and testing things sufficiently! I will say I have had to reboot this router less than 5 times since I have owned it due to some kind of internet issue. I dont know if it was caused by comcast, or just a glitch… but I did reboot it and the issue resolved on each of those occasions. Thats pretty darn stable. I might give it “five nines” of uptime considering I just never touch it except for those few times.Since my original review, Comcast/Xfinity has upped the bandwidth so I am getting about 175 meg down now…same 10/12 meg upload… Everything runs great… and stable.I have half a dozen clients on one side of the house on the mesh node 1 and the other half on the other “host” router… its nice. I have also been adding more devices since my last update … RING doorbell, a SONOS Connect, two Google Home Minis, and four Amazon Echo DOT are added to the network (these are cool devices and love how you can use as intercoms by the way) …. also, I have four Ring floodlight cameras sitting in boxes I got for Christmas which I will be installing when the weather is nice which should be pushing me towards about 50 clients in the house (not all on at a time, mind you) but could be I suppose! Great router.
Steve T. Young, Sr –
Teenagers worst nightmare!
I bought this three months ago; wish I had found it years earlier:I have a serious 16yo geek / gamer whom, if allowed, would FIND a way to stay up all night and play games and do who knows what else.This router has solved a significant issues we face as parents with the Parental Controls issues:First, I debated for a while to give it five or four stars –there are a couple of things I do not like. However, overall it has been great. My biggest problem was my kids, and their abuse of the Internet at night, too long gaming, etc. I did try other expensive routers and returned them. This one does get them in their beds, away from the Internet at whatever time I set –and, once you get over the relatively small learning curve, is relatively easy.I am by trade a geek. However, this message is NOT intended to be written at that level –even though this router has tons of features that would please even the geekest. This message is to PARENTS whom, IMHO, are very obligated these days to guard their children and whom typically need a way to stay ahead of technology and to protect them. . . this router, in addition to other tools, is a significant layer in the defense of our children.Asus accomplishes Parental Controls by several methods: Time controls (that work) per any connected device; filters that effectively eliminate PORN and even messaging / file sharing, if desired, etc. Asus brands this by what they call “AI” controls (not sure what that stands for) also, their Firewall controls / website blocker works well, too. “E.g., when my kids stumble in school, I have entered “WarCraft” in their case in the firewall blocking which stops that problem in its tracks until the grades come up. . . Good. Worth the price of admission for just that! :-)The learning curve, for even non-technical parents, I cannot imagine how it could be easier. But there is some learning to it. Primarily, this is done by typing in the IP address of the router in your browser, typically 192.168.1.1 and loggin in, Then, going to the “AI Controls” screen, seeing who is connected, and applying whatever restrictions you desire on that specific connected device. It works, (I love the time settings) and again, isn’t that hard to do. Once mine saw that they cannot get around this, they started getting good night’s sleep, etc.My geek sons did eventually figure out how to SPOOF their “MAC” addresses (it isn’t that hard to do) (A MAC address is the unique identifier for each device, and is shown on all screens and can be faked or “Spoofed”) But, if you monitor this with some regularity, you can see when this happens as foreign-to-you addresses start popping up That is solved by some extra work, by applying an extra layer of “Filters” in the “Wireless” section that allow only specified MAC addresses to access the Internet. (a “white list” I call it) Asus helps you by associating MACs with machine name when, when possible, when you go to the screen to set this up. (I wish they had called it “whitelists” vs. “blacklists” and made it some easier. Be aware that at times I have had to go spend a few minutes and dig up a MAC address, e.g., for my NEST thermostat, so that it can get out, too –the price of raising kids these days. And please let me say again that all this is well worth it for the kid’s sake. . .In addition to the parental controls, the geek in me likes the range of this device –how far it gets out. We live in a three story townhouse, and range has been an issue for us. . . Today, this router is on the first floor, I am currently on the third with four bars (2.4Ghz) The 5Ghz DOES reach up here, but not as well (the nature of 5Ghz is not to reach as far) Throughput is great; and I do NOT have to reboot this device very often. Other features, (there are many; I have barely scratched the surface) are there, but I haven’t had time! (another cost of having teenagers 🙂 ) If I do get time, some of the USB storage features would be next; also the VPN feature set is built in IF I ever need to adjust settings from outside my home. .(my first shallow attempt to do that failed, but I am sure it was my fault) .PROS:- Parental controls –far superior to others I tried (the “Open DNS” approach [ i.e., NetGear], IMHO, is not satisfactory. Again, this router has fairly easily solved this which WAS a very-large problem for us- Reliability: First router and I haven’t had to reboot a lot.-Range: great-Feature set: Far superior to most anything I have seen. Geeks can have a field day with all the stuff in the feature sets–Instructions / Ease of setup and operations: Overall, were great-Support: Recent firmware upgrades have been regular and helpful; I can tell Asus is on the job supporting this routerCONS-Price. Obviously I think it is worth it –for my kids-Asus, why in the world cannot I add additional SSIDs to my 2.4Ghz for example??? (not a huge deal, but was a point I debated to kick this down to four stars)- Minor point, but even I had a little of a time figuring out the MAC Filter “white list”- need controls over the wired clients
Humble Bub –
My home network manages traffic from:2 iPads1 iPhone1 android phone2 TV1 Nvidia Shield1 Amazon Alexa1 weather station monitoring displayNumerous Hue lights1 USB 3 T network driveI was replacing a decade old AirPort Extreme as Apple had discontinued support and I wanted more granular configurability. The replacing router arrived a day early and I spent the afternoon setting up to suit my needs.Router configuration ( 10 years ago) was black magic, filled with frustrations and confusion. Not any more. ASUS has it dumbed down to a point if you can read and click, the basic configuration and connectivity is a 10 (or less) minute process. Once that is completed the fine tuning is next. I enabled the firewall and malware detection first. Malware protection is a huge plus and eliminates the need to run on individual devices.After that I set various priorities. I made streaming video priority over other functions. I then enabled traffic monitoring so I could understand how much data was being used, by whom, what application etc. This revealed a disconcerting stat. The Nvidia Shield is transmitting over 125 megs of data each hour. This needs more research and I have narrowed it down to one of three apps I run. It will take a few days to eliminate the apps one by one.Wi-Fi is a beast. I have excellent coverage in every room with signal strength of -38 dBm and 340 Mbs at most distant point.Download speeds are consistently faster but that is subjective as my ISP may be having good days. I am paying for 25 Mbs download speeds and Analoti indicates I am getting between 20 and 50 most days.Wi-Fi networks of 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz are separate networks. 5 is faster but is an ‘in room’ network as 5 is always a weaker signal. It is nice to have the choice.I had intended to run the WRT-Merlin firmware but the OEM is so good I see no reason to change.I can recommend this router to anyone looking for a good sold performing device.
TheReviewz –
Bin mit dem Router sehr zufrieden. Musste ein DSL Kabel nachkaufen, aber mit der Telekom funktioniert es sehr gut.Diesen Router kann ich empfehlen!
Julio CB –
Este router ofrece un buen rendimiento en velocidad y múltiples conexiones, si cuentas con un buen plan de internet y usas este router notarás una gran diferencia con respecto a los que te proporcionar los proveedores de internet (telmex, izzi, etc.), tiene un precio algo superior que otros routers en el mercado pero vale lo que cuesta. Lo he probado con juegos en línea y películas en streaming al mismo tiempo y ha tenido un rendimiento excelente. Anteriormente tuve el TP Link Archer C9 pero este router de Asus lo supera en estabilidad de red y cobertura. Si quieres mejorar tu velocidad, rendimiento y cobertura de tu señal de internet este router es una compra recomendada.
Stefano Lippi –
Ho acquistato questo router come estensione del mio attuale modem adsl/vdsl.Ho optato per questo modello vista la mia attuale ottima esperienza con il modem dsl-ac68u.I due apparati asus infatti sono compatibili con la nuova funzione asus Ai-mesh che rende la stessa rete Wi-Fi creata dal modem più ampia e completamente invisibile agli apparati che vi si connettono.Molto meglio delle funzioni di ripetitore-Wi-Fi.Le funzioni sono moltissimi ed è possibile intervenire su innumerevoli parametri per accomodare ogni esigenza.Dotato di tutte le opzioni di cui si può avere bisogno. In più asus rende disponibili applicazioni come asus media server etc che permettono ulteriori utilizzi del router.
Amazon_Customer –
I received the latest version of this model AC1900P. The router’s performance is pretty good. I was using AC51u and upgraded to this model. The features are really useful. The adaptive QoS and parental control has enhanced features when compared to other models that I had used in the past. The AI protection feature also looks nice for a home router.The advanced processor and more memory helps in getting true HD streaming.The hardware quality is very good and unit comes with a 2year warranty from Asus.