ASUS RT-AX55 AX1800 Dual Band WiFi 6 Gigabit Router, 802.11ax, Lifetime internet security, Parental Control, Mesh WiFi support, MU-MIMO, OFDMA, 4 Gigabit LAN Ports, Beamforming

Security and the choice to WPA3 or not…
My first ASUS router was a freebie courtesy of T-Mobile. While that router got software updates, I was really impressed with its software. It was fairly end-user focused (consumer routers _usually_ get this right, with some notable exceptions, TP-Link!), and a few of them are relatively complete in terms of more advanced features someone like me would be looking for as well. The ASUS software was pretty friendly, only had a couple of quirks in the more advanced sections where more advanced users would immediately notice what didn’t work and why not, and was generally very full featured.If you’ve still got one of those old “T-Mobile TM-AC1900” branded RT-AC68Us in service, you need to stop using it. The things are dangerously insecure today, ASUS knows it, and I’ve been told the fault for that lies with T-Mobile, but rumors may not always be true. What is true is that if you try to hack your one working router and screw up a firmware downgrade, you’ll wish you’d bought its replacement first. No, I don’t have first hand experience this time, but I’ve made mistakes before, so keep reading!I liked the ASUS software before, and it’s only improved since. One of the cool little features it has now is a security checkup on your router that performs a bunch of sanity checks. Even if you’re not a n00b, I really suggest looking this over, because you might have missed a setting. For example, it’s going to tell you that WPS is turned on by default and suggest you turn it off. It’ll also tell you if certain things are enabled you might have turned on deliberately, just to make sure you know what you’re doing if you have them on. (Or if something or someone turned them on without your knowledge…)This brings us to AiMesh and WPA2.If this router has one point of disappointment for me, it’s that AiMesh requires WPA2 and cannot be used with WPA3. One of the major reasons I moved to a WiFi 6 router is that if you think your network is secure with WPA2, I have a whole bunch of bridges to sell you, real cheap. WPA2 is about as secure as writing your network password next to your address on a billboard along the nearest highway.Okay, that’s not quite true—WEP was that insecure, WPA2 at least requires a couple of minutes to hack your wifi password. But only a couple of minutes, realistically. And if you want to use AiMesh, WPA2 is the best you get for encryption, sorry. That’s because probably nothing before WiFi 6 devices will support WPA3, and part of ASUS’s marketing is that you can turn your old WiFi 5 (802.11AC) router into a mesh router extension. You can, but because of that, WPA3 is off the table, even if you’re not using any WPA2-only routers in your AiMesh.I don’t need AiMesh in this location, so I can just use WPA3 and be done with it. And that means the router’s OS will warn me every time I set my WPA3 password that I should consider WPA2 instead for AiMesh and greater device compatibility. No, no thank you.Granted, WPA3 denial of service is possible, but mitigations exist for that … you just do what you can. Everyone wants more security and to also at the exact same time transmit every single byte of data they want secured over the airwaves and just hopes nobody intercepts them. *shrug*I get why they’re doing it in a home-focused product, but realistically homes are going to be all WPA3-capable sooner than many businesses will be, most likely. I’m not going to let that affect my review of this otherwise very nice product.Oh, another nice feature I almost forgot to mention! Support for more than one guest network! You can (should) put all of your smart devices on the same guest network which cannot talk to your home network computers. That way when one of those things that never gets an update gets hacked, the most it can do is play with your light bulbs, without the ability to use that as a way to start attacking your computers.

Don’t pay your ISP a monthly rental when you can get better
Over the years, I have used my various ISPs wireless routers due to them being supported and just not having to worry. But over the last 5 years, it seems like the wireless routers are garbage with me having to have them replaced by the ISPs many times for burning out or not being effective anymore. In each case, the ISP just changed them without blinking an eye. Finally, I decided to find one that I could own and easy to configure or troubleshoot if I had to with YouTube videos or blogs and that is how I decided on this ASUS. So I actually started backwards by looking for the support groups and media in case the router I purchased had problems and found this one had support but also many praises. When I came the actual reviews here on Amazon and other places I found different reviews, from bad to excellent but I decided to take the plunge. First, it was easy to setup. Second, the speed on this was beastly! It blew my previous ISP provided routers out of the water. My streaming videos were no longer choppy and my web browsing speeds were off the charts. Now, I am not saying the other reviews are wrong because quality assurance is real, some guy or lady out in Malaysia, China or Oklahoma may have a bad day and miss something so it’s possible to get a bad one but I would suggest if you purchase this, follow the instructions and test it out as soon as you can to see if it works for you. One last thing, security with this is great but also make sure you change the defaults on your devices, constantly update your systems (phones, computers, etc.) and if you use Windows OS on your computers, make sure you are not using a profile with elevated privileges / rights. You can have the best router on the world but it won’t protect you if you don’t follow good cyber security hygiene.

I purchased this to expand my network in the bedroom. The current Asus RT-AC88U is working fine however it clearly needed support in the bedroom.Initially i thought that an Asus Repeater would suffice – RP-55U but boy was i mistaken. it was a frustrating experience with the AiMesh and I was about to give up. The RP-55U investment of AED 200 was a clear waste.Found the RT-AX55 and bought it with the intention of returning it in case if the RP-55U worked. however once I set up the AiMesh on the RT-AX55, I fell in love with the ease of configuration.It truly took less than 5 mins to set up the AiMesh and get a good wifi coverage in the bedroom. Including in the attached bathroom too.The features of the Asus in general are very satisfactory.Now to figure out how to disable the lights in both routers once we turn in.

Si estás buscando un Router que te dé el 100% de tus megas contratados , no busques más !!!! Este es el correcto . Bueno , bonito y barato . Excelente rango de alcance de tu señal wifi , muy fácil de configurar .Tengo alrededor de 15 dispositivos conectados y funciona excelente . Súper recomendado