Asus AC5300 vs RT-AC88U

[SilentForever]

I have seen many review on both and basically it is almost the same but which one will be best for large house 5000-6000 SQFT, with many wireless devices and wired connections? I want a router that have maximum performance and future proof.

 

[RMerlin]

Coverage should be nearly identical with both. Main difference is being able to split high-speed 5 GHz clients from the low-speed ones, ensuring that the slower ones don't bog down performance on the fast ones.

 

[SilentForever]

Coverage should be nearly identical with both. Main difference is being able to split high-speed 5 GHz clients from the low-speed ones, ensuring that the slower ones don't bog down performance on the fast ones.

Thanks for the quick reply. In your personal choice, which one will u go for?

 

[pete y testing]

Thanks for the quick reply. In your personal choice, which one will u go for?

if you ask me atm i would go with the 88u , i have both here under testing and the 88u just feels better , works better , responds better and at this stage im not sure why but it just feels more finished if i can put it that way

the 5300 i am having some issues with in terms of the gui playing up a bit and some weird throughput testing results esp on the lower 5 gig

 

[RMerlin]

Thanks for the quick reply. In your personal choice, which one will u go for?

Entirely up to you, as it depends on your needs. My personal wireless needs are very light, so the RT-AC88U is what I use here as my main router instead of the bulkier RT-AC5300.

 

[SilentForever]

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if you ask me atm i would go with the 88u , i have both here under testing and the 88u just feels better , works better , responds better and at this stage im not sure why but it just feels more finished if i can put it that way

the 5300 i am having some issues with in terms of the gui playing up a bit and some weird throughput testing results esp on the lower 5 gig

Probably needs future firmware updates? xD

 

[SilentForever]

Entirely up to you, as it depends on your needs. My personal wireless needs are very light, so the RT-AC88U is what I use here as my main router instead of the bulkier RT-AC5300.

All right. Thanks bro, i have a clearer idea on which to get now.

 

[itrocks4u]

All right. Thanks bro, i have a clearer idea on which to get now.

So what did you get?

 

[SilentForever]

So what did you get?

Neither as i am moving to a new house soon and i figure just buy it when i move in there with all other new equipments. I will definitely get the RT-AC88U though.

 

[sfx2000]

Might also consider the RT-AC3100 if available in your market - it's the least complex one of the three, and all perform about the same..

 

[RMerlin]

Might also consider the RT-AC3100 if available in your market - it's the least complex one of the three, and all perform about the same..

With the recent musing about the kind of bottleneck introduced in the current architecture between the Wifi radio and the rest of the router, it might be interesting to also consider what kind of bottleneck might be introduced by the addition of a PCI Express bridge to the RT-AC5300 (since it needs to connect three separate wifi radios to the CPU/switch).

 

[princi]

With the recent musing about the kind of bottleneck introduced in the current architecture between the Wifi radio and the rest of the router, it might be interesting to also consider what kind of bottleneck might be introduced by the addition of a PCI Express bridge to the RT-AC5300 (since it needs to connect three separate wifi radios to the CPU/switch).

Any further comment on this topic - more then a year down the track?

Has better firmware resolved it? Is there a newer router now on the market that is better suited to driving 3 WiFi radios (and ethernet to boot!)

 

[Trentors]

Any further comment on this topic - more then a year down the track?

Has better firmware resolved it? Is there a newer router now on the market that is better suited to driving 3 WiFi radios (and ethernet to boot!)

Yes we now know MU-MIMO is a mess: https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-features/33100-why-you-don-t-need-mu-mimo?start=1

The only way to increase capacity is to use a triband devices (or more devices).

Yes the GT-AC5300 is newer and Tim has reviewed on this site. It does seem to not be really mature yet.