RT-AC88U

[Darcy]

Different router.

 

[phil riddell]

There is two models one with 4 ports ava one with 8 ports

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[Concept1337]

Is that the only difference between the two models? 4/8 ports and the red accents.

 

[Darcy]

Yes, apparently

 

[punkinduster]

Is that the only difference between the two models? 4/8 ports and the red accents.

You are correct. The 3100 is sold at Best Buy and the AC88 can be purchased at places like Amazon, NewEgg, etc...

 

[Concept1337]

Ahh that makes sense its the bestbuy spec Ac88u.

 

[punkinduster]

Ahh that makes sense its the bestbuy spec Ac88u.

Actually the 3100 with only 4 ports is the BestBuy model.

 

[sm00thpapa]

AC88U in hand. Hooking up now to see how it performs in my application. Waiting patiently for Tim's review.

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[punkinduster]

AC88U in hand. Hooking up now to see how it performs in my application. Waiting patiently for Tim's review.

I'm patiently waiting for mine to arrive so I can do my own test. Amazon says it should come today but UPS says not till Monday.

 

[Concept1337]

Actually the 3100 with only 4 ports is the BestBuy model.

Yea this is what I meant. How are the individuals who upgraded from the ac87 to the ac88u feel about the upgrade?

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[sm00thpapa]

I'm patiently waiting for mine to arrive so I can do my own test. Amazon says it should come today but UPS says not till Monday.

I just got mine a few minutes ago 2 day prime member shipping. Hope you get yours today. Good luck.

 

[nagle3092]

Yea this is what I meant. How are the individuals who upgraded from the ac87 to the ac88u feel about the upgrade?

I'm happy, my main draw was the 8 ports though. Nothing bad to report about the device though.

 

[RMerlin]

AC88U in hand. Hooking up now to see how it performs in my application. Waiting patiently for Tim's review.

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Would you be able to do an A-B testing to compare throughput with your previous router?

I'm starting to doubt my own sanity here, as my results don't match Tim's own results. During the Holidays I will probably try it out myself, putting an AC68 or putting back my AC87U in the same location, and comparing throughput results against the AC88U. There's a chance that something else in my environment might have caused the performance gain (like the move to Windows 10), I just find it unlikely.

 

[sm00thpapa]

Router fully installed and so far I'm happy with it. I get my full 200Mbps download speed via wired and 5Ghz band. Getting 100Mbps download speed on my 2.4Ghz band on 20Mhz mode.

 

[sm00thpapa]

Would you be able to do an A-B testing to compare throughput with your previous router?

I'm starting to doubt my own sanity here, as my results don't match Tim's own results. During the Holidays I will probably try it out myself, putting an AC68 or putting back my AC87U in the same location, and comparing throughput results against the AC88U. There's a chance that something else in my environment might have caused the performance gain (like the move to Windows 10), I just find it unlikely.

Wifi testing with a 200Mbps download speed from my ISP.

5GHz band

AC68 - 176Mbps download speed

AC88 - 225Mbps download speed

2.4GHz band in 20MHz mode

AC68 - 90Mbps download speed

AC88 - 110Mbps download speed

 

[phil riddell]

That's a good speed are you with virgin media? I have just got my rt ac88u on sky fibre I got a download speed off 102mbps I am on sky fibre pro up too 78mbps really playing with settings in the router and got that speed know I am averaging about 85 that's much higher than I should be getting but not complaining

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[RMerlin]

Wifi testing with a 200Mbps download speed from my ISP.

5GHz band

AC68 - 176Mbps download speed

AC88 - 225Mbps download speed

2.4GHz band in 20MHz mode

AC68 - 90Mbps download speed

AC88 - 110Mbps download speed

This test has the WAN as the bottleneck however, rather than the wifi itself. Could you run a test using something like LanBench (http://www.zachsaw.com/?pg=lanbench_tcp_network_benchmark) or iperf? Have one device end on Ethernet, and the other end on a wifi device. LanBench is what I usually use for a quick performance test.

 

[sm00thpapa]

That's a good speed are you with virgin media? I have just got my rt ac88u on sky fibre I got a download speed off 102mbps I am on sky fibre pro up too 78mbps really playing with settings in the router and got that speed know I am averaging about 85 that's much higher than I should be getting but not complaining

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I'm in the USA and Bright House Networks is my ISP. They have 50, 100, 200 and 300 Mbps unlimited use packages. I went with the 200 as the 300 was a ridiculous high amount to pay monthly.

 

[sm00thpapa]

This test has the WAN as the bottleneck however, rather than the wifi itself. Could you run a test using something like LanBench (http://www.zachsaw.com/?pg=lanbench_tcp_network_benchmark) or iperf? Have one device end on Ethernet, and the other end on a wifi device. LanBench is what I usually use for a quick performance test.

ok I will try to get that done for you RMerlin some time today.

 

[phil riddell]

We have virgin media I was with them on their 200mbps but was not getting anywhere near that speed so cancelled they have over selled there lines in the UK so on sky fibre and getting better than my quoted speed

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