News RT-AX68U

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There's now a listing on Amazon for the RT-AX68U for $199.99. "Usually ships within 1 to 2 months."

 

[Lee MacMillan]

There's now a listing on Amazon for the RT-AX68U for $199.99. "Usually ships within 1 to 2 months."

That's new since yesterday. Been waiting for that. It's on Newegg too but shows out of stock.

 

[Gar]

I'm expecting to see a 6e model pop up and kill a lot of the 6 enthusiasm.

 

[SoCalReviews]

I'm expecting to see a 6e model pop up and kill a lot of the 6 enthusiasm.

AXE88U?

 

[digits n bits]

I'm expecting to see a 6e model pop up and kill a lot of the 6 enthusiasm.

It just did the Asus GT-AXE11000 was announced today. Available later this month
for $550...ouch.

 

[Gar]

AXE88U?

The AX88 has been out long enough to do a refresh, the AX86 seems questionable though.

Edit: unless they planned a simple update all along?

 

[heysoundude]

The router is not running Linux. Neither do most PC's, even if they can.

You might want to confirm that with @RMerlin - its not a full-blown install, but when you ssh in and can wget and curl, there's plenty of linux bash under the hood doing stuff

 

[L&LD]

@heysoundude, I have.

News - RT-AX68U

...The ax86u is $50 dollars cheaper then the ax88u but by many accounts a better router with only minor differences. So why would it be crazy to think the ax68u should be $50 cheaper then the ax58u? It would be smart on Asus' part. From what I remember the Asus 68 series of routers have...

www.snbforums.com

 

[Oscar0411]

It just did the Asus GT-AXE11000 was announced today. Available later this month
for $550...ouch.

Although its price is high, but it still sold out now, waiting for Amazon page to open again.

 

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There's now a review at Dong Knows Tech.

 

[RMerlin]

199$... Just what I suspected.

 

[willyburz]

Sooooooo, I'm still leaning AX86U after input from L&LD, as well as researching, and after getting through the chat skirmishes a couple pages back.

Time to move on from my AC3200, she's been a strong partner for years now, but we may need to part ways for an upgrade. Shall go nicely with my 2.5gig capable Surfboard S33

 

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FYI, looks like these are getting close to shipping. I ordered one from Amazon when they became available, and just got an updated estimated delivery of this weekend.

 

[Lee MacMillan]

FYI, looks like these are getting close to shipping. I ordered one from Amazon when they became available, and just got an updated estimated delivery of this weekend.

We'll be looking forward to a full report in a week or two! What is it replacing?

I just looked at my Amazon wish list. Yesterday it said "usually ships in 1 to 2 months" and today it says "only 2 in stock (more on the way)" so I guess the pipeline is getting filled. I'm still on the fence between this and the AX86U.

 

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We'll be looking forward to a full report in a week or two! What is it replacing?

I probably won't be very useful, I'm a pretty vanilla user. It's only going to be used as an AP. I don't have a large house, but it's old with very thick walls, which hurts 5ghz. I have 3 separate routers: An RT-AC68 as my main router, a TP Link Archer A7 as an AP, and an old Netgear DGND3300 as another AP (all hardwired together). The RT-AX68 is replacing the TP Link. I also have an RT-AX86u on order... the estimated ship date on that has slid a couple times. I ordered it first, but it looks like I'll be getting it after the 68. Once it comes in, it will replace the RT-AC68 as my main route, and the AC68 will replace the Netgear.

 

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It has arrived!

 

[Lee MacMillan]

It has arrived! View attachment 29751

Set up yet? Impressions so far? Inquiring minds want to know!

 

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Set up yet? Impressions so far? Inquiring minds want to know!

Yes, set it up yesterday. It's just being used as an access point in my kitchen, but initial impressions are that it performs better than the Archer A7 it replaced. It's located low in a cabinet in a cabinet, which isn't ideal. But I did tweak the location slightly, so it may have have a slight advantage compared to the old router.

 

[Gar]

In stock at Newegg $200.

ASUS AX2700 WiFi 6 Router (RT-AX68U) - Dual Band 3x3 Wireless Internet Router with 4 Gigabit LAN Ports, Trend Micro Lifetime AiProtection, AiMesh Compatible, Parental Control, OFDMA, WAN Aggregation - Newegg.com

Buy ASUS AX2700 WiFi 6 Router (RT-AX68U) - Dual Band 3x3 Wireless Internet Router with 4 Gigabit LAN Ports, Trend Micro Lifetime AiProtection, AiMesh Compatible, Parental Control, OFDMA, WAN Aggregation with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.com

 

[Lee MacMillan]

Sometime in the last couple of days, Amazon decided to copy all 8613 reviews from the AC68U to the AX68U page. With only 1 letter difference in the model name, they must be pretty similar, right?