ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 Review

We present a complete analysis of the most powerful WiFi 6E router that currently exists (October 2022), this model is the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 and it is the manufacturer’s top-of-the-range equipment, both at the hardware level and also with its characteristics. Asuswrt firmware. This new router belongs to the “ROG” range of ASUS routers, therefore we will have an Asuswrt ROG firmwaremodified with the typical additional functions that you already know from other ROG models. With this new router, you will have different options to prioritize gaming devices and online gaming traffic, with the goal of having as little latency as possible. If you want to know everything about this new router, then we are going to explain all its secrets.

Index

• Main features
  • Technical specifications**
  • Wireless
  • Wired and USB
  • Asuswrt ROG Firmware
• External analysis
• Test laboratory
  • LAN tests
  • LAN-WAN tests
  • LAN-WLAN (Wireless) tests
    • Test in the 2.4GHz band
    • Test in the 5GHz-1 band
    • Test in the 5GHz-2 band
    • Test in the 6GHz band
    • Wireless Conclusions
  • USB 3.0 tests
• Setup Wizard
• firmware
  • General
    • AiMesh
    • AiProtection
    • parental controls
    • game acceleration
    • Open NAT
    • game radar
    • vpn
    • traffic analyzer
  • Advanced configuration
    • network map
    • wireless
    • guest network
    • LAN
    • WAN
    • USB application
    • iCloud 2.0
    • Amazon-Alexa
    • IPv6
    • firewall
    • Management
    • system log
    • network tools
  • Last conclusions
    • Strengths
    • Weak points

Main features

This new ASUS router is not a revolution as it did with the GT-AXE11000 model , what this new router does is improve the performance of the previous model at the hardware level, the main differences are an additional 5GHz band , a better processor and 10GBASE-T Multigigabit ports for WAN/LAN . That is to say, what ASUS has done with this new model is to improve what we already had in the previous model, it is not a revolution but it is a really interesting evolution.

ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000

€688.48

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This new router supports the Wi-Fi 6E standard, in all 5GHz and 6GHz bands it supports 160MHz of channel width to achieve the maximum real speed possible for WiFi clients, this is one of the most important features today , because smartphones, tablets, and the latest PCs with Intel AX200 or Intel AX210 cards support this feature, which automatically translates to being able to achieve double the actual speed. A very important aspect is that this router, due to regulation issues in Europe, only UNII-5 channels are available, unfortunately we do not have more frequency bands available in 6GHz, with the aim of being prepared for the adoption of Wi-Fi 6E or Wi-Fi 7 massively.

Technical specifications**

The technical specifications of this new router are the best that a domestic WiFi router can have, in this aspect it is the most cutting-edge that exists right now.

• Wireless: Compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax standards. In the 2.4GHz band we will achieve a speed of up to 1,148Mbps, in the first and second 5GHz bands we will be able to achieve a speed of up to 4804Mbps (in each of them), finally, in the 6GHz band we will be able to achieve a speed of up to 4804Mbps too. In all bands we have Wi-Fi 6 with all technologies such as OFDMA, MU-MIMO, Beamforming, etc. We also have 160MHz of channel width on the 5GHz and 6GHz bands.
• CPU & Ethernet: Broadcom BCM4912 with quad cores at 2.0GHz and hardware NAT.
• RAM : 2GB of DDR4 RAM.
• Flash: 256MB capacity.
• 2.4GHz Wireless Controller: Broadcom BCM6715 with Wi-Fi AX 4T4R at 1.148Mbps.
• Wireless 5GHz-1 Controller: Broadcom BCM6715 with Wi-Fi AX 4T4R at 4804Mbps.
• Wireless 5GHz-2 Controller: Broadcom BCM6715 with Wi-Fi AX 4T4R at 4804Mbps.
• Wireless 6GHz Controller: Broadcom BCM6715 with Wi-Fi AX 4T4R at 4804Mbps.
• Power supply: It needs a current voltage of 19.5V and an intensity of 3.33A, so it needs a power of 65W.

Once we know the technical specifications with all its components, we are going to see the main wireless, wired, USB and firmware features.

Wireless

The main wireless features of this new router are similar to the previous GT-AXE11000 model, but it incorporates an additional 5GHz frequency band. This new GT-AXE16000 incorporates four frequency bands with Wi-Fi 6E and is AX16000 class . In the 2.4GHz band we can get up to 1148Mbps of speed, we have four external antennas in MU-MIMO 4T4R configuration, 40MHz of channel width and the 1024QAM of the Wi-Fi 6 standard. In the first and second 5GHz frequency band we can get up to 4804Mbpsof speed, thanks to its four external antennas in MU-MIMO 4T4R configuration, to the 160MHz channel width and to the 1024QAM of the Wi-Fi 6 standard. Finally, in the 6GHz band we will be able to achieve a speed of up to 4804Mbps , thanks to its four external antennas in MU-MIMO 4T4R configuration, the 160MHz channel width and also the 1024QAM of the Wi-Fi 6E standard.

This router physically has “only” 8 external and non-removable antennas, logically these antennas are dual to be able to broadcast on several frequencies simultaneously, otherwise, this router should have 16 external antennas since we have four frequency bands with a 4 configuration ×4 in each of them.

The most important wireless feature of this new router is the 6GHz band , this new frequency band provides us with many advantages over the 5GHz bands, although we must bear in mind that this frequency band is “captured” by the EU, since that we only have the UNII-5 channels available , the rest of the 6GHz band is not available in Europe due to regulatory issues, which is a real shame because when we have many WiFi 6E routers we could see that the electromagnetic spectrum fills up quickly. The strengths of this new band are:

• Less interference : this new 6GHz band has up to 3 channels of 160MHz channel width, while in 5GHz we only had 2 channels and DFS came into play, so in certain areas it was never available. Since this band is not used massively yet, we have completely zero interference with our neighbors.
• Less latency : by not having interference, we will not have to resend the packets in case of a “collision”.
• Higher speed : this new band provides the same theoretical speed as 5GHz, however, by not having interference, we are going to achieve a higher real speed, even in remote places it will perform better than 5GHz.
• More bandwidth and without DFS : in this new frequency band we have up to 3 contiguous 160MHz channels, ideal for maximum speed. Also, we don’t have the problem of DFS channels.

This new router has all the usual features of the Wi-Fi 6 standard and also of Wi-Fi 6E, below, you have the most relevant and what they are for:

• MU-MIMO : This router allows us to transfer data to several WiFi clients simultaneously, which allows us to speed up the wireless network and serve more clients simultaneously.
• OFDMA : allows us to improve the capacity of the WiFi router, dividing the channel into smaller sub-channels in order to have a greater number of WiFi wireless clients connected.
• Beamforming : this allows us to focus the WiFi signal on the wireless clients, they will achieve greater coverage over medium-long distances, ideal for greater stability of the wireless network and a little more speed.
• Target Wake Time : This function allows the router to put WiFi clients on standby, in order to save energy if they are not going to transfer data.
• Agile Multiband Wi-Fi : This router supports ASUS AiMesh WiFi Mesh technology, so we have both WiFi roaming and band-steering as well. This WiFi Alliance technology allows us to have a better user experience when we have a mesh network.

Other wireless features of this router consist of the possibility of configuring WPA3-Personal in all frequency bands, although it also supports WPA2/WPA3-Personal in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. In the 6GHz band it is a mandatory requirement that it be WPA3-Personal, in this case we cannot change it in any way. Another important function is that this router supports OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption) in case we put the WiFi network “without a password”, this feature allows data traffic to be encrypted even if there is no authentication.

This new GT-AXE16000 is a really complete device at a wireless level, having four WiFi frequency bands will allow us to connect hundreds of WiFi clients simultaneously and spread over the different frequency bands.

Wired and USB

This gaming router from the manufacturer ASUS is one of the most complete that we can buy today at the wiring level. We have different ports and with different speeds to adapt perfectly to the needs of the users. Next, you have all the available ports and their characteristics:

• A dedicated 2.5G Multigigabit Internet WAN port . Asuswrt ROG firmware supports VLAN in Internet WAN, we also have VLAN per port to provide IPTV services and we can also configure Movistar Triple VLAN FTTH profile.
• Four Gigabit Ethernet ports for the LAN . The firmware allows us to configure the LAN1 and LAN2 port with Link Aggregation, to create a link aggregation of up to 2Gbps and provide higher speed to NAS servers or PCs that have two network cards. We also have WAN Aggregation using the LAN4 port along with the 2.5G port for dedicated WAN, this way we can combine two connections to increase speed up to 2Gbps (2.5G port should sync at 1Gbps).
• 2 10GBASE-T Multigigabit ports . In this case we can use any of these two ports for the Internet WAN or for the LAN. Nowadays the most common is to use it in LAN, but we already have the first 10Gbps fiber optic Internet connections, so we could take full advantage of them.

Regarding the USB ports to share files and folders, we have a USB 2.0 port to connect printers, a 4G/5G modem and other devices that are “slow”. We also have a high performance USB 3.0 port , which will allow us to transfer data at high speed both in reading and writing. Asuswrt ROG firmware has services for Samba, FTP, FTPES, DLNA media server, print server, Time Machine and even a built-in BitTorrent download manager.

Finally, this model, being ROG, has Aura RGB, so we will be able to configure in detail the LEDs that we have on the top of the router. We also have the possibility to synchronize these LEDs with those of our ASUS motherboard and other peripherals from the ASUS manufacturer.

Asuswrt ROG Firmware

The Asuswrt ROG firmware in this model is very similar to that of any brand ROG router. The first thing we are going to realize is that it is specifically modified for gaming environments, like the rest of the manufacturer’s ROG family. In the main menu we will see that we have a control panel from where we can see the latency and jitter of the Internet connection. Below, you can see all the technologies for the prioritization of games:

• Gaming Device – We have a LAN1 port configured specifically to provide device-level prioritization.
• ROG First : ROG family desktops and laptops come with game prioritization software, the router is able to detect and prioritize these devices and will enable game acceleration.
• Gaming Enhancement – ​​This is basically the QoS built into ASUS routers. We have the following methods for prioritizing games:
  • Adaptive QoS : this is the star function of ASUS routers, it allows us to prioritize different types of traffic very easily and quickly. We are going to prioritize the traffic that reaches us both via cable and via WiFi.
  • Traditional QoS : This feature does the same task as the previous one, but its configuration is very advanced.
  • Bandwidth limiter : we can limit the download and upload bandwidth of the different devices, to limit a specific device so that it does not use all the bandwidth.
• WTFast : It is a gaming-oriented VPN, it allows us to connect to game servers in an optimized way. Requires subscription.
• Fusion VPN – By using the router’s built-in VPN client, you can separate gaming traffic from normal traffic, so that gaming traffic goes over the Internet directly without going through the VPN server.
• Open NAT : allows us to open ports in three simple steps, very easily and quickly. This feature is ideal for less experienced people.

This Asuswrt firmware has the rest of the usual functions such as ASUS AiProtection Pro with bidirectional IPS, to protect us from external threats that attack the router and also the computers that we have connected to the local network. Another important function is that we have guest WiFi networks in all frequency bands, AiMesh 2.0, advanced configurations in WiFi, LAN and WAN, it also supports different VPN servers such as OpenVPN, it has full IPv6 support, a configurable firewall and all the common network diagnostic tools. This router is one of the most complete at the firmware level that we can currently have.

In the following video you can see the unboxing and first impressions of this ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 router:

Once we know the main characteristics of this new router, we are going to see what this new equipment is like.

External analysis

This new ASUS gaming router comes in a large black and red box, as is usual in top-of-the-range ROG Rapture models. On the front of the box we will find the main features of this new router, such as, for example, that it has Wi-Fi 6E, we have Quad-band and it is a gaming router. Right at the bottom we find other features such as reaching up to 16,000 theoretical Mbps combining all the frequency bands, we have Quad-band, two 10G Multigigabit ports, a 2.5G port for the Internet WAN, a Quad-Core processor at 2.0GHz speed, has AiProtection, Game Acceleration and also supports AiMesh as it couldn’t be any other way. Finally, this new router supports ASUS Aura RGB, so we will be able to customize the status LEDs.

On the back of the box we can see the most important features explained, ideal to understand why this router is one of the best we can buy right now. Thanks to the Quad-band, we are going to have a total of four frequency bands to connect the wireless clients, we have a 2.4GHz band, two 5GHz bands (with low channels and one with high channels) and finally, the 6GHz band . In this section we can see the theoretical maximum speed for each frequency band. Other important information is that the Asuswrt firmware allows us to have great versatility in configuring the ports, we can use the 2.5G Multigigabit port as WAN, but also one of its 10GBASE-T ports, in addition, we will be able to configure the WAN Aggregation as we have explained before. Finally,

On the right side of the box of this gaming router we will find the technical specifications, the most relevant in this section are the different ports that this router has, that we have 2GB of DDR4 RAM, and the theoretical speeds of the different bands of frequencies that this router has, which we have already explained in the introduction of the analysis. On the left side of the box we will only find the model of this new router, and at the bottom of the box we will again see the features that we find on the front of the box.

Inside the box we will find the typical router documentation, including the Intel brochure where it recommends us to update the WiFi card drivers to avoid compatibility problems. The box contents of this kit are as follows:

• ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 router.
• Power cable with Schuko connector.
• Power cable with type G plug for the United Kingdom.
• 19.5V and 3.33A power adapter, provides 65W power.
• Quick installation guide with a new format.
• FTP type Cat6 Ethernet network cable.

In the following gallery you can see all the details:

The manufacturer ASUS incorporates in all its models an Intel brochure that recommends us to update the WiFi drivers of old cards, if we do not want to have connectivity problems when activating the 802.11ax frames, we will have to update these drivers. In our opinion, this was quite useful with the first ASUS models where many people did not have updated drivers, but after so much time with WiFi 6, we believe that it does not make much sense to put this brochure from Intel. We also have in the documentation the limited guarantee of the product, as well as the safety recommendations.

An important novelty is the quick installation guide . Until now, all the manufacturer’s models incorporated a small booklet with the installation and start-up guide in different languages, however, now the installation guide has been greatly reduced, and it is a simple booklet that indicates us with three steps how to install the router. We believe that for less experienced users, this can be a problem, because in the little book we had more information about the router. However, in this guide basically what it tells us is how to connect the different cables, and that we download the ASUS Router app to proceed with the installation of the equipment.

In this case the power cable is separate from the current transformer, normally everything goes together, but once again they have separated it. The power cables have a Schucko connector and are for the UK market. The current transformer is quite small, it provides a voltage of 19.5V and an intensity of 3.33A for a power of up to 65W.

The Ethernet network cable incorporated in this router is Cat 6 and of FTP type, this is ideal to be able to connect our PC to the 10GBASE-T ports and synchronize at the maximum possible speed without problems.

The design of this router is almost the same as other models, especially the GT-AXE11000 that we have previously tested at RedesZone. The design is as spectacular as ever. On the front we see a ventilation grille and also a mirror-like design where all the Aura RGB LEDs are, the truth is that the power status LEDs, Ethernet ports and WiFi do not look quite right, because of the own design, but Aura RGB does look perfect and is really pretty.

On the right and left sides we do not have any ports or buttons, we only have a small ventilation grille and the corresponding external antennas that are not removable.

In one of the corners we can see the power connector, the on/off button, as well as the USB 2.0 port and also the high-performance USB 3.0 port. On one of the sides we will find the router’s reset button, the four Gigabit Ethernet ports for the LAN, the 2.5G Multigigabit port for the Internet WAN, as well as the two 10GBASE-T Multigigabit ports available in this gaming equipment. very high performance.

ASUS previously released a dual 10G port model, the RT-AX89X had one 10GBASE-T Multigigabit port and another SFP+ port for connecting a fiber transceiver or DAC cable. In this case, the two ports are made of copper, that is, the usual RJ-45 connector.

On another side of this router we will find the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) button, as well as the LED button to turn these Aura RGB LEDs on or off. A very important aspect is that we can configure the Asuswrt firmware so that the LED button serves other uses: turning LEDs on and off, activating DFS channels, activating Aura RGB or configuring game enhancement automatically.

At the bottom we will find a large ventilation grille, with its corresponding sticker with the electrical input characteristics, the exact model of the equipment, the available frequency bands as well as the router access domain (router.asus.com). We can also see the default SSID, as well as the hardware version, MAC address, serial number and a QR code to quickly connect to the equipment and configure it with the ASUS Router app for smartphones and tablets.

As you can see, this new ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 is physically very similar to previous models such as the GT-AXE11000 and the GT-AX11000, but this equipment is the most complete of all of them, improving WiFi by adding a band in additional 5GHz, and also in the wired part for having two high-performance 10G ports that are used for WAN and LAN.

Test laboratory

Now is the time to thoroughly test how this high-performance router performs. We will check if this router is really very powerful, and is capable of providing us with great wired, wireless performance and also with its USB 3.0 port that it incorporates.

LAN tests

In these performance tests we will use the Jperf program to see how it behaves with multiple threads in the local home network. As usual, we will test performance with 100, 250, 500, 750 and 1000 concurrent TCP connections. In this first test we will only use its 1Gbps LAN ports, the results are as follows:

You can see the summary in this table:

In the case of the 10G ports that we have on this router, we have configured both ports as LAN, the result is as follows:

That is, we are getting the maximum speed possible from the wired interface without using the 9K Jumbo Frames. Support for Jumbo Frames will be available soon, ASUS has sent us a beta firmware with this function, and the result is excellent, how could it be otherwise:

The LAN-LAN performance of this router has been excellent globally, you will not have problems squeezing the Gigabit Ethernet ports nor the 10G Multigigabit ports that we have. If you want to have a NAS server in the local network, this equipment will provide you with great performance.

LAN-WAN tests

In these tests we will check how the router will behave when we have high Internet traffic. The more concurrent connections we have on the network, the less performance we will get because the NAT table will fill up. It is very important that a router properly manage all network traffic, and do so with high bandwidth.

In the first test we will use the dedicated 2.5G Multigigabit WAN port, and a Gigabit LAN port to perform the tests with Jperf, the results are as follows:

The performance of this router is outstanding globally, up to the 750-thread test the performance is excellent, since we exceeded 100MB/s without problems. However, from 750 threads on, the performance drops a bit, below the 100MB/s limit that we set. We must remember that under normal circumstances it is difficult to establish such a number of simultaneous connections.

You can see the summary in this table:

We must remember that this router has 10GBASE-T ports that can be configured for the LAN. In this case we have used iperf3 to check the performance obtained from the LAN at 10G to the WAN port at 2.5G.

In this case, the speed is also perfect, because we have achieved a real speed of 2.4Gbps, the maximum of the 2.5G Multigigabit interface that this router has. The performance is excellent if we have a super fast Internet connection of 2.5Gbps.

Now we have configured the first 10GBASE-T port as Internet WAN, to use the second 10GBASE-T port as LAN. With this configuration we will check the LAN-WAN performance with all 10G ports:

At first we found a bug in the firmware, and that is that we only got up to 2.3Gbps of real speed. ASUS has sent us a beta firmware that will be available soon and that corrects this error, the result obtained is 9.24Gbps, so it is excellent.

This router has performed outstandingly in the LAN-WAN tests, except in the test with the two 10G ports, where the performance is clearly below expectations.

LAN-WLAN (Wireless) tests

It’s time to see if the Wi-Fi coverage and speed of this new ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 router is up to the best, or on the contrary, it needs to improve. The WiFi 2.0 test scenario is the same as always, we anticipate that the performance achieved is outstanding.

In order to achieve maximum speed over WiFi, we have connected the iperf server to the local network using the 10G port for the LAN that this router incorporates. In this way, we will not have any kind of bottleneck due to the wired network. The WiFi card used is the Intel AX210 with the Windows 11 operating system and with the latest available updates. Below, you can see the performance of each of the frequency bands, since it has a total of four bands.

Test in the 2.4GHz band

In this band we can get up to 1148Mbps maximum, since we have a 4×4 MU-MIMO configuration, the 40MHz channel width and the Wi-Fi 6 standard. In our case, we have used an Intel AX210 WiFi card, so that the maximum speed that we can achieve is up to 574Mbps as it is MU-MIMO 2×2. Below you can see the results obtained with the iperf3 client-server and 20 concurrent TCP threads.

In the tests we have verified that this router is capable of providing up to 230Mbps real, a very good speed but it is clearly lower than that achieved by the GT-AXE11000 where we reach up to 320Mbps real. An important aspect is that in medium and far places, the lower model has also performed better in this frequency band. Although it is a good speed, we expected more speed in this band, since it only becomes noticeable.

Test in the 5GHz-1 band

In this band we can achieve up to a maximum of 4804Mbps, thanks to its antennas in 4×4 MU-MIMO configuration, to the 160MHz channel width and also to the Wi-Fi 6 standard. In our case, the maximum speed that we will achieve is up to 2402Mbps, as our Intel AX210 has 2×2 MU-MIMO. Below, you can see the results obtained with the iperf client-server and the 20 concurrent TCP threads:

As you can see, we have obtained a real speed of more than 1.2Gbps (155MB/s maximum). When we are close to the router we will get a very high wireless speed. In medium and remote places it has also performed really well, with outstanding figures. If we compare it with the GT-AXE11000 we see that in the “kitchen” location it is slower than the previous model, but in the rest of the tests the new model has been clearly superior. The performance obtained by this router and in this band has been excellent globally.

Test in the 5GHz-2 band

In this band we can achieve the same theoretical maximum speed (4804Mbps) as before, and the same thing happens with regard to the WiFi card since we have the Intel AX210. The results we have obtained in this frequency band are as follows:

In this case, the maximum speed achieved is more than 1Gbps without problems (up to 129MB/s), in medium and remote places it has also behaved really well, surpassing the previous model except in the “kitchen” location, and having a tie technician in the main room. The performance obtained by this router has been excellent overall.

Test in the 6GHz band

In this band we can achieve a maximum theoretical speed of up to 4804Mbps, the same theoretical speed as in the previous 5GHz bands. In this case we also have the Intel AX210 that will allow us to achieve up to 2402Mbps in theory as it is 2×2 MU-MIMO. Here are the results obtained with the iperf3 client-server with 20 concurrent TCP threads:

The speed that we have achieved in this frequency band is excellent, far exceeding the real speed of 1.3Gbps (166MB/s). The coverage throughout the house as well as the real speed in the rest of the locations is outstanding. In this case, if we compare it with the GT-AXE11000 we can see that it is a little lower in the near-medium areas, although the difference is really little, however, it clearly improves in remote and difficult-to-reach places such as the “room 2” and the “attic” that manages to triple the speed achieved by the previous model. In a global way we can say that this team and in this band have behaved excellently as well.

Wireless Conclusions

In the 2.4GHz band this router has performed remarkably well in all locations. The maximum speed is 28.5MB/s which is a good result, but we expected more. The coverage throughout the house is remarkable, managing to connect us in all locations and at a fairly decent speed if we take into account the interference with other WiFi networks. A very important aspect is that this router is clearly inferior to the GT-AXE11000 model that we have tested before. You can see the analysis of the previous model to see the differences.

In the first 5GHz band, it has performed excellently, achieving a real speed of more than 1,200Mbps (155MB/s). Wireless coverage in all locations is outstanding, and we have achieved very good actual speeds in all locations. Compared to the GT-AXE11000 model, only in the “Kitchen” location it is lower than the previous model, in the rest of the locations it is higher, which is very good news.

In the second 5GHz band it has behaved excellently, we have achieved a really high speed exceeding the real 1000Mbps (up to 129MB/s). Regarding Wi-Fi wireless coverage, we have achieved very good coverage in all locations since we have been able to connect without problems in all locations. Compared to the GT-AXE11000, we find ourselves in the same scenario as in the first frequency band.

Finally, in the 6GHz band, this router has performed excellently. In this case we have managed to exceed a real speed of 1.3Gbps (166MB/s), the coverage and speed in all locations has been excellent. If we compare it with the previous model GT-AXE11000, we can see that the new router behaves a little worse in near-medium places, however, in remote places it behaves much better, reaching three times the speed of the previous model. which is great news.

USB 3.0 tests

In this test we will verify the reading and writing performance of the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports, in addition, we will use different file transfer protocols such as Samba, FTP and FTPES, in addition, we will also test the router’s built-in DLNA media server. In order not to have any bottlenecks, we have used an ASUS ROG Strix Arion case with a Kingston KC2000 M.2 NVMe SSD to get the best possible performance, the file system is NTFS as we have always done. One aspect that we would like to highlight is that this router has the FTPES protocol with the best security by using TLS 1.3 and AES-256-GCM.

Samba on USB 3.2 Gen 1 port

• NTFS-> Read: 118MB/s; Write: 135MB/s.

FTP on USB 3.2 Gen 1 port

• NTFS-> Read: 150MB/s; Write: 135MB/s.

FTPES on USB 3.2 Gen 1 port

• NTFS-> Read: 86.5MB/s; Write: 76MB/s.

DLNA on USB 3.2 Gen 1 port

The operation of the DLNA media server has worked as well as ever, something that we already expected due to its high speed in reading and writing.

Now we have checked the speed on the USB 2.0 port, below you can see all the data:

Samba on USB 2.0 port

• NTFS-> Read: 42MB/s; Write: 41.5MB/s.

FTP on USB 2.0 port

• NTFS-> Read: 42MB/s; Write: 41MB/s.

FTPES on USB 2.0 port

• NTFS-> Read: 42MB/s; Write: 41.5MB/s.

DLNA on USB 2.0 port

The operation of the DLNA media server has worked as well as ever, something that we already expected due to its high speed in reading and writing.

In the following table you can see the summary of the speeds achieved by this router:

This new ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 router has performed excellently in tests, both in reading and writing, using different protocols such as Samba, FTP or FTPES. However, something that has caught our attention is that the results obtained are somewhat slower in reading, although in writing they are more or less on par. If you want to know the difference in USB performance between the two, you can see the summary table of the GT-AXE11000 here:

Regarding the FTPES server, we have achieved a very good speed in reading and writing, it is noted that the processor incorporates hardware encryption acceleration, in addition, we have maximum security with TLS 1.3 and using AES-256-GCM for file transfer, ideal to protect all our data to the maximum. You can see the FTPES configuration that ASUS has incorporated into this router here:

We have been really happy with the performance obtained by the FTPES protocol, and we have achieved very good values, ideal to always use it instead of the FTP protocol for security reasons.

Setup Wizard

The configuration wizard of this model is exactly the same as always, nothing has changed in this regard. To enter the configuration wizard, we must enter the default IP address, which is 192.168.50.1, or the domain in the browser bar, which is router.asus.com. The first time we access, we can run the configuration wizard step by step, in this first menu we must choose the “ Advanced configuration ” option .

The configuration wizard will ask us if we want to choose an operating mode for the equipment, or load a configuration that we have previously saved. In this menu we must click on the first option “ Choose operation mode ”, then we have to choose one of the different available modes, we are going to choose the “ Wireless router (default) ” mode.

Once we choose the router mode, we have to select what we want to be the main Internet WAN, we have explained that this router allows us to configure a total of 3 different Internet WANs, although only two WANs could be active for the Dual WAN . We can choose between the 2.5G/1G port for the dedicated Internet WAN, or any of the 10G Ethernet ports that we have available. We have chosen the native WAN port, the 2.5G/1G WAN port, as the first option.

Once we have selected the WAN, we have to configure it with the operator parameters, the wizard allows us to configure automatic IP (DHCP), static IP, PPPoE and also PPTP/L2TP but in Spain this is not used. In the case of using our operator the VLANs, we have to click on “Special requirement for ISP” and configure it manually or choose a profile, such as Movistar Triple VLAN FTTH.

Regarding the configuration of the Wi-Fi wireless network, we must take into account that we have 4 WiFi frequency bands, and that we can give each of them a different WiFi network name (SSID), and that we can even put passwords without any problem, although the usual thing is to have the same key for all the bands. ASUS allows us to unify the frequency bands in various ways, and activate band-steering when we have Smart Connect activated. In the configuration wizard, the ideal is to put an SSID and password for each frequency band, and later in the firmware choose which Smart Connect configuration we want.

Once the WiFi wireless network is configured, we have to put the username “admin” and the password that we want, you must remember that this password is the administration password, so it must be robust enough so that it is not hacked.

Once we have finished configuring the administration password, if there is a new firmware version we will be able to update it directly from the configuration wizard. The router will take care of downloading the new firmware and updating automatically, without us having to do anything at all. Once it reboots, it will take us directly to the Asuswrt ROG firmware.

Now that you have seen what the configuration wizard of this model is like, we are going to show you all the firmware options in detail.

firmware

The firmware of this GT-AXE16000 router has the same functionalities, features and configuration options as the rest of the routers in the ROG range. We have a firmware specifically geared towards gaming, and it shows because of all the online gaming network traffic prioritization technologies, and also the device prioritization. This model has a powerful Quad-core processor at 2GHz speed, so all the firmware menus will be very agile.

General

In the main menu of the router, in the ” Panel ” section is where we will see the status of all the Wi-Fi networks of the router, the status of the Internet connection, the operating mode and the clients that are currently connected via cable and Wi-Fi . We also have a graph that will allow us to see in real time the speed of the Internet that we are using, in addition, we will see both the network ping and the deviation of the ping in real time, to control if there is a high latency in our local network.

In this menu we can also see the game radar that we can configure in the corresponding menu, in addition, we will also see the status of Aura RGB and we can even configure the physical LED button of the router, so that it activates the DFS channels, the Aura RGB or Turn on gaming mode for easy prioritization.

In the upper right part we can access the QR code to download the ASUS Router application, we must remember that it is available both on Google Play and the App Store. Other information that we will see in this area is the guest WiFi network, which we have disabled right now, if we have the Internet connection connected, if we have any device connected to the USB ports and finally a button to restart the router.

As you can see, we have the same menus of all the manufacturer’s ROG models, nothing has changed in this regard.

AiMesh

The AiMesh 2.0 technology present in this router has the same options as always, we will be able to configure the mesh network in detail to cover our entire house with WiFi coverage. We can also see the WiFi clients connected to each of the nodes that we have available in the Mesh network, in addition, we have the possibility of seeing and changing the backhaul network (interconnection network of the different nodes). Other features are the ability to enable certain frequency bands on Mesh nodes, disable status LEDs, and even force all Mesh nodes to connect via cable to the mesh network.

AiMesh allows us to view the general status of the entire network, and also configure quite advanced aspects, such as the possibility of creating a roaming block list, to prevent a console or a Smart TV that is located between two nodes from constantly changing

AiProtection

TrendMicro’s AiProtection security suite is also present in this router, in addition, we have the “Pro” version. This means that we have bidirectional IPS at our disposal to prevent intrusions in the router and also towards the computers of the home local network, both the wired ones and those connected by WiFi. Of course, this AiProtection will also take care of blocking malicious sites and even detecting and blocking infected devices.

An important feature is that it allows us to configure email alerts, in this way, it will notify us by mail if there is any threat that the router has had to neutralize.

parental controls

The parental control of this router, like that of all ASUS routers, is really complete. We can block websites and applications by content, we have to choose a MAC address that we want to limit, and then choose the predefined content category that we have in the firmware menu. Another possibility that we can add is to limit these minors’ devices by time, defining times when they can have Internet access and other times when they cannot have Internet access.

In the main menu we also have the possibility of blocking Internet access for each and every one of the devices, to later add exceptions if we want.

game acceleration

In the “Game Acceleration” section is where we have all the technologies for prioritizing games, both at the end device level and also at the network traffic level. We have a total of three levels of prioritization of games:

• Level 1: Prioritization by wired port and ROG First.
• Level 2: QoS, either adaptive QoS, traditional QoS or bandwidth limiter.
• Level 3: Use of a VPN for gamers such as wtfast.

In the following menus you will be able to see all the options available to prioritize your network so that online games work perfectly.

Our recommendation is that you always use adaptive QoS, because it works really well regardless of which port you connect the equipment to, or if it is via WiFi. In this way, a gaming console or PC connected by WiFi will behave better than if we did not have this adaptive QoS activated.

Open NAT

This feature is essential for users who do not have enough knowledge to open ports, know what a TCP and UDP port is, etc. In three simple steps you can open the ports you want for your favorite games, you just have to click on “Add” new port, select the corresponding game and which computer or console you want to open it to. In this simple way, we can enjoy playing without having any problems due to moderate NAT and other errors.

This function is also available in non-ROG routers, and it is a really important feature for anyone with almost no knowledge to open ports.

game radar

This function allows us to know how much latency of the connection we have to the different game servers, it is a very useful function for gamers of the games that come on the list, however, there are many games that logically do not come.

This will give us an idea of ​​how much latency we are going to have with our Internet connection, the less latency the better. to play without problems of “lagazos”. We can also see the country where the servers are located and even their public IP address.

vpn

In the VPN section we will be able to configure the OpenVPN server with the same advanced options as always, it is something to be thankful for that ASUS continues to offer users of its routers this wide range of options to configure it in detail. We also have the IPsec type VPN server, in this case we do not have many advanced configuration options, but we have the necessary ones to have very good security.

In the « Fusion VPN » tab we will be able to configure different VPN clients and define which devices we want to go through the VPN, and which we want to go through the Internet connection directly. This allows Smart TVs and smartphones to go out to the Internet through the VPN server, while gaming consoles and PCs go out directly to have the lowest possible latency.

Finally, if you use the ASUS Router app for your smartphone or tablet, you will be able to connect to the VPN Instant Guard that does not have any type of configuration, simply through the manufacturer’s app you will be able to connect remotely. Internally it uses the IPsec VPN protocol, so the security is quite high.

traffic analyzer

In this menu we will be able to see in real time the bandwidth consumption of the different devices, in addition, we can also see what type of applications have used a certain bandwidth. Of course, we will also see the MAC address of the different clients, the traffic used by each client and even the 5 most used applications. Of course, in these menus we have the real-time bandwidth monitor, which allows us to know how much Internet bandwidth is being used at any given time.

Other options that we have in this section are those related to monitoring traffic, both Internet, cable network as well as wireless WiFi network. In addition, we can see a graph in real time with the consumption of the Internet connection, the cable network and WiFi. Finally, we have the possibility of activating the web history, to see in a table all the websites visited and who has visited those certain web pages.

Advanced configuration

In this configuration menu is where we will have at our disposal absolutely all the options related to the WiFi network, the local LAN network and also the Internet WAN, among other configurations such as the firewall, IPv6 and more. If you need to configure the router in an advanced way, this menu is where you should be.

network map

In this menu is where we can see the general status of the ASUS router, if we click on the “Wireless” section we can see the status of all the frequency bands on the right side. In this section we can see the WiFi network name or SSID, the authentication method, the WPA encryption and also the WPA PSK key that we have configured. In the “Status” tab we can see the real-time status of the router’s processor, which has four cores (it is a Quad-Core at 2GHz), we can also see the status of the RAM memory, as well as the synchronization speed of the different Ethernet ports that we have available, the private IP and the MAC addresses of the different interfaces.

In the “Aura” tab is where we can configure the behavior of the Aura RGB LED that we have on the top of the router. We can configure both the colors that it should display as well as the color effect that we want (static, breathing, wave, marquee etc).

If we click on the “Internet” part we can see that we are connected to the Internet, although we can also press the button to disconnect, and even if we want to enable Dual WAN on the router. In this menu we will see the IP address of the WAN, the mask and the gateway, we can also see the DNS servers that we have obtained and even the expiration time. At the bottom we have a “GO” button that will take us directly to the Internet WAN configuration, in case we want to make any adjustments.

In the “Clients” section is where we can see all the clients connected to the router, whether they are wired or wireless. From this menu we can also filter the clients that are only connected by cable. Finally, if we click on “AiMesh” we can search for new AiMesh nodes around us, if we already have a Mesh network, each and every one of the nodes will also appear here.

If we have devices connected to the USB ports, they will appear in their corresponding sections, in such a way that we will see the general status of the storage, the file format and we can even format the removable storage device and also perform a scanner in case there is any type failure or error.

wireless

This menu is where we will be able to configure all the WiFi frequency bands in detail, to adapt their configuration to our needs. The first thing we must take into account is the Smart Connect, and that is that we are going to be able to put the same SSID and have band-steering with the frequency bands that we want, since we have different “boxes” in the form of “check” for add them or not. Our recommendation is that each frequency band has a different SSID, so that we know which band we are connected to at all times.

In this section we can also configure if we want to hide the SSID, the name of the WiFi network, if we want to change the authentication method, the WPA encryption and even the access password. We also have the possibility to configure the protected management frames and the key rotation interval. Likewise, in each band we can configure the WiFi channel to use, the maximum channel width that we can configure, and also whether to activate the DFS channels. A very important aspect related to the 6GHz band is that in this band it is mandatory to support WPA3-Personal, we cannot configure WPA2/WPA3-Personal as a transition method.

In the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) tab we can see the configuration of this protocol, for security it is recommended to disable it, yes, if you are going to add AiMesh devices it is necessary to have it activated, once we have added all of them, we can deactivate it No problem. We will also find here the wireless MAC filter, we can allow or reject the list of MAC addresses that we have in this section. Of course, in the “RADIUS Configuration” menu we can configure an authentication server, but only for the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, this is not available for the 6GHz band since WPA3-Enterprise is not implemented.

In the professional menu is where we can configure in detail the most advanced parameters of all the frequency bands, we have the possibility of configuring different protocols and advanced parameters. In these menus you should not touch unless you know very well what you are doing, because touching something here that you do not know can mean that you have performance problems, WiFi cuts and others.

Finally, in the “Roaming block list” tab, we can add a list of wireless clients that we do not want to do WiFi roaming. What’s the point of this? Well, if we have a console or a Smart TV between two AiMesh nodes, it is possible for the system to roam WiFi to these devices that are located in the same place without moving. This configuration allows you to prevent them from constantly changing nodes, which could cause very annoying random outages.

guest network

As this router has four frequency bands, we will be able to configure a total of 3 guest WiFi networks for each of the bands, although there is a guest WiFi network (for all bands) that is reserved for voice commands from Amazon Alexa. As for the configuration options, they are the same as always, nothing has changed in this regard. We have the possibility to put the SSID that we want, hide it, configure the authentication method, the access time, limit the bandwidth, if we want to access the intranet or not, enable MAC filtering and even if we want to create this network of guests also on AiMesh nodes.

As you can see, we have the same options as always. One of the most interesting is related to the guest WiFi network in the AiMesh nodes, something essential to have a guest WiFi network for all the nodes and not only in the equipment that works as a router.

LAN

In this menu we can configure the host name of the router, we can also put the domain name, the private IP address and even the subnet mask that we want to have in the local network. In the “DHCP Server” menu we can configure the main parameters, the most important thing is the Static DHCP part where we will be able to put the MAC address together with the private IP that we always want a device in question to have. In this menu we also have the possibility of configuring static routes, in case we have other subnets such as those of a VPN.

In the IPTV tab is where we can configure the VLANs if our operator needs it, it is also where we will select the Movistar Triple VLAN FTTH profile if we have this operator and enjoy the triple-play service. In the “Switch Control” section is where we can configure the Link Aggregation for the LAN1 and LAN2 ports, in this way we will have a logical link of two physical links at 1Gbps.

WAN

In this Internet WAN menu is where we will configure all the Internet connection parameters, we have the same configuration options as always. The most remarkable thing is that we can configure the type of NAT, as well as the WAN aggregation if we want this function. In addition, it also allows us to configure DNS over TLS in order to protect all the DNS resolutions that we carry out in the home local network.

In the “Dual WAN” tab is where we can configure a second Internet WAN, we have a total of four possible WANs and we can configure two of them, as always happens in all ASUS routers. The Asuswrt firmware allows us to configure both load balancing and failover of the Internet connection.

The rest of the menus that we have in this section consist of the activation of ports, virtual server (open ports in the NAT of the router), open the DMZ to a specific private IP address, as well as configuring the Dynamic DNS or Dynamic DNS service with different providers, and finally, configure the NAT Passthrough as we want.

As you can see, we have the same configuration options as always, in this aspect nothing has changed compared to other ASUS models, we still have the same functions.

USB application

In the “USB Application” section is where we can see all the services related to the USB ports of this router. We have the ASUS AiDisk feature, we also have the DLNA UPnP media server, the Samba server that allows us to configure multiple users, the FTP server with advanced options such as activating the FTPES protocol, as well as the rest of the services to squeeze the ports to the maximum , such as the print server, USB tethering, Time Machine and also the BitTorrent client.

This firmware incorporates all the usual services, in addition, you have already verified in our test laboratory that the performance of this router is simply spectacular in this regard.

iCloud 2.0

In the AiCloud 2.0 menu we are going to be able to configure the Cloud Disk with the usual options, we also have the possibility of accessing any computer from the Internet via Samba of the local network, since we have a Samba client built into the router. Finally, we can also synchronize the content of the flash drive or hard drive that we connect directly to ASUS AiCloud.

In these menus we will have the same as always, nothing has changed.

Amazon-Alexa

The GT-AXE16000 only supports Amazon Alexa to send voice commands, this feature will allow us to activate the guest WiFi network easily, we can also update the firmware and even completely stop the Internet connection, among many other functions thanks to Alexa.

One aspect that we miss is that they have not incorporated IFTTT, something that we do have in other ASUS routers, and even in entry-level models, however, in this model we do not have it.

IPv6

All ASUS routers are prepared for the future of the Internet, when we widely use the IPv6 protocol, this model will be perfectly compatible since it incorporates everything necessary for it. We will be able to configure the IPv6 network natively, we will also be able to configure a static IPv6 address, we can do a Passthrough, a 6to4 tunnel, 6in4 and even a 6rd tunnel.

You must remember that the firewall of this router also supports IPv6, so we will not have any security problems by using IPv6, and that our clients obtain an IPv6 Global Unicast (public).

firewall

In this menu we can activate or deactivate the firewall, we can also activate the security measures against DoS attacks, we can record all the packets that we want, and we can even respond to the ping request from the Internet WAN. We can also configure the firewall for IPv6 in detail, adding new rules in order to block traffic using this protocol.

We must not forget either that we have a URL filter, where we can block different domains, we can also use a keyword filter and we even have the LAN to WAN filter.

Management

In the administration menu is where we can change the mode of operation of the router, we can also change the administration password of the equipment, configure the hibernation of the USB port, configure the time zone, the NTP server, if we want to supervise the Internet connection, enable scheduled reboot, configure the Telnet and SSH server, as well as access remotely via HTTP or HTTPS to the router administration website.

Other options that we have available in this section are to update the firmware of the equipment automatically, we can also update the firmware manually as usual. In this section we can also save the router configuration, restore the previously saved configuration and reset the device to factory settings. Finally, we can put a comment to ASUS about some kind of bug that we find in the firmware, and we can also see the privacy clause.

system log

In the system log menu we can configure the log level easily and quickly, all the logs we want will appear at the bottom, including the “debug” ones, which are the most advanced. We can also see the wireless registry of the equipment in detail, the DHCP assignment table, the IPv6 protocol, the routing table, the port forwarding and even the real-time connections that we have available.

As you can see, at the log level this router is really complete.

network tools

In this menu we can ping several packages, an unlimited ping where we will see a table with the variation of latency, we can also do a traceroute, an nslookup, a netstat, turn on a computer through Wake on LAN and even configure the intelligent connection rule to manage the band-steering of the equipment.

So far we have arrived with our analysis of the firmware of this ASUS GT-AXE16000 router, and we have also finished with the analysis of the equipment. Below, we offer you our final conclusions with their corresponding strengths and weaknesses.

Last conclusions

This new ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 router has a clear competitor, and that router is the previous model ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 that we have already tested in RedesZone. The technical characteristics are quite similar, although this new model improves what we already had before , and now it adds an additional 5GHz band to use it as an Ethernet backhaul for an AiMesh network, or to connect many more wireless clients. It also adds a pair of 10GBASE-T Multigigabit ports for WAN or LAN, a step forward that is an evolution we expected.

LAN – LAN and LAN-WAN performance with the 1G ports has been outstanding . In these tests we have managed to pass without problems all performance tests at high speed, including the test of 1000 concurrent TCP threads, both on the LAN and facing the Internet. The LAN-LAN and LAN-WAN performance with the 10G Multigigabit ports has also been outstanding, achieving speeds greater than the actual 9Gbps ​​speed. An important aspect is that the official firmware right now does not support Jumbo Frames, but it is a matter of days or weeks before this support is incorporated and you can transfer data at the maximum speed of the 10G ports that we have available.

In terms of wireless performance, it has been outstanding globally . In the 2.4GHz band the performance has been remarkable, if we compare it with the GT-AXE11000 model we can see that it is clearly inferior, the new router has behaved somewhat worse. In the rest of the frequency bands (the two 5GHz bands and the 6GHz band) the performance has been excellent, achieving great WiFi performance in terms of real speed and also coverage, achieving more than 1.3Gbps real without problems. Of course, you should know that in certain situations the previous model is somewhat better, but in medium-far places this router is clearly better, especially in the 6GHz band.

Regarding USB performance, this router incorporates a USB 2.0 port and we have achieved the maximum speed of 42MB/s in reading and writing, the maximum we can achieve. In the case of the USB 3.0 port, we have achieved a speed of up to 150MB/s in reading and up to 135MB/s in writing, a speed similar to that of other top-of-the-range ROG models. This router has behaved really well with the FTPES server, this is perfect to have the best confidentiality of the transmitted data and also for authentication.

This model also incorporates the same Asuswrt ROG firmware as always, in this aspect nothing has changed, we will have at our disposal all the technologies for prioritizing gaming traffic such as adaptive QoS, traditional, bandwidth limiter, ROG First, prioritization per port and we can also use the integrated GPN. Of course, we have AiProtection Pro, guest WiFi networks, advanced configurations for the Internet WAN, LAN and the WiFi network, as well as the possibility of configuring the Movistar FTTH Triple VLAN profile.

The current price of this router is 679 euros , a very high but expected price, since we are facing the best gaming router on the market and with truly spectacular hardware.

ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000

€688.48

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Is it worth buying this router instead of the GT-AXE11000? If you want to have the best hardware, of course, the differences for just €100 are very important: an additional 5GHz band and two 10GBASE-T Multigigabit ports, just what we missed in the previous model. It should also be noted that the firmware of the previous model will be much more polished than this one, it is something that you should take into account, so it may be worth waiting a few weeks before buying it.

Strengths

• Outstanding LAN-LAN performance with 1Gbps ports in all measurements, including 1,000 concurrent TCP threads test.
• Excellent LAN-LAN performance with 10Gbps ports in all tests.
• Outstanding LAN-WAN performance with 2.5G port on WAN and 1G port on LAN in all measurements, including 1,000 concurrent TCP threads test.
• Remarkable Wi-Fi performance in the 2.4GHz band, we have obtained a speed of up to 28.5MB/s real. The old model is clearly superior to this new model.
• Excellent Wi-Fi performance in the 5GHz bands, we have reached up to 155MB/s of performance with the Intel AX210 Wi-Fi card.
• Wi-Fi performance in the 6GHz band excellent, we have reached up to 166MB/s of performance with the Intel AX210 Wi-Fi card.
• Excellent performance obtained in the USB test in both read and write, as well as DLNA performance. It is one of the best routers, it provides up to 150MB/s read and up to 135MB/s write. We have used the 10G port to achieve these speeds.
• Very complete configuration assistant that helps us with the installation and initial start-up, allows us to configure the Internet, WiFi and administration credentials.
• Asuswrt ROG firmware has the same advanced configuration options as always. We also have the same services for gaming such as adaptive QoS, Fusion VPN, Movistar FTTH triple VLAN, and all the services related to USB ports.
• Any of the 10G ports can work as a LAN or WAN.
• Link Aggregation for LAN1 and LAN2, it also has WAN Aggregation to use two ports at 1G and have up to 2Gbps speed.
• ASUS Router mobile app to install, administer and manage the router. By using this app we can connect via Instant Guard VPN and we can also speed up games by enabling the option in the app.
• On/off button for the router, WPS and also the LEDs (this last button allows you to configure it in other actions).
• Price: remarkable. This equipment costs €679, is it a high price? Of course it does, but we must bear in mind that it is the most advanced and powerful router that exists right now, with the new Wi-Fi 6E and 10GBASE-T Multigigabit ports.

Weak points

• LAN-WAN performance with 1G is somewhat lower than expected in tests of 750 threads or more.
• Although in 2.4GHz the performance is remarkable, it is below the previous model, you should value it.

If we take into account the features, the overall performance that has been outstanding, and its price, the evaluation of RedesZone is 10/10. This router is one of the best routers of the year 2022, however, we must take into account the differences in performance (and price) compared to the GT-AXE11000 model that we have previously tested.

We hope you liked the analysis, if you have any questions you can leave us a comment and we will be happy to answer.

ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000

The best

• Outstanding LAN-LAN performance with 1G and 10G ports.
• Outstanding LAN-WAN performance with 1G ports.
• WiFi performance at 2.4GHz remarkable, at 5GHz and 6GHz it is excellent.
• Excellent USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 performance.
• The 10GBASE-T ports allow you to configure them as WAN or LAN.
• Link Aggregation on LAN1 and LAN2, also supports WAN Aggregation.
• Complete firmware Asuswrt ROG with all services and advanced options
• Price: remarkable, although logically it is very high, reaching €679.

Worst

• LAN-WAN performance with 1G ports starting at 750 threads.
• Wi-Fi performance at 2.4GHz is lower than the previous model.

WiFi performance

9.5

Wired Performance

9.5

USB 3.0 performance

9.5

Performance 2.0

10

Configuration options

10

Easy to use

10

Price

9