Think of the blinking lights on your router, but translate that into an app that is trying to show you "stuff is happening" essentially. Asus also offers a mobile app that looks exactly like what you'd expect from Asus, as it looks "cutting edge" with a real-time traffic monitor, and basically a lot of bars and graphs that appear to show activity. I’m not sure how many devices can be made “highest” priority but I was able to do it with all four of my devices, and was also able to put “gaming” at the top of the priority list, where it should be. Its Quality of Service feature is more robust than most routers, offering a two-pronged attack that lets you both prioritize devices and activities.
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We're going to have a full review of WTFast soon, but be aware that it's mostly designed for people who live far away from the server they want to play on.
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The only catch is the offer that is bundled with the router has traffic caps, and supports only one device, but you can pay to upgrade to a limitless account that supports more than one device. This service claims to route gaming traffic away from busy networks since it’s on its own, essentially making it a private network and thereby reducing packet loss and promising better ping times.
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First up is it offers a free membership to a GPN, which stands for Gamers Private Network, care of the service named WTFast. Admin SoftwareFor gamers the RT-AC88U has a few tricks up its sleeve that are not offered by other routers, and more than anything it’s these features that make the RT-AC88U stand out. This router also supports link aggregation via two of the LAN ports if you have a NAS that supports that feature (most don't). As far as ports go the RT-AC88U has a whopping eight LAN ports, one USB 2.0 port on the back, and one USB 3.0 port inconveniently located in the front under a weird panel that has to be flipped open. You need MU-MIMO clients to make this work however, and they are still somewhat scarce in laptops, phones, and tablets, but that will likely change in the future. This is different, and better, than a non MU-MIMO router, which has to send data to each client one at a time. It’s also a Wave 2 AC device, so it supports MU-MIMO, which allows it to serve up to four clients simultaneously.
This same technology can theoretically boost bandwidth on the 2.4GHz channel to 1,000Mb/s, so the two together equal roughly 3,167Mb/s but Asus has shockingly rounded down instead of up, naming it an AC3100 router. It boots the total bandwidth available from 1732Mb/s to 2,167Mb/s, which is a 25 percent boost.īrian Barnett + 1 moreAs with all things networking related, this does not mean it’s automatically faster than other AC routers, and you do need a compatible adapter and so forth, but it’s a unique feature. As a dual band router it has both 2.4GHz and 5GHz connectivity, but the more savvy amongst you might have noticed this is labeled as an AC3100 router, whereas most AC routers with four antennae are merely AC1900, so what’s the deal? The deal is the RT-AC88U uses a Broadcom chipset that offers a feature called NitroQAM, which allows for higher bandwidth than just regular AC as long as you’re pairing it with a compatible adapter such as this one from Asus. If you like the specs of this router but hate the red, it also sells a version without any red whatsoever for $20 less, though it has four less LAN ports, and it’s called the RT-AC3100.
It’s a bit wider than most routers at almost 12 inches across and eight inches deep, but it’s not very tall so it’s not as big as the D-Link DIR-890L/R. The heatsinks inside are red too, and you can catch only a glimpse of them through the router’s grill, which is kind of cool. Plus, most routers are solid black typically, so the flashes of red help it stand out a bit. Design and FeaturesEven though the whole red/black = gaming thing is a bit overdone by now, I actually like the design of this router as it just looks different from the norm, and I fancy its angular shape too.
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