ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 Quad-band WiFi 6E Extendable Gaming Router, 6GHz Band, Dual 10G Ports, 2.5G WAN Port, ASUS RangeBoost Plus, Triple-level Game Acceleration, VPN Fusion, AiMesh Compatible

Very good coverage.

Their FAQ suggests windows users to wait H221 (read H122 ?) until Win10 gains some needed support and Intel cranks out drivers. No luck under Linux with kernel 5.11 either -- the signal is abysmally weak and no connection.

I got two AXE16000s with one as the main router, another is the AiMesh node using 10G wired backhaul and an AXE11000 node with 2.5G wired backhaul. Strangely, in the web GUI’s Network Map tab, the 2.5G port link doesn’t show up in the Ethernet Ports activity table. I disconnected/reconnected the link from the 2.5G port to the AXE11000 and it still doesn’t appear in the table. Another issue is that I can’t seem to get Ookla-tested wired speeds of more than 2.6Gbps (upload/download) out of either of the 10G ports on the AXE16000 main and node. I tested the wired speeds with Thunderbolt 3 10Gbe adapters to the PC from two different manufacturers and got the same result. However, when I hooked up my 10Gbps broadband link directly to either adapter, wired speeds jumped to over 9.3Gbps. it seems that AiProtection is the culprit. When I turned it off, wired Okla-tested speeds return to the 8.9-9.2Gbps range. Turn AiProtection on again and it drops to the 2.6Gbps range. The speed drop wasn’t this severe on the RT-AX89X with AiProtection turned on and I still could get 8-9.1Gbps wired speeds on its SFP+ or 10GBase-T ports. According to a longtime firmware developer for Asus routers who iperf-tested the 10G interfaces, this is a CPU/NAT limitation on the AXE16000s part. Had no such issue with the RT-AX89X’s SFP+ or 10GBase-T ports. As for wireless, download speeds (5G bands) were only on par or slightly better than the RT-AX89X’s (+1Gbps range) with upload speeds in the 400-700Mbps range. Also experienced random disconnections for my devices (Connected without internet indicated) and a subsequent inability to reconnect to any of the 4 bands until I turn off/on the Wifi function on the devices a couple of times. And random times when there is simply no internet until a minute or two later. Reported these issues along and provided the usual data logs to Asus Tech Support before I returned both units.

I would give this thing 5 stars if it didnt have two major problems...

Ive had this just a week passed return date... and I still could not get AiMesh to work correctly. It would be set up, connecting via LAN works fine, but anything via WiFi does not work. Turning the node into an AP extender wifi works fine. Using it standalone wifi works fine... as soon as AiMesh, wifi doesnt stick, nothing can connect to the node via wifi. Working with Asus 2x now and they still cant figure out why... so now Im just waiting again until i hear back from them. I should have just returned this one instead of keep AP mode till now to try and fix AiMesh... so tired of this wait...

Bigger in person than in the pictures. Too bulky to fit on any desk.

Its really quick for the wifi 6e. Im really impressed with it. Its the best investment I did.

Bugs de interface aún existentes, las antenas se sienten frágiles , después de buscar mucho se logra activar el wifi 6, las redes de invitados son débiles.

Great interface with a lot of really nice options, including DoT connection setup and auto-detection of the LAN ports. Fairly easy to set up, though a bit challenging to find some of the information if you wish to manually set it up on your network - Defaults to 192.168.50.1.

Before I start, massive kudos to Amazon who has allowed me to swap two of these problematic devices in an attempt to get a good one. Unfortunately for me, no such luck and ASUS support was weak at best.