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

Looks great, but speeds are not consistent. Set up was a little difficult, but manageable. Have fiber internet at my house and one second, have 680/sec speeds the next under 100/sec.

I got the ASUS GT-AXE16000 paired with the 2 ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12 for Asus Aimesh setup. I have only 1 device that can do more than 1gbps that my gaming PC with Comcast/Xfinity I get about 1400mbps down and 40mbps up. The router works, but if you you are using Aimesh dont use frimware version .388 Or higher as of 02-04-2023. It has a major bug that kicks off all nodes ever couple of minutes. The frimware also applies if you have the ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12 updated to the .388 Frimware you need to down grade all 3 of the devices. I bought these as a bundle set so it was $100.00 off.

One of the best on the market, very fast, just wish it had more paper instructions.

Had an old netgear nighthawk and this blows it out of the water with just about everything. the router config UI makes netgear look like its from the 90’s

I dont see all the hype that I researched into prior to buying this router. I was expecting to be blown away for spending this kind of money on a router with these specs. I had to call tech support and do some tweaking in the settings to get it to run faster speeds but this router is not as good as the 120$ tp link router I returned. Hopefully a update will solve all these problems because as of now I dont see this crazy price point justifying this purchase and Im debating returning it. I will update my review if anything changes...

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.

The new ASUS ROG Rapture AXE11000 is a beast, a sturdy metallic construction, futuristic design, and a lot of technology inside. Not only is the 6GHz WiFi 6E the object of desire, but this is also a rock-solid router for business and gamers.

Pricey, yes. Has a great user interface for sure. Great signal everywhere and easily hands my 40+ devices through my 3000 Sq foot home. No dead areas but to be sure I created a mesh AP point with my Nighthawk AX6000 wireless router daisy chained to my switch. Works awesome. My kids have no latency issues with their online gaming and believe me my 14 year boy and 11 year girl who are always playing online lets me know issues with his/her connections. Ill running this through Comcast 800mbs speeds. Love it.

I have this running in AImesh with two ax-11000; twice a day it locks up , network totally dies snd I have to reboot all all of them.

This router worked great for six weeks then stopped connecting with the internet. After troubleshooting with my internet provider and ASUS technical support including swapping out on-hand equipment with what was in service, the conclusion is that the new ASUS RT-AXE11000 router failed. I have been trying to get a replacement but no word from ASUS on availability. My own opinion is that they put this product out too early and can’t support replacement of failures. They wanted me to pay for return shipping too on a six week old unit! Still no resolution. If I were you I’d wait a while to see about reliability and service before buying this.