Easy to setup worked fine while it worked

Paid $150 for this with a two year warranty, year one is carry in, year two you have to contact ASUS, well good and fine but they charge $70 in shipping to return the unit, unit being a year old is already only $99 for a new one, so I will use the warranty as toilet paper not worth sending in.

Good machine, only lasted just over 1 year.

Great range, handles multiple devices easily.

Lasted less than two years, now runs for a coupe of hours and shuts down. Reset and power off will start up again but only to last a few hours again. Flashed the latest update fromASUS no luck. Tried power adapter with my previous ASUS router and still dying out. Going back to a different brand..

Lots of good point shortest life i have ever had with a eltronic item.

An early (first?) AC model, so well supported by open-source firmware.

Works brilliantly well after flashing AdvancedTomato firmware. Rock solid, with better coverage than my older Netgear.

-Best consumer interface -Lots of features -Strong signal

-Random complete loss of network connection for periods of time -Big and bulky compared to other brands

Ran two of these in AI Mesh Mode for several months and would have total drop of connection, not even just a few packets dropped but total connection lost. Pings from terminal would suddenly be 'destination host unreachable' inexplicably across multiple devices yet a strong signal was always shown on the device. I work in Networking as my profession, so I fiddled with the settings in the Asus dashboard trying just about everything, yet the lost connection remained the same. I suspect it is something to do with the roaming profile of the device and Asus Aimesh cannot properly switch the device between the two access points - firmware updates would never fix it. Anyway, I kept one as a router (disabled Wifi) and use it to run a consumer mesh network from another brand to keep the household happy.

It's cheap.

LAN fails regularly, 2-3 times a week. Firmware upgrade did not help. Wifi will continue to work when LAN drops. Frustrating lack of help and interface to fix this. No way to return this.

Bought a reliable router, tossed this in the trash.

2 years of solid, no problems, wireless. Set up in about 20 minutes. Regular updates - still adding features. AI Mesh - Can link all your Asus Routers in a mesh network.

None

Not a minute of trouble in two years. Regular updates keep things safe and running - no issues. The only time I had a problem connecting was when I forgot I had turned on the MAC filter. Once I added the mac address - no problem.

-Still refining and improving Firmware to this day, keeps up with newly discovered bugs and flaws in networking infrastructure and still issues security patches -Still adding new features and capabilities (Mesh networking introduced with 02/01/2018 FW) -Has all of the tinkering features for complete customisation, for those who know/care what they're doing (bonus: TrendMicro Website filtering, if desired) -No known NSA back doors, unlike most of the competition -Fast and solid -So many feature

-Might just be too much router for the uninitiated, or if you are from the past.

-If you own an iPhone, and want a router that "just works",stick to the quick setup wizard -If you are a Wizard, DD-WRT.com has FW for this (as of posting, dated 07/09/2017) -Update the Firmware ffs... It's the best router I have owned to date that includes crazy capabilities, but doesn't require a second mortgage. Bought mine in 2014.

Excellent visibility into which devices are consuming data. Great manageability. Worked fine for 8 months.

Got tired, I guess. Required reboots every 3 days, sometimes wouldn't recover on the first reboot. Keep in mind these are physical reboots. When you are on the road, there is no accessing the network remotely as it is cratered.

Have done all the firmware updates. Thought that maybe it was corrected but it still provides poor throughput after 1 day and then barfs it all a couple of days later. If I had paid $50, I would not be so bitter but it was over $200 on special!

Software is easy to set up, interface is both powerful and easy to use. Crazy large range, and of course stupid fast and is able to prioritize traffic.

Initial setup requires the router to be hooked up to a computer with a cable and obviously to your ISP's modem. (which can be a pain in the butt if your router is in a remote part of the house, such as on top of a high shelf in the utility room). Once the initial setup is done however everything else can be done remotely.

This router is a few years old now but that's not a bad thing as the firmware is very good now and is less buggy. It's easy to use once you get it up and running and it works well in a household that needs to have a good wireless infrastructure (this guy is providing wifi for: 5 PC's (2 of which are gaming rigs), a survailance system, 2 wireless printers, 8 smart devices (tablets, phones and whatnot), and a game console).

Easy setup Great interface Powerful, long range signal Reliable

A bit expensive, though you get what you pay for, so not really a weakness at all

This router is quite simply the best networking device I've ever owned. It reaches all areas of my house with a powerful signal, without extenders, and I've had no problems with lockups, loss of signal or other issues I've read about firmware issues, but they seem to have those sorted out now that the product is a bit more mature. Just an excellent device, in my experience.