Testseek.com have collected 97 expert reviews of the Asus RT-AC87U AC2400 Dual-band Wireless Gigabit Router and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus RT-AC87U AC2400 Dual-band Wireless Gigabit Router.
September 2014
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97 Reviews
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The editors liked
The Asus AC2400 RT-AC87U Dual-band Wireless Gigabit Router has superfast Wi-Fi speed and an extremely long range. The router has the the ability to keep viruses and malware from entering your home network
Monitor Internet traffic in real time
And many o
Superb 4x4 performance
Fast enough in other areas too
Excellent software
The editors didn't like
The router is expensive
And you need compatible Wi-Fi devices to benefit from its fast performance. The USB 3.0 port is awkwardly placed
And the interface doesn't include client names in the IP reservation list
Abstract: The next generation of wireless routers is here. These routers, which the industry refers to as "Wave 2," have new internal hardware that can provide theoretical Wi-Fi speeds of over 2Gbps. The first to market is the Asus RT-AC87 Dual-band Wireless-AC2400...
Supremely fast when paired with an 802.11ac bridge, Very long list of advanced features, Less-expensive than Netgear's Nighthawk X6
Not the best solution for serving multiple 802.11ac bridges, Not the absolute fastest wireless when not paired with a bridge
The RT-AC87U is supremely fast—when it's paired with a second RT-AC87U configured as a wireless bridge. You should make sure its features and performance fits your needs before plunking down your cash....
Supports router, AP, media bridge and WDS bridging/repeating, Storage works at USB 3.0 speeds
Firmware is not stable, Major new features are undocumented, Cannot achieve 5 GHz four stream link rates
As I said in the closing to Part 1, the RT-AC87U/R is an unfinished product, rushed to market when it should still be back in the lab being thoroughly debugged. If you want to put your faith in ASUS and Quantenna's ability to deliver on its "wave 2" 802.1...
Supports router, AP, media bridge and WDS bridging/repeating, Storage works at USB 3.0 speeds
Firmware is not stable, Major new features are undocumented
Router geeks who have to be the first on the block have already scooped up the RT-AC87R from Best Buy shelves, paying $10 more than ASUS' $269.99 MSRP. And judging from some SNB forum posts, some have already returned it to wait for better firmware.Like a...
The Asus AC2400 RT-AC87U Dual-band Wireless Gigabit Router has superfast Wi-Fi speed and an extremely long range. The router has the the ability to keep viruses and malware from entering your home network, monitor Internet traffic in real time, and many o
The router is expensive, and you need compatible Wi-Fi devices to benefit from its fast performance. The USB 3.0 port is awkwardly placed, and the interface doesn't include client names in the IP reservation list
The hefty price aside, the Asus AC2400 RT-AC87U is the most complete 802.11ac router to date, capable of satisfying all your home networking needs....
Abstract: Also see: Best Tech Deals There are two types of routers, those with built-in modems and those without. Although we still call them wireless routers, there's no need as there aren't any 'wired' routers any more: all have built-in Wi-Fi. That's what makes...
Are you looking for an 802.11ac router? Then you'll be able to choose from a plethora of routers, since pretty much all 802.11ac models that have been released since 2012, are still readily available. This does imply that there hasn't been a lot of chan...
The Asus RT-AC87U combines smart design with a simple to use but featured-packed interface. Performance impresses, especially over 5GHz and also at distance. From our tests the MU-MIMO feature currently only offers a small speed increase but as a package...
Superb 4x4 performance, Fast enough in other areas too, Excellent software
Lack of 4x4 802.11ac hardware, It's an expensive buy
With brilliant, well-designed software, which contains just about everything you could want in a wireless router, along with record breaking quad-stream wireless performance, the Asus RT-AC87U is one of the best wireless routers money can buy...
Published: 2015-05-26, Author: Ryan , review by: HEXUS.net
Ultra-fast 5GHz band, Feature rich, Advanced web interface
Expensive
The Asus RT-AC87U has a retail price of £185 here in the UK while stateside buyers can find the router for around $240. Without question the Asus RT-AC87U is one of the most expensive routers on the market, short of AC3200 offerings, but such a high price...
