ASUS - RT-AC68U

I've had zero problems with M1 for many years. Only went down once, and that was for scheduled maintenance in the middle of the night. Also, it's not just your internet plan that could be the cause of any issues. If your router isn't good enough, or is in a terrible position, or is overheating, or the bomb shelter is between your laptop and the router, you are gonna have issues no matter what plan you have. I have a standard 1Gbps plan but an Asus gaming router with ethernet cables going to the 3 heaviest users in the home – PS5, living TV and bedroom TV. I also set up a second router using Asus AImesh to provide wifi signal to one of the further corners of the house.

I still have an OG WRT54G in the attic in a box.  Also the AC 1900 TMobile Personal Hotspot, reflashed to what it is, a rebranded RT-AC68U, it's working flawlessly as a wifi mesh node. 

I've been using AiMesh since the beginning, and it was rocky at first, but now I'm currently quite happy with it. One solid main router and two APs outside. What unifi did you get to replace your setup and do you think it was worth the cost?

I use a pair of ASUS RT-AC68P's in AiMesh mode. Sure, not the newest but they still get firmware updates and at least for me, 'just work'. Setup was generally simple and I've yet to see performance issues (\~60 devices) or hear complaints from family members.

RT-AC68U works really well. I haven't needed to upgrade to AX, yet.

I haven't upgraded my network to anything exciting yet as I live in a small apartment and am waiting until we move. That and my wife is sensitive to noise (and we both WFH) so everything needs to be passively cooled/silent so no grabbing a pile of cheap 1U anything and going ham. Future will most likely be Ubiquiti 2.5 or 10gb depending on price/timing. Currently my home lab is a bunch of gear hooked up to two HPE 1820 fanless 48port switches. One for proxmox cluster traffic, one for network access. Outside of that, every other segment (her desk, her gaming setup, my gaming setup, etc) are all Netgear GS series silent switches. The "core" pair are smart and support LAG (of which the lab, and my main NAS are pairs). Router is a Asus AC68U that works like a champ. Four netgear switches hang off it. The Lab/NAS hang off one of the core switches. Wifi is handled by the router which is on top of an AV cabinet in the center of our apartment. Wifi is only used for phones and IoT devices. Anything remotely compute, from a work laptop, home desktop, Xbox, playstation, NAS, is all wired ethernet. Why did I chose the above? \- Cost \- Silence \- Size The router was well liked when I bought it 10-15 ago :)

Asus AiMesh - Yea TP-Link Deco - Yes TP-Link Easy Mesh - Not sure

ASUS aimesh is the best option besides true ap based systems.

I have a very similar network at my place. Old 68U is a media bridge to the basement and the 86U is the main router for the house. Now you have me thinking :) [https://www.asus.com/event/network/eol-product/](https://www.asus.com/event/network/eol-product/) Both are listed. :/ # End-of-life product list When a product is end-of-life, it means: * It is no longer manufactured * Its certification will not be renewed * Its firmware, utility, website, DM, QSG and manual will not be updated * It may be replaced by a new product with updated hardware and similar functions

I have a couple of Asus Routers (RT-AC68U, RT-AC86U) but both are no longer supported with firmware updates from Asus or Merlin and was interested in a more current router OS for use in 2025. I am using the RT-AC86U running Adguard Home behind my ISP's modem/router but prefer using my own router without the ISP's equipment.