ASUS - RT-AX3000
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Last updated: Jan 5, 2026 Scoring
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"I live in a 2700 square foot cookie-cutter tract house. First floor is laminate with an office that has carpet. Then there’s the stairs which leads to 5 carpeted bedrooms, two tile bathrooms, a laundry room, and a walk-in carpeted closet. I can get all of that done one charge."
"I'm almost certainly gonna go with the A329. I just learned that the 70mai A810 uses a battery and not a capacitor. Batteries are terrible for dash cams due to how hot the inside of a car gets in the summer here."
"It endured pretty intense weather and rain in alpine landscape without any problem"
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"saucony peregrines i like alot ... usually can find good prices ... got a pair on amazon for 50 bucks that was the 13s which r their best year haha"
"Mine has already been making this summer way more bearable than the last. ... It's very worth it for the amount of comfort it affords. I appreciate being able to think about things besides how overheated I am on a warm day. ... Yeah the high summer temps are savage. I cannot operate like that. I'd happily pay hundreds a month to keep my apartment cool when it's 30+ out, at a cost of tens it's not even a question."
"This is exactly what we do too. No point blasting the hvac in the entire house when the only room we want really cold is the bedroom. Has saved us a lot on the energy bill!"
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"The Ubiquity has awesome traffic stats right in the app. ... Most people have zero idea about their utilization….but the Ubiquity gives you all that in amazing detail and history….that even rivals commercial gear without all kinds of expensive management software."
"I love that I can access home assistant (and anything inside my LAN) through a wireguard tunnel direcly on the router from my phone or laptop."
"The most advanced Cloud Gateways, like the UCG-Max and the UCG-Fiber, and the Dream Machines can also do what the Cloud Key does plus acting as a router."
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"The Asus 6 and 6e routers/mesh routers are very stable and work fantastically ... I have the xt8 mesh system (2 nodes hardwired) . Haven't had to reset it besides updates in over 2 years after I set it up."
"20 devices is nothing; I have 80+ devices running effortlessly on my Asus wifi 7 mesh"
"I just bought 3 ASUS wifi 6 routers and the AImesh is actually perfectly fine. ... 600 megs in my living room via mesh"
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"The AX86U is a good choice if you have a small/medium area to cover and want max throughput/minimum ping for one or two devices."
"wifi 6 which is fast enough for the type of use you’re describing. ... 3000mpbs is more than enough for 99% of users"
"It's fast, reliable"
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"the multi point connection on the headphones doesn't even work, I downloaded the app, I turn the option on, and it asks for me to agree, I agree and does nothing. The slider stays off, and I repeated the process thousands of times. ... 2 device connections (advertised but not delivered) ... false advertising with the unusable two device pairing."
"they have connectivity issues"
"HOWEVER, and this is the only downside I really hate and see as a wtf missed opportunity, is the lack of multipoint. Come on..."
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"setting up things like VLANs is horrible compared to other brands listed in this thread"
"If you like to tinker I'd recommend mikrotik stuff - AX2 or AX3. But you really should like to tinker, they're not trivial if you get outside of the default config."
"if you end up wanting to change any of the default settings, it’s probably the least user friendly networking gear I’ve ever used."
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"Last year, I bought an ASUS AX3000 WiFi 6 Router, but I returned it. I used it for ~3 weeks, but it was super unreliable compared to my current Asus AC-1900. I never figured out why. I thought it would be an upgrade, but it seemed slower and had tons of connection issues."
"every client connected to the AX3000 will have at best half the bandwidth available, because of its data having to be repeated on the same 5GHz channel to the AX86U."
"Only issue is that I only get around 300 Mbit between one end of my property and the other, where I both have computers. ... But I think that's because that's a few walls and doors between the two routers."
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"the AX3000 is only 2x2 dual band and has no dedicated radio for meshing, so if you mesh wirelessly, you end up halving the 5GHz bandwidth."
"every client connected to the AX3000 will have at best half the bandwidth available, because of its data having to be repeated on the same 5GHz channel to the AX86U."
I have both. 86 is main and 3000 is my aimesh The 3000 is a great router. I paid $7.99 at Goodwill for the x86 got really lucky. Get the 3000 should do you well.
r/HomeNetworking • Better Router of the 2? ->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.
r/askSingapore • Recommendation for home broadband ->I can confirm I'm pretty happy with my mesh system. I use a RT-AX 3000 as main router and RT-AC1900P as wifi extender using AiMesh. Only issue is that I only get around 300 Mbit between one end of my property and the other, where I both have computers. But I think that's because that's a few walls and doors between the two routers. In the near future I will connect them with a LAN cable. However initially I had some issues with setting up the AiMesh because one router was running the Merlin custom OS and the other one the native.
r/nbn • Recommendations for Wifi mesh routers that don't require an app or vendor account to configure ->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?
r/HomeNetworking • What is the Best WiFi Mesh System for Home? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 ->Asus AiMesh - Yea TP-Link Deco - Yes TP-Link Easy Mesh - Not sure
r/HomeNetworking • Wifi mesh system ->>Asus and long term support in the same proposition is something not realistic Depends on what is meant by “long term”. My 6 year old RT-AX3000 is still getting firmware updates
r/HomeNetworking • Cannot decide between ASUS WIFI 7 router model - long term upgrade ->Just get the RT-AX3000. I have used both, and they're both fine for normal use like you've described. Might as well save some money. My parents still use the AX3000 and it's been fine and rarely has issues. I used the 86U myself and rarely ever had to reset it. I really liked it. Not sure if it was worth the money, but it was a rock. These days I'm learning a bunch of network stuff, so I have a pfsense router with Ubiquity APs. That's overkill for most people.
r/HomeNetworking • Better Router of the 2? ->A single router covering 2000ft is not realistic. What I would do is purchase the RT-BE55 as your main router due to the much faster CPU and an RT-AX3000S to use as a wired access point. A Ubiquiti system would offer centralized management and more performance but that would push the budget considerably higher.
r/wifi • Which of these 3 routers is the best $ for my needs? ->AImesh can do the job, but it will do it much better with wired backhaul if you can, especially because the AX3000 is only 2x2 dual band and has no dedicated radio for meshing, so if you mesh wirelessly, you end up halving the 5GHz bandwidth.
r/HomeNetworking • Upgrade ASUS RT-AX3000, or purchase an additional ASUS router to utilize AiMesh? ->Both AX86U and AX3000 have 2 radios: a 2.4GHz one and a 5GHz one There can't be a dedicated channel for mesh becaue there is no extra radio for mesh communication. AX86U does 4X4 MIMO on 5GHz instead of 2x2, so its radio can beamform a 3dB stronger signal to the AX3000, which helps with the bandwidth, especially in case of otherwise weak connection between the 2 devices. Still, every 5GHz device in this case is broadcasting on the same channel, so every client connected to the AX3000 will have at best half the bandwidth available, because of its data having to be repeated on the same 5GHz channel to the AX86U.
r/HomeNetworking • Upgrade ASUS RT-AX3000, or purchase an additional ASUS router to utilize AiMesh? ->Gotta be the tried and true asus ax3000. I’ve had mine for 5ish years now and it’s a tank. I left Netgear due to puma chipset connection-drop issues. The next step imo is OPNSense on a mini pc. Edit: forgot to add - for modems, whatever you do, do NOT get a modem with a puma chipset. Research the firmware issue for more detail, but lots of packet loss and dropped connections baked into it.
r/HomeNetworking • "Best" consumer router under $200? ->The RT-AX58U (first one) is the best out of the 3.
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