Question,  if the router dead and sent to back to ASUS puchong, do they replace the router on the spot with new unit, or repair the faulty unit?
when i buy the shop tell me 1-1 replace if send to ASUS msia, is this true?

My AC86U died last night. No LEDs on the front, no WiFi, no ethernet, although the USB stick in the back does light up. The PSU is giving 19V as it should. Can't rule out a lightning strike because there was a big storm last night. I wasn't using cooling.

Chinese unit, bought it Oct 18 from Taobao Collection on Lazada. I've read the horror stories about RMA to China - anyone been successful with that?

Tips for a replacement unit? I'd like to have the option to flash Merlin FW, or similar.

would this be better than TP - Link which provided by Unifi ?

Thanks !
But, should be fine for China set? Rarely see router spoil d.
I guess.

Hi i just bought a unit, now my unifi cant connect even settings are done correctly. WAN led on the router is forever red. Any idea how i fix this?

Since the price of the ax88u is so near the ax11000 might as well buy one ax11000 put in the middle of the house I think better.

Latest Merlin supports AiMesh if I'm not mistaken

Hi sifus,

I just got my router today and trying to set it up. (Chinese model)

I entered my Unifi id and password but WAN keeps showing disconnected. Need help. Thanks

I am inching to get a new router that is 1 step above my current AC86U ( 86u will go to the office to replace the TP-Link from Unifi )

Any recommendations?

I saw the news that Xiaomi AX3600 came out but Chinese forums are saying 86u performs better than the Xiaomi
I will be buying from Taobao. 86U there is about 600RMB which is same as a new AX3600.

If you're looking at hardware upgrade, yes, huge improvement over RT-AC86U
But if you're looking at performance upgrade, unknown as there is not much review of this model

Wish blacktubi would review it soon & compare it head to head with RT-AC86U & also RT-AC68U

But then the RT-AX56U is rather problematic
You can check ASUS thread in the network section of this forum. Lots of complaints about the AX56U

Hello JayceOoi

Would like to know whether this ASUS RT-AC86U still having overheating issues without the fan?
Compare this RT-AC86U and ROG GT-AC2900.
ASUS ROG GT-AC2900 is better than RT-AC86U?

Have you tested ASUS RT-AX3000?
If yes, RT-AX3000 or GT-AC2900?

Thanks.

One more question here, does the ASUS GT-AC2900 consume more power when the RGB lights is switched on?
For the GT-AC2900 also have overheating issues like ASUS RT-AC86U?

Thanks.

https://www.asus.com/Networking/RT-AX86U/

Does this has better thermal design than the AC86U?

If I want to add a AiMesh node to my AC86U, which is a better choice between Asus AX56U or single unit Lyra?

Thanks for the info Jayce.
For the GT-AC2900 and AC86U coverage is the same for both routers?

Having problem on my 86u node, often shows Offline status in Aimesh, but lights are ON, once restart everything works fine.

Anyone here having the same issue?