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Review ASUS RT-AC86U, Feature-packed advanced wireless router

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kennykong85
post Sep 2 2018, 06:00 PM

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QUOTE(syyang85 @ Sep 1 2018, 04:33 PM)
Had bad experience with this router that I bought from 11street.my from a shenzhen vendor which I just received last week.

1. 5ghz wifi doesn't work since day 1
2. Updated to latest firmware 3.0.0.4.384.32797 doesn't fix 5ghz discovery problem
3. After i changed region from China to Singapore under advance wifi setting, both wifi and ethernet becomes undiscoverable.
4. After flashing latest firmware with ASUS Firmware Restoration version 2.1.0.1 tool under rescue mode, the router auto restart every 10 second.

Totally gave up on this particular router, requesting exchange. Hopefully the Shenzhen vendor responds. Too bad because I read good reviews from tech blogs but bad feedback in forums.
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Dunno the same seller or not, but i bought 1 unit from 11st too, the one with cheapest price that shipped from china, but when i received the parcel it said from hong kong.

Anyway my unit is working fine on dual band, coverage is better on 5gb, but weaker on 2.4 band compare to my old asus 55uhp router.

My 55uhp router work best on 2.4 band wuth superb coverage area, ac86uhp seems to be weaker when i connect it on my bedroom. Maybe becoz of the double long long attenna.
kennykong85
post Sep 6 2018, 04:31 PM

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QUOTE(CAL V @ Sep 5 2018, 04:37 PM)
That's exactly what I'm not sure about.  sweat.gif 
Stability is quite important as I'm not the one that will use it most of the time while away at uni, and "off-site diagnostic" had been a pain thus far. Well, local warranty can't do 1-to-1 exchange on the first year too and it sure will take awhile for local warranty claim. About a tie.
But that's almost 2 china units for 1 local unit. Maybe I should just toss a coin  doh.gif
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its 50 / 50 la
my unit (china) works fine so far. when i unbox it the box is like 10 yrs old, but attena together with the charger all covered in plastic sealed.

soo...depends on ur luck la~but 1 thing i dont understand , is the local set include the freekey for the registration on the WTFast?
coz i aint getting it on the china unit. i thought its free when i click into it charges annual fee... usd somemore...
kennykong85
post Sep 11 2018, 09:39 PM

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QUOTE(maldini8289 @ Sep 11 2018, 09:23 PM)
Hi May I check with you. You bought it through the same Lazada Taobao collection? How is it? Did you flash it with international firmware once you received it? Please advise. Thanks in advance.
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I bought it from 11st. Shipped from china. I dunno about the flash, but when i received it i just update the firmware to the latest version, where u can get it from asus website. Unifi works fine for me.
kennykong85
post Nov 14 2018, 07:43 AM

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QUOTE(evilhomura89 @ Nov 13 2018, 08:50 PM)
Have you tried changing the antenna?
Ie, use the RT-AC55UHP antenna on the AC86U? Change the two antenna on the left and right side, leave the center one intact since there's only two from AC55UHP
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Tried. Didnt work out. That was my 1st thought on it since uhp55 really hav a long long attenna but well, so far i am halpy with 5gb band, covered most of my house. My bedroom has 4bar close to 5bar...seems very good to me.
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