500mbps should be pretty easy but not anything after that, since the CPU is bottlenecking. Seriously, if WiFi speed, it's a hit or miss

Best time since everyone is sleeping

I think it needs one, my one running 89C for CPU in an open area but least air ventilation. If the router is put in a place with good ventilation, I think u might not need one

I don even think u can find one below 1k for a Malaysia unit

Still dint find any diff after switching from ac68u to ac86u, maybe I'm not using WiFi much other than connect phone and tablet

And I'm only on 500mbps plan

Dayum.. only 450
Bought my 68u last year 749 Lazada..

Cheaper by almost 50% and almost 2x performance
Worth it

Malaysia set from Lazada?

that 450 is from china, cheap is cheap if u are not concern with warranty

Yup.. Lazada 2017 @749

Cheaper by almost 1.5x..
Local around 1.1k

I'm not sure about Asus QC on router so I don't dare buy imported.. lol

the price differences enough for you to ship back 20 times (round trip) for a warranty claim

20 times.... hello....

and talk about Asus reliability, i owned 2 Asus routers before, the current one is Asus N12HP, been using for 3 years++, turned on 24/7, never failed.

Maybe i was lucky.

To me its fine but , some ppl just don wan to hassle to ship back and forward mah

How are you on the same boat?
1 guy refuses to buy from Taobao because he's worried about warranty and loss of items during shipping
And another guy refuses to buy from Toabao because he simply doesn't know how to buy from there

2 different scenario there buddy. Not only are you not in the same boat, you're not even in the same ocean

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Nov 23 2018, 04:55 PM

just received my rt-ac86u today. thanks for the advice .. guys.. this is my first time to buy from taobao..

so far so good.. received on 12days from 11.11. brand new unit, all working as expected.

THANK YOU!!!

This post has been edited by swisspalm: Nov 23 2018, 04:58 PM

Upload gambar la sikit
No picture, no talk

Lol. was this picture for insurance in case anything wrong/dent on the router?

don't think need to buy insurance.. dent on box only.

I am fine with it, as long as the devices is functioning well. with this price (RMB 789), nothing to complain!!

Setup all done, working flawlessly

need advise about the power for 86u, asus give me ac adaptor input 100-240v 1A 50-60hz output 19v 1.74A, this adaptor cannot turn on my router. so i change to my asus notebook adapter 100-240V 1.5A 50-60Hz output 19V 3.42A.

its this safe or not??

This post has been edited by xpmen: Nov 23 2018, 11:12 PM

if u still can't/don't know how to buy direct from taobao, tons of online agents available..ezbuy buy2taobao wiwaa..

or just get one of the sellers in LYN to buy it from you..normally 10% service fee.

gearbest.com looks ok but never tried them.

That AC adaptor is correct but it's possible that the AC adaptor you received is faulty (yes, even if it's new)

You can buy this AC adaptor:
https://www.lazada.com.my/-i211532789-s265886000.html

Works perfectly on my RT-AC68U & RT-AC86U (Yes, I've used both models previously before switching to GT-AC5300)



This post has been edited by sHawTY: Nov 23 2018, 11:26 PM

thanks for reply, i dont think its faulty, i can charge router adapter to notebook, but my notebook keep blinking, maybe not enough power to turn on.

It's not supplying enough power, that's considered faulty la, aiyo