![]() The Asus RT-AX86U has a retail price of $249.99, but we were able to easily find it discounted for a little less. ![]() Furthermore, the latency dropped as well with QoS activated, demonstrating the value of active traffic management to optimize experience on the network. Also, the dropped frames on the video decreased as well with the QoS turned on, showing the value of traffic management. The value of the QoS setting is demonstrated with the baseline QoS deactivated score of 96.4 FPS achieved when connected via 5 GHz, when also streaming the ten 8K videos, which then increased to 105.4 FPS with the QoS activated. Finally, the Stats for Nerds tool in YouTube gives us an indicator of the dropped frames - which translates to stuttering and hanging video streams. We measure the congestion using PingPlotter and count the spikes, which indicate when the network is over-congested. (In case you are wondering, an 8k video needs about 50 Mbps of bandwidth, and we have a 300 Mbps cable connection, so it effectively saturates the connection, and then some). In order to simulate gaming on a congested network, such as your roommates watching Netflix while you try to game, we stream ten 8K videos simultaneously from YouTube. This shows up both as spikes in ping time as well as reduced fps, particularly minimum fps. Basically, if your connection isn't consistent, your system has to do additional work to interpolate position and resend packets. What's interesting about Overwatch and some other multiplayer games is that, contrary to what you might expect, frame rates actually are impacted by network latency and throughput. To minimize this variance, we ran our tests in the training level, where we're technically connected to the servers but there aren't a bunch of other players running around, shooting at us. While normally fps in a multiplayer game like Overwatch can vary quite a bit depending on where you are in a level and what's happening with other players. We played the game Overwatch and measured the frames per second (fps) with the software FRAPS. Wireless tests were done on the 5 GHz frequency (with a single 2.4 GHz test just out of curiosity to confirm our suspicions). We ran tests both with the connection to an Ethernet port on the router and then also while connected to the dedicated Gaming Port. For internal control, we ran the same tests on both wired and wireless connections.įor the wired tests, the laptop was connected to the router via a CAT 5e cable. For this, we used an Asus ROG G512 Strix i 16GB/512GB gaming laptop. It is perhaps not surprising that the highest FPS was achieved on a wired connection to the gaming port of 120.6 FPS, but also impressive was the 5 GHz score of 119.1 FPS, both with no other videos playing. On our network congestion testing, the RT-AX86U proved solid as well on both wired and wireless connections. This can extend the life of this hardware when it longer is used as a primary router, but can still help to cover wireless dead spots in the residence. The AiMesh Node is quite intriguing, as this router can get repurposed to work as a node in a mesh network with other Asus routers. Access Point(AP) mode / AiMesh Router in AP mode.Wireless router mode / AiMesh Router mode (Default).While the router function is the most obvious, and how most users will put it to use, the choices are as follows: This router hardware is quite flexible in what it can do. The firmware also gets checked at this stage and updated if needed during this process. From there, there is a ‘Quick Internet Setup’ module, which guides the user through the basics of configuring a wireless password. We appreciate that there is no software to install, but rather after the connections are made, you just fire up your computer, and navigate to the router’s website. Setting up the RT-AX86U follows the same plan as other Asus routers. There is also support for Beamforming, OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access), a 1024-QAM high data rate, and 20/40/80/160 MHz bandwidth. ![]() The claimed speed is AX5700, with a max throughput of up to 861 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz frequency, and up to 4804 Mbps on the 5 GHz frequency. The wireless is the latest 802.11ax, and this is a dual-band router. The specs are solid for the RT-AX86U, starting with a 1.8 GHz quad-core CPU and moving on to 1 GB of RAM and 256 MB of flash. OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access)īeamforming: standard-based and universalġ024-QAM high data rate, 20/40/80/160 MHz bandwidthĢ42 x 100 x 164 mm (WxDxH) without antenna WPA3-Personal, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise, WPS support
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