ASUSRT-AX92U, 2 Pack Performance Mesh Tri-Band 802.11 AX6100 Wi-Fi Router

Updated the firmware on both units to latest first. Set up as easy, except getting internet access from Etisalat. They need to reconfigure the internet to be routed through an open port and not their PPnP. The technician had that sorted in less than 30 min. All good!Programmed the Node. Easy. They are connected via cable. All was working great. Better speed and stability. Until today…The Node seemed to have disconnected from the network and was no longer providing internet access. It was not showing up on the Asus app either.I have reset it and tried to configure it again but it fails the process when applying the network settings from the router. Seems it has failed.Will be in contact with the vendor for warranty replacement. If it gets sorted I will chalk it up to being unlucky.If it is resolved and works as it did for the first couple of weeks I will give it the extra 2 stars.Stand by.

The two RT-AX92U routers are simply made for the job of running a mesh system and have expansion capability but stay with another AX92U if you do intend to increase. The whole system is excellent.The stability must come from the units being tri-band routers not the suspect two band for Aimesh.Regarding installation, you will be asked at set-up of one, any one, of the routers if you want the second router to be a Node - do this. If you do the complete set-up you will find that when you come to check for updated firmware, which I did as the last process, that you will get a different firmware number than that on the Asus website for the individual routers. This would be to make the two routers behave as one and increase the backhaul capability. The update affects the two routers at the same time and the one operation updates the second router so no worrying about updating the second separately.After using a mix and match router set up for Aimesh AX88U, AX58U and AC68U I found that the combination did not work and lost connection within about five minutes. Asus technical could offer no solution to resolve the issue. Amazon and their external trading network have been extremely sympathetic in my returning these items and I cannot thank them enough. These routers are excellent in their own right but DO NOT try to run them on a mesh system as Asus say you can. My existing router was the AC68U and I was going to upgrade with the other two AX routers. Do not make the same mistake as I did and believe Asus. The AX58U kept disconnecting and blocked the complete Wi-Fi in the process.This mesh system is strong, solid and appears very reliable. It will also take my AC68U with no problem so maybe ASUS are not entirely wrong.Go for this dedicated system you won't regret it and I highly recommend it. Take it from someone who has found the annoying problems. Again, a big thank you to Amazon and Box for being so understanding

I do not like writing negative reviews, being conscious that when people read comments you should always be wary of anything that is either too effusive or negative as it may imply a bias of some type.Let me start with making clear that I have used ASUS routers before and been broadly pleased with them. I find setup intuitive and the App is well thought out. ASUS routers have good QoS, parential control and DoS protection. They are highly configurable.So, the RT-AX92U offered the promise of previous ASUS router implementations while embracing the new WiFi 6 standard in a mesh that takes on and beats Netgear Orbi and Linksys Velop competitors.Unboxing the units gave the feeling of promise fulfilled; the form factor is neat and the initial setup is trouble free. A "great" connection is established between the router and the node. The firmware for both units was updated to the current version in force as of February 2020.Within 24 hours, the whole thing was unravelling. The router would reboot every 20 minutes. It didnt like the XBox One very much and the node disconnects regularly. The units run very warm and I note that RAM utilisation sits at 93%. The Linux logs show a constant tale of error after error. The hardware seems under specified for the job it is being asked to perform. I have 35 wired and wireless devices in my network and the system should cope with that.So, two weeks in and the product is not fit for purpose. It is being returned and I am going back to a WiFi 5 mesh system. If you live in a home office or have more than 20 devices in your network, I cannot see how these units will work for you. WiFI 6 Routers may not be ready yet...give it another year.So, to return to the top of this review: it is not written by anyone with a bias. I bought it because of previous positive ASUS experience, but I cannot see how the RT-AX92U gets the positive reviews it seems to. I can only presume that it is not being put through its paces. Please note that Amazon group together the reviews of different models of ASUS router and the star ratings may confuse some as they do not reflect the rating of one particular model. A filter of the reviews along model type would be useful.Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this product at all based on my experience.

I have a Virgin Media 500mb connection, my old router could not give me the through put. I tried the Netgear offering and that went back as it had a few bugs, so this router was my next try. Firstly you need to know and it is not really spelt out in the documentation there is 3 radios (hence the name tri-band) 1 x 2.4g good old wifi band then 2 x 5G good new fast band radios. I brought this as it said it was WiFi 6, Technically it is but only on the second 5G radio the first 5G radio is limited to 80mhz the second is 160mhz bandwidth and you have to go and enable it, it is not enabled by default even when paired with a second AX92U. The other issue if you have, is when you use a second AX92U as a mesh node it uses the second 5G radio as a dedicated backbone connection which means you then do not have access to the WiFi 6 it is not really spelt out in the documentation or specifications. I have tried with an Intel AX200 WiFi 6 PC card and it connects and the connection is stable but I can’t seem to get a fast speed connection between the 2 so i cant comment on the WiFi 6 capability of these routers. My iPhone reports on speed test between 450 and 500mbs all through the house without the second AX92U fitted. With the second fitted and configured in AiMesh it drops to around 400mbs when connected to the second AX92U which i would have thought would not have dropped that amout as the connection is WiFi 6 between them, no increase in ping time with the second unit fitted. It does come with built in security from Trend Micro unlike the Netgear Armour this is a free service. The only thing I really miss that the Netgear routers have and the Asus AX92U doesn't have is a speed test function from the router giving you a real idea of the speed between your router and ISP rather than between your phone or PC, over WiFi and then through the router to your ISP. Configuration was very easy to set up, the is not a lot of configurable items to tweak for example I can’t find how to set the MTU value of the routers connection. I am assuming this is done automatically.

So I use this primarily for offline in house streaming. I used to have a ISP provided router that connected via an ethernet cable to a gigabit switch in my office. I then use an Nvidia shield to run Plex and the steam link app on the downstairs TV. The connection via this was good usually but more than a little unstable.I replaced my ISP router and switch with these routers and am very pleased. They run using the wireless backhaul and I am streaming games in 4k with only the occasional stutter. The routers are located downstairs and upstair with a front room and bathroom between and while maintaining a good connection was reliant on me finding the best spot for it to minimise the interference it is now running really smoothly.The router comes with a free externally facing domain name for using VPN connections on dynamic IP internet connections and means I can now use this and the built in wake on Lan to wake up my home pc if I want to stream Plex or run Parsec (remote gaming) from outside the home.WiFi coverage is great and no issues apprent when switching between locations in the house.The only things to note is that you will need a modem for this to connect to the web and the WiFi 6 only works if you set up a second SSID for it and then you can't use the wireless backhaul as this uses those connections on the respective routers.

Had an existing Asus Zenwifi setup (a couple of XT8 routers), and needed to extend it, so went for the upgrade to the AX92U.The main logic for the upgrade was that XT8s don't have a proper guest networking feature (if you set up as a single network/aimesh the guest network is only broadcast from the master router), and from the documentation the AX92U would solve that, enabling satellite nodes to broadcast the guest network as well.The plan was therefore to use one of the AX92U's as the master unit, and setup the remaining AX92U and the two existing XT8s as aimesh satellites.We have a separate ADSL modem, so the master AX92U was plugged into that to setup...and nothing. Which meant I had to read the instructions :-(. There aren't many, but what they did say was to power down your modem, plug in the AX92U unit, then power back up. On doing that, it took a good two to three minutes for the AX92U to "see" the modem WAN connection, but once it did setup was very simple and straightforward.Setting up the satellite AX92U unit was trouble free, as was the first XT8 unit after a hard reset. The second XT8 unit was more of a problem, as the install to the aimesh network kept failing. After a good half day of trying various permutations of reset, reposition, configuration...the node finally installed when I hard wired it to the master AX92U unit for the process.The network has been running a couple days now - providing very good, stable coverage and filling in the previous "blank spots" in the house and surrounds.Have also found that the QoS and prioritisation appears to be working with this new system - I'm actually not convinced that the QoS and prioritisation on the XT8 network worked at all.For doing the upgrade, there's quite a lot of discussion with tips in the Asus forums, but definitely make sure you have the latest firmware in your existing units before starting, and if the aimesh install isn't completing try a hardwired cat5 connection between the routers.Good:- Better coverage, more stable, QoS that works, guest network at every nodeNot so good:- Can be fiddly to do initial setup