ASUS RT-AX86U Pro (AX5700) Dual Band WiFi 6 Extendable Gaming Router, 2.5G Port, Gaming Port, Mobile Game Mode, Port Forwarding, Subscription-Free Network Security, VPN, AiMesh Compatible

Specs and features. The RT-AX86U is a dual-band AX5700 router, which means that it supports Wi-Fi 6, and that the top theoretical speeds from its 2.4 and 5GHz bands add up to 5,700 Mbps, or 5.7 Gbps. Don't let that figure mislead you -- those numbers are based on optimized, lab-based tests that don't take real-world factors like distance, interference and physical obstructions into account, and you can only connect to one band at a time. Translation: Your actual speeds will be a lot lower. That's not to say that they'll be slow, though. The router boasts of top transfer rates of up to 4,804 Mbps on the 5GHz band and 861 Mbps on the 2.4GHz band, and it also features a 2.5 Gbps WAN port that allows for multi-gig incoming wired speeds from your modem. All of that makes it a good pick if you're living in a home with a gigabit internet plan, and support for 4x4 MU-MIMO connections on the 5GHz band makes it easier for the router to handle multiple devices at once, or to aggregate multiple lines of traffic to devices that use multiple antennas. In our lab, with a MacBook Pro wired to the router's extra-speedy WAN port, we were able to transfer files wirelessly to a Wi-Fi 6-equipped PC at a maximum rate of 1,795 Mbps, or nearly 1.8 Gbps. Even after we increased the distance between the MacBook and the client PC to 75 feet, speeds only fell to about 1.4 Gbps. Keep in mind that you'll only be able to pull data from the cloud as fast as your ISP plan allows, but still, this is a very capable piece of hardware. Excellent purchase, I recommend it, for its effective performance and good transmission power.