Purchased this modem for replacement to DSL604T. This new Asus is much more stable without dropouts even when pushing it hard (opening folder of 10 pages simultaneously). Price is on the expensive side but well worth the investment.

Installation was very easy and intuitive, nice interface.
Wireless is very good and reaches all around my house (modem located in office which is central to the house)
Easily reaches my Solar inverter on the outside back wall of house.

I purchased this router after online forums were raving about how good it was. It has not disappointed me. I am using it for home internet, home automation with numerous iot devices and media steaming. The devices struggle before the router does. The interface is user friendly compared to a lot of other routers. My only complaint is that I can't get the router to share my hard drive consistently. Ideally I'd like to use the onboard media server by plugging a hdd into one of the usb ports. I've tried this, set it all up and got it working but it keeps disconnecting. I think maybe the hard drive goes to sleep in some sort of power saving mode and it isn't recognised but I've spent enough time trying to get it working properly.

I have been using this in our newer style modern apartment and it works perfectly
Now we have moved to an older property it’s obsolete because we have a modem router.
Depending on individual needs it’s actually a good router does all the basic what’s a router is needed for.

Hmmm this product is A M A Z I N G i love it it hooks up easily and it improved the speed i love how it has 3 networks beacuse this thing is amazing i love it. I would easily give it a 10 out of 10 amazing. GREAT

ASUS have a good reputation for high quality hardware and this router lives up to expectation, I'm a network engineer and work with high end equipment on a daily basis, this router has a lot of features I wouldn't expect at this price point and has not let me down

This router is unbelievable. Is easy to interpret, covers the range of our large home and works well with an extender. Certainly worth its $$$. We are yet to explore all the parent controls, but the kids won't give away with a thing. The information the router provides is fantastic in stats. Really happy with this purchase.

I've owned and used half a dozen routers over the years and the ASUS is the best performing one of all. It was a little tricky for me to setup becuase the interface is quite unique but after playing around with it, I quickly learned how intuitive and easy it actually is. The wi-fi speeds I get are around 300-350Mbs copying large files and that's through five walls. So far seems incrediblly reliable too. Great buy.

I've had many routers over the years... Netgear, Apple, D-Link, you name it.
But after much research and contemplation, I decided to pay a bit more and get the ASUS RT-AC68U back in 2014.
At this point, it was nearly a $400 router.
It's now been 4 years, and it performs just as well, if not better, then it did back then.
It may now only be a $200 router, but IMO it still performs as the $400 I paid.
With regular updates with ASUS, it's functionality has expanded significantly over that time, with features of the latest routers (eg: AI-NODE).
Highly recommend if you want a router that will keep you up to date now, and in the years ahead.

This modem/router produces reliable service, as well as providing a suite of useful tools to monitor your line quality and internet usage. The webpage that the router serves has the best interface I have seen from any modem/router I have ever owned. The router handles ~20 clients for majority of the day without overheating. The router does not have any fans, so it can struggle sometimes on >30 degree days under load. That being said, it is a great product, would recommend.

Bought this as we were moving into a new house with FTTP NBN, did a fair bit of research before choosing this model and bought it online on sale (this seems to happen a lot with this model). So far it has been impressive- live in a double brick terrace, originally had the router in the front room (where the NBN was) and it worked fine through the 3 bedrooms, bathroom and lounge room (all laid out in a line, long narrow house) but got a little inconsistent in the lounge and kitchen (5ghz). Then we moved it to the middle bedroom with a LAN cable back to the NBN box and its absolutely perfect. Haven't needed to touch the settings or reset since plugging it (back) in.

By far the strongest router I have had. Easy setup and easy to update. Most of my other routers had weak WiFi signals and would drop out constantly. This however reaches around our 3 bedroom townhouse very easily. Would recommend anyone that wants to strengthen their home wifi significantly over the supplier modem from your RSP then this is a good unit. Worth noting that this model doesn't include a modem. There is a DSL spec one that does and will work with the NBN. This may work with NBN HFC or fibre as that is marinated with a NBN supplied device inside. I run a TP Link modem on bridge mode into the wan port. The Asus then does the dialing for the internet.

I have had quite a few wifi routers. I was running a main router with a couple of access points but having dropouts. I bought the ASUS and set it as the main router and now run 4 access points from it. It has been flawless for years.
It has great base range, plenty of functionality and it is easy to update the firmware.
The companion app also integrates easily and makes monitoring traffic a breeze.
Easily the best wifi router at its price.

A very handy and capable router. There's also the Merlin firmware for the advanced user that wants to get even more functionality out of it. Fast wifi and great coverage throughout the house. It performed so well I purchased another for the parents. Definitely recommend it for others as well.

While I've flashed my RT-AC68U with Merlin, it was still great router out of the box with the supplied firmware.

I've never had to reboot my router in order to resolve an issue, only for firmware updates and external power failures and have managed record uptime with the RT-AC68U thanks in part to the consistency of FTTP.

It's more than 3 years old model but fast and powerful router you can find. I bought this router couple of months ago for my HFC nbn connection and found it fast and easy to set up. It got all the features like firewall and vpn that's needed for home router.

This is an excellent modem. A bit more expensive compared to other modem but totally worth the price. The coverage is excellent. And once setup then just forget about it. Never need to do the "modem reboot" thing. Smart traffic control (QoS) is great. But you can't limit the individual speed with the QoS on at the same time. Overall good modem never go back.

RANGE
i can receive a good signal on both 1st and 2nd floor in my house also in my garage and back yard

DESIGN
I know this is personal preference but I prefer the Asus, followed by the D-link The D-link does seem like the nicest quality. If it were black it would probably win in my book, I keep it in my living room and it is bright red. The vertical stand of ac68u really saves a lot of space