After 7 years on the Asus RT-AC66U router, I decided that it was time to upgrade to the latest and greatest Asus RT-AX88U. I want to improve 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz coverage, have faster overall speeds, and better protection against hackers, Trojans, and viruses.
The Asus AX supports the latest 802.11ax standard for up to 6 Gbits of maximum transfer speed. I was also looking forward to using all 8 LAN ports, as the 4 LAN ports on my AC66U were fully occupied.
Although I could get almost everything working, I could not get the Asus RT-AX88U to detect and recognize my Synology NAS DS1815+ plugged into any LAN ports. Though the Router panel showed the 1 Gbps LAN port as connected, the RT-AX88U would not recognize it. I checked cables and tried multiple LAN ports and firmware versions. No progress!
When I switched back to my older RT-AC66U router, the Synology NAS was immediately identified. Despite trying multiple settings on RT-AX88U, I could not get it to work with my Synology NAS. It's too bad, as I started to like the RT-AX88U router.
Advantages
Disadvantages
The Asus AX supports the latest 802.11ax standard for up to 6 Gbits of maximum transfer speed. I was also looking forward to using all 8 LAN ports, as the 4 LAN ports on my AC66U were fully occupied.
Although I could get almost everything working, I could not get the Asus RT-AX88U to detect and recognize my Synology NAS DS1815+ plugged into any LAN ports. Though the Router panel showed the 1 Gbps LAN port as connected, the RT-AX88U would not recognize it. I checked cables and tried multiple LAN ports and firmware versions. No progress!
When I switched back to my older RT-AC66U router, the Synology NAS was immediately identified. Despite trying multiple settings on RT-AX88U, I could not get it to work with my Synology NAS. It's too bad, as I started to like the RT-AX88U router.
Advantages
- On the iPhone 11, I did notice more responsive loading of web pages
- Numerous AI protection features for detecting viruses, Trojans, vulnerabilities
- Support for all the latest WiFi standards, including WiFI 6
- 8 LAN ports
- Supposed max of 6 Gbps
Disadvantages
- The AX88U does not recognize my Synology NAS DS1815+ plugged into any of the LAN ports (using either the latest Asus Firmware or the Merlin version)
- The Router is much larger than the RT-AC66U
- Overall, WiFi coverage did not appear superior to the RT-AC66U
Because I could not resolve the connectivity issue with the Synology NAS, I decided to return the Router to Amazon
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