Enter a new era of wireless performance with faster-than-incredible speeds, the widest-ever coverage and more control and security than you ever thought possible. RT-AC87U delivers the world's fastest speeds of up to 1734 Mbps at 5 GHz — even faster than tri-band 3x3 routers — plus class-leading concurrent 600 Mbps speeds at 2.4 GHz for an amazing total bandwidth of 2334 Mbps! This means RT-AC87U gives you lag-free online gaming, silky-smooth 4K/UHD video streaming, and effortlessly copes with even the most bandwidth-demanding tasks. With a separate high-gain antenna for each of the four spatial data streams, this power-packed router gives you true 4x4 multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) wireless performance that smokes the competition — and it delivers top performance for all your wireless devices, even those using older Wi-Fi standards. As with all ASUS networking products, you get the very best support with the widest range of device compatibility, plus free firmware updates for years to come — so your RT-AC87U will always be at the forefront.
Box Contains
1 x RT-AC87U Wireless-AC2400 Dual Band Gigabit Router
1 x RJ-45 Lead
1 x Power adapter
Quick start guide
Software Disk
All comments (40)
j1mgg
22 Feb 17#1
is this a good price, camelcamelcamel has its lowest as £149.99, is this better than the Asus rt ac3200, or the netgear r7800? thanks
AStonedRaichu to j1mgg
22 Feb 17#2
The ac3200 is superior
CBJ137
22 Feb 17#3
Yet most reviews seem to rate the AC87U well compared to this
divemaster123
22 Feb 17#4
whats the netgear R7800 like compared to this.Thanks
redbutcher to divemaster123
23 Feb 17#16
In stock I'd say the Asus is probably better as the stock Netgear firmware is pretty basic and doesn't look as good.
Having said that, I've owned this router and have since swapped it out with the R7800. My Asus router ran very hot and I ended up having to sit it on a laptop cooling pad to stop it crashing. The Merlin firmware is excellent and allowed me to use the router with a VM and BT connection and once the cooling issue was sorted it was solid in the time I owned it.
The R7800 is very good now I've installed DD-WRT on it - it runs without getting hot and has been rock solid so far. Excellent wireless signal as well.
meherenow
22 Feb 17#5
Great router, install the "Merlin" firmware for extra tweaking.
divemaster123 to meherenow
22 Feb 17#7
is that the r7800
Helpful567 to meherenow
23 Feb 17#37
I bought this router a year ago.
For an average user, what are the advantages of installing Merlin?
mbd
22 Feb 17#6
Was less than £100 in PC World last year...
Joshimitsu91 to mbd
23 Feb 17#17
Yep I got it in store at this price. It's not a bad router but in my experience the QoS is garbage, which is a shame because that's what I bought it for.
SlightlyFoxed to mbd
23 Feb 17#24
£80, in fact. I know, because I bought one! :smile:
£127.99 is still a good price for an excellent router.
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Opening post
Box Contains
1 x RT-AC87U Wireless-AC2400 Dual Band Gigabit Router
1 x RJ-45 Lead
1 x Power adapter
Quick start guide
Software Disk
All comments (40)
Having said that, I've owned this router and have since swapped it out with the R7800. My Asus router ran very hot and I ended up having to sit it on a laptop cooling pad to stop it crashing. The Merlin firmware is excellent and allowed me to use the router with a VM and BT connection and once the cooling issue was sorted it was solid in the time I owned it.
The R7800 is very good now I've installed DD-WRT on it - it runs without getting hot and has been rock solid so far. Excellent wireless signal as well.
For an average user, what are the advantages of installing Merlin?
£127.99 is still a good price for an excellent router.
Every one I've ever read has panned the AC87.
Got any linkys?