Announced a while ago the ASUS AX86U slowly starts hitting the stores at a 249 EUR marker. This Wi-Fi 6 wireless LAN router "RT-AX86U" equipped with 2.5 Gigabit LAN.

In addition to Gigabit WANx1 and Gigabit LANx4, a new product of Wi-Fi 6 wireless LAN router equipped with WAN/LAN compatible 2.5 Gigabit port as standard equipment. With 160MHz channel width, 1024-QAM, latest technology OFDMA and MU-MIMO function, the maximum transfer rate is 861Mbps in 2.4GHz band and up to 4,804Mbps in 5GHz band. In addition, two of the Gigabit LAN ports support link aggregation, enabling high-speed data transfer even in environments that do not support 2.5 Gigabit LAN.

In addition, "Open NAT" that opens ports required for games, "Mobile game mode" that prioritizes network bandwidth for mobile games, "Gaming port" that preferentially processes game packets, Packet priority depending on usage It has functions such as "adaptive QoS" to set the degree.

External antenna x3, built-in x1, CPU Broadcom 4908 (1.8GHz/quad core), memory memory 1GB, flash memory 256MB, security function WPA3-Personal, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Personal, WPA2-Enterprise, WPA -Supports Enterprise, WPS, etc. The interface is USB 3.2 Gen.1 x 2, the main body size is 242mm width, 100mm depth, 325mm height (including antenna), weight 814.5g.

I wish we'd start seeing more multi-GigE connectors per router.