 What's up internet? Kahit mabilis yung internet connection mo, kung pangit naman yung router mo, hindi mo magagamit, hindi mo mararamdaman, hindi mo papansin yung belis yung internet connection. Yung dati kong router, Google Wi-Fi. And yung appeal nito, parang all-in-one router na siya, 3-pack and then one of them serves as the primary node And tas yung natirang dalawa, kakabit dun sa primary node, tas pwede mo ikalat kahit saan dun sa area, para mag-increase yung Wi-Fi coverage. And mukha siyang cute, pero actually, demonyo siya. So I got the 3-pack, yung isa dun, serana. Completely dig mo nang magamit. Yung isa, pasirana. How do I know na it's on the way to being completely destroyed? Pag nanunod ako nung Netflix videos, mukha silang mga 1980s cartoons, parang naka 480p na degraded, na sobrang fuzzy. Paminsan, mabagal magload. Paminsan, ayaw talaga magload at all. Yung desktop ko, pag-on ko nung desktop, hindi ako makasurf ka agad. Kasi, ayaw ko, kailangan mag warm-up pa yung router, yung connection sa router or something. But once I started the computer, pagpasa ko sa browser, server not found for all sites. And you need to give it time, at least mga 5-10 minutes, bago mag-stabilize yung connection. Tapos makasurf ka na. Tapos hindi dapat siya ganito, kasi yung internet connection sa bahay. Fiber, 75Mbps, so medyo mabilis-bilis naman. And yet, even basic things like surfing, hindi ko magawa when I want them to. So at first, iniisi ko yung problema yung ISP. Pero na traced din namin eventually dito sa router. So iniis na iniis ako dito sa Google Wi-Fi. And buti na lang, pinahiram kami ni ASUS nung bago nilang router, yung RT-AX86U. This is not a sponsored video, pinahiram nila yung item, but we are free to say what we want. And my honest opinion is, sobrang okay tung router na ito. Malolo ko ako pag it's time na ibalik ko si RT-AX86U kay ASUS and I would seriously consider buying one for myself. Kasi never ako ba balik kay Google Wi-Fi. You have failed me for the last time, Admiral. You are in demand now, Admiral, yet. So first things first dito sa 86U, it's very easy to set up. Paplug in mo lang yung internet connection mo and then plug in mo sa isang desktop and then basically, tuloy-tuloy na siya, automatic na siya. You just need to give basic information like anong gusto mo yung Wi-Fi name, anong Wi-Fi password and the router will set things up. Si Google Wi-Fi, mandali din iset up, pero yung gamit mo kasi app, di mo pwede gamitin yung desktop. Yung next na gusto ko sa kanya and ito talaga yung pinakam halaga for a router. Kayang-kayo niya yung multiple devices na connect at the same time. Basically, ano ba talaga yung router? Parang traffic cop lang yan sa dulo ng isang highway. So imagine mo yung mga data na pumapasok sa system mo sa network, mga data packets. Parang mga sasakyan lang yan. They all come in from the highway. They all come in from the internet. Tapos di siyong isang data packet. Yung isang data packet na ka-label yan na video streaming for Netflix. Pupunta yan sa TV mo and then yung isang data packet, torrent download yan, pupunta sa desktop and yung isa music download pupunta sa laptop and then yung isa mobile gaming pupunta sa mobile mo. So andami daw yung traffic na pumapasok dun sa router and yung primary job nung router is direct yung traffic. Okay, ikaw pupunta sa kain mobile, ikaw pupunta sa desktop, ikaw pupunta sa TV, ikaw pupunta sa NAS or sa network attached storage. Kung mahina or mabagal or lasing yung traffic cop mo, yung router mo, mag-googulo yung data na yan. Kahit sobrang bilis nung internet mo, hindi makapasok yung data nung tama, hindi mo rin ma-appreciate or yung feeling mo as a user na mabagal yung internet even though mabilis naman siya. The whole point of a good router is kaya niya yung mabilis na internet connection tapos kaya niya i-distribute yung data na yan dun sa ibad ibang devices na nakakabit sa network. Si 86U, magaling yan na traffic cop, sobrang okay siya mag-distribute nung data. That's what you're looking for in a good router. Sinabukan ko talaga siya yung stress test. Nagkabit ako nung malaking hard drive dun sa USB port sa router, tapos nagplay ako nung video from that hard drive, HD video, mga 2GB, 1 hour plus na movie, tapos pina-play ko sa isang TV namin na may Wi-Fi connection. At the same time, nag-download ako nung torrent, at the same time, may nanonood nung Netflix na naka HD, I think parang pinagaming ko rin ata yung isang laptop. And in spite of all of those things, walang problema. Sobrang smooth nung connection dun sa TV, dun sa desktop, dun sa isa pang laptop. Parang feel mo nga na ikaw lang gumagamit nung internet even though yun yung yun yung yung andaming devices nakakonek and andaming gumagamit nung network connection. In spite of that, kaya-kaya ni 86U na i-distribute yung data ng tama, kaya hindi mo napapansin na andaming gumagamit sa network. For the average user, ito yung hinahanap mo, a router that can handle multiple devices at makbilis na internet connection. Sobrang hats off ako sa AX86U. It really gets the job done. So alam mo naman sa atin, kung may highway, definitely may mag-vip dyan. May politico or something naka police escort and nang gusto niya. Ako, alam traffic traffic para sa akin. Tara, bilisan natin. Although pa minsan, may mga legitimate VIP naman talaga. Yung mga emergency vehicles, mga ambulance, mga fire truck parang ganon. Kung bumalik tayo dun sa analogy natin, pwede mo rin gawin VIP yung certain data packets mo o kung anong ginagawa mo sa internet, pwede mo iprioritize. Para alam ni traffic app router na, ito, para tingsi bossing, dapat siya mauna. So let's say, gusto mo mauna lahat nung gaming data mo. Naglalaruka online, gusto mo first person shooter, kailangan sobrang bilis. So you can tell the router na itong gaming data unahin mo yan. So una si gaming, pakatapos si video, pakatapos na yan si download. Itong si AX86U, you can set it to automatic sa may adaptive QoS siya or quality of service. Basically si router na nagde-decide si bahala na kay traffic app kung anong mauna sa tingin niya anong pinaka-efficient, anong maganda. Although you can also manually set it, pwede mo i... pwede kagamawa nung priority list. So yung nga, let's say, gusto mo una download, pakatapos streaming, pakatapos... pakatapos gaming, pakatapos noon online learning, things like that. You can set the QoS manually para makuha mo talaga yung performance na gusto mo dun sa ginagamit mo yung service sa internet. Kadung dun, may feature si ASUS for mobile gaming. So download mo lang yung app and then i-connect mo siya dito sa router mo, tapos may button dun na pwede mo lang, you know, you just need to press the button tapos ma-prioritize yung mobile data. So let's say naglalaro ka sa phone mo and yun nga, gusto mo lang, lahat ng bandwidth, lahat ng priority na sa mobile data, you can set it super easy dun sa ASUS app. Or yung ibang built-in priority systems, kung nakakabit daw sa LAN port, so yung physical LAN port, usually yung default naka priority yan. And actually, mas gusto ko yun kasi usually naka desktop ako. As a rule of thumb, I never use Wi-Fi for my own desktop kasi mas reliable pa rin yung wired LAN connection. So I appreciate na itong si AX86U parang, pag plug-in mo dun sa hardwire or pag plug-in mo nung LAN cable, yung default niya, yun yung nakaprioritize na device. Kung gamer ka, you can also load pre-defined gaming profiles. Kung baka yung mga network settings for those games na ka-save na, piliin mo lang within the app or within the router configuration, piliin mo lang yung game na gusto mo yun. Mag-load na lahat nung kailangan na network configuration. So di mo na kailangan iset manually for most popular games. May CSGO and things like that. So yun, parang mas madali yung buhay mo. You can tell the router ito yung configuration sa kailangan para wala ng problema pag the thing sa game. Kapos na naman yung Wi-Fi coverage nito yung router na to? Actually, medyo pareho lang yung coverage niya dun sa dalawang Google Pads. So yung coverage nung dalawang Google Pads medyo same lang dito. And that's not bad considering na yun yan, mag-isa lang siya pero yung scope nung Wi-Fi niya medyo same coverage as two of the Google Wi-Fi Pads. Mas magana pa rin yung coverage ni Google Wi-Fi nung tatlong Pads pa sila. But yun yan, nasiray yung isa. So I was down to two. And so not bad naman to si ASUS. They claim it's for a large area home pero yung sa amin parang townhouse type siya. So it's not really that large pero maraming floors. So medyo nahirapan siya to get passed. It can go up one floor higher but after that medyo nahirapan siya. Saka dito kay ASUS, AI mesh enabled siya or that's what ASUS calls it's mesh technology. Yung maganda sa mesh, pwede ka bumili nung additional devices tapos parang iintegrate siya sa network mo. Instead of the old-fashioned repeaters na kukuha siya nung Wi-Fi signal tapos i-repeat lang niya. Yung mesh parang magiging kasamat talaga siya sa network. So it's much easier to expand the coverage of your existing Wi-Fi network at mas stable yung data connections between them. Sobrang sakit sa ulo mga 10, 12 years ago nung silasubukan ko yung mga repeaters na yan. Palagay nag-down yung repeater tapos di niya mahanap yung main Wi-Fi. Sobrang sakit sa ulo. Ito mga mesh networks ngayon they're much easier to use. And in fairness kaya Google Wi-Fi, maganda rin naman yung mesh capabilities niya. Yun nga lang yung main router capabilities medyo bulok. Unfortunately hindi ko na test yung mesh capabilities ni AX86U kasi isa lang yung on hand. I only had this one router available. And I did try to research ano yung mga cheapest na available ASUS na compatible dito so that iniisi ko, bi-bili ako nito yung AX86U tapos bi-li ako nung isa pang AI mesh enabled router para yung yung mga buo ko ulit yung datikong network coverage. Pero yung weird lang, may dalawang products na na isip ko both from ASUS pero hindi sila widely available yung isa yung RP-AX56 tapos yung isa yung RP-AC 1900 yung RP-AC 1900 available siya sa Amazon hindi ko mahanap locally tapos yung isa si AX56 hindi ko mahanap at all. Tapos mahal patong si 1900 So it's kinda weird for me na enable ka na nung mesh network Sana gawin ni ASUS mas available yung add-on products kung baga pati yung mas mura sana yung presyo para bi-bili ka nung isang mahal na router kagaya nito tapos para pangdag-dag na lang or to increase the coverage of your network you know, you get one or two slightly, you know, medyo cheapy na AI mesh enabled devices but yung niya right now, parang medyo mahirap makahanap pa and sana ASUS works on that Puto naman tayo sa security the router comes with a free lifetime subscription to the ASUS AI Protection Pro So basically parang real-time network monitoring siya parang screen siya for viruses it'll try to block any unauthorized access to the network kung may nagsisniff around for open IP ports and things like that gawa siya ni trend micro, I think and basically yung feature na to you know, a setup mo lang click mo lang yes and then siya na bahala mag-set nung protections niya so it's basically fire and forget bag na enable mo na di mo na kailangan isipin may mga parental controls then the usual things like pwede mo yung block yung isang device or pwede mo yung schedule lang tun device na to pwede lang mag-log on at certain times you can also block certain websites and certain content alam ko naging usuto sa mga magulang pero personally, I am a bit edgy about censoring what your kid can see on the internet ako, lumaki naman ako nung bago pa lang yung net and kung ano ano talagang makita mo doon mahanap mo, ma-surf mo my parents didn't censor what I watched what I read what I surfed and nung abas naman ako, okay ya but if you're medyo concerned what your kid is surfing online you do have the options through this router tapos, since usung ngayong work from home a lot of us need to access our corporate VPN sorry, ma-virtual private networks through our devices may feature din to si router na you can configure it so that each device can log on directly to the VPN kung maka, I think it makes a pass through through the firewall settings or through the router settings para may enable mo na direction na yung device na yun doon sa VPN na sinep mo doon sa look or sa aesthetics and I bring it up kasi marami na towa doon sa look ni Google Wi-Fi cute siya parang pwede sa living room hindi siya very understated siya pwede mo i-tago pag moabalikaw dito sa full featured router parang sobrang ibang iba siya although the this is the standard ASUS router look amin matagal na nila nilang design aesthetic to na very triangular kind of square, rectangle slash triangle basically it looks like an F117 stealth fighter pero ironically yung stealth fighter ginawa yung triangle shape niyan para makatago siya para stealthy siya pero pag dating sa router it's all triangles it's all sides parang mas na mas napapansin mo and some people don't like that they feel it's like oh it looks so computer-y like kung para na doon sa ibang designs like the Google Wi-Fi and it just sort of blends into the background to be honest I really don't care so I don't mind the aesthetic at all but if you're the type na ilalagay mo to sa living room or things like that you might want to keep but again it's it's just aesthetics and usually this will be right beside your ISP router because it needs to connect to the ISP router chances are you can probably tuck it away somewhere in a home office and people won't notice it you can also turn off the lights may switch siya sa gilid para mabatay lahat nung ilaw if you really just you know some people find all of the blinking lights on all of the computer do-dads they have very distracting so ito simple lang one touch and all the lights go off although gumagana pa rin si router wala ang with the specs and ako personally when I'm reviewing something di ko masyado pinapansin yung specs kasi mas mahalaga for me yung quality of life nung user does the device really do what it says it does does it make your life easier is it easy to set up madali kasi maligaw sa specs na o ito yung pinakamabilis but sometimes yung pinakamabilis isn't the best for you or so what kung pinakamabilis di mo pala kailangan yung bilis na yun so I tend not to obsess about the specs but I know it's important to some people so I'll try to give just the very basic specs for one ito si 86U ano siya Wi-Fi 6 enabled so ito yung pinakamabilis na Wi-Fi standard currently it's the top of the line it's the latest standard so future proof na siya so obrang kong tilang nung devices actually na naka Wi-Fi 6 speeds ngayon it's up to 5700 mbps in speeds which is a ridiculous amount of data transfer over Wi-Fi kung binilim ito si 86U talagang future proof ka na when the future devices down the line get Wi-Fi 6 ito yung router na ito will be able to communicate with them at that super fast speed it has a quad core CPU at 1.8 GHz and I guess kaya nakita mo mabilis yung processor niya although to be fair ito si Google Wi-Fi again I keep comparing the Google Wi-Fi quad core din siya hindi ko lang alam anong speed pero ang bulok talagang experience ko over time nagde-degrade yung performance si Google Wi-Fi but ito si 86U sobrang snappy and I think that's in large part due to the processor and probably also the routing software that they have running underneath the hood as with all routers parang concrete and a lot of walls and rooms do then to degrade the performance kahit dito although yung coverage niya is equal to two Google Wi-Fi pods so I think that's not bad so it has four LAN ports four antenas one internal three internal it has a 2.5 GB internet connection and then the LAN connections are 2 GB so that's an insane amount of speed to be subjecting the router to dun sa mga test namin talagang kaya niya mabilis naman yung internet connection sa bahay again 75 mbps and it distributes everything so well yun nga yung Netflix ko di na nag-buffer di na siya mukhang 80s cartoon na sobrang labo and you know it's just so nice when you open your computer and ay pwede na mag-surf ka agad di ko kailangan mag-hintay and you don't need to worry na anin na devices sa network yung laptop ni mises yung mobile ni mobile ko or yung mobile nung anak ko so even with multiple devices this router handles everything very well and it distributes the internet pretty darn good I had no problems with my gaming I had no problems streaming or other people could stream while I was gaming nobody complained the quality was still for both activities so talagang bottom line I really do have to say na nagpapasalaman ako ASUS na pinahiram nilito and kabag binalik ko na siya baka I'll need to buy one for myself kasi I was really impressed with the router so it was nice to go back to a full-fledged router actually na miss ko na pwede mo ikabit yung hard drive mo dun sa USB tapos yung share sa network and everything just worked so well na yun nga baka ma-pilita na kung I might end up buying this review unit for myself thanks for watching