Main features
This new ASUS gaming router It is part of the TUF Gaming family, which means that it is a cheap gaming router, with a very good price-performance ratio. This is perfect for users who want to buy a very good and powerful router, but without spending more than 200 euros in the process. He ASUS TUF-AX6000 It is a very balanced router, since it is capable of providing us with great WiFi coverage and speed, without forgetting to have Multigigabit ports for the Internet WAN and for the LAN, perfect for making the most of this WiFi wireless network that we have available.
This router has a modified Asuswrt firmware, since it belongs to the TUF Gaming family, so it has undergone a fairly important remodeling in terms of design. We must remember that, at the design level, we have a total of three firmwares: normal Asuswrt, Asuswrt TUF and also Asuswrt ROG which is the most extreme version with advanced gaming features. There is also a version for the Strix range but they have not released new models for a few years.
wireless
The main wireless features of this router is that it has Simultaneous dual band with Wi-FI 6 and AX6000 class. In the 2.4GHz band we can get one speed up to 1148Mbpsthanks to its four external antennas in MU-MIMO 4T4R configuration, the 40MHz channel width and the Wi-Fi 6 standard. 5GHz band we can get one speed up to 4804Mbps, thanks to its four external antennas in MU-MIMO 4T4R configuration, to the 160MHz channel width that this router supports, and also to the Wi-Fi 6 standard. This model has a total of 6 non-removable external antennas. This router has all the standard technologies such as Beamforming to focus the WiFi signal on clients, and also MU-MIMO and OFDMA to fully optimize the wireless network.
Other wireless features of this model is that it has WPA3-Personal security, with the goal of providing the best possible security for wireless clients. In order to provide compatibility for older devices, also supports WPA2-Personal and the combination of WPA2/WPA3-Personal. Of course, it has a WPS button to synchronize WiFi clients very easily and quickly, although through the firmware we can also configure this physical button for other uses.
This router is extensiblethis means that we have the Wi-Fi AiMesh technology to form a complete mesh WiFi network and have coverage in all places in the house. This equipment supports the 802.11k/v standards for WiFi roaming between nodes in a completely transparent way, in this way, if we are connected to an AiMesh node and we move towards the router, AiMesh will make the change automatically. Of course, this router also has the Smart Connect technology to unify the two frequency bands in the same SSID shared with the two frequency bands.
Wired and USB
This TUF-AX6000 router is really complete at the wired level, especially considering that we can buy it for just under €200. This router has a 2.5G Multigigabit port for the Internet WANthe firmware supports VLANs in the WAN, VLAN per port for IPTV services and also the Movistar Triple VLAN FTTH profile.
Regarding the local network, we have a total of four Gigabit Ethernet ports for the LAN, the LAN1 port is “Gaming port” so it has priority over the other ports. Any PC or console you connect to this port will have top priority. The firmware allows configure LAN1 and LAN2 ports as link aggregation or Link Aggregation, in this way, we can connect it to a NAS that has a double port and achieve high wired speeds. Finally, this router has a 2.5G Multigigabit port for the LANthis is perfect for connecting a NAS or PC for maximum speed on your local home network.
He USB 3.0 port incorporated in this router will provide us with great reading and writing performance, we must take into account that the processor of this router is Quad-Core at 2.0GHz, in addition, we have hardware encryption acceleration to achieve very high speeds with the server FTPES. The firmware of this router has all the usual USB services, such as Samba server, FTP, FTPES, DLNA media server, AiDisk and also AiCloud 2.0, of course, it has a download manager.
Asuswrt Firmware
The Asuswrt firmware in this router has the same configuration options and services as always, in this case, nothing has changed compared to the TUF-AX4200 model that we have previously tested. We have Asuswrt version 388, so we have the WireGuard VPN server at our disposal, we also have the new Fusion VPN menu with all the usual configuration options, including support for WireGuard and OpenVPN among other protocols. Finally, we have the advanced options related to the WiFi network, Internet WAN, LAN, guest WiFi and AiProtection Pro among many other services that the firmware incorporates.
As you can see, this ASUS TUF-AX6000 router is a really interesting gaming router, both for its features and its price, since it is no longer necessary to spend more than 200 euros to buy a high-performance model.
Unboxing and first impressions
In RedesZone we already have with us this new gaming and extensible router with the Wi-Fi 6 standard, it is available for only 190 euros, so it is a really interesting price considering its technical specifications. If you need a very good WiFi router for online games, and you don’t want to spend more than 200 euros, this model is perfect for you. Also, remember that it is an extensible router, so we have ASUS AiMesh to form a high-performance WiFi mesh network with WiFi roaming and band-steering.
If you want to know everything about this ASUS gaming router, here you can see our complete video with the unboxing and first impressions of the team:
Soon we are going to offer you a complete analysis, where you will be able to see the technical characteristics in detail and the real wired, WiFi and USB performance.
