It's not the most flexible of designs – it has to stand, and the position of the cables means there's no way to wall mount it. Three removable adjustable antennas protrude from the top of the device and there are eight LED indicators on the front for power, WPS, Wi-Fi (both bands), LAN (four ports), and WAN activity. Let me start off by first apologize for the delays in responses, due to the COVID-19 outbreak our support at this time is limited. The only reason I’m using iperf3 here is to give you every possible benefit of the doubt for the extremely inflated throughput numbers you’re claiming.

To test MU-MIMO throughput performance, we use three identical Acer Aspire R13 laptops equipped with Qualcomm's QCA61x4A MU-MIMO circuitry. It uses NitroQAM (1024-QAM) modulation technology to deliver potential throughput speeds of up to 750Mbps on the 2.The RT-AC86U is a little less overstated, one which leans more towards the common man than the Mountain Dew-addled mouse-slinger. I haven't had the time to make any adjustments, but it's so much quicker to navigate than my old RT-N66U. This gives you a super-fast option for printing, storing files on an external hard drive or transferring files. I suspect it was discontinued quietly and replaced by multiple AX3000/AX5400 versions of RT-AX58U (including V2) base hardware. Smart TV, game consoles, NAS storage devices and more can now have their own dedicated ports, making RT-AC86U your digital home hub.

Your figure at 50′ through a wall sounds outrageous and I’d like to try to duplicate it in my home lab. It's entirely possible that the BCM4906 may have software issues (in terms of radio processing + layered features) and or have hardware conflicts given its original design intention of offloaded radio CPUs. The free router edition supports one selectable device on your network at a time with GPN traffic limits, and includes WTFast ® technical support. By the way, I tested the mesh setup in a full-wireless configuration, which is not ideal due to the inherent signal loss. Hello, i just was reading this post and review of ac86u, thought i should add my little experience info.Product photos are for illustrative purposes and may not reflect the actual product that you receive. This router is not recommended in 2023 not because of reliability issues, but because of expected firmware support. It's my understanding that the Sky Hub you get sent out doesn't support a similar kind of modem mode. MU-MIMO technology allows it to connect to multiple devices and simultaneously provide data streams to each at their top speed. The WAN – LAN and LAN – WAN throughput benchmarks are the least meaningful, since most products can hit these numbers due to the common use of Cut Through Forwarding.