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product_id: 634915144
title: "RT-BE88U Dual-Band WiFi 7 AiMesh Extendable Performance Router, 4K-QAM, MLO, Dual 10G Ports, SFP+, 4X 2.5G Ports, 4X 1G Ports, 34G WAN/LAN Capacity, Network Security, Built-in VPN"
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# 7200 Mbps WiFi 7 speed 34 Gbps wired capacity AiProtection Pro security RT-BE88U Dual-Band WiFi 7 AiMesh Extendable Performance Router, 4K-QAM, MLO, Dual 10G Ports, SFP+, 4X 2.5G Ports, 4X 1G Ports, 34G WAN/LAN Capacity, Network Security, Built-in VPN

**Brand:** asus
**Price:** € 647.42
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Elevate your network game with ASUS RT-BE88U — where speed meets security and future-ready tech.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** RT-BE88U Dual-Band WiFi 7 AiMesh Extendable Performance Router, 4K-QAM, MLO, Dual 10G Ports, SFP+, 4X 2.5G Ports, 4X 1G Ports, 34G WAN/LAN Capacity, Network Security, Built-in VPN by asus
- **How much does it cost?** € 647.42 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.de](https://www.desertcart.de/products/634915144-rt-be88u-dual-band-wifi-7-aimesh-extendable-performance-router)

## Best For

- asus enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted asus brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Blazing WiFi 7 Speeds:** Experience ultra-fast wireless throughput up to 7200 Mbps with cutting-edge Multi-Link Operation and 4096-QAM technology.
- • **Next-Gen Wired Powerhouse:** Harness a massive 34 Gbps combined wired capacity via dual 10G ports including a 10G SFP+ for future-proof, lag-free connections.
- • **Pro-Level Network Control:** Manage up to five SSIDs, guest networks, instant VPNs, and parental controls with an intuitive interface designed for power users.
- • **Rock-Solid Security Suite:** Stay protected with commercial-grade AiProtection Pro powered by Trend Micro, featuring one-tap scans and comprehensive VPN support.
- • **Seamless Whole-Home Coverage:** Create a robust mesh network with AiMesh technology, ensuring flawless connectivity across every corner of your space.

## Overview

The ASUS RT-BE88U is a high-performance dual-band WiFi 7 router delivering blazing wireless speeds up to 7200 Mbps and a staggering 34 Gbps wired capacity through dual 10G ports including SFP+. Powered by a quad-core 2.6GHz CPU, it supports advanced features like Multi-Link Operation, AiMesh whole-home networking, and commercial-grade AiProtection Pro security. Designed for tech-savvy professionals and demanding home networks, it offers versatile WAN options, built-in VPN, and comprehensive device management, making it a future-proof solution for seamless, secure connectivity.

## Description

Introducing the ASUS RT-BE88U powered by next-level WiFi7. With wireless speeds of up-to 7200 Mbps, the RT-BE88U boasts a monster 34 Gigabit combined capacity. Its killer combination includes a cutting-edge 10 Gigabit SFP+ next gen connection and up to 9 LAN ports, ensuring seamless hardwiring for all your devices.

Review: BEST value and performance AX router out there - I bought a Netgear XR500 last november for the very impressive looking DumaOS... to find a buggy, completely not fleshed out (event he VPN function advertised wasn’t implemented until a late December firmware update), insanely unstable (crashed at least once a week every week, i had to resort to using my 4yr old Netgear R7000 that was perfectly reliable) router with the company that makes DumaOS having an incredibly apathetic, “we’ll fix it when we fix it” and “No ETA’s on fixes, we make updates, Netgear releases them. Ask them” tone on all forums, i gave up on hoping it would be fleshed out at any point soon. So i got rid of it for the AX88u and flashed Merlin on it. I was looking for a traffic analyzing, enterprise-functionality router with the XR500 with every nerd knob possible (like Tomato firmware offers), and got a dumbed down buggy experience with barely even basic configuration options. The AC88u was the exact opposite. From a conditional VPN to IPS/traffic analysis/web logging/firewal/features you normally need to outfit a network with separate dedicated devices for, this handles it all with absurd speed and responsiveness in the interface. Everything i thought might be a gimmick (like trendmicro’s ‘aiprotection’) is the real deal and you could not ask for more to secure a home network unless you did go with those dedicated devices. It’s super stable (i changed core router settings that have to restart services in AsusWRT, while transferring 150GB worth of data from a client to an SSD connected to it to test network/USB speeds, and downloading a giant BFV patch on my gaming PC while on a work skype call and never even got a blip of cut-out or noise on my call. The web interface locked up because i made one kinda dumb change while doing this but the call never did!), inSANELY fast across the board (from using it as an OpenVPN client to enabling all the COU-taxing security features to topping out its resources by reading and writing to a USB-connected SSD), i can’t even convey how great this is. I wanted to see my clients’ connection rates, which interfaces they were connected to, and very importantly their life bandwidth and traffic- and within a couple clicks i can do this as if i’m navigating a Cisco ASA firewall. Just function after function, it’s all available, and it all works. I also got this for increased theoretical AC speeds and eventual AX speeds, along with wanting the fastest chipset available (my R7000 nighthawk was extremely modular, but its dual-core 1ghz CPU definitely struggled to pass VPN traffic at full bandwidth. My XR500 bricked itself after about 5 minutes of use whenever i even tried to configure the VPN. The AX88U has zero issues with that speed or stability there). So far i haven’t been able to bottleneck the CPU with anything yet without the ethernet Gb bandwidth limitation topping out first. Maybe when AX clients come into play and i set up an aggregated 2Gb link the router could start chugging in some cases, but i have no idea and really doubt it would cause a sweat at this point. Lordy, even gaming-wise i’ve been casually checking my ping in Battlefield V and Anthem, i’m getting response times i’ve never seen anywhere i’ve lived with any hardware i’ve had before (7-12ms pings, better than 95% of everyone on any server i’m put in). I even use this to manually reserve IP addresses for my non-configurable IoT devices so I know where everything is on the network. The XR500 would wipe its memory every few days, destroying the work i did there. This is super stable, leases every IP to every device i tell it on-call and never has an issue. It’s just too freaking good. My R7000 was the king of the mid 20-teens. The AX88u is the successor. In summary this thing is an utter beast. If you’re looking to go with a ‘gaming’ router, i was looking between this and the GT-AX11000 when i decided to get rid of the XR500. I chose this because they have the same horsepower, same specs, and the gimmicky 3rd band of 5Ghz the 11000 has id just that... a gimmick unless you have 300 devices in your home. I run about 50 clients in an apartment with plenty of neighbor networks and never have a problem with congestion or needing more bandwidth, especially for gaming, that this extra band ‘gives’ you. Also, the main reason i chose this is because the gaming ROG firmware on thr GT-AX11000 actually IS gimmicky. Read reviews on the GT-AC5300 and you’ll see a lack of Asus updates, constant bugs, broken features (recently an update actually stopped that 3rd 5ghz band from even broadcasting), and poorly implemented gaming functions unique to the router that just don’t work most of the time. I have a friend that runs an AiMesh with an AC88u and GT-AC5300 since Christmas and it has given nothing but issues. The worst part is, NO 3rd party firmware support with the ROG firmware. So if Asus doesn’t fix a bug, you’re out of luck. The AX88u is supported by Merlin which is the snappiest, slickest firmware out there for Asus routers. That’s the key, the firmware- and the AX88u has the one you want with no big compromises to the AX11000. Last thing, AX11000 has the 2.5GbE port. Neat, but with the 8x 1GbE ports on the AX88u you have plenty of available ports to run link aggregation on, say, a separate switch with 2.5/5/10GbE support in the future for a 2Gb pipe into any of the direct router clients, while you can put any insanely fast clients on the switch directly later when those speeds start being adopted. It’s all a win-win with this router and any future scenarios you can think of. 10/10 best router of 2019, true Netgear Nighthawk R7000 successor.
Review: A Solid Upgrade For an ASUS Household - TL; DR: After a couple days of service we're happy with this router's ease of installation/setup & performance so far. Details: This was purchased as our old router (a 2018 ASUS GT-AC5300) was starting to lock up/fail randomly, and more computers in our house have 2.5G network ports, so the old one was becoming a bottleneck. Physical installation was simple, unplug/replug the ethernet cables from the old one into the new, the WAN port and 2.5G/1G ports are clearly labeled. We did take an extra few seconds to make sure the right ports were used for 2.5G-capable devices vs our media center setup on a 1G router (while it wouldn't affect function, no reason to waste the port until/unless we get a 2.5G capable switch in there). Depending on your ISP's top speed, you can configure this router to use a slower 2.5G port as the connection, and free up the 10G for use with a fast switch inside your home. The option's presented during initial setup, and not hard to find on the WAN page if you switch your network config/ISP service. Getting the router software configured was easily the hardest part, and it wasn't hard, but there were some surprises - things that may or may not make a difference for you, as we're a tech-heavy household. The default subnet for the router was 192.168.50.xxx, which caused some issues with our devices as they were in 192.168.1.xxx on the old system - I had to reboot one of the hardwired computers to get assigned a new IP, and find and configure the new router, Windows release/renew wasn't cutting it for some reason. Once that was done, we were able to change the subnet, configure the router for our ISP, and get online again within ~5 minutes. Windows 11 on our laptops saw the new Wifi name & noted that the new connection was more secure (supports WPA3 over WPA2, so that's nice). If you're an ASUS router user currently, you'll probably find the interface very familiar, they haven't changed the configuration UI significantly from the AC5300 I mentioned above. We host a couple of web services inside the house for external use, and configuring them into the new router was virtually identical to the last time the changes were made on the old one. One issue we've had with ASUS routers still holds true, their DDNS doesn't allow you to easily put your new router in and update to the old DDNS name, it's marked as reserved for a month, so we had to take a new one. We do appreciate the graphic portmap in the UI, showing exactly which ports are in use, if there were a hardware issue this would make it obvious if we had a system fail to connect. While we haven't seen a big difference speed-wise, we also haven't replaced all the switches in our home with ones that would support the faster connection, so we weren't expecting to see the full benefit yet - but we can at least say it isn't worse.

## Features

- Blazing-fast WiFi 7 tech boosts throughput up to 7200Mbps with Multi-Link Operation and 4096-QAM.
- Bolster your wired network capacity up to 34G with one cutting-edge 10G SFP+ port and one standard 10G WAN/LAN port.
- Establish always-on internet through AI WAN detection, versatile WAN configuration options, and a convenient USB port ready for 4G LTE and 5G Mobile tethering.
- Unleash demanding WiFi 7 and 10G network applications with a powerhouse quad-core 2.6GHz 64-bit CPU.
- Easily establish up to five SSIDs with Guest Network Pro for easy IoT device setup and management, instant VPN connections, and convenient parental controls.
- Stay secure with commercial-grade AiProtection Pro powered by Trend Micro, one-tap security scanning, comprehensive VPN support, and site-to-site VPN.
- Ensure seamless connectivity for all devices with a feature-rich whole-home network powered by AiMesh.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0D55SWRSM |
| Best Sellers Rank | #6,588 in Electronics ( See Top 100 in Electronics ) #47 in Computer Routers |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (4,403) |
| Date First Available | June 10, 2024 |
| Item Weight | 2.5 pounds |
| Item model number | RT-BE88U |
| Manufacturer | ASUS |
| Product Dimensions | 7.4 x 2.4 x 11.8 inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** ASUS
- **Color:** BLACK
- **Compatible Devices:** Laptop, Personal Computer, Smartphone, Tablet
- **Connectivity Technology:** Wi-Fi
- **Frequency Band Class:** Dual-Band
- **Included Components:** Power adapter, Quick Start Guide, RJ-45 cable, RT-BE88U Gaming router, Warranty card
- **Model Name:** RT-BE88U
- **Recommended Uses For Product:** Business, Gaming, Home
- **Wireless Communication Standard:** 802.11.be, 802.11ac, 802.11ax

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Style** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ BEST value and performance AX router out there
*by C***. on April 6, 2019*

I bought a Netgear XR500 last november for the very impressive looking DumaOS... to find a buggy, completely not fleshed out (event he VPN function advertised wasn’t implemented until a late December firmware update), insanely unstable (crashed at least once a week every week, i had to resort to using my 4yr old Netgear R7000 that was perfectly reliable) router with the company that makes DumaOS having an incredibly apathetic, “we’ll fix it when we fix it” and “No ETA’s on fixes, we make updates, Netgear releases them. Ask them” tone on all forums, i gave up on hoping it would be fleshed out at any point soon. So i got rid of it for the AX88u and flashed Merlin on it. I was looking for a traffic analyzing, enterprise-functionality router with the XR500 with every nerd knob possible (like Tomato firmware offers), and got a dumbed down buggy experience with barely even basic configuration options. The AC88u was the exact opposite. From a conditional VPN to IPS/traffic analysis/web logging/firewal/features you normally need to outfit a network with separate dedicated devices for, this handles it all with absurd speed and responsiveness in the interface. Everything i thought might be a gimmick (like trendmicro’s ‘aiprotection’) is the real deal and you could not ask for more to secure a home network unless you did go with those dedicated devices. It’s super stable (i changed core router settings that have to restart services in AsusWRT, while transferring 150GB worth of data from a client to an SSD connected to it to test network/USB speeds, and downloading a giant BFV patch on my gaming PC while on a work skype call and never even got a blip of cut-out or noise on my call. The web interface locked up because i made one kinda dumb change while doing this but the call never did!), inSANELY fast across the board (from using it as an OpenVPN client to enabling all the COU-taxing security features to topping out its resources by reading and writing to a USB-connected SSD), i can’t even convey how great this is. I wanted to see my clients’ connection rates, which interfaces they were connected to, and very importantly their life bandwidth and traffic- and within a couple clicks i can do this as if i’m navigating a Cisco ASA firewall. Just function after function, it’s all available, and it all works. I also got this for increased theoretical AC speeds and eventual AX speeds, along with wanting the fastest chipset available (my R7000 nighthawk was extremely modular, but its dual-core 1ghz CPU definitely struggled to pass VPN traffic at full bandwidth. My XR500 bricked itself after about 5 minutes of use whenever i even tried to configure the VPN. The AX88U has zero issues with that speed or stability there). So far i haven’t been able to bottleneck the CPU with anything yet without the ethernet Gb bandwidth limitation topping out first. Maybe when AX clients come into play and i set up an aggregated 2Gb link the router could start chugging in some cases, but i have no idea and really doubt it would cause a sweat at this point. Lordy, even gaming-wise i’ve been casually checking my ping in Battlefield V and Anthem, i’m getting response times i’ve never seen anywhere i’ve lived with any hardware i’ve had before (7-12ms pings, better than 95% of everyone on any server i’m put in). I even use this to manually reserve IP addresses for my non-configurable IoT devices so I know where everything is on the network. The XR500 would wipe its memory every few days, destroying the work i did there. This is super stable, leases every IP to every device i tell it on-call and never has an issue. It’s just too freaking good. My R7000 was the king of the mid 20-teens. The AX88u is the successor. In summary this thing is an utter beast. If you’re looking to go with a ‘gaming’ router, i was looking between this and the GT-AX11000 when i decided to get rid of the XR500. I chose this because they have the same horsepower, same specs, and the gimmicky 3rd band of 5Ghz the 11000 has id just that... a gimmick unless you have 300 devices in your home. I run about 50 clients in an apartment with plenty of neighbor networks and never have a problem with congestion or needing more bandwidth, especially for gaming, that this extra band ‘gives’ you. Also, the main reason i chose this is because the gaming ROG firmware on thr GT-AX11000 actually IS gimmicky. Read reviews on the GT-AC5300 and you’ll see a lack of Asus updates, constant bugs, broken features (recently an update actually stopped that 3rd 5ghz band from even broadcasting), and poorly implemented gaming functions unique to the router that just don’t work most of the time. I have a friend that runs an AiMesh with an AC88u and GT-AC5300 since Christmas and it has given nothing but issues. The worst part is, NO 3rd party firmware support with the ROG firmware. So if Asus doesn’t fix a bug, you’re out of luck. The AX88u is supported by Merlin which is the snappiest, slickest firmware out there for Asus routers. That’s the key, the firmware- and the AX88u has the one you want with no big compromises to the AX11000. Last thing, AX11000 has the 2.5GbE port. Neat, but with the 8x 1GbE ports on the AX88u you have plenty of available ports to run link aggregation on, say, a separate switch with 2.5/5/10GbE support in the future for a 2Gb pipe into any of the direct router clients, while you can put any insanely fast clients on the switch directly later when those speeds start being adopted. It’s all a win-win with this router and any future scenarios you can think of. 10/10 best router of 2019, true Netgear Nighthawk R7000 successor.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Solid Upgrade For an ASUS Household
*by S***Y on July 7, 2025*

TL; DR: After a couple days of service we're happy with this router's ease of installation/setup & performance so far. Details: This was purchased as our old router (a 2018 ASUS GT-AC5300) was starting to lock up/fail randomly, and more computers in our house have 2.5G network ports, so the old one was becoming a bottleneck. Physical installation was simple, unplug/replug the ethernet cables from the old one into the new, the WAN port and 2.5G/1G ports are clearly labeled. We did take an extra few seconds to make sure the right ports were used for 2.5G-capable devices vs our media center setup on a 1G router (while it wouldn't affect function, no reason to waste the port until/unless we get a 2.5G capable switch in there). Depending on your ISP's top speed, you can configure this router to use a slower 2.5G port as the connection, and free up the 10G for use with a fast switch inside your home. The option's presented during initial setup, and not hard to find on the WAN page if you switch your network config/ISP service. Getting the router software configured was easily the hardest part, and it wasn't hard, but there were some surprises - things that may or may not make a difference for you, as we're a tech-heavy household. The default subnet for the router was 192.168.50.xxx, which caused some issues with our devices as they were in 192.168.1.xxx on the old system - I had to reboot one of the hardwired computers to get assigned a new IP, and find and configure the new router, Windows release/renew wasn't cutting it for some reason. Once that was done, we were able to change the subnet, configure the router for our ISP, and get online again within ~5 minutes. Windows 11 on our laptops saw the new Wifi name & noted that the new connection was more secure (supports WPA3 over WPA2, so that's nice). If you're an ASUS router user currently, you'll probably find the interface very familiar, they haven't changed the configuration UI significantly from the AC5300 I mentioned above. We host a couple of web services inside the house for external use, and configuring them into the new router was virtually identical to the last time the changes were made on the old one. One issue we've had with ASUS routers still holds true, their DDNS doesn't allow you to easily put your new router in and update to the old DDNS name, it's marked as reserved for a month, so we had to take a new one. We do appreciate the graphic portmap in the UI, showing exactly which ports are in use, if there were a hardware issue this would make it obvious if we had a system fail to connect. While we haven't seen a big difference speed-wise, we also haven't replaced all the switches in our home with ones that would support the faster connection, so we weren't expecting to see the full benefit yet - but we can at least say it isn't worse.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by C***N on December 10, 2025*

Excelente, si buscas dividir por seguridad tu red es bastante bueno. Puedes crear redes wifi, tiene bastantes puertos para la red cableada y en gaming trabaja bien la Qos adaptativa, para asignarte mas ancho de banda, eso si necesitas tener conocimientos en redes, para sacarle todo el provecho

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