ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Tri-Band WiFi 6 Gaming Router | 2.5G Ports | Range Boost Plus | Triple-level Game Acceleration | AiMesh Compatible | Secure Networking for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X | Ideal for 4K Streaming & Competitive eSports Gaming

So along with other reviewers this is useless with the firmware above version ending in 6436. The speeds suffer dramatically but it can easily be fixed and reverted down to any firmware version you'd like.Version 7xxx introduces WPA3 WiFi security, the first time I've ever seen that implemented. However speeds from the router drop by 90% which is why it isn't yet ready for general use.I'm on virgin using their really terrible hub 3 which cannot reach my whole home.Prior to that I was using, very successfully, the BT included smart hub 2 which was so good I discarded the Plusnet hub when I switched in favour of the by hub which I reconfigured easily to distribute Plusnet internet. That's my last 3 years of internet experience with WiFi routers!The Virgin hub3 is terrible. Speeds are good to you're standing right next to it but for your generally larger than 1 bed home, don't bother using it.I bought the GT ax 11000 to use and easily connected it to the hub3 in modem mode.To do that you wire the devices together after choosing modem mode in the Virgin hub 3 settings page, you can use any rj45 socket and cable (gen 7 is cheap now), switch on the router first, then after a minute or so switch on the Virgin hub 3, so that it finds the router in a state of grace. It then allocates an IP address to the router which then begins broadcasting internet. The Virgin hub3 turns a solid red after cycling through some green colours which means things are good.I have paired this with 2 AX92Us in my 3 floor townhouse and the performance is superb with excellent cover all over. On its own, it covers all but the 4th corner bedroom top floor, where speeds drop to 20mbps from the 213mbps everywhere else.Initial impressions: a beast of a router. It's huge. The box is beautiful, the Rog sign is aura compatible when wired into my custom-built-by-myself Asus Rog PC apparently, but I haven't tried that yet. You can switch the light off completely along with the white LEDs on the front. The 8 antennae state 'asus high performance antenna' on each. They screw in and click fold in at 45 degree or 90 degree from a flat 180 degree extension. It's quite heavy in total. Hardware: The 4 core CPU runs at 5% utilisation most of the time and the ram runs at 60%. When paired with the AX92Us the ram utilisation is 94% with no performance degradation. There are 2 usb 3.1 gen slots for adding in wired hard disk drives which I have done and use as network Lan or FTP if you are adventurous. There is a 2.5gb port which is really good if you know what it does, and 4 other standard Lan ports.Setup: is a breeze using the 'Asus router' app. You can, if not wanting an app, use your computer or mobile device and make your way to router.asus.com or 192.168.50.1 which is what the default base address is. The settings homepage seems formidable at first, but easy to understand once you tinker about. You can save the settings file to your computer and restore if needed, but you need to restore using the same asus firmware you saved them in. Firmware is easily updated by using the app or using the administration tab in the WiFi settings.The way Asus have built these things is really cool. The Aimesh really is a good idea. You can use any old Asus routers you have lying around to form an extended mesh. Obviously I've used 2 new ax routers to ge the best speeds possible for gaming using a hardwired connection to one of them, but I don't have any WiFi capable devices yet for the WiFi 6 protocol this has. Some friends will turn up with latest iPhones and will notice a difference!Quite expensive for what it is, in essence, a router, which is why I bought a used Amazon warehouse item for almost half price at £197. I wouldn't dare buy this at full price ever, instead I'd buy the AX92Us for the offer price of £266, which happens every 3 months or so, which is what I got them for new.