Asus RT-AC3200 Tri-Band Wireless Router Review

The Asus RT-AC3200 is an excellent choice for a tri-band router. It tested incredibly well. It’s a great Wi-Fi router for homes with tons of devices, but might be a little too much for the normal home. Nonetheless, it’s a great router.

Some of the features that make the RT-AC3200 stand out to us includes:

Robust, easy to use Web UI
Built-in VPN server
Network-monitoring features
Great design

It’s a great choice for both your home or a small office. It’s powerful, almost too powerful. So if you have the needs for the performance and don’t mind paying the price, this is the perfect unit for you. Otherwise, it may be too powerful for the average use case.

With respect to design, this Asus is pretty aggressive and modern. It has six external antennae, and a darkish color that doesn’t stand out too much. It’s slim, yet has an incredibly efficient cooling design. And all of its LEDs sit along the router’s front edge. This allows you to see what’s on with a glance, without being overly bright. But if you don’t like the LED lights, you can turn them off with the press of a button.

The RT-AC3200 features a front 3.0 USB port and rear 2.0 USB port for plugging in USB memory sticks. Or, if you’d like to plug in a printer you can too! Also in the rear of the device is a WAN Ethernet port for connecting to the Router. In addition, it has four Gigabit Ethernet ports and a reset button to restore original settings.

Also around the rear of the device is the WAN Ethernet port for connecting this router to your modem, along with four Gigabit Ethernet ports for connecting wired devices. The reset button will restore the router to its default setting, while the physical power button will save you having to unplug the power for those off-and-on-again moments.

Setting up this device is pretty simple. Asus equipped the router with a pretty comprehensive setup wizard that’ll guide you through the initial connection. You can easily reset passwords or Wi-Fi network names. For beginners, this is a great router for you.

If you’re looking for top rated routers, check out Household Audio’s Best Wireless Internet Routers.

Kameron Scott

In 2012, Kameron founded HouseholdAudio as an outlet to write about his opinions and experiences with home audio and video products. Leveraging his first hand experience in the field while working for a general contractor, he began assembling lists of products, how to's and more. He tested products in his garage and reviewed them them as he installed them in custom homes. The goal was to give people easy access to quality information about car audio and electronics and tech so that you don't have to spend hours researching something like a home theater projector. Between 2015 and 2018 he worked as a Digital Product Manger at Motor Trend, working directly with the key editorial members like Mike Floyd and Ed Loh to build meaningful web experiences tailored to the automotive enthusiast. Today he's still assembling lists, testing products and writes articles along with the few members of HouseholdAudio's experts that he trusts. Apart from being the founder of HouseholdAudio, he's the primary editor and contributor of CarAudioNow.com as well.