When we are going to buy a router, we must not only look at the technical specifications of the Wi-Fi wireless network, the number of Ethernet ports and their speed, whether or not it has USB 3.0 ports to share files on the local network or Internet, we must also take into account what the firmware is like and what configuration options we have available in it. Having a very complete firmware, with multiple services, is something that we greatly value in this article. Now you can see in detail what the firmware of ASUS Wi-Fi Mesh routers and systems is like thanks to its simulator.
Asuswrt firmware simulator is updated
The manufacturer ASUS is one of those that works best and takes care of their firmware, currently the Asuwrt firmware is one of our favorites due to its speed when navigating the menus, optimization to squeeze the most out of the hardware of its routers, and also because we have multiple services and configuration possibilities inside.
One of the aspects that we like the most is that it has multiple services to make the most of USB ports, such as a Samba server, FTP, DLNA media server, print server, download manager and we even have the possibility of connect a 3G / 4G modem to provide us with Internet. Other services that we value highly in our analysis are VPNs, ASUS allows you to configure several OpenVPN and IPsec servers and clients, ideal to adapt to the needs of users. In addition, the OpenVPN server in ASUS routers allows us to incorporate a personalized and advanced configuration, ideal for having the maximum possible security in communications. We can also configure the OpenVPN client to connect to external OpenVPN servers and evade regional blocks.
Other strengths of its firmwares are the configurations facing the WAN, we have Dual-WAN and a large number of configuration options, with profiles for Movistar Triple VLAN FTTH, and even the possibility of using VLANs per port to provide IPTV services. We can also activate the Jumbo Frames in the LAN and even activate the Link Aggregation to have bandwidths of up to 2Gbps for a NAS server or a PC with two network cards. Regarding Wi-Fi, we will have great configurability and we even have Wi-Fi Mesh with AiMesh, and the possibility of configuring the band-steering policy in great detail.
We cannot forget about the configuration options related to gaming either, ASUS is one of the manufacturers that are focusing the most on gaming, therefore, we have a complete adaptive QoS to prioritize online games, we also have a traditional QoS and even a bandwidth limiter. We recommend you visit our tutorial on how to configure QoS in an ASUS router so that you can see all the available options and optimize your games.
Normally if we want to know the configuration options that a certain router has, we have to directly access the analysis of routers in this article, or read different reviews of the equipment online. Now the manufacturer ASUS has updated its Asuswrt router simulator , using as a sample the ASUS ZenWiFi AX XT8 Wi-Fi Mesh system, of which you have a complete analysis in this article. This Wi-Fi Mesh system is one of the ones that has provided us with the highest performance, and we have at our disposal a huge amount of configuration options. You can access the ASUS router simulator from here:
We recommend you visit our ASUS content section where you will find all the manufacturer’s analysis and tutorials to get the most out of their routers.
