You’re moments away from securing the last kill your team needs to take a much needed win for the night and then suddenly your communications drop and you’re staring at the message – “attempting to reconnect”.

 Your phone pings and you realise it’s not your ISP but your router letting you down once again.

This might not be the most common of scenarios but it is one that happens when your router is starting to act up.

So rather than just simply tell you to buy a new router we’re going to give you five reasons why you should consider upgrading to the ASUS RT-AC87U whether you’re a gamer or an internet user that simply can’t deal with slow speeds a moment longer.

It has all the standards

 The RT-AC87U comes equipped with the hardware needed to broadcast wireless internet to all of your devices whether they’re two weeks or two years old. ASUS supports the latest wireless standard 802.11ac as well as legacy standards such as 802.11a. This way you get the latest tech without walling off the internet to other users on your network with older devices and you can experience transfer speeds of up to 1734Mbps.

It looks great and performs even better

While four antenna might be a bit much for some they do serve a purpose. The RT-AC87U employs MIMO (multiple input multiple output) technology. This insures that the wireless signal being broadcast is less susceptible interference. This does rely on your device having support for MIMO technology as well but don’t worry if it doesn’t you can still absolutely use this router without a problem.

Options

What sets the RT-AC87U apart from others is how it gives users multiple options for connectivity.

For desktop users there are four LAN ports capable of gigabit transfer speeds. Wireless users get a bevy of options as well.For the gamers in neighbourhoods crammed with wifi routers the RT-AC87U is able to transmit on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands so if you’re feeling a bit of lag hop over to another band.

Objective secure

Cybercriminals are trying to get their hands on your data which makes it nice to know that ASUS has your back. Aside from supporting encryption standards like 64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP and WPA2-PSK the RT-AC87U has additional tricks up its sleeve. For one this router sports Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) intrusion detection. That means that only the data the you want sent our is sent out. For the gamers that are streaming live to thousands the RT-AC87U also offers protection from denial of service attacks.

Simplicity

Perhaps the best reason to opt for an ASUS RT-AC87U is that it is incredibly easy to move from your old router to a new one or just add this one to your network.

The router guides you through the setup process and the longest time you’ll spend on that is deciding on a secure password. 

For everything after the router is setup you can download the ASUS Router App for your Android or iOS device so that you can monitor your router and see which device is causing you to lag out in your online game.

Stop fighting with your router and upgrade your internet experience so you can fight for gaming glory instead.

• Visit www.asus.com for more information about where to find your next router.