I mentioned some time back about this new router hitting the market and I decided to try it out because the price was right. My asus wifi has been acting up as of late and after about a week of hair pulling I determined it was not me 
ā¦ Yes ive tried various firmware etc etc but to know avail. I have heard its a known bug that asus seems not to care to address. I had the ax6000 modelā¦but ups has now swept in and taken it after I tried this GL.net. I have in the past used glās travel routers with great success so lets try their Big boy router 
and I was so impressed that within 1 hour of setting it up the asus became obsolete. It has all the bells and whistles like most good routers with a very easy to use web dashboard. I installed proton and surfshark vpnās with zero issues but one drawback if you want to call it one is only one vpn can be used at a time. In other words its either surfshark or proton not both. You can install both but only one active. You can assign devices to be on the vpn or not. Without digging too much further down lets just say it works great and my vpn speeds with proton or the same or better than without the vpn. I know that sounds strange but ā¦ask Miki 
. Price wise its hard to find this much punch for the bucks. 
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Thanks Ron for that update. I just placed my order from the big āAā for delivery tomorrow. Iāll be setting up NordVPN to use the wireguard. Iām hoping this goes smoothly.
Good luck, take time in the setup however its very easy but also easy to do it wrong .
I believe adguard is setup out of the box but if not its one click. Adguard will provide dns, if you disable adguard, dns is provided by the isp/router unless you specify otherwise. (or von)
I use quad9 for my dns as I find it faster. Little tweaks here and there and you will be set.
Just my luck, its marked down today to $135 
#127.00 w/ no taxes thur 15th use code,20MT6000 at ck out
Price still like $128 with an automatic coupon on Amazon last week. Waiting for mine now. Customer service has been very good even before purchaseā¦
Love mine. Iāve had it about 6 months, still on Firmware 4.54 with no issues.
I run Adguard home with Hagezi Pro custom blocklist and Amazonās update IP addresses blocked in Custom Rules. I also run Tailscale, Wireguard Server, and have several Wireguard Client VPNās including my Oracle Cloud VPN(though I rarely use the Client.)
Still amazed how many tracking/ads get blocked daily from my devices. Over 20,000/day.
So I purchased this router and it works fine but I purchased it in order to load a VPN (Nordvpn) on the router. I discovered Nordās NordLynx (Its version of Wireguard) only works on individual devices. It is still not set up for routers. So for those of you using SurfShark and have it installed on your router, are you happy with it, how is the speed and is it worth me getting it now with still a year remaining on my Nord account? Thanks to all. Have a great day.
I used surfshark and proton on the router and had no issues. Surfshark has improved as of late and my speeds are very good.
Thank you Ron.
TXRon, I have Nord but and thinking of switching to either Proton 2yr or Surfshark 2 yr for the Black Friday deal. Which do you think is best, usually for streaming? Money is not an issue. Thanks for your sage advice.
Proton (paid version)ā¦hands down
editā¦I must admit that lately surfshark has improved
ā¦and full disclosure I have both 
Iām with @TXRon. Iāve had Proton for over 3 years now and have actually expanded my involvement in Proton, not only with a 2 yr prepaid sub but by using their VPN, e:mail, calendar, cloud storage, photo storage, security password vault and so on. There is just a lot to learn and discover, like being able to set up a password protect file/folder that can be shared with anyone, something you might not think you need or want, until you do. 
I have Surfshark with the Asus, RT-AX86U router set up as in Troyās video and I have not had any problems with it. The Wi-Fi is working fine. The router admin software has many options for changes to suit the user.
This set up has been a great addition; giving me really high download speeds on any TV box or stick. When I had SS on each box, I only got speeds nearer my ISP on high powered boxes, but with this set up, I get it on all. They are all coming in at 330-342 down on my 300 plan.
Hi TXRon
Been trying to figure out how to use Quad9 on my Asus AX300.
I understand how use on pc/andoid etcā¦but the router portion I think u mentioned eludes me.
Can you u give mea pointer?
TIA
-Biz