Note, though, that they might still be some differences at the firmware level. Again, these two routers are of the same hardware. So if you want to blame Best Buy for this, I don’t blame you. Though the routers’ model names remained the same, the flashing went through without a hitch, and both functioned normally afterward.Īsus told me that the only reason for two separate model names is that the AX58U is a Best Buy exclusive router in the U.S., while the RT-AX3000 is more of a generic version. Still, to make sure, in testing, I even tried flashing RT-AX58U with the RT-AX3000’s firmware, and then the other way around, and that worked. Asus itself has assured me of this in more ways than one. They are not similar to the case of TP-Link’s Archer AX3000 and Archer AX50, which are indeed two different routers.
What’s important, however, is the fact the two are of the same hardware. So the RT-AX3000’s name makes things a bit confusing, while the RT-AX58U uses Asus’s traditional naming convention. In other words, again, you can call both AX3000 routers. They have the top speed on the 5GHz band of 2400 Mbps and the 2.4 GHz, 600 Mbps. The RT-AX3000 and RT-AX58U are both AX3000-rated Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 AX) routers.