ASUSWi-Fi 7 router
ASUS RT-BE82U
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- Wi-Fi 7Wi-Fi standardDual-band · BE6500
- 5,764MbpsFastest band6,452 Mbps across all bands
- 2.5GbpsInternet portMax WAN speed
- 5portsWired Ethernet5× 2.5 Gigabit
Key capabilities
- WireGuard VPN
- Parental controls
- Guest network
- WPA3 security
OpenWrt
No support found. Checked against OpenWrt's own Table of Hardware, which carries no qualifying row for this model. That is a weaker statement than "this router cannot run OpenWrt" and a much stronger one than silence.
Checked 2026-08-06. How every router here was checked.
Specifications
Wireless
- Standard
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bands
- Dual-band
- Speed class
- BE6500
- Fastest band
- 5,764 Mbps
- All bands combined
- 6,452 Mbps
Connectivity
- Uplink
- Ethernet
- Internet port
- 2.5 Gbps
- Wired ports
- 5× 2.5 Gigabit
- Port map
- USB ports
- 1
Hardware & physical
- Form
- Single unit
- Weight
- 502 g
- Dimensions
- 238 × 147 × 97 mm (3,394 cm³)
- Model number
- RT-BE82U
Manufacturer details
- Processor
- Quad-core 2.0 GHz
- Memory
- 1 GB
- Storage
- 256 MB
- Antennas
- 4
- USB
- 1× USB 3.2 Gen 1
Radios
| Band | Max link | Streams | Channel width |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 GHz | 688 Mbps | 2×2 | 40 MHz |
| 5 GHz | 5,764 Mbps | 4×4 | 160 MHz |
All features · 17
VPN
- WireGuard server
- WireGuard client
- OpenVPN server
- OpenVPN client
Wi-Fi features
- OFDMA
What is OFDMA?
Table stakes50 of 79 listed here
Splits a channel into smaller slices so several devices are served in the same instant instead of taking turns.
Look at instead: streams per radio and channel width — those set the ceiling OFDMA divides up
Full entry → - MU-MIMO
What is MU-MIMO?
Table stakes46 of 79 listed here
Lets the router hold separate conversations with several devices at once using different antenna streams.
Look at instead: the stream count on each radio — a 4×4 radio has twice the streams of a 2×2 to hand out
Full entry → - Beamforming
What is Beamforming?
Table stakes37 of 79 listed here
Shapes the signal toward where a device actually is, rather than radiating evenly in every direction like a bare bulb.
Look at instead: where you physically put the router — placement beats every antenna trick on this list
Full entry → - 160 MHz channels
What is 160 MHz channels?
Table stakes47 of 79 listed here
A double-width channel that roughly doubles throughput when the airwaves are clear enough to sustain it.
Look at instead: whether the band has room for it — on 5 GHz that almost always means DFS
Full entry →
Networking
- Dual WAN
- QoS
- Dynamic DNS
- Access point mode
Security
- WPA3
- Built-in threat protection
Management
- Parental controls
- Guest network
Hardware
- USB storage sharing