Asus RT-AX88U Use and care manual

How to update the Firmware of the ASUS RTAX88U Router?
The Firmware of the ASUS router upholds significant features that determine the functionality of
your router. Firmware of your ASUS router should be updated in a regular interval to enhance
the security level of your router and keep your privacy in a secured form. The updated firmware
will keep all the features in an enhanced form and all the applications up-to-date which in turn
will improve the optimization level of your device. The firmware of the ASUS router can be
updated either through the manual process or directly through the web interface of
www.router.asus.com.
Steps to update the Firmware of the ASUS router
1. Turn on your desktop and open a browser on it.
2. Type www.router.asus.com on the address bar of your browser and press enter. You
may also type the LAN IP address of your router to get to the ASUS Router login page.
3. Mention “admin” on the login credential and type the password you mentioned during the
ASUS Router Setup process. In case you haven’t changed the default password you can
mention “admin” on the password field as well.
4. Click on the login tab and the home screen of www.router.asus.com appears on the
screen.
5. As soon as you reach on the home screen, you will witness a notification bar on the top
right side of your screen showing the new version of firmware is available or not.
6. If the notification bar is appearing on your screen, it means the new version of the
firmware is available and if it’s not showing then no new firmware is available for your
router.
7. Click on the Update now button appearing on the small notification box and it will directly
lead you to the Firmware Update page of the www.router.asus.com
8. Click on the Firmware Update tab and the dialogue box will appear on the screen
confirming the Yes tab of it.

9. As soon as you click on the Yes tab, the installation of your new firmware will get started.
10. The update process will take a few minutes and as soon as the process gets finished
your firmware will get updated.
How to set up a password in your ASUS RT AX88U Routers?
Passwords are the important medium to secure your device from the other users. The password
in the ASUS router login page is the only thing that keeps the unwanted users away from
disabling your routers. The router password is applied to the password field of the login page of
the device. Usually, there are two types of the password which the user has to utilize while
maintaining the security within the network as well as in the device.
Here are the steps to set up a password in your ASUS routers
● Open up your browser on the desktop or laptop within which your Wi-Fi signals are being
transmitted.
● Type www.router.asus.com or 192.168.1.1 as the URL of the browser.
● As soon as you hit the Login button, the ASUS router login page will appear on the
screen.
● Type the login credentials within the username and in password fields.
● Locate Administration on the left panel of the home page.
● Then click on the system tab which will be probably beside the Firmware Upgrade tab.
● You can witness three fields, one with the login name, second with the new password
and third
● with the retype new password field.
● Type your new password in the new password field and confirm your new password in
the
● Retype new password field.
● The system will itself acknowledge you about the strength of the password.
● You can also use the show password field in order to see your password while typing it.
● Click on apply as soon as you are done with it.
● The interface will ask you about confirming the password as the router password.
● Now, re-login to your ASUS router with www.router.asus.com to login with the new
password.
Providing the user with the authority to makes any changes or variations in the router, ASUS
has sophisticated their user to take all the advantages of the features of the devices. With the

convenient web-interface of www.router.asus.com, various users get are having the
convenience to interact with all the tools of the routers.
How to set up a VPN server in the ASUS routers?
VPN server in a router is meant to set up when the user wants his network to not to be traced by
anyone as the server is authorized to make your network a complete pack of the secured
network.
Steps to set up a VPN server in the ASUS routers
● Open up a browser in your desktop
● Type www.router.asus.com as the web address of the browser. You also can mention the
IP address of your Asus router in case you didn’t reach the default gateway of the router
through www.router.asus.com
● Press Enter and The dialogue box will appear with the username and the password of
the routers. Fulfill the login fields with their correct credentials.
● Now, Locate the VPN server on the left side of the panel of your screen.
● Select the PPTP server and enable it.
● Now enter the username and the password which one has to type in order to use the
VPN server in the network.
● As soon as you fulfill the above step, the VPN server will get activated in your system.
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