The ASUS RT-BE58 Go is a dual-band Wi-Fi 7 travel router designed for portability, with foldable antennas and support for power via a portable power bank. It includes two Ethernet ports and a USB port, and can also tether to a smartphone to function as a mobile hotspot. It supports features like network-wide VPN configuration, and a physical switch on the side can be customized to quickly change operating modes, such as toggling a VPN connection. Additionally, it's compatible with ASUS' AiMesh technology, allowing it to integrate with other supported routers in a mesh network.
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Our Verdict
The ASUS RT-BE58 Go is a good router for apartments and small homes. It's designed as a travel router, so it's extremely small and easy to tote or find a place for in your home. It delivers great close-range speeds that are suitable for multiple users downloading files and streaming video simultaneously. That said, its range is disappointing, so it's only suitable for smaller apartments. It also supports Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS), so it can use less-congested DFS-only channels to give you better speeds in apartment buildings with noisy wireless conditions. Unfortunately, it lacks a 6GHz band despite being a Wi-Fi 7 router, limiting speeds on client devices that support it, and it only has two Ethernet ports.
Small and portable.
Can add additional AiMesh-compatible access points for better coverage.
Great speeds at close range.
Lacks a 6GHz band.
Disappointing range.
Only two Ethernet ports.
The ASUS RT-BE58 Go is mediocre for larger homes, but it's designed to be used as a travel router. While it delivers great short-range speeds that are suitable for multiple users streaming 4k video, and downloading large files quickly, it has disappointing range that leaves dead zones throughout larger spaces. Also, it only has two Ethernet ports, so you're limited in the number of wired devices you can connect to unless you use an external switch.
Can add additional AiMesh-compatible access points for better coverage.
Great speeds at close range.
Lacks a 6GHz band.
Disappointing range.
Only two Ethernet ports.
The ASUS RT-BE58 Go router delivers impressive close-range speeds suitable for an internet connection up to ~1Gbps. It supports Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS), which provides access to more channels for better speeds in congested wireless environments like apartment buildings.
Great speeds at close range.
The ASUS RT-BE58 has poor range. It's primarily designed as a travel router, so it's somewhat expected. It supports ASUS' AiMesh technology, so you can connect it to other compatible routers to create a mesh network for better coverage.
Can add additional AiMesh-compatible access points for better coverage.
Disappointing range.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The ASUS RT-BE58 doesn't have any variants. Here's a photo of our unit's label.
Popular Router Comparisons
The ASUS RT-BE58 Go is a dual-band Wi-Fi 7 travel router. It features foldable antennas, mobile hotspot tethering via a USB 3.0 port, and VPN support, and it has a configurable toggle switch on the side. It has a similar form factor to the GL.iNet Slate 7 (GL-BE3600), the GL.iNet Slate AX (GL-AXT1800), and the GL.iNet Beryl AX (GL-MT3000). Performance-wise, it delivers great close-range speeds, but its range is disappointing. It's perfectly suitable for delivering internet to your devices in a hotel room or when you're right next to it in an airport or cafe, but all of the previously mentioned GL.iNet options have better range, making them more suitable for larger spaces.
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The TP-Link Archer BE230 and the ASUS RT-BE58 Go are dual-band Wi-Fi 7 routers designed for different purposes. The TP-Link is a standalone router designed for smaller homes and has five Ethernet ports, while the ASUS is a travel router with a compact body, folding antennas, and two Ethernet ports. Performance-wise, the two deliver similarly good close-range speeds, but the TP-Link has significantly better range, making it much better suited for larger areas.
The GL.iNet Beryl AX (GL-MT3000) and the ASUS RT-BE58 Go are dual-band travel routers with compact bodies and foldable antennas. The GL.iNet is Wi-Fi 6, while the ASUS is Wi-Fi 7. They both offer similar functionality in their firmware, but the GL.iNet's open-source firmware is more configurable. Performance-wise, the ASUS delivers faster top speeds up close, but the GL.iNet has significantly better range.
The GL.iNet Slate AX (GL-AXT1800) and the ASUS RT-BE58 Go are dual-band travel routers with compact designs and foldable antennas. The ASUS is Wi-Fi 7 while the GL.iNet is Wi-Fi 6. Both are highly configurable, but the GL.iNet is slightly more customizable thanks to its open-source firmware. The ASUS has one 1Gbps and one 2.5Gbps Ethernet ports, while the GL.iNet has three 1Gbps ports. Performance-wise, the ASUS has slightly better close-range speeds, but the GL.iNet has significantly longer range.
The GL.iNet Slate 7 (GL-BE3600) and the ASUS RT-BE58 Go are dual-band Wi-Fi 7 travel routers. Both are designed to be easily toted thanks to their compact design and foldable antennas. While the two routers have similar functionality, the GL.iNet delivers better performance overall with faster top speeds, significantly better range, and two 2.5Gbps Ethernet ports compared to the ASUS' one 1Gbps and one 2.5Gbps ports.
Test Results
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When this router's antennas are folded down, it's 3.5 cm tall.
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This router has a physical switch on its side that you can use to toggle between different network settings, configurable in the router's software.
Check out the ASUS RT-BE82U if you're looking for a router with more 2.5Gbps Ethernet ports.
The USB-A port supports tethering to a mobile device to connect it to a cellular network, as well as other functions like attaching external storage drives to your network, creating Time Machine backups, and hosting media servers.
The USB-C port is only for power and doesn't support data transfer. You can power the router with a 9-volt or 12-volt portable power bank using USB-C PD.
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- Ethernet cable
- Power adapter
- User documentation
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We achieved the above results with Multi-Link Operation (MLO) disabled. We conducted additional testing with MLO enabled, but we found the speeds to be slower and less consistent overall.
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This router uses alternating Multi-Link Operation (MLO), which is a limited implementation of the technology that establishes a connection with clients on one band at a time.
For more information, read our article on the topic.