In article , Dan
wrote:

I am looking for a new cable router for my Virgin media super hub 3 in
modem mode.
I have a Asus rtn66u, but Asus are no longer doing any firmware
updates.
So, I have looked at: ASUS RT-AC86U vs ASUS RT-AC3200.

I am leaning towards ASUS RT-AC86U. Since it is newer (so it will get
more firmware updates in the future), has a far more powerful CPU and
greater quantity of RAM vs ASUS RT-AC3200 which came out in 2014.

the 86u is *very* nice for vpn because of its hardware encryption chip,
but if you don't use vpn, then it's probably overkill.

When is the newer version of wireless protocol coming out?

this year, although it will be a while for computers, phones, etc., to
support it. some routers already support it (or will, with a future
firmware update). most do not.