“ASUS RT-N66R vs RT-N66U What is the difference between the R and the U suffix models? Does R stand for Refurbished?”

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• The routers branded with an "R" instead of a "U" denote the units that are Best Buy retail units. None of the hardware or software is different in any way. All units should be new unless otherwise specifically noted.

  Answered by ASUS Answers 12 years ago

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• The R stands for Best Buy Retail Item. Asus does this for tracking purposes

  Answered by MrMidnight273 12 years ago

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• I have read that R stands for Retail, a special version for retailers, but the innards are supposed to be the same as the U version. In fact, my R router runs a firmware designated for a U router.

  Answered by Marty6659 11 years ago

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• The (R) just designates that the router is the retail version of the same router. Brick and mortar stores sell almost exclusively the (R) designated model, but if you purchase the same router from somewhere like Amazon you'll get the (U) model in most cases. And a quick google search for either router model (R) vs (U) will return results for both models.

  Answered by Lordhanke 9 years ago

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• The R is the latest upgrade to the U. That's it. Just newly made and it's fantastic!! It's like an iPhone 4S upgrading to the iPhone 5, with NO bugs!!

  Answered by Anonymous 12 years ago

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