This is a seriously imposing-looking router, and the specs are just as huge.
Here are some highlights from ASUS:
- AC5300 speeds
- Tri-band wireless up to 1000 Mbit/s on 2.4 GHz and up to 2167 Mbit/s on each 5 GHz band
- Up to 5333 Mbit/s combined on the 5GHz band
- NitroQAM technology for low-latency gaming and 4K/UHD streaming
- Eight external antennas in a 4×4 config
- Ultra-wide area coverage
- Award-winning ASUS AiProtection Network Security Services
5333 Mbps on the 5 GHz band alone? So how does the RT-AC5300U router provide so much bandwidth? It’s powered by a staggering array of radios! Looking at the chipset specs we that it’s comprised of BCM4709 + BCM4366 (2.4 GHz) + 2x BCM4366 (5 GHz), with 256MB DDR3 memory and 128MB of flash. And we can’t forget the 8 external dual-band antennas! Yes, eight. Truly, this is a beast (though it looks like an overturned spider).
Pricing and exact availability were not revealed, but ASUS says it will be coming in Q4 2015.
It looks like something came
It looks like something came out from Mordor
More like a replicator from
More like a replicator from Stargate.
Indeed
Indeed
You’re both mistaken. It’s
You’re both mistaken. It’s obviously a Cybran design.
I agree.
I think Brackman
I agree.
I think Brackman himself cooked this one up.
Hahaha they are still
Hahaha they are still crushing these things out?! I have the Netgear Nighthawk which I thought was aggressively designed…But this hahaha. I just can’t image putting this anywhere visible to the human eye or else this would happen… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kod1q39ddE
Damnit i just bought the
Damnit i just bought the ac3200…
Shoulda waited for the
Shoulda waited for the ac9000!
Now, if it only could use
Now, if it only could use those antennas to crawl around in the house in order to provide the best possible signal at any time for any given location…
At least use them to mechanically tilt the device to the optimal orientation, automatically 😉
I thought this was an Onion
I thought this was an Onion article. I’ll wait for the 100 radio router.
It does not matter how much
It does not matter how much bandwidth or antennas this router has as all the bandwidth will be taken up by windows 10 telemetry, as the user’s computers become just another cloud node in M$ cloud collective. This device will just be servicing its masters(M$’s) wishes for more ad/adware/bloatware delivery to anyone within range! You will share your WIFI, and metrics with your M$ masters, let the high bandwidth data slurping Begin!
The more I stare at it the
The more I stare at it the more it looks like the legs are moving.
Is it my imagination or is there a red light pulsing back and forth like in battle star galactica or knight rider?
It also looks like a heatsink.
I want one just to turn upside down and use it as monitor stand.
Maybe it could double as a footstool.
It doubles as a spider drone, or at least it should, ASUS, wake up and make the remote controlled spider drone/router a thing!
Seems interesting, but can
Seems interesting, but can the antennas be upgraded? also what is the transmit power? 256QAM doesn’t do much good at a really low transmit power where 256QAM can only be held if you are right next to the router.
I have noticed a lot of the AC3200 routers using lower transmit powers than the AC1900 ones, and I hope this trend doesn’t continue.
I have tried a number of AC3200 routers as an upgrade from my R7000, and while the 2 5GHz bands helps with separating the slower and faster devices. For single device performance, none of them were able to match the performance of the r7000, they suffer a larger speed dropoff with distance due to their lower transmit power.
When will you test it?
When will you test it?
antenna not enough! I have to
antenna not enough! I have to wait. I will only buy one if they make it look like a sea urchin
I honestly, looked at this,
I honestly, looked at this, and thought: “RELEASE THE KRAKEN!”