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Wireless routers are now an essential part of any household, connecting Desktop Computers, Games Consoles, Media Servers, Laptops, Tablets and Phones to your home network and more importantly the internet. With this many devices connecting to the internet, a fast wireless router is a key investment for a media-savvy household.
The ASUS RT-AC66U is a 5th generation dual-band Wi-Fi router, which can reach a combined data transfer speed of 1.75 Gbps – all without wires. While there aren't many devices out there that can connect at full-speed, it is of course backwards compatible and as such is future proof.
Specifications
| Network Standard | IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.3u, IPv4, IPv6 |
| Product Segment | AC1750 ultimate AC performance; 450+1300Mbps |
| Data Rate | 802.11a : 6,9,12,18,24,36,48,54Mbps 802.11b : 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps 802.11g : 6,9,12,18,24,36,48,54Mbps 802.11n : up to 450Mbps 802.11ac: up to 1300Mbps |
| Antenna | Detachable antenna x 3 |
| Operating Frequency | 2.4G~2.4835GHz /5.1~5.8GHz |
| Encryption | 64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise |
| Firewall & Access Control | Firewall: SPI intrusion detection,DoS protection Access control: Parental control, Network service filter, URL filter, Port filter |
| Management | UPnP, DLNA, DNS Proxy, NTP Client, DDNS, Port Triger, Virtual Server, DMZ |
| VPN Support | IPSec Pass-Throuth PPTP Pass-Through L2TP Pass-Through PPTP server |
| WAN Connection Type | Internet connection type : Automatic IP, Static IP, PPPoE(MPPE supported), PPTP, L2TP Dual Link support Multicast Proxy support |
thats great, but id only buy this for laptops, and id need a ton of those USB dongles which make the laptop very bulky IMO.
“Can’t get full speed out of the device with current technology.”
I don’t see how this is a Con? You say it’s future proofed as a pro, then say it’s a con at the same time? I’d rather it be ahead of the game so I don’t have to be buying new routers when faster tech comes out.
I understand the point – its very fast, but its hard to get full speeds. None of my laptops can handle this speed, due to the current technology. so its good to look ahead but right now you are limited.
Good review actually, im buying one as I might pick up a few of those USB netgear dongles too.
Kitguru is an excellent website but the author of this article seems to have some difficulty with consistent units of measurement. There is quite a difference between MB/s (megabytes per second) and Mb/s or Mbps (megabits per second). 450 MB/s is about 3600 Mbps (SSD data transfer speeds) and is unlikely to be seen on a current wireless router.
Hi Idawari, That was actually my fault as I meant to edit the 2 or 3 ‘MB/s’ errors to the correct naming.