Asus unveils a monster of a Wi-Fi router, the RT-AC5300

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If you think the Asus RT-AC3200 is overkill, you have no idea. The networking vendor announced today at IFA its latest router, the RT-AC5300, which has much higher Wi-Fi specs than its older brother.

Similar to the RT-AC3200, the RT-AC5300 is also a tri-band router. It has three Wi-Fi bands: one on the 2.4GHz band and two on 5GHz. However, as it has Broadcom's latest Wi-Fi chip, each of its bands has much higher bandwidth.

Specifically on the 2.4GHz band, the RT-AC5300 has a top Wi-Fi speed of up to 1,000Mbps, and on the 5GHz, each of the two bands has a top speed of 2,167Mbps. Combining those, the router has a total Wi-Fi bandwidth of some 5,300Mbps at any given time.

Continue reading at CNET: http://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rt-ac5300u-router/

 

[V_R]

More pics at the Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/2/9238057/asus-rt-ac5300u-triband-wireless-router-ifa-2015


The thing IMO is FUGLY but strangely awesome!

 

[muckshifter]

looks like a dead spider

 

[Becky]

looks like a dead spider

Haha you hit the nail on the head there!

 

[Anon_F]

A good place to put a beer if upside down?