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ASUS, 3 products including Wi-Fi 6 compatible wireless LAN router

ASUS will release a wireless LAN router "" compatible with Wi-Fi 6, "RT-AC59U" compatible with IEEE 802.11ac, and a slave unit "PCE-AC58BT" with PCI Express x1 connection. . Both prices are open prices, and the expected store prices excluding tax are expected to be around 32,000 yen, around 7,000 yen, and around 7,800 yen in order.

is a wireless LAN router that supports 5 GHz band x 2 and 2.4 GHz band tri-band. It is scheduled to be released in mid-November.

Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax) in the 5 GHz band, achieving high-speed communication of 4,804 Mbps with 4 × 4 1,024 QAM and 160 MHz channel width. In addition, it combines 867Mbps (5GHz) + 400Mbps (2.4GHz) and operates in tri-band.

Equipped with a "WAN port aggregation" function that secures a bandwidth of up to 2 Gbps by combining the WAN port and the 4th LAN port. Bandwidth can be used effectively when the communication speed with the provider exceeds 1 Gbps.

In addition, it also has "AiMesh" that builds a mesh network in conjunction with the company's wireless LAN router, "Adaptive QoS" and "wtfast" functions that suppress lag by preferentially handling game packets.

The main specifications are Broadcom BCM4906 (2 cores / 1.8 GHz) CPU, 512 MB memory, and 256 MB flash storage. The interface is Gigabit Ethernet x 5 (one of which is WAN), USB 3.0, USB 2.0.

ASUS, Wi-Fi 6 wireless 3 products such as LAN routers

The body size is 155 x 155 x 52.6 mm (width x depth x height), and the weight is 651 g.

RT-AC59U

RT-AC59U is a dual-band wireless LAN router that supports IEEE 802.11ac. Sales have already started.

Communication of 867Mbps (2 streams) in the 5GHz band and 600Mbps (4 streams) in the 2.4GHz band is possible. Equipped with a "Traditional QoS" function that prioritizes communication performed by specific applications such as games and streaming.

In addition to being able to easily set up and change settings using the smartphone application "ASUS Router", it also has a parental control function, allowing parents to control the connection time of the device used by the child.

The main specifications are Qualcomm QCN5502 (4 cores / 775 MHz) CPU, 128 MB memory, and 16 MB flash storage. The interface is Gigabit Ethernet x 5 (one of which is WAN), USB 2.0.

The body size is 125 x 30 x 192 mm (same), and the weight is 348 g.

PCE-AC58BT

The PCE-AC58BT is an IEEE 802.11ac compatible wireless LAN client that supports a channel width of 160MHz. It is scheduled to be released in mid-November.

This product supports communication at 1,734 Mbps in the 5 GHz band and 300 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band, and connects to the PC with PCI Express x1. In addition to MU-MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0 is also supported, and various peripheral devices can be connected.

The main body size is 120 x 88 x 24 mm (same), and the weight is 50 g (excluding the antenna).