ASUS RT-AC5300

[joe012594]

Anyone think that high gain antennas, that actually fill the entire plastic casing, are worth investing in?

 

[kingoftech]

When 5300Mbps router will come in the market during Spring? First of all I will not purchase the Dlink because they gave wrong info about their product release date. Everyone was so existed that its going to come in spring but nothing came.

Not happy with this kind of false info they have provided in the market. Wrong business practice effected other Routers sales because of this type of false announcement.

 

[mmcpher]

Reports out of IFA are by the end ot the year. So far as available clients, maybe Google's entry will induce development. I'm sitting with an Asus AC-66 long waiting to upgrade but for the client issue. So I've passed on the 17 the 19. . . . but as soon as the clients become widely available I will likely go as fast as available. I recently bought a new laptop for my daughter and it wasn't even dual-band! What are the likely first widely available clients and when? Once I have one such client I will want similar for the rest.

 

[Veldkornet]

Well, looks like it's now official:

CNET - Asus unveils a monster of a Wi-Fi router, the RT-AC5300
The Verge - This router will be the last thing you see before the internet consumes you
TechHive - This Asus router is a powerful rebuttal to Google OnHub's stark simplicity
MyBroadband - Monster Asus Wi-Fi router unveiled

ASUS RT-AC5300 ROUTER SPECS
Chipset BCM4709+BCM4366 (2.4GHz) + 2 x BCM4366 (5GHz)
Memory 128MB of flash and 256MB of DDR 3 RAM
Antenna 8 x external dual-band detachable antennas
Operating frequency 2.4GHz and 5GHz (concurrent)
Data Rate 802.11b: up to 11Mbps | 802.11a/g: up to 54Mbps | 802.11n: up to 600Mbps | TurboQAM (2.4GHz): up to 1,000Mbps | 802.11ac (5GHz): up to 2,167Mbps.
Interface stype 1 x Gigabit WAN port, 4 x Gigabit LAN ports, 1 x USB 3.0 port, 1 x USB 2.0 port
Features 3G/4GB cellular sharing, HDD sharing via SAMBA and DLNA, FPT server and Printer server.

 

[RMerlin]

Engadget has a few actual photos of the beast:

http://www.engadget.com/gallery/this-is-asus-crazy-looking-wifi-router

 

[sfx2000]

Engadget has a few actual photos of the beast:

http://www.engadget.com/gallery/this-is-asus-crazy-looking-wifi-router

That's no small moon... hard to get a feel for the size of it - but this thing more bonkers than a 15 year old kid full of molly at the spring prom...

 

[sfx2000]

This pic shows a sense of scale... it's huge...

 

[sfx2000]

Multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) enables multiple devices to connect at their maximum speeds without slowing down the network, while Link Aggregation (802.11ad) can combine two LAN ports into one 2Gbps wired connection using two network cables.

Will be interesting to see Broadcom's take on MU-MIMO, and the Link Aggregation feature (802.3ad, not 11ad, btw) will be handy for folks that have dedicated NAS boxes... (if it ships/works).

Notice no QTN in that box

 

[GhostriderZ85]

Will be interesting to see Broadcom's take on MU-MIMO, and the Link Aggregation feature (802.3ad, not 11ad, btw) will be handy for folks that have dedicated NAS boxes... (if it ships/works).

Notice no QTN in that box

Folks with ac87 will be pissed if this ships with a working mu-mimo and link aggregation out of the box

 

[Veldkornet]

Folks with ac87 will be pissed if this ships with a working mu-mimo and link aggregation out of the box

Well, I won't be pissed, but I'll be getting myself one of these either way
By then the 87U will hopefully be 100% so that I can use it as an AP.

I also see that the entire top side is one big grid for the heat to come out of!

 

[tim]

I thought the AC3200 I got was a little over the top. This is just mental.

 

[RMerlin]

Rumoured suggested retail price would be 400$. Ouch.

I already thought the RT-AC3200 was too expensive to attract anyone but the extreme enthusiast. If that suggested price is true, then it will be a tough sale - you could get two RT-AC68U for the same price, and achieve pretty much the same result (by having the second one setup as an AP, and set to a different 5 GHz band).

 

[madhatter01]

At $400 I am buying it day one.


Also changed from leaked forum, since its official now. Is that ok?

 

[joe012594]

Rumoured suggested retail price would be 400$. Ouch.

I already thought the RT-AC3200 was too expensive to attract anyone but the extreme enthusiast. If that suggested price is true, then it will be a tough sale - you could get two RT-AC68U for the same price, and achieve pretty much the same result (by having the second one setup as an AP, and set to a different 5 GHz band).

Problem is, the RT-AC68U doesn't have Smart Connect, which has been an amazing feature for my household. We have T-Mobile USA as our wireless carrier and have a lot of mixed AC and N clients. All have Wi-Fi Calling capabilities. We all love having the best coverage and bandwidth performance and hated traditional dual band routers because you would drop a Wi-Fi Call when going out of the 5GHz range and having to manually reconnect to one of the two bands. Smart Connect has made the transition from 5GHz to 2.4GHz, and vice versa, seamless and the Wi-Fi Calls don't drop when doing so.

Beyond that, it divides up N and AC clients between the two 5GHz bands, rather than tying them up on the same band, which increases throughput cabilities. Add 4x4 MU-MIMO plus NitroQAM to the mix and you increase potential peak performance even more for each client. The RT-AC5300 is likely way overboard and major overkill, but it's performance features like this that make it worth getting for those that it matters to, such as myself.

 

[joe012594]

At $400 I am buying it day one.


Also changed from leaked forum, since its official now. Is that ok?

Same here. I've got an N66U, AC66U, x2 AC68Us, AC87U, and an AC3200 I can sell to pay off the AC5300, no problem.

Also, that's fine with me, as it would make sense at this point.

 

[NightOwl326]

Same here. I've got an N66U, AC66U, x2 AC68Us, AC87U, and an AC3200 I can sell to pay off the AC5300, no problem.

Also, that's fine with me, as it would make sense at this point.

See this is how y'all get yourself into trouble. Ready to buy a 1/2 baked product and it's not even released yet. Then y'all cry like school girls for the next year with bugs and issues, and post about lawsuits. You guys are funny....

 

[PaperFriend]

I will be buying one as soon as it is available! I must love drama and being let down!

 

[joe012594]

See this is how y'all get yourself into trouble. Ready to buy a 1/2 baked product and it's not even released yet. Then y'all cry like school girls for the next year with bugs and issues, and post about lawsuits. You guys are funny....

In trouble with what? It's a triband class router, just like the RT-AC3200, which did have many issues at first but now works quite well. I'm sure ASUS is familiar enough with triband tech that previous bugs and issues won't be repeated thing, but new ones can appear. I anticipate bugs with new products, such as the one in question. I don't recall ever threatening to sue anyone over it. What's even funnier is that you call everyone in this thread crying school girls, even though this thread was having a good discussion up until your unneeded commentary was added in. Sounds like you need to find a different thread where you can actually engage with people and benefit the community, rather than purposely instigating other users for a negative reaction.

 

[GhostriderZ85]

See this is how y'all get yourself into trouble. Ready to buy a 1/2 baked product and it's not even released yet. Then y'all cry like school girls for the next year with bugs and issues, and post about lawsuits. You guys are funny....

I understand where you are coming from, but when you release a new product, it is expected to work at launch, IT IS NEW is not an excuse for releasing a broken product.

I know that it is a trend now to release a broken hardware and software then fix it later, and as long as WE keep on supporting this, it will never gonna stop.

I do have high hopes on this router as it doesn't have the quantenna chip, i'm going to avoid quantenna like a plague.

 

[sfx2000]

Well - lots of folks get a bit upset with Asus when they release a less than optimal product - e.g. the 87U, and to a lesser extent, the RT-AC3200 (which actually works ok).

The RT-68 series was a great follow up from the RT-66 series - and I'd like to see Asus do a clean RT-AC2600 that is similar...