ASUS' latest Wi-Fi 802.11ax router can hit speeds of up to 10Gbps

Rapture GT-AX11000

With the 802.11ac standard now mainstream, ASUS is looking alee to the 802.11ax spec with its latest range of routers. The manufacturer is rolling out three routers that have advantage of the upcoming standard, with the flagship GT-AX11000 touted with a 10Gbps throughput.

Like 802.11ac, 802.11ax leverages the 5GHz band, but uses more spatial streams to evangelize increased bandwidth. We're broadly looking at a throughput of 4.8Gbps for the 5GHz band, considerably more than that of 802.11ac.

Rapture GT-AX11000

The Rapture GT-AX11000 is the world's first tri-ring 802.11ax router, and ASUS claims it can go upward to 11,000Mbps. That'due south considering the router has two 5GHz bands — much like the RT-AC5300 — and a unmarried ii.4GHz ring. And like the RT-AC5300, the GT-AX11000 has eight antennae, and the router retains the aforementioned arachnid design.

The GT-AX11000 is able to achieve 9608Mbps from the two 5GHz bands, and 1148Mbps from the 2.4GHz band. The router has a 2.5Gbps Ethernet port for those looking to span their NAS connections or maximize Gigabit throughput, and yous as well get standard Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Like previous offerings in this serial, the GT-AX11000 comes with a QoS that automatically prioritizes gaming traffic.

ASUS RT-AX88U

The ASUS RT-AX88U has the same underlying specs as the GT-AX11000 simply in a much more conventional form gene. The RT-AX88U has a single 5GHz ring, so the maximum bandwidth is only effectually the 6000Mbps figure: 1148Mbps from the 2.4GHz band and up to 4804Mbps on 5GHz.

The router has ii USB three.1 Gen i ports and viii Gigabit Ethernet ports, double the number usually found in this segment. There's as well a provision to hook upward a 4G dongle to the router in an upshot where your internet connexion cuts out.

AX6100 mesh router

AX6100

ASUS mentions that all of its 802.11ax routers — likewise as several 802.11ac routers — will work with its AiMesh tech, but the manufacturer is rolling out dedicated hardware nevertheless. The AX6100 mesh routers are sold in a pack of ii designed to boost Wi-Fi coverage throughout your house.

The router looks diminutive (next to the AX11000 and the AX88U), but information technology has a tri-band design that allows it to hit a max bandwidth of 6100Mbps: 4804Mbps on the 5GHz 802.11ax band, 866Mbps on the 5GHz 802.11ac band, and 400Mbps on the ii.4GHz band.

The trio of routers will go on sale old during Q3 2022, and for at present, there's no discussion on pricing or availability.

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