What does a $550 ASUS ROG router get you? Wi-Fi 6E support and incredible bandwidth

ASUS announced the availability of the ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 router today. According to ASUS, it's the world's beginning router to use the Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) networking standard. Wi-Fi 6E is an extension of Wi-Fi 6 and is based on Wi-Fi half dozen engineering, which is astern-uniform with previous Wi-Fi standards. The new router will be bachelor in Due north America in Jan starting at $550.

The router's Wi-Fi 6E engineering takes advantage of the half dozen GHz radio band. Every bit a result, it has three times more bandwidth than the 5 GHz band. The technology also adds up to seven 160 MHz frequency bands to the already existing Wi-Fi 6 standards.

To take reward of the router's tech, you'll accept to take a device that supports Wi-Fi 6E, but ASUS points out that several of those are on the way.

The tri-band router supports combined concurrent Wi-Fi speeds of upward to almost 11,000 Mbps. That combination consists of 1,148 on the 2.four GHz band, 4,804 Mbps on the 5 GHz band, and 4,804 Mbps on the 6 GHz band. The router also supports WAN assemblage for connection speeds of upward to 2 Gbps. This tin exist combined with 4x4 Wi-Fi half-dozen and its 2.v Gbps WAN/LAN port to provide multi-gigabit networking speeds.

To help make sure that its bespeak is strong and stable, the GT-AXE11000 has a 6 GHz power amplifier. It runs on a i.8 GHz 64-flake quad-core CPU with 1GB of RAM.

Every bit the ROG branding suggests, this router is built with gamers in mind. The router has a dedicated gaming port that prioritizes a connected wired device. It besides supports Game Boost, which lets people prioritize gaming packets inside a network.

If you have a larger home or want to extend your connection, the GT-AXE11000 supports ASUS AiMesh.

Asus ROG Rapture GT AXE Router

ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 router

This router supports Wi-Fi 6E. Its tri-band blueprint allows information technology to have combined concurrent speeds of virtually 11,000 Mbps.

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