ASUS launched Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless Router in India
TECHNOLOGY
World’s first 4x4 802.11ac Wi-Fi router
with multi-user
MIMO and universal beam forming
boasts 2334Mbit/s combined
speeds and unrivaled coverage
ASUS
has launched the RT-AC87U,
the world’s first AC2400-class dual-band 802.11ac wireless router with a
four-transmit, four-receive (4x4) antenna configuration. This stunningly-designed,
easy-to-use router is also the first in the world to employ multi-user MIMO
(MU-MIMO) technology. Combined with ASUS AiRadar universal beam forming,
adaptive Quality-of-Service (QoS), plus AiProtection with exclusive Trend Micro
security, RT-AC87U is expertly-engineered for outstanding performance and
coverage in today’s multi-device households. Offering 5GHz speeds that are faster
than wired Gigabit Ethernet, along with class-leading 2.4GHz speeds and reliable
multi-floor coverage, RT-AC87U is the perfect choice for discerning users with
busy multi-device home networks who need extreme coverage, lightning-fast
performance, rock-solid stability and total peace of mind.
The AC2400-class
RT-AC87U has blistering 1734Mbit/s 802.11ac speeds on the 5GHz frequency band —
faster than wired Gigabit Ethernet — and uses Broadcom TurboQAM to boost
802.11n 2.4GHz performance from 450Mbit/s to 600Mbit/s with compatible devices
such as ASUS PCE-AC68. This gives RT-AC87U an amazing combined maximum concurrent
data rate of up to 2334Mbit/s.
Maximum coverage, with no dead spots
The explosive growth
in smartphones, tablets, laptops, smart TVs and other Wi-Fi-enabled gadgets
means that in a modern household the available wireless bandwidth is often
shared between many devices. In standard routers, as more devices are connected
the network can become overloaded, leading to instability, lags and slowdowns.
RT-AC87U uses four high-performance antennas, four separate spatial data
streams, ASUS AiRadar, MU-MIMO and adaptive QoS technology to solve these
problems. The 4x4 antennas improve coverage by up to 33% compared to standard
3x3 models, and typically RT-AC87U can effortlessly cover an area up to 465m2,
making it ideal for eliminating ‘dead spots’ in large or multi-floor
environments.
Supercharged
performance with two dual-core
processors
At the heart of RT-AC87U
is the latest Quantenna system-on-a-chip (SoC), featuring its own powerful dedicated
dual-core processor that handles all 802.11ac Wi-Fi-related computations. This
frees up RT-AC87U’s 1GHz dual-core CPU to perform other processor-intensive system
tasks — such as media streaming — much more efficiently. The result is a superb
multitasking capability that can easily handle the simultaneous demands of all connected
devices, giving an outstandingly-responsive network and also improving USB
storage performance.
In our tests using
three wired and two wireless PCs to simulate a busy multi-client network,
RT-AC87U delivered up to 50% more total throughput (combined 2.4GHz, 5GHz and
NAT performance) compared to a typical router with a single 1.2GHz dual-core
processor. USB file transfer performance over Wi-Fi is also improved
dramatically — when transferring files to and from SuperSpeed USB 3.0 devices
over 802.11ac Wi-Fi, RT-AC87U can perform up to twice as fast as a router with
a single 1.2GHz dual-core processor.
The best-ever internet experience, for all devices
AiRadar uses universal
beamforming, which detects the location of devices and individually focuses the
wireless signal towards them for optimum reception. This feature even works
with previous-generation Wi-Fi devices. The revolutionary and future-proof MU-MIMO
technology means that RT-AC87U will be able to connect to multiple MU-MIMO-compatible
clients at each device’s maximum speed simultaneously, unlike standard
single-user MIMO where individual devices have to wait for sequential data transmissions.
This means that as users add more MU-MIMO-enabled devices, the router’s capacity
actually increases, giving all users the best possible internet experience.
Adaptive QoS is a
feature that intelligently and automatically prioritizes and allocates available
bandwidth to devices and applications as they need it, ensuring smoothly-streaming
HD videos, lag-free online gaming, crystal-clear VoIP calls and uninterrupted
web browsing.
Total peace of mind — AiProtection with Trend Micro
security
Recognizing the
increasing complexity and diversity of home networks, and the difficulty of
ensuring effective network-wide security, RT-AC87U introduces the powerful new AiProtection
feature, with exclusive Trend Micro technology. This employs a three-pronged approach
to security — prevention, protection and mitigation — that assures total peace
of mind. Its state-of-the-art protection continuously safeguards users and all
connected devices from malware, malicious websites and other cyber-threats,
while safeguarding user privacy and keeping a constant check on network
security status. Alerts are raised whenever an infected device or other potential
security problems, such as insecure passwords, are found.
AVAILABILITY &
PRICING
The ASUS RT-AC87U is now available across
India for an end-user price (MOP) of Rs 24,400. The router will also come with
a 3-year warranty.
30-word summary
ASUS today announced RT-AC87U, the
world’s first 4x4 MU-MIMO AC2400-class dual-band 802.11ac wireless router. It has outstanding multi-floor,
multi-device coverage with speeds of up to 1734Mbit/s at 5GHz and 600Mbit/s at 2.4GHz, a
combined total of 2334Mbit/s.
60-word summary
ASUS
today announced RT-AC87U, the world’s first AC2400-class concurrent dual-band
802.11ac wireless router with a 4x4 MU-MIMO antenna configuration. It provides speeds of up to 1734Mbit/s at 5GHz and
600Mbit/s at 2.4GHz, a combined total of 2334Mbit/s. AiProtection with
exclusive Trend Micro™ technology actively prevents, protects and mitigates
against external threats for total peace of mind. RT-AC87U offers
outstanding multi-floor coverage and maximum performance in multi-device
environments.
100-word summary
ASUS
today announced RT-AC87U, the world’s first AC2400-class dual-band 802.11ac
wireless router with a four-transmit, four-receive (4x4) antenna configuration.
This stunningly-designed, easy-to-use router is also the first in the world to
employ multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) technology. RT-AC87U offers 5GHz speeds of
17334Mbit/s along with class-leading 2.4GHz speeds of 600Mbit/s for a combined
total of 2334Mbit/s. Combined with ASUS AiRadar universal beamforming, adaptive
Quality-of-Service (QoS), plus AiProtection with exclusive Trend Micro™
security, RT-AC87U is the perfect choice for discerning users with busy
multi-device home networks who need extreme coverage, lightning-fast
performance, rock-solid stability and total peace of mind.
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SPECIFICATIONS ASUS RT-AC87U
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Wi-Fi
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Concurrent dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz
802.11ac: 5GHz - up to 1,734Mbit/s
802.11n: 5GHz - up to 600Mbit/s; 2.4GHz - up to 600Mbit/s
(Broadcom® TurboQAM™)
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Ports
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1
x 10/100/1000Mbit/s WAN
4
x 10/100/1000Mbit/s Ethernet LAN (1 user-configurable as second WAN port)
1
x USB 3.0
1
x USB 2.0
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Antennas
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4
x external detachable antennas (4x4 MU-MIMO)
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Management
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ASUSWRT
web-based admin console
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Weight
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747g
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About ASUS
ASUS is a
worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and maker of the world’s
best-selling, most award-winning, motherboards. A leading enterprise in the new
digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the
needs of today’s digital home and office, with a broad portfolio that includes
motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one
PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions,
networking devices, tablets and smartphones. Driven by innovation and committed
to quality, ASUS won 4,256 awards in 2013 and is widely credited with
revolutionizing the PC industry with its Eee PC™. ASUS has more than 13,600
employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of 4,500 engineers.
Company revenue for 2013 was approximately US$14 billion.
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