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Posted 25 July 2023
ASUS RT-AX53U AX1800 Dual Band WiFi 6 Router - Preorder for Stock 29th July
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Stock is due in a few days time, so if you missed the CCL deal for a quid more, this might be worth a pre-order. Just to be clear, this isn't a pre-order for an items that's just been released into the market, but more of ordering for when stock arrives with Box.
Key Features
BUILT FOR MULTI-DEVICE HOUSEHOLDS
With a revolutionary combination of OFDMA and MU-MIMO technology, 802.11ax technology provides up to 4X greater network capacity and efficiency in traffic-dense environments. Previous-generation 802.11ac WiFi can only handle one device at a time on each network channel, which is an inefficient use of available bandwidth. OFDMA support in the 802.11ax WiFi standard divides each channel into small sub-channels, allowing signals from multiple devices to be bundled together and transmitted simultaneously, reducing latency for a smoother, more responsive WiFi experience.
BETTER BATTERY LIFE FOR YOUR DEVICES
Target Wake Time (TWT) allows RT-AX53U to schedule designated intervals for devices to transmit data. This allows them to sleep when there is no need to wait for a router signal, reducing power consumption by up to 7X for significantly improved battery life.
WIFI THAT GOES FARTHER
With the latest 802.11ax WiFi standard featuring OFDMA technology, RT-AX53U provides increased WiFi signal range and better coverage by dividing each channel into smaller sub-channels. These sub-channels have a smaller bandwidth that enables them to travel up to 80% farther, resulting in a better WiFi connection throughout your home.
GET YOUR HOME READY FOR WIFI 6 (802.11AX)
The growing number of connected personal and IoT devices has led to an overall increase in network density that is pushing the limits of the current WiFi standard. The latest 802.11ax standard provides future-proof technologies, higher network efficiency, faster WiFi speeds, greater coverage and improved battery life for connected devices, providing a significantly better networking experience for users.
*It requires 802.11ax-compatible devices to enjoy the benefits brought by 802.11ax WiFi standard.
NEXT-GEN WIFI SPEED
RT-AX53U is a 2x2 dual-band WiFi router that provides 80MHz bandwidth and 1024-QAM for dramatically faster wireless connections. With a total networking speed of about 1800Mbps — 574Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 1201Mbps on the 5GHz band — RT-AX53U is 1.5X faster than 802.11ac 2x2 dual-band routers.
CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS
RT-AX53U has one Gigabit WAN port, three Gigabit LAN ports, and USB 2.0 port. Smart TV, game consoles, NAS storage devices, backup internet and more can now have their own dedicated ports, making RT-AX53U your solid digital home hub.
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Key Features
- AX1800
- Wi-Fi Router
- 1x Gigabit WAN port | 3x Gigabit LAN ports
- 1x USB port
- MU-MIMO | OFDMA
- AiProtection and Parental Controls
- RT-AX53U
BUILT FOR MULTI-DEVICE HOUSEHOLDS
With a revolutionary combination of OFDMA and MU-MIMO technology, 802.11ax technology provides up to 4X greater network capacity and efficiency in traffic-dense environments. Previous-generation 802.11ac WiFi can only handle one device at a time on each network channel, which is an inefficient use of available bandwidth. OFDMA support in the 802.11ax WiFi standard divides each channel into small sub-channels, allowing signals from multiple devices to be bundled together and transmitted simultaneously, reducing latency for a smoother, more responsive WiFi experience.
BETTER BATTERY LIFE FOR YOUR DEVICES
Target Wake Time (TWT) allows RT-AX53U to schedule designated intervals for devices to transmit data. This allows them to sleep when there is no need to wait for a router signal, reducing power consumption by up to 7X for significantly improved battery life.
WIFI THAT GOES FARTHER
With the latest 802.11ax WiFi standard featuring OFDMA technology, RT-AX53U provides increased WiFi signal range and better coverage by dividing each channel into smaller sub-channels. These sub-channels have a smaller bandwidth that enables them to travel up to 80% farther, resulting in a better WiFi connection throughout your home.
GET YOUR HOME READY FOR WIFI 6 (802.11AX)
The growing number of connected personal and IoT devices has led to an overall increase in network density that is pushing the limits of the current WiFi standard. The latest 802.11ax standard provides future-proof technologies, higher network efficiency, faster WiFi speeds, greater coverage and improved battery life for connected devices, providing a significantly better networking experience for users.
*It requires 802.11ax-compatible devices to enjoy the benefits brought by 802.11ax WiFi standard.
NEXT-GEN WIFI SPEED
RT-AX53U is a 2x2 dual-band WiFi router that provides 80MHz bandwidth and 1024-QAM for dramatically faster wireless connections. With a total networking speed of about 1800Mbps — 574Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 1201Mbps on the 5GHz band — RT-AX53U is 1.5X faster than 802.11ac 2x2 dual-band routers.
CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS
RT-AX53U has one Gigabit WAN port, three Gigabit LAN ports, and USB 2.0 port. Smart TV, game consoles, NAS storage devices, backup internet and more can now have their own dedicated ports, making RT-AX53U your solid digital home hub.
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24 Comments
sorted bySpecifically in terms of security & security only, is the router provided by your isp good enough?
Sky
virgin hub
bt hub
Or is it still advisable to get another aftermarket unit? If so, please explain comprehensively.
For your average family home, what is reasonable?
As an example, Six million Sky routers had serious security flaw and the issue was fixed by Sky. It took Sky 18 months to fix, but it was fixed by them. This was fixed without any intervention by the user.
For the average family home user who buys their own router, the changes are they're not going to check if their router needs a security update and even if it did, a lot of the home routers have security issues that haven't been fixed, ever.
This particular router, the RT-AX53U had a multiple sets of security issues that researchers made Asus aware of, and they did provided firmware fixes after 3 months. However, it was still up to users to patch their routers themselves...
It's not even just Asus either, there are a lot of exploits in the wild for the vast majority of home routers.
Some are unpatched even to this day because the manufacture simply no longer supports it... and even the ones that are supported can have huge issues that still need to be patched by the end user.
For example both Netgear and Linksys routers were affected by a backdoor baked into the firmware of the routers, just sitting there on the internet waiting for people to login to your router remotely. The outcry from the security experts prompted the issue to be fixed even on older unsupported routers. Again, the issue is getting the end user to upgrade their router's firmware.
And there are issues on a month by month basis. Average family user might get lucky and never be affected by it, but they might not even know their router is infected.
Is it worth getting your own router rather than using an ISP one? Yes, probably, but you need to know why you're getting one. For example, you may want to enable a VPN for every one in the household, or setup a separate WiFi network that has a VPN on it constantly. Your ISP router probably isn't going to support that, so you'll need to find one that does. Are these security issues that an average joe family would need to consider? (edited)
Thank you.
Tempted by it. Just purchased my first house and the internet speeds are 65mbps at best.