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While the ASUS RT-AC68U (AC1900) WiFi router is one of the easier to use models that we have tested, its performance in all of our other tests...Read more
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3.3 out of 5
3 user ratings
5 stars
0 %
4 stars
33 %
3 stars
66 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
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User rating
68
3.6 out of 5
68 user ratings
5 stars
29 %
4 stars
27 %
3 stars
26 %
2 stars
8 %
1 stars
7 %
45
3.9 out of 5
45 user ratings
5 stars
33 %
4 stars
28 %
3 stars
31 %
2 stars
6 %
1 stars
0 %
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3.5 out of 5
4 user ratings
5 stars
25 %
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75 %
2 stars
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4.1 out of 5
46 user ratings
5 stars
45 %
4 stars
26 %
3 stars
23 %
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1 stars
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Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Black
  • Grey
N/A
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Grey
Active cooling (fan)nononono

Dimensions

Width7.56 in8.15 in5.91 in8.86 in
Height1.18 in1.46 in1.34 in1.18 in
Depth4.92 in5.91 in
N/A
5.55 in
Weight0.66 lb1.15 lb
N/A
N/A
Number of units1111
Rack-mount designnononono

Features

Built-in DSL modemnononono
File serverVia USBVia USB
N/A
Via USB
Built-in printer serveryesyes
N/A
yes
Designed for wall mounting
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Mobile app for controlling features
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A

Communication

Frequency band
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
N/A
N/A
2.4 GHz
Management interfaceSNMP
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
Web/networkWeb/network
6to4noyes
N/A
N/A
Communication protocol
  • IPv6
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Quality of Service
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Network / transport Protocol
  • NTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
N/A
N/A
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
Data link layer
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Wireless standards
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.3i
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
Jumbo frames supportnoyes
N/A
no
Mobile broadband supportnoyes
N/A
no
Throughput WAN-LAN100.0 Mbps800.0 Mbps
N/A
122.7 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)nono
N/A
no
Wireless networkyesyesyesyes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyesyes
2.4GHz data transfer rate300.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps
N/A
N/A
5GHz wireless networkyesnoyesno
5GHz data transfer rate867.0 Mbps
N/A
N/A
N/A
External antennayesyesnoyes
Detachable antennanoyes
N/A
yes
MIMOyesyes
N/A
yes
Number of antennas43
N/A
3
Total wireless data transfer rate1167.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps
Wireless security
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
30000
N/A
N/A
Type of mobile support
N/A
USB modem
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSUPA
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 3G
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 2G (GSM)
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A

Compatibility

DynDNSyesyes
N/A
yes
Routing protocol
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • IGMPv3
N/A
N/A
Static IP routing
Target audienceHome usersHome usersHome usersHome users
Support for alternative firmware
N/A
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
N/A
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt