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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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4.3 out of 5
6 user ratings
5 stars
50 %
4 stars
50 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
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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 %
50
4.1 out of 5
50 user ratings
5 stars
46 %
4 stars
24 %
3 stars
26 %
2 stars
4 %
1 stars
0 %
5
5.0 out of 5
5 user ratings
5 stars
100 %
4 stars
0 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %

Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
N/A
Number of LAN ports441
Number of WAN ports111
USByesyesno
Total USB ports12
N/A
Number of USB 2.0 ports12
N/A
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports00
N/A
Number of USB 3.1 ports00
N/A
Communication mode
N/A
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
N/A

Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Black
  • Grey
White
Active cooling (fan)nonono

Dimensions

Width7.56 in6.77 in2.28 in
Height1.18 in2.36 in3.5 in
Depth4.92 in5.71 in3.5 in
Weight0.66 lb0.73 lb0.24 lb
Number of units111
Rack-mount designnono
N/A

Communication

Frequency band
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
N/A
Management interfaceSNMP
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
N/A
6to4noyes
N/A
Communication protocol
  • IPv6
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Network / transport Protocol
  • NTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • PPPoE
  • DHCP
N/A
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 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • 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 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
Jumbo frames supportnoyes
N/A
Mobile broadband supportnoyesno
Throughput WAN-LAN100.0 Mbps802.4 Mbps100.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)nono
N/A
Wireless networkyesyesyes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyes
2.4GHz data transfer rate300.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless networkyesyesyes
5GHz data transfer rate867.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps433.0 Mbps
External antennayesno
N/A
Detachable antennano
N/A
N/A
MIMOyesyes
N/A
Number of antennas4
N/A
N/A
Total wireless data transfer rate1167.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps
N/A
Wireless security
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
34925
N/A
Type of mobile support
N/A
USB modem
N/A
Mobile HSUPA
N/A
yes
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)
N/A
yes
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)
N/A
yes
N/A
Mobile 3G
N/A
yes
N/A
Beamforming
N/A
yes
N/A
MU-MIMO
N/A
no
N/A

Compatibility

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

Security

DMZyesyesyes
Encryption Algorithm
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
N/A
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
1
N/A
VPN protocol
N/A
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
VPN client
N/A
yes
N/A