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Asus RT-AC56U Router
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8 editorial reviews
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As the latest additions to ASUS’ quickly expanding 802.11AC family, the RT-AC56 and USB-AC56 are meant to redefine the budget-friendly wireless networking device segment. While one is a router and the other a USB add-on, they’re essentially two pieces of the same puzzle and are looking to offer...Read more
ASUS RT-AC56U (Router): 3.5 out of 5 stars from 2 genuine reviews on Australia's largest opinion site ProductReview.com.au.Read more
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Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Wired
Communication modeFull-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
N/A
Number of LAN ports444
Number of WAN ports11
N/A
USByesyes
N/A
Total USB ports221
Number of USB 2.0 ports12
N/A
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports10
N/A
Number of USB 3.1 ports
N/A
0
N/A

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Black
  • Grey
Black
Active cooling (fan)nono
N/A
LED indicators
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Width8.07 in6.77 in8.27 in
Height2.6 in2.36 in1.77 in
Depth5.79 in5.71 in5.51 in
Weight0.88 lb0.73 lb1.1 lb
Number of units11
N/A
Rack-mount designnonoyes
Rack height
N/A
N/A
1U

Communication

Frequency band
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
N/A
Management interfaceWeb/network
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
N/A
6to4noyes
N/A
Communication protocol
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
N/A
Network / transport Protocol
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • PPPoE
  • DHCP
  • TCP/IP
  • PPTP
  • UDP/IP
  • NetBEUI/NetBIOS
  • NTP
  • ICMP/IP
  • PPPoE
  • IPoE
  • ARP
  • BOOTP
  • DHCP
Data link layer
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit 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
N/A
Number of simultaneous connections3062134925
N/A
Wireless standards
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11d
  • IEEE 802.11e
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11i
  • IEEE 802.1x
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • 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 802.1x
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
Jumbo frames supportyesyes
N/A
Mobile broadband supportyesyes
N/A
Type of mobile supportUSB modemUSB modem
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)yesyes
N/A
Mobile 3Gyesyes
N/A
Throughput WAN-LAN778.2 Mbps802.4 Mbps
N/A
VoIP (SIP)nono
N/A
Wireless networkyesyes
N/A
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyes
N/A
2.4GHz data transfer rate300.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps
N/A
5GHz wireless networkyesyes
N/A
5GHz data transfer rate867.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps
N/A
External antennanono
N/A
MIMOyesyes
N/A
Total wireless data transfer rate1167.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps
N/A
Wireless security
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
N/A
Mobile HSUPA
N/A
yes
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)
N/A
yes
N/A
Beamforming
N/A
yes
N/A
MU-MIMO
N/A
no
N/A

Compatibility

DynDNSyesyes
N/A
Routing protocolIGMPStatic IP routing
  • RIP-2
  • VRRP
Support for alternative firmwareDD-WrtOpenWrt
N/A
Target audienceHome usersHome users
N/A

Power

Power over Ethernet (PoE)nonono
Operational Power Consumption (min-max)
N/A
5 - 7
N/A
Min operating temperature
N/A
N/A
5 °C
Max operating temperature
N/A
N/A
40 °C

Security

DMZyesyes
N/A
VPN protocol
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
N/A
VPN clientyesyes
N/A
Encryption Algorithm
  • MPPE
  • 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
  • DES
  • Triple DES
  • Blowfish
  • MD5
  • IKE
  • SHA-1
  • CAST-128
  • 128-bit AES
  • 192-bit AES
  • 256-bit AES
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
1
N/A
Firewall
N/A
N/A
yes

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