Thursday, October 25th 2018
ASUS Announces Availability of RT-AX88U 802.11ax Router
ASUS today announced that the RT-AX88U WiFi router is now available. Featuring the latest 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard, which includes a variety of new technologies that improve Wi-Fi speed and network capacity, RT-AX88U enables users to get cutting edge, future-proof performance from their home Wi-Fi network.
In addition to the latest Wi-Fi technologies, RT-AX88U features a powerful 64-bit 1.8GHz quad-core processor to ensure smooth and responsive performance as well as two USB ports and eight Gigabit LAN parts to provide users the flexibility to expand and configure their network the way they want.
RT-AX88U also features powerful built-in software, including adaptive QoS and Gamers Private Network (GPN) powered by wtfast to accelerate online gaming, AiMesh for creating a whole-home mesh Wi-Fi system simply by adding compatible routers, and AiProtection Pro, commercial-grade network security powered by TrendMicro to keep users and all their connected devices safe from online threats. Many households and small businesses upgrade their Wi-Fi router infrequently, so current purchasing decisions can affect network performance for years to come. By upgrading to a new Wi-Fi router, such as RT-AX88U, when a new network standard becomes available, users can maximize network performance now and get the longest lifespan out of their Wi-Fi network.
With the latest 802.11ax Wi-Fi, ASUS RT-AX88U supports 160 MHz bandwidth and 1024-QAM to provide ultrafast Wi-Fi speeds of up 6000Mbps - 1148Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 4804Mbps on the 5GHz band - 2.3X faster than 802.11ac 4x4 dual-band routers. In addition to boosting Wi-Fi speeds, the 802.11ax standard offers a number of other improvements and optimizations that address the massive increase in the number of connected devices in recent years. RT-AX88U features a revolutionary combination of OFDMA and MU-MIMO technology that provides up to 4X better network efficiency and capacity.
With OFDMA, the data channel is separated into smaller sub channels, so data from different devices can be bundled together to ensure no bandwidth is wasted. This means that one channel can transmit data to several devices at the same time, improving efficiency and reducing latency. These smaller sub channels also enable RT-AX88U to provide up to 80% greater coverage than previous-generation routers. The 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard also helps to improve battery life of connected devices. A new technology called Target Wait Time (TWT) allows transmissions to be scheduled, so connected devices can sleep for longer periods, delivering up to 7X better battery life. 802.11ax is fully backwards compatible with previous Wi-Fi standards, so users can connect any Wi-Fi device to RT-AX88U and enjoy a seamless networking experience.
ASUS RT-AX88U comes with eight Gigabit LAN ports to provide maximum flexibility for users who need or prefer wired connections. Additionally, two USB ports enable connection of an external hard drive or printer to create network storage or wireless backups and printing. One of the USB ports is located on the front of the router for easier connectivity. To handle the data from the increased number of connected devices supported by 802.11ax as well as from the eight LAN ports and two USB ports, RT-AX88U comes with a 64-bit 1.8GHz quad-core CPU that provides enough processing power to keep even the busiest networks running smoothly.
In addition to the latest Wi-Fi technologies, RT-AX88U features a powerful 64-bit 1.8GHz quad-core processor to ensure smooth and responsive performance as well as two USB ports and eight Gigabit LAN parts to provide users the flexibility to expand and configure their network the way they want.
With the latest 802.11ax Wi-Fi, ASUS RT-AX88U supports 160 MHz bandwidth and 1024-QAM to provide ultrafast Wi-Fi speeds of up 6000Mbps - 1148Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 4804Mbps on the 5GHz band - 2.3X faster than 802.11ac 4x4 dual-band routers. In addition to boosting Wi-Fi speeds, the 802.11ax standard offers a number of other improvements and optimizations that address the massive increase in the number of connected devices in recent years. RT-AX88U features a revolutionary combination of OFDMA and MU-MIMO technology that provides up to 4X better network efficiency and capacity.
With OFDMA, the data channel is separated into smaller sub channels, so data from different devices can be bundled together to ensure no bandwidth is wasted. This means that one channel can transmit data to several devices at the same time, improving efficiency and reducing latency. These smaller sub channels also enable RT-AX88U to provide up to 80% greater coverage than previous-generation routers. The 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard also helps to improve battery life of connected devices. A new technology called Target Wait Time (TWT) allows transmissions to be scheduled, so connected devices can sleep for longer periods, delivering up to 7X better battery life. 802.11ax is fully backwards compatible with previous Wi-Fi standards, so users can connect any Wi-Fi device to RT-AX88U and enjoy a seamless networking experience.
ASUS RT-AX88U comes with eight Gigabit LAN ports to provide maximum flexibility for users who need or prefer wired connections. Additionally, two USB ports enable connection of an external hard drive or printer to create network storage or wireless backups and printing. One of the USB ports is located on the front of the router for easier connectivity. To handle the data from the increased number of connected devices supported by 802.11ax as well as from the eight LAN ports and two USB ports, RT-AX88U comes with a 64-bit 1.8GHz quad-core CPU that provides enough processing power to keep even the busiest networks running smoothly.
24 Comments on ASUS Announces Availability of RT-AX88U 802.11ax Router
Faster than 1Gbps Ethernet is a must on 802.11ax routers though, as the Ethernet is going to be a major bottleneck on these type of devices, at least if you intend to try and get the most out of them.
At that price point, I tend to expect the very best of everything to be included...
plus I could attach an m.2 array to it for really fast data storage/transfers....
Also, why would you attach an M.2 array (I presume you mean that this would be in some kind of nonexistent external enclosure with RAID support?) to a router?
Your logic escapes me and it feels like you're just trolling.
Best wireless throughput and coverage ever experienced. Only downsize is the lack of LAN ports, had to use a 8 port Cisco switch for covering that. For $234 that's the best wireless system I ever bought.....
"Poe" as a noun has been coined from Poe's Law. In this context, a Poe refers to either a person, post, or news story that could cause Poe's Law to be invoked. In most cases, this is specifically in the sense of posts and people who are taken as legitimate, but are probably parody.
Add to that the heat associated with PoE and it won't play well with a wireless router. That's why you don't tend to see Wireless routers with PoE, the wireless radios don't like heat, they get hot enough themselves.
Finally, there is the standards issues. You mention the Ring devices, well, they don't work with standard PoE equipment. You have to use their PoE injectors, because the devices don't use the PoE standards, instead they run off 12v only. Believe it or not, a lot of PoE equipment is like that, especially the stuff aimed at consumers. Even some of the less expensive Ubiquiti stuff was like that.I put in a lot of UAP-AC-LITE access points, and until recently they only supported the Ubiquiti 24v PoE, they would not work with a standard PoE adapter. Their older N APs still don't support standard PoE, not that anyone should be putting in N APs anymore. I use an Engenius outdoor access point in my garage that is PoE, and it also uses its own PoE injector and will not work with standardized PoE. I'm sure ASUS does not want to have to deal with the support associated with people calling and complaining that their device doesn't work with the PoE of the router, when the reason is the device they are trying to plug into the router actually doesn't actually properly support PoE despite claiming it uses PoE.
Also for the segment this targets I don't think they will care about a few more watts extra usage... Gamers already have tons of systems that use a lot so...
This need to try to centralize every network device into a single unit is insane to me. I would prefer that eveything on my entire network didn't stop working just because my router takes a shit.
This isn't about Ring's epecific implementation. Other vendors have PoE af/AT as well. A relative has one that's PoE AT.
You're right, this isn't about Ring's specific implementation, it is about all the different companies that have their own implementation. Netgear, Trendnet, Ubiquiti, EnGenius, just to list a few, all have put out non-standard PoE devices. And the devices that don't follow the established PoE standard are usually the products aimed at consumers. So the result of adding PoE to a consumer router would be a bunch of people plugging their devices into the router and then wondering why they don't work. Consumers don't know that just because the box for a product says PoE, that doesn't mean it actually follows the standards and will work with 802.3af/at. The extra support that ASUS, or any company that releases consumer routers, would have to provide to these people would be far too high.
PoE Switches, and routers, are still something that just isn't ready for the consumer market and is best left to enthusiasts and professionals.
In our town start to build optical network and before few days they work in my building.
Now my 20/2Mb/s will become 50/8 or 100/10Mb/s.....:roll:
10Gbase-T ... is exclusive.
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Strengths of SFP+ -- and -- Weaknesses of 10GBASE-T:
- 10Gbase-T is Less efficient.
- SFP+ is very high cable quality and incredibly diverse (there are SFP+ cables that work 20kM !!)
- 10GbaseT has no path to extend beyond 100m
- Latency of 10GbaseT is 26x that of SFP+
- A single 40GbE port can supply 4x SFP+ 10GbE cables.
- Cheaper Switches / NIC adapters via the purchase of used Enterprise gear.
SFP+ is only superior in these categories:- Superb performance
- The Lowest latency
- Superior energy efficiency
(To quote websites...)10GBASE-T vs SFP+: Latency
Low latency is paramount to ensure fast response time and reduce CPU idle cycles. That increases data center efficiency and ROI. With the increasing of using private cloud applications, the need for low latency is growing fast in large scale data centers.
When it comes to 10GBase-T, the PHY standard uses block encoding to transport data across the cable without errors. The standard specifies 2.6 microseconds for the transmit-receive pair, and the size of the block requires that latency to be less that 2 microseconds. SFP+ uses simplified electronics without encoding, and typical latency is around 300 nanoseconds (ns) per link. You can further compare them in the below table.
Basically, there are only slight differences between 10GBASE-T and SFP+ in terms of application latency. Relatively speaking, 10G SFP+ has lower latency than 10GBASE-T. High latency would exert negative influence on CPU and therefore limiting data center efficiency and increasing operational costs.
10GBASE-T vs SFP+: Power Consumption
10GBase-T components today require anywhere from 2 to 5 watts per port at each end of the cable (depending on the distance of the cable) while SFP+ requires approximately 0.7 watt (regardless of distance). The difference is clearly shown in the below chart.