zanderthunder Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 ASUS today introduced the RT-AX89X, a massive, arachnid-looking, high-end gaming router with no less than 8 antennae. Its WLAN component is as impressive as its wired networking one. On the WLAN side, you get an 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) set up with up to 4,804 Mbps over the 5 GHz band + up to 1,300 Mbps over the 2.4 GHz band, adding up to 6,104 Mbps in dual-band mode. Even over the older 802.11ac standard, the router offers up to 4,333 Mbps (5 GHz) + 1,000 Mbps (2.4 GHz). The WLAN component offers the latest security features, including WPA3-Personal and WPA2-Enterprise. The wired networking setup of the ASUS RT-AX89X includes two 10 GbE uplinks, one 1 GbE WAN uplink, and eight 1 GbE LAN downlinks. The 10 GbE ports can be individually reconfigured as LAN downlinks. Also on offer are two 5 Gbps USB 3.1 type-A ports that can take in USB cellular Internet dongles, and USB mass-storage devices, such as flash drives, external storage devices, etc. The company didn't mention the router's signal strength in dBi, but rates it for "very large homes." The company didn't reveal pricing. Source: ASUS Intros RT-AX89X AX6000 Gaming Router with Dual 10GbE Ports (via TechPowerup) p/s: More photos of the device at the source link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d5aqoep Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I am following this router and it has been available for sale since 4 months now. It is already outdated because of absence of Wifi 6E specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanderthunder Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 46 minutes ago, d5aqoep said: I am following this router and it has been available for sale since 4 months now. It is already outdated because of absence of Wifi 6E specs. Any credible source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 7 hours ago, zanderthunder said: Any credible source? There's some discussion on SNB Forums starting with this post... https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ax89x.57884/page-9#post-560521 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanderthunder Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 8 hours ago, Karlston said: There's some discussion on SNB Forums starting with this post... https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ax89x.57884/page-9#post-560521 From what I see, the article posted on Techspot is from yesterday but the discussion on the post on SNB forums pointed out that the product is actually launched back in 2018. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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