ASUS has launched a new router with a rather conservative design. If you don’t like routers with a gaming look, with lights, external antennas and a rather aggressive design, this new router from the manufacturer is perfect for you. The new ASUS RT-AX59U It is a model that is included within the high-end of routers, since it has simultaneous dual band with Wi-Fi 6 and Gigabit ports, but logically we cannot compare it with models of more than €500, since we can buy this equipment for less than €200. Do you want to know all the features of this new model? Next, you have all the details.
Main features
This new ASUS router falls within the upper-middle range of its routers with the Wi-Fi 6 standard, this model is perfect for having a very good wired and wireless speed, but without having to spend more than 300 euros on a router. If you need to improve the WiFi and wired network at home, in addition to enjoying all the options related to VPNs, USB ports and more, this model is perfect for you.
wireless features
The main features of this new router is that it incorporates Simultaneous dual band with Wi-Fi 6 and is AX4200 class. In the 2.4GHz band we can get one speed up to 574Mbpsthanks to its two internal antennas in MU-MIMO 2T2R configuration, the 40MHz channel width and the Wi-Fi 6 standard. 5GHz band we can get one speed up to 3603Mbpsthanks to its three internal antennas in MU-MIMO 3T3R configuration, the 160MHz channel width and the Wi-Fi 6 standard.
This new router is extensible, that is, it incorporates the Wi-Fi AiMesh technology to form a complete mesh network and extend the coverage of another router, and we can even use other routers to extend the coverage of this one. In this way, we will be able to cover our entire house with wireless coverage, and have the best user experience by having Wi-Fi roaming and also band-steering in connection.
Other wireless features are that it incorporates a WPS button to sync WiFi clients quicklyalso supports WPA3-Personal to provide the highest possible security. Of course, the firmware of the router allows us to configure in detail all the advanced parameters of the router, perfect to adjust to the needs of the users.
Wired and USB Features
This wireless router incorporates one Gigabit Ethernet port for the Internet WAN, the firmware supports VLANs in the Internet WAN, VLAN per port to provide IPTV services, and also supports Movistar Triple VLAN FTTH to be fully compatible with the operator and to be able to replace the router. Regarding the local network, we have a total of 3 Gigabit Ethernet ports for LANthe firmware allows us to configure the Link Aggregation of the LAN1 and LAN2 ports to do a link aggregation in the local network. Of course we can activate jumbo frames whenever.
This router incorporates one high-performance USB 3.0 port and also another USB 2.0 portthanks to its powerful Quad-Core processor at 2GHz speed, we will be able to obtain a great speed in both reading and writing, perfect for using the router as if it were a NAS server. In addition, a very important aspect is that this CPU incorporates hardware encryption accelerationthis means that if we use the FTPES protocol In order to have confidentiality of the data, we will obtain almost the same performance as using the FTP protocol, which is not secure.
Asuswrt 388 Firmware
The firmware of this router ASUS RT-AX59U is version 388Therefore, we have at our disposal the latest news that ASUS has incorporated into the most complete firmware that we have in a home router. Of course, we have a section of Fully revamped VPN serversincluding the new WireGuard VPN, perfect for connecting very quickly and with the best download and upload speed possible. This firmware also includes the new FusionVPN that will allow us to connect to different VPN servers and choose which wired or WiFi clients go out to the Internet through these VPN servers.
The rest of the options and services such as the suite AiProtection Pro with Bidirectional IPS, parental control, adaptive QoS, the possibility of making the most of USB ports, advanced configurations in the wireless part, LAN, WAN, firewall and advanced local and remote management options, we also have them present in this router . In this regard, nothing has changed compared to other models.
Now that you know the main features of this router, we are going to teach you everything about this model in the video that we have recorded.
Unboxing and first impressions
In RedesZone we already have with us this new router that has been on the market a very short time ago, the first thing that has caught our attention is the design, since it breaks with all previous router designs from the manufacturer. This model is quite elegant, it looks like the ZenWiFi range that has a design with internal antennas and is much more “beautiful” and without a gaming aspect. Another interesting feature is that the base that we have installed in the router, we can easily put it on the back and put the router on the wall. Inside the box we have the wall mounting kit with its corresponding plugs and screws.
If you want to know everything about the router, then you can see our complete videos with everything you need to know about this router:
Soon in RedesZone we are going to offer you a complete analysis where you will be able to see all the features in detail, and the real performance of LAN-LAN, LAN-WAN, WiFi and also of its USB ports.
