Asus RT-AC55UHP Wireless-AC1200 Router Review

By
Suvendu Mardi (SAM)
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Introduction

Asus is well known for their high-speed networking solutions, with RT-AC55UHP Asus, want to target those, who want a high-performance AC router, but don’t want to spend too much and stick with dual-band router. Asus RT-AC55UHP offers lots of features which found on higher-end routers but in a comparably cheap price point.

Specifications

  • AC1200 enhanced AC performance: 300+867 Mbps
  • IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11ac, IPv4, IPv6
  • 11n: up to 300 Mbps and 802.11ac: up to 867 Mbps
  • Detachable dipole antenna x 2
  • MIMO technology
    • 4 GHz 2 x 2
    • 5GHz 2 x 2
  • 128 MB RAM
  • Encryption support 64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK, WPA-Enterprise , WPA2-Enterprise , WPS support
  • Firewall：SPI intrusion detection, DoS protection
  • Access control：Parental control, Network service filter, URL filter, Port filter
  • UPnP, DLNA, IGMP v1/v2/v3, DNS Proxy, DHCP, SNMP, NTP Client, DDNS, Port Trigger, DMZ, System Event Log
  • WAN: Internet connection type: Automatic IP, Static IP, PPPoE(MPPE supported), PPTP, L2TP
    • WAN Bridge support
    • Multicast Proxy support
    • Multicast Rate Setting support
  • Ports: RJ45 for 10/100/1000/Gigabits BaseT for WAN x 1, RJ45 for 10/100/1000/Gigabits BaseT for LAN x 4
    • USB 2.0 x 1
    • USB 3.0 x 1
  • Buttons: WPS Button, Reset Button, Power Button
  • Power:
    • AC Input: 110V~240V(50~60Hz)
    • DC Output: 12 V with max. 2 A current

Features

  • SmartQoS
  • – WMM
  • – User definable rules for IP/MAC/Port
  • – Upload and download bandwidth management
  • – ACK/SYN/FIN/RST/ICMP with Highest priority
  • Parental Control
  • Guest Network: 2.4 GHz x 3, 5 GHz x 3
  • VPN server: IPSec Pass-Through, PPTP Pass-Through, L2TP Pass-Through, PPTP Server, OpenVPN Server
  • VPN client : PPTP client, L2TP client, OpenVPN client
  • Mac OS Backup
  • Enhanced media server (AiPlayer app compatible)
  • – Image: Jpeg
  • – Audio: mp3, wma, wav, pcm, mp4, lpcm, ogg
  • – Video: asf, avi, divx, mpeg, mpg, ts, vob, wmv, mkv, mov
  • AiCloud personal cloud service
  • 3G/4G data sharing
  • Printer Server
  • – Multifunctional printer support (Windows only)
  • – LPR protocol support
  • Download Master
  • – Support bt, nzb, http, ed2k
  • – Support encryption, DHT, PEX and magnet link
  • – Upload and download bandwidth control
  • – Download scheduling
  • AiDisk file server
  • – Samba and FTP server with account management
  • Dual WAN
  • IPTV support

 

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