Introducing the Asus RT-AC66U Router!

Thomas@Asus · 25 Jul 2012 at 11:18

Just thought I would snap these pictures for you guys as it has just arrived in our office

http://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/RTAC66U/

KIA · 25 Jul 2012 at 11:36

Price?

Thomas@Asus · 25 Jul 2012 at 11:38

KIA said:
Price?

The RRP is going to be £197.99!

foster grant · 25 Jul 2012 at 12:03

Someone will buy it purely because it's black and has blue lights!

Thomas@Asus · 25 Jul 2012 at 12:17

foster grant said:
Someone will buy it purely because it's black and has blue lights!

...As they should

Gammawolf · 25 Jul 2012 at 12:38

Do want badly! I couldn't justify an upgrade from a RT56U to the RT66U but this... Maybe when i get an AC wireless expansion card this could tick all the boxes!

dbmzk1 · 25 Jul 2012 at 15:24

I'll stick with my RT66U for a while I think - the wireless is more than fast enough for what I need. The only wireless devices I have are either fixed 56g (PS3 in spare bedroom) or only used for browsing and other simple web activities (phone, laptop, tablet) so it wont really make any massive difference. My main PC, server and HTPC are all wired with gigabit ethernet.

kona786 · 25 Jul 2012 at 15:44

Pricey - will give it a couple of years before I NEED one I think - should be £50 by then

Kipper67 · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:30

what about the RT-n65u ? Any eta or price estimate on that ?

kitfit1 · 25 Jul 2012 at 21:52

Does it show port 21 as Closed, in the same way the RT-N56U does ?

Deleted member 77746 · 26 Jul 2012 at 09:54

No point getting one unless you have an AC WiFi adaptor to go with it.

stoofa · 26 Jul 2012 at 11:00

I'd just be happy with the RT-N56U (Which I already have) with a built-in VDSL modem.

Caged · 26 Jul 2012 at 11:57

Is this the horrible standard that eats up most of the 5GHz spectrum with just one device running? It's like 40MHz wide channels in the 2.4GHz spectrum all over again. There's no point having theoretically huge maximum throughput and range figures if every device is struggling to be heard over the one next to it.