A large metal heatsink covers around one-third of the board and appears to cover the core components. On the back side of the board we find the majority of the routers components including all of the physical interfaces that run along the back of the router. This plate acts as a barrier between the core components and the antennae to prevent any undue interference from affecting the wireless reception and communication. Lifting the motherboard out of the router casing, the first thing that we find is a metal plate that runs along the top of the PCB. Compared to a large number of other products that I’ve reviewed, this router put up a fair fight in order to get it open that said though it isn’t intended to be taken apart by the end-user so ease of access is of no concern. Moving on to the warranty voiding part of the review, I first of all have to give it to Asus on this one, the RT-AC68U is one well put together bit of kit. A pair of long rubber feet keep the unit firmly in place and stop it from moving around too much. One thing that I’ve found with a few vertically aligned routers is that they can be a little unstable and Asus are also aware of this too.
To the right of the LED switch there are an additional four Gigabit Ethernet ports for LAN connections. In addition to the front panel LEDs, the Asus logo on the rear of the router below the power button also lights up when the router is on. Working from the left and along the line of connectivity options, we have a DC power jack with a power button above, a reset button offset further up the case to prevent being pressed accidentally, a USB2.0 and USB3.0 port, Gigabit WAN and an LED On/Off button which simply disables all the front panel LEDs when the router is up and running.
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Nestled in the middle of the back is a long label which amongst the usual Mac address, serial number and revision information also gives us that routers default factory settings including username, password and SSIDs (no encryption is set in a factory state). Unlike lower performing models, today’s high-end bits of networking kit do produce a fair amount of heat and naturally this has to go somewhere. Moving around to the back of the router we can see first of all that there is stacks of ventilation on offer to keep the system cool. Each of the antenna connect to the router through a set of screw-fit RP-SMA terminals and take only a matter of seconds to put into place. Out of the box the routers external antenna do come separate and will need fitting before use. This orientation I have found to be the most efficient and successful when it comes to signal strength, coverage and performance. When it comes to which way you should have each individual antennae positioned, there are a number of theories and arguments out there, but my recommendation is as seen below with the middle antenna straight up vertical from the router and the other two positioned to point out towards the back of the router at 45 degree angles and tilted back slightly. When moving up to the higher end of the wireless specification as we have here, wireless connectivity and signal strength is of a high priority and it is fundamental for the super fast 1300Mbps connection speeds that the 5GHz band is able to deliver. As far as bold and sophisticated designs go, Asus have outdone themselves here with a product that stands out from the rest of the crowd.Īlong the front we find a line of printed symbols for a number of the routers connectivity options and once turned on, a blue LED shines through the black plastic to indicate the status and activity on each connection. Above the textured pattern the router is finished off with a brushed effect band across the top with the Asus branding in a gold type colour and the model name & description printed beside.
* Tree Definition (This should be after MODULE IDENTITY definition in SMIv2.Diving straight into the design that Asus have chosen, we find the majority of the front panel made up of a textured criss-cross type pattern that, aside from the change in colour, is the same as the RP-N53 that we looked at towards the end of last year. Private, IpAddress, TimeTicks FROM RFC1155-SMI NOTIFICATION-TYPE,Integer32, Counter32 FROM SNMPv2-SMI
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