"ASUS quality, rock solid", many users know the ASUS brand because of its top gaming laptops and peripherals, but some people may not know that ASUS is also a top high-end router manufacturer, quite strong in the wireless field, ranking among the top three in the European market share, and in the field of high-end routers in the North American market, ASUS's market share has even exceeded 40%.
According to the results of the Smallnetbuilder review, which is known for its strict standards, ASUS has seven products in all 12 mid-to-high-end wireless categories, including the N750, N900, AC1200, AC1750, AC2350, AC3100, and AC5300, while ASUS has four of the 11 products on the CNET list, making it the brand with the most products on the list.
There are not many ASUS wireless products, mainly mid-to-high-end wireless routers, and there are also a small number of entry-level products, and the product line coverage is more comprehensive than Netgear and Lingshi, and the products of the same level are more cost-effective than Lingshi. In ASUS's product line, from high to low, there are mainly Lyra/GT/RT series wireless routers, of which Lyra series is a distributed routing series, with the highest positioning, and the price is 2000-3000 yuan, and the GT series is a high-end tri-band router, and there is only one GT-AC5300 at present, priced at 2399 yuan; RT series is lower than GT series, and is divided into dual-frequency RT-AC series and single-frequency RT-N series, the price ranges from 149-1499 yuan, in terms of naming, follow the rules of the same series of products The larger the number, the more high-end.
AC68U and AC86U are the two highest rated products in CNET, in the evaluation of CNET with a high score of 9.3 and 9.0 respectively, ranked the top two, and the following products opened a significant gap, from the price and configuration point of view, both products belong to the high-end dual-band routing, AC86U positioning is higher, in the highest transmission rate, WIFI chip and memory capacity are higher than AC68U, in terms of such as the number of interfaces, detachable antennas, etc., there is no difference between the two, in terms of price, AC86U is 899 yuan, AC68U is 699 yuan, you can choose freely according to actual needs and budget.
GT-AC5300 and RT-AC5300 are one of the few tri-band routers in ASUS, and they have a certain price advantage over their peers such as Lingshi and Netgear. In terms of horizontal comparison, the GT series is positioned higher, using a higher frequency Broadcom chip, 1GB memory and 8 Gigabit LAN port configurations are twice as much as RT-AC5300, but the two are completely consistent in terms of maximum transmission rate, and in terms of price, RT-AC5300 is only about 60% of RT, which is more cost-effective.
