9/16/2023 0 Comments Asus wifi 6e router release date![]() ![]() ![]() I used the good ol’ "Smart Wi-Fi" UI shown below, which as I said, seems frozen in time. The Hydra even has a Bluetooth radio that’s required for app-based "onboarding" (aka setup). I’m not a big fan of app-based router management, which Linksys seems to prefer you use. But things haven’t really changed that much. It’s been a long time since I last had a Linksys router on the bench. – Skyworks SKY85743-21 5 GHz front end (x4) – Broadcom BCM43684 4 stream an/ac/ax radio – Broadcom BCM43684 4-stream an/ac/ax radio Qualcomm Networking Pro 810 64 bit quad-core 1.8 GHzīroadcom BCM4908 64 bit quad-core 1.8 GHz I’ve dutifully entered the info below for comparison to the ASUS GT-AXE11000. So all I know about the innards are what Linksys has disclosed. Since FCC short-term confidentiality doesn’t expire until August and I have to return the router to Linksys after testing, I didn’t open it up. A single USB 3.0 port is included for storage sharing, which I’m no longer testing. But the bad news is the port can’t be switched between LAN and WAN, which seems to be the approach other manufacturers have taken with multi-Gig ports. The good news is that the router can take advantage of its > 2.5 GbE port, as you’ll see when I review performance shortly. So there went my recently-acquired TP-Link TL-SG105-M2 2.5 GbE switch back to Amazon, replaced by a QNAP QSW-M408-4C 10 GbE managed switch to bring the SNB Wi-Fi test bench up to par with the routers it will be testing. This is the first router I’ve encountered with a 5 GbE multi-Gig port (it also supports 2.5 and 1 Gbps). ![]() Thankfully, all the Ethernet ports have link/activity LEDs. The front panel is very understated with only a single multi-color LED. The callout diagram below shows the Hydra’s rear panel. The 6 GHz radio supports four streams, so it gets the benefit of a bit more receive gain to help stretch range. However, this might not be the case as we’ll see when we get to performance. But since most of the devices that will ever associate with most APs are two stream at most, this looks like an appropriate trade-off to reduce product cost. You might be disappointed that there’s only two-stream support for the 2.4 and 5 GHz radios. Two have dual-band 2.4/5 GHz and separate 6 GHz dipoles inside, while two others hold two more 6 GHz dipoles. Linksys has given the Hydra Pro a streamlined look that’s virtually identical to its MR9600 Wi-Fi 6 sibling, with only four external non-detachable antenna housings. ![]()
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