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Asus RT-BE96U

details: 19Gbps Tri-Band WiFi 7 Router
hardware type: Wireless Router
date added: 2023-01-05
updated: 2024-10-04
Next-generation WiFi 7 router with dual 10G ports boosts speeds up to 19000 Mbps.

New 6 GHz frequency band with 320MHz bandwidth & 4096 QAM which is 2X data rate compares to WiFi 6E and increase throughput by 20%​.

Multi-link operation (MLO) allows data transmissions to span multiple frequency bands at the same time​.

Multi-RU puncturing reduces potential channel interference and allows them to be used more efficiently​.
 
 
 
 RT-BE96U Features
 General
 Availability: announced
 LAN / WAN Connectivity
 WAN ports: 2
WAN ports can act as LAN ports as well
 WAN port(s) type: Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45)
 WAN port auto cross-over: yes
 LAN ports: 4
 LAN ports type: Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45)
 LAN ports auto cross-over: yes
 USB port(s): 2
one of the USB ports is USB 2.0
 USB port type: USB 3.2
 Router
 NAT routing: yes
 Multihomed: yes
 Port forwarding: yes
 DHCP server: yes
 DHCP client: yes
 Wireless
 Maximum Wireless Speed: 18 Gbps (Wi-Fi 7)
 WiFi standards supported: 802.11g (Wi-Fi 3)
802.11n (Wi-Fi 4)
802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5)
802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)
802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6E - 6GHz)
802.11be (Wi-Fi 7)
 WiFi modes: Access point
 external antenna(s): 8
 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup): yes
 Beamforming: yes
 Dual Band (2.4GHz/5GHz): yes
 Simultaneous Dual Band (2.4GHz/5GHz): yes
 Device Management
 Firmware upgradeable: yes
 Misc hardware info
 RAM: 2048 Mb
 Flash Memory: 256 Mb
 IPv6 support: yes
 Links
 Product page: https://www.asus.com/networking-iot-serv...

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