Asus RT-AX1800S Review
In response to the increasing number of linked personal and IoT devices, network density has increased significantly, pushing the existing WiFi standard to its limitations.
In addition to providing future-proof technologies, higher network efficiency, faster WiFi speeds, greater coverage, and improved battery life for connected devices, the latest WiFi 6(802.11ax) standard also provides a significantly better networking experience for users, resulting in a significantly better networking experience for users.
With an 80MHz bandwidth and 1024-QAM modulation, the RT-AX1800S is a 2×2 dual-band WiFi router that allows for much quicker wireless connections.
When combined, the RT-AX1800S achieves a total networking speed of about 1800Mbps (574Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 1201Mbps on the 5GHz band), making it 1.5 times faster than 802.11ac 2×2 dual-band routers.
Specifications
Model Name
- RT-AX1800S
Network Standard
- IEEE 802.11a
- IEEE 802.11b
- IEEE 802.11g
- WiFi 4 (802.11n)
- WiFi 5 (802.11ac)
- WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- IPv4
- IPv6
AX technology
- Yes
Antenna
- External antenna x 4
Transmit/Receive
- 2.4 GHz 2 x 2
- 5 GHz 2 x 2
Processor
- quad-core processor
Memory
- 128 MB Flash
- 256 MB RAM
Boosts speed
- OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access)
- Beamforming: standard-based and universal
- 1024-QAM high data rate
- 20/40/80 MHz bandwidth
Operating Frequency
- 2.4G Hz / 5 GHz
Ports
- RJ45 for Gigabits BaseT for WAN x 1, RJ45 for Gigabits BaseT for LAN x 4
Button
- WPS Button, Reset Button, Power Switch
LED Indicator
- Power x 1
- 2.4G x 1
- 5G x 1
- LAN x 1
- WAN x 1
Power Supply
- AC Input : 110V~240V(50~60Hz)
- DC Output : 12 V with max. 1.5A current
Package content
- RT-AX1800S
- RJ45 x1
- Adapter x1
- QSG x1
- Warranty Card x1
AiMesh
- AiMesh : No
- Primary AiMesh router : No
- AiMesh node : No
Router APP
- ASUS Router APP : Yes
Game
- Game Boost/acceleration : No
Alexa
- Support Alexa skil : Yes
IFTTT
- Support IFTTT : No
AiProtection
- AiProtection : AiProtection Classic
- Malicious site blocking : Yes
- Two-Way IPS : No
- Infected Device Prevention and Blocking ; Yes
Parental Control
- Parental Control : Yes
- Parental Control Customized Internet schedule : Yes
Traffic Control
- Adaptive QoS : No
- Bandwidth limiter : Yes
- Traditional QoS : Yes
- Traffic Monitor : Yes
- Real-time traffic monitor : Yes
- Wired Traffic Monitor : Yes
- Wireless Traffic Monitor : Yes
- Website history : Yes
Wireless
- IPv6 : Yes
- MU-MIMO : Yes
- Wi-Fi Encryption : Open system, WPA/WPA2-Personal, WPA/WPA2-Enterprise, WPA3-Personal
- UTF-8 SSID : Yes
- Guest Network : Yes
- WPS : Yes
- Wi-Fi MAC address filter : Yes
- Wireless scheduler : Yes
- Airtime fairness : Yes
- RADIUS Server : Yes
- Universal beamforming : Yes
- Explicit beamforming : Yes
- IGMP snooping : Yes
WAN
- Internet connection Type : PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, Automatic IP, Static IP
- Dual WAN : Yes
- WAN Aggregation : No
- 3G/4G LTE dongle : No
- Port triggering : Yes
- DMZ : Yes
- DDNS : Yes
- Let’s Encrypt : Yes
LAN
- DHCP Server : Yes
- IPTV : Yes
- LAN Link Aggregation : No
- Manually assign IP address : Yes
VPN
- VPN Client L2PT : Yes
- VPN Client OVPN : Yes
- VPN Client PPTP : Yes
- VPN Server IPSec : Yes
- VPN Server OVPN : Yes
- VPN Server PPTP : Yes
USB application
- 3G/4G LTE dongle : No
- HDD hibernation : No
- Safely Remove disk : No
- AiCloud : No
- Download master : No
- AiDisk : No
- Media Server : No
- Time Machine : No
- Samba Server : No
- FTP Server : No
- Shared Folder privileges : No