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Asus USB-AC56 review: Feature-rich and very fast |
January 29, 2014
Asus has been trouncing the competition with respect to wireless routers, and now it has the fastest 802.11ac Wi-Fi adapter, too. The USB-AC56 is a fancy devil, with the same glossy black diamond-plate texture that Asus routers have. In addition, the USB-AC56 boasts not just a tethered USB stand but also an oversize, hinged, detachable antenna that I thought would give the adapter a significant edge at longer distances. Imagine my surprise when it didn’t.
Like most of the adapters in our latest roundup, the USB-AC56 has a WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) button, so you can connect it to your router without having to remember the router’s password. This was the only adapter I looked at that had a USB 3.0 interface, and it delivered the fastest throughput when the client was close to the router, reaching 404 megabits per second when the client was in the bedroom, 9 feet from the router. The second-place finisher—Netgear’s A6200—was 23 percent slower, achieving TCP throughput of 310 mbps.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2091418/asus-usb-ac56-review-feature-rich-and-very-fast.html#tk.rss_reviews
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