ASUS RT-AX59U AX4200 Dual Band WiFi 6 Router
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Features
RT-AX59U
AX4200 Dual Band WiFi 6 (802.11ax) AiMesh Router supporting free network security with AiProtection Pro, Safe Browsing, Instant Guard and VPN features, Parental controls, Easy setup, Wall mount.
- WiFi for Smart Homes – Ultrafast WiFi 6 router delivering up to 4,200 Mbps speed, with a powerful quad-core CPU for better efficiency to handle more devices
- Aesthetic and Functional Design – An innovative foot stand for both desktops and wall mount, and the ultra-minimalist design can fit into your home or business environments.
- One-Tap Safe Browsing – Block undesirable content with ASUS Safe Browsing, and protect your kids online by filtering explicit content from search results.
- Commercial-Grade Security Anywhere – Protect your home network with AiProtection Pro, powered by Trend Micro™. And when away from home, ASUS Instant Guard gives you a one-click sharable secure VPN.
- Easy Extendable Network – Enjoy seamless roaming with rich, advanced features by adding any AiMesh-compatible router.
Mastering Your Smart Home
Experience fast and reliable WiFi all around your smart home with the RT-AX59U WiFi 6 router. It is fully backward compatible with previous WiFi standards and devices, so you can stay connected worry-free for all your internet activities.
Designed to Fit Your Style
Whether it’s a home or a café, on a desk or on a wall, all can enjoy the ultra-minimalist design of the RT-AX59U as it optimally blends with a wide variety of home interiors and business environments. The innovative foot stand can also serve as a wall-mount bracket for hassle-free installation.
Powerful WiFi 6 Performance
Enjoy unrivalled wireless performance across your smart home with the RT-AX59U dual band router. The powerful quad-core CPU and the WiFi 6 technology give it up to 4X more capacity for more devices. With support for 160 MHz channel bandwidth (160 MHz bandwidth may be unavailable in the 5 GHz band in some regions/countries, due to regulatory restrictions. And to benefit from WiFi 6 router features, compatible WiFi 6 devices are required.), it delivers 3X (The data compares speed of 3x3 11ax on 5 GHz 160 MHz bandwidth with 1024QAM modulation to speed of 3x3 11ac on 5 GHz 80 MHz with 256QAM modulation.) faster speeds and more reliable connectivity for all your high-bandwidth activities. The improved data transmission efficiency also reduces power consumption by up to 7X for better battery life of your devices (It requires 802.11ax-compatible devices to enjoy the benefits brought by 802.11ax WiFi standard.)
- 160MHz Channel Bandwidth and 3X WiFi Speed - Connect Faster & Stronger
- 4X Higher Capacity - Support More Devices
- 7X Longer Battery Life - Save Devices Power.
Unleash WiFi 6 Top Speeds
With support for 160 MHz channel bandwidth (160 MHz channel bandwidth may be unavailable in the 5 GHz band in some regions/countries, due to regulatory restrictions. And to benefit from WiFi 6 router features, compatible WiFi 6 devices are required.), the RT-AX59U delivers faster, more reliable and greater network performance for your smart home. The increased throughput and better efficiency lets you enjoy smoother streaming and gaming experiences with low latency.
Easy Setup and Management
The RT-AX59U takes the pain out of managing your home network. It's easy to set up and keep an eye on what's happening, via the intuitive ASUS Router mobile app or the powerful web interface. There’s even more for you to explore, including complete VPN settings, parental control features, visualized connection diagnostics and much more.
Easily Extend Your WiFi Network
With ASUS AiMesh technology, it’s easy to combine multiple AiMesh-compatible ASUS routers to create a whole-home WiFi network with centralized control. You can even use a single SSID for your entire home or office network, with seamless coverage and dead zone elimination!
Subscription-Free Network Security
Complete Home WiFi Security
The ASUS RT-AX59U features AiProtection Pro, powered by Trend Micro™, with automatically updated protection from internet threats for all your connected devices and personal data.
- AiProtection Pro
- WPA3 Security Protocol
One-Tap Safe Browsing
Tired of intrusive ads or inappropriate content on the internet? ASUS Safe Browsing (By using Safe Browsing, you acknowledge and agree that the standard for blocked and filtered content is established by a third-party DNS provider.) helps block undesirable content in one tap – no extra apps required! You can simply assign a security filter to your devices and block malicious content, advertisements or even explicit content from search engine results to protect your kids online.
- Malicious Websites
- Inappropriate Content
- Advertisement
Free Parental Controls
Gain insight into your kids’ online activity and customize settings for different age groups with the RT-AX59U’s robust parental controls – with no subscription fee. You can also flexibly schedule internet access with one click, or grant extra online time for your kids to reward their good behaviour.
Make Free WiFi Secure Anywhere
When you are away from home, the ASUS Instant Guard mobile app gives you one-click secure internet access via your router (The router must have a public WAN IP address.), thanks to its encrypted VPN tunnelling technology. It can even let you easily share this private network connection with your family and friends through a URL link.
VPN Your Way
VPN for Home
Enjoy secure VPN connections to your favourite streaming services or games with the RT-AX59U. Through both the ASUS Router app and the web interface, you can easily manage your VPN connections, including OpenVPN and WireGuard, to meet more of your VPN scenarios. You can also run both a VPN and an ordinary internet connection simultaneously with VPN Fusion, without interfering with the browsing experience of other users.
*VPN service coverage, speeds and quality may vary by regions/countries, internet service providers or VPN service providers.
VPN for Work
For remote workers, the built-in VPN features of the ASUS RT-AX59U provide quick and encrypted connections to corporate networks, without needing to install VPN software on each device.
Versatile Connectivity
In addition to gigabit WAN and LAN ports, the RT-AX59U also comes with two USB ports (An external hard drive may need an external power adapter to work with these USB features.) for home media servers, easier file sharing, printer sharing and NAS storage. As a bonus, the RT-AX59U can provide backup network access when your internet services are inaccessible. You can set the USB port as a backup WAN by connecting it to a 4G/5G USB modem, or use your Android phone as a mobile hotspot.
- 3G/4G/5G LTE WAN Backup
- Media Server
- File Sharing
- Printer Sharing
Specifications
Model Number | RT-AX59U |
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 |
Product Segment | AX4200 ultimate AX performance: 574 + 3603 Mbps |
WiFi Data Rate | 802.11a : up to 54 Mbps 802.11b : up to 11 Mbps 802.11g : up to 54 Mbps WiFi 4 (802.11n) : up to 450 Mbps WiFi 4 (802.11n) (256QAM) : up to 600 Mbps WiFi 5 (802.11ac) : up to 2600 Mbps WiFi 6 (802.11ax) (2.4GHz) : up to 574 Mbps WiFi 6 (802.11ax) (5GHz) : up to 3603 Mbps |
Antenna | Internal antenna x 5 |
Transmit/Receive | MIMO technology 2.4 GHz 2 x 2 5 GHz 3 x 3 |
Processor | 2.0 GHz quad-core 64bit processor |
Memory | 128 MB Flash 512 MB RAM |
Boosts Speed | OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) Beamforming: standard-based and universal 1024-QAM high data rate 20 / 40 / 80 / 160 MHz bandwidth |
Operating Frequency | 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz |
Operating Mode | Router (AiMesh router), AiMesh node, Access point, Repeater, Media bridge |
I/O Ports | RJ45 for Gigabits BaseT for WAN x 1, RJ45 for Gigabits BaseT for LAN x 3 USB 3.2 Gen 1 x 1, USB 2.0 x 1 |
Button | WPS Button, Reset Button, Power Switch |
LED Indicator | Power & Status Combo LED x 1 |
Power Supply | AC Input : 110 V ~ 240 V (50 ~ 60 Hz) DC Output : 12 V with max. 2.5 A current |
Package Content | RT-AX59U Router RJ-45 cable Power adapter Warranty card Quick start guide |
Product Weight | 476 g |
Product Dimensions | 131 x 37.5 x 200 mm (W x D x H) |
Remark | Content and colour may vary in different regions and packages. |
AiMesh | Primary AiMesh Router AiMesh Node |
Parental Control | "Allow you to block access to unwanted websites and apps." Safe Browsing Customized Internet Schedule Maximum Parental Control Profile : 64 Maximum Parental Control Content Cilter Rule : 64 |
Guest Network | "The Guest Network provides Internet connection for guests but restricts access to your local network." Maximum Guest Network Rule : 2.4 GHz x 3, 5 GHz x 3 Guest Network Connection Time Limit Guest Network Encryption : Open system, WPA / WPA2 / WPA3-Personal, WPS |
Security | AiProtection WPA3-Personal, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Personal, WPA-Enterprise , WPA2-Enterprise , WPS support WPS Let's Encrypt DNS-over-TLS SSH Security Scan Firewall Maximum Firewall Keyword Filter : 64 Maximum Firewall Network Service Filter : 32 Maximum Firewall URL Filter : 64 |
AiProtection | Router Security Assessment Malicious Site Blocking Two-Way IPS Infected Device Prevention and Blocking |
VPN | Instant Guard VPN Client L2TP VPN Client Open VPN VPN Client PPTP VPN Client WireGuard VPN Server IPSec VPN Server Open VPN VPN Server PPTP VPN Server WireGuard VPN Fusion |
Traffic Control | Adaptive QoS Bandwidth Monitor Bandwidth Limiter Maximum Bandwidth Limiter Rule : 32 Traditional QoS Maximum Traditional QoS Rule : 32 Traffic Monitor Real-time Traffic Monitor Wired Traffic Monitor Wireless Traffic Monitor Traffic Analyzer Traffic Analysis Period : Daily, Weekly, Monthly Website History |
WAN | Internet connection Type : PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, Automatic IP, Static IP Dual WAN 3G / 4G LTE dongle Port Forwarding Maximum Port Forwarding Rule : 64 Port Triggering Maximum Port Triggering Rule : 32 DMZ DDNS NAT Passthrough : PPTP Pass-Through, L2TP Pass-Through, IPSec Pass-Through, RTSP Pass-Through, H.323 Pass-Through, SIP Passthrough, PPPoE relay |
LAN | DHCP Server IGMP Snooping IPTV LAN Link Aggregation Manually Assign IP Address Maximum Manually Assign IP Address Rule : 64 Wake on LAN (WOL) |
Wireless | MU-MIMO UTF-8 SSID WiFi MAC Address Filter Maximum MAC Filters : 64 Wireless Scheduler Airtime Fairness RADIUS Client Universal Beamforming Explicit Beamforming |
USB Application | File System : HFS+, NTFS, vFAT, ext2, ext3, ext4 Safely Remove Disk AiCloud Download Master AiDisk Media Server Samba Server FTP Server Shared Folder Privileges |
Administration | Configuration Backup and Restore Diagnosis tools Feedback System System Log New Device Connect Notification Login Captcha Connection Diagnosis Auto Firmware Update |