Internet Man
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Does anyone know what ASUS is thinking with this product? It's advertised as AC1700 but it contains hardware that could earn it an AC3000 badge. AC1700 supposedly comes from 400Mbps for 2.4GHz 802.11n and 1300Mbps for 802.11ac. It's only using the 2.4GHz radio of the Qualcomm IPQ4019 which could also provide a 2x2 5GHz radio. They've included a QCA9984 which is actually a 4x4 radio and one user on koolshare verified that it supports 1.7Gbps link rates (4x4). There are excellent internal images in that thread.
The User Manual on the FCC claims 300Mbps/1400Mbps while the Chinese product page from ASUS says both 400Mbps/1300Mbps and 450Mbps/1300Mbps while its Specs page says 300Mbps/1300Mbps.
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/ASUS_RT-ACRH17
Are they testing new technologies here? There are only two front-end chips handling the four tx/rx chains of the QCA9984 and the IDs (065F) don't turn up any useful information. Did they consider using the IPQ4019 in 4x4 mode (I haven't seen that done yet) but ultimately give up? The product does not appear to be designed to allow the other radio to be wired in easily later.
The User Manual on the FCC claims 300Mbps/1400Mbps while the Chinese product page from ASUS says both 400Mbps/1300Mbps and 450Mbps/1300Mbps while its Specs page says 300Mbps/1300Mbps.
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/ASUS_RT-ACRH17
Are they testing new technologies here? There are only two front-end chips handling the four tx/rx chains of the QCA9984 and the IDs (065F) don't turn up any useful information. Did they consider using the IPQ4019 in 4x4 mode (I haven't seen that done yet) but ultimately give up? The product does not appear to be designed to allow the other radio to be wired in easily later.
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