So ASUS is supposedly working on a new driver that will flip the proper bit. Broadcom came back after a few days and confirmed that TurboQAM is not enabled by default in the PCE-AC68 driver. So after wasting an afternoon trying to coax a 600 Mbps link, I fired off emails to ASUS and Broadcom to let them know of the problem and fell back to my trusty old PCE-AC66. ASUS sent one along with the router and I was not able to get a link above 450 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz radio.
The only folks who will are those who spring for two routers and set the second up as a wireless bridge.Įven those who have the only AC1900 client device that exists-ASUS’ PCE-AC68-will likely be disappointed. Rest assured that full reviews for NETGEAR’s R7000 "Nighthawk" and ASUS’ RT-AC68U will follow in the coming weeks.Īs I explain in this short AC1900 primer, not many people will be able to experience the 600 Mbps link rates in 2.4 GHz that are the raison d’être for the AC1900 stew that Broadcom has cooked up. later so that they have an alternative to the somewhat breathless reviews that other sites are posting. So I figured I’d better get something up sooner vs. Some of the resident AC router fanboys over in the Forums are about to pop a blood vessel in anticipation of the first AC1900 class routers and trying to decide which to blow $200+ on.
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