Testseek.com have collected 62 expert reviews of the Asus RT-N56U Dual-Band Wireless-N Router and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus RT-N56U Dual-Band Wireless-N Router.
January 2011
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The editors liked
Ridiculously high routing throughput
2 USB 2.0 ports for sharing storage and printer
WDS bridging and repeating
Stylish
Thin and light design
Simultaneous dualband access
Easy setup
Two USB ports for disk/printer sharing
Stable firmware
Excellent wireless range
Good signal strength
Dual USB ports for sharing external storage
Printers
Or other devices
Great performance
Gigabit wired connections
Dual band 5GHz & 2.4GHz wirelessN
Great wireless range
Amazingly slim
Incredibly fast
Attractive design
Intuitive admin panel coupled with advanced options
Built in USB 2.0 ports allow for easy sharing of media
Great longrange performance on the 2.4GHz band
Dual USB ports
Very good GUI.
The stylish and compact Asus RT-N56U Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless-N Router offers stellar 5GHz performance
Long range
And an intuitive Web interface. Its storage feature is well designed
The router is comparatively fast
And it offers a convenient way to
Excellent user interface
Dual band
Lots of features (upnp
Printer server
Bittorrent client
Storage server)
True gigabit performance on wan-port
Can handle a lot of simultaneously transfers
Nice looking
Very unique stylish looks
Good throughput
Range is good for home use
Simultaneous DualBand (2.4/5GHz) operation
2x USB 2.0 ports for printers and storage
Easy effortless setup
Intuitive and well laid out menus
Gigabit LAN and WAN ports (with own status/activity LED's)
Lightweight but sturdy construction
The editors didn't like
A few odd selections for wireless defaults
No guest WLAN / multiple SSID
Easily knocked over
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Scheduler could be better
No external antennas or connections to add your own
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It has a lot of extra features
But many simply do not work reliably
Sleek design marred by unstable base and sidefacing cable ports
Uses its own DNS servers if you don't specify any
Traffic Monitor feature is far from accurate
Wired connection isn't quite as fast as advertised
No guest network
Meh shortrange performance on the 2.4GHz band.
The Asus RT-N56U's Web interface takes a long time to apply changes and the router doesn't support the new three-stream 450Mbps wireless speed
Abstract: A wireless routers is one of the most important items in any gadget lover’s home. Performance, range and reliability are essential criteria to consider when deciding when buying a router. Also, bear in mind the configuration software, ...
★★★★★ From the way it looks to the easy-to-use configuration interface, this router has loads going for it. It’s also a superb performer, proving fast on the standard 2.4GHz network and impressive on the 5GHz network too, though this dropped off at ...
The clever design, excellent application of dual-band wireless and dual USB ports make the Asus RT-N56U Black Diamond a very attractive router. While the extras give it an advantage and almost earn it an award, the middle-of-the-road wireless performan...
Very fast, Comprehensive firewall options, Attractive design
Side placing of ports, Supplied software is Windows only
It's not often that a router can be considered remotely interesting, but the RT-56U is such a rarity. Not only is it attractively designed, it's also very well featured, and offers exceptional performance. Plus, it's well-priced considering what's on offe...
The Asus RT-N56U functions very well for a router, with all the technologies and functionalities one would expect, what sets it apart from other routers though is its sleek and attractive design, a pioneering effort in the usually bland segment. Avail...
Good range, Dual band works fine, Configuration is really simple, Stylish and eyecatching design
Comes with nonadjustable antenna, Some glitches at local network
The Asus RT-N56U Router is a decent device which comes at a friendly price tag and thus has all the more reason to lay your hands upon the same. It is one device which you would never regret of having bought. The Asus RT-N56U Router Price in India is INR ...
Attractive Design, Simultaneous Dual Band, Featurepacked, Exemplary Performance On 5GHz
Expensive
The Final WordWe've seen our share of funky routers over the years. Fortunately, ASUS has married what's trendy and stylish into the RT-N56U which should work in their favor. Slim, modish, feature-packed, and decked with an array of Gigabit ports, the N56...
The Asus RT-N56U has definitely delivered what it promised in both design and performance. With so much innovative features, this would probably be the all-in-one router. It is way more energy efficient to download files via the router than to leave a...
