IFA 2015 sees Asus reveal what one can describe as the complete opposite of the Google OnHub take on wireless connectivity-- the RT-AC5300, a spiky router claiming to push the fastest wifi yet.

Looking somewhat D-Link ULTRA series router on steroids, the tri-band RT-AC5300 is capable of 1Gbps connections over the 2.4GHz band and up to 2.167Gbps on two 5GHz bands, for a total wifi bandwidth of 5.3Gbps. Pushing such bandwidth are 8 "ultra-wide area coverage" detachable antennas.

The router also has 2 USB ports for the hosting of printers, external HDDs or 3G/4G dongles, while wired network ports include 4 gigabit LAN and 1 gigabit WAN.

The company says the RT-AC5300 supports all wifi clients, including those using the obsolete 802.11 standard-- although customers need to support 802.11ac or better to take advantage of the supposedly enhanced performance.

The Asus RT-AC5300 should be available by Q4 2015.

Go Asus