[Maylyn's Review] ASUS EA-AC87

[maylyn]

Ever since the announcement of the ASUS EA-AC87 in mid 2014, ASUS have been very hard @ work in making and refining the ASUS EA-AC87 (I'm involved in the progress - albeit small part of it) until it's deem ready for sale and finally I'm glad to say that the wait is over. The ASUS EA-AC87 has quietly arrived @ our shores

Presenting the World's first 4x4 5 GHz Wireless-AC 1800 Media Bridge/ Access Point.







This is not an actual retail EA-AC87 (it's for internal testing and development use).

I will post the actual retail EA-AC87 package shortly

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16/04/2015

Update ~ actual ASUS EA-AC87 retail package has been posted.

 

[maylyn]

Design Concepts



Unrivaled Signal Coverage



Access Point Mode



5GHz Signal Quality Indicators



Specifications



Appearance

Front



Back



Rear

 

[maylyn]

Actual Package





Package Contents

Main ASUS EA-AC87 + 4x Dipole Antenna + Multi removable power plugs + 1x LAN cable





Power Adapter

 

[maylyn]

Setup (Media Bridge) - Default Mode

Setting up is a breeze, plug your Ethernet cable to the ASUS EA-AC87 LAN port 1 and input 192.168.1.1 to access the WebUI.



Follow the QIS (Quick Internet Setup) wizard to connect with the ASUS RT-AC87.



Connection in progress.



Connection done (Link Rate is subjective to individual WiFi conditions and placement)

 

[maylyn]

ASUS Own Internal Results

Test Environment



OTA Test Results



Recommendations

 

[maylyn]

Singapore's all time favorite pastime SpeedTest Results

1). ASUS RT-AC87U
2). ASUS EA-AC87

Distance apart 3m line of sight

ISP - ViewQwest 1Gbps/500Mbps (Test is conducted when ViewQwest haven't rollout their symmetrical speed as yet)









My own results does concur with ASUS that the ASUS EA-AC87 is more than capable in delivering near 1Gbps wired speed @ 924Mbps download

Not even 2x ASUS RT-AC87 in media bridging mode can reach > 900Mbps

 

[maylyn]

Reserved ~~~~~~

 

[maylyn]

Reserved ~~~~~~~

 

[maylyn]

Additional Notes/Conclusion

 

[glacieraze]

Kind of sad no 2.4Ghz, else I will get it..

 

[kero89]

No advise on SRP?

 

[jowy_ham]

When available in retail ?

 

[ASUS@SG]

Dear all,

EA-AC87 is available in the market

Selling price: $229 - 3 years warranty

 

[jowy_ham]

Which retailer ? can't find in Cy***mind, PC Th*** or Fuw*** pricelist leh

 

[Dr_ARCHer]

Worthwhile replacing the RT-AC87 that is operating as a media bridge with the EA-AC87?

 

[arsene]

Which retailer ? can't find in Cy***mind, PC Th*** or Fuw*** pricelist leh

Saw some shops selling at Sim Lim. I can remember that the shop adjacent to to Bizgram sells them.

 

[maylyn]

Updated with high res pictures of the ASUS EA-AC87 to show the various angle and function.

+ the actual retail unit package.

 

[maylyn]

Worthwhile replacing the RT-AC87 that is operating as a media bridge with the EA-AC87?

It's worthwhile to get this

What's your highest 2xAC87 WiFi speed @? 700+?

 

[Dr_ARCHer]

It's worthwhile to get this

What's is your highest 2xAC87 WiFi speed @? 700+?

Around there. I need VQ to give me a Speedboost before I can see if I can break the record.

 

[trichard]

i suppose the internal build (chipset) is similar to AC87U ??