AC2600 Dual Band WiFi Router for Smart Home, complete network security with AiProtection and 1-year antivirus subscription powered by Trend Micro, works with Amazon Alexa
- Powerful WiFi, Elegant Design -Concurrent dual-band AC2600 WiFi for smooth streaming, with eye-catching looks to enhance any home.
- Intel® WiFi Technology – The power to handle the simultaneous demands of multiple connected devices in your home.
- Complete Network Security for Family – Blue Cave protects all connected devices from cyber threats and Advanced Parental Controls filter out inappropriate content for your family.
- Smart Home Ready – Create smart automated tasks with IFTTT and control Blue Cave with Amazon Alexa.
- Easy PC-free Network Control – Use your smartphone or tablet as your network control center, with notifications for network activity, security reports and more.
Built to Perform. Styled to Be Seen.
ASUS Blue Cave is built to perform, and styled to be seen. Combining the power
of Intel WiFi and ASUS engineering innovation, the easy-to-use Blue Cave gives
you super-smooth streaming and lag-free gaming all around your home. And with
advanced ASUS AiProtection security and Family Overview parental controls, you
can rest easy knowing everyone is safe and secure online.
Perfect WiFi, Engineered to Enhance Your Home
Blue Cave's unique styling and powerful performance are both made possible by
our sophisticated WiFi engineering. Internal antennas are often a compromise:
they allow a neater external design, but they can be prone to
performance-sapping interference. On Blue Cave the four fully-optimized antennas
actually outperform some external antennas by up to 28%. The location and
orientation of the antennas relative to each other and to the internal circuitry
was carefully decided by experiment to give the best possible WiFi signal in all
directions: the widest coverage was attained with three vertical antennas and
one horizontal antenna that helps transmit the WiFi signal across floors. The
ultra-slim circuit board and custom graphene-coated heatsinks were specially
designed to make best use of the internal space.
Keeping cool with nanotechnology
The dual ASUS-designed heatsinks on the main circuit board maximize the surface
area available for cooling, while taking full advantage of the shape of the
interior space. These advanced heatsinks use a graphene coating with amazing
heat-dissipation properties that far outperforms standard heatsink
materials.
Compact by design
To enable Blue Cave's compact and unobtrusive styling, the specially designed
circuit board is half the size of a normal 4×4 router board, and
it's separated into two overlapping sections. Special electronic engineering
techniques were employed to avoid the signal-leakage problems often associated
with such an arrangement.
Make the Internet a Safer Place for Everyone
All your family members, young or old, are exposed to the dangers of internet
every single moment they're online. Disguised cyber threats can sneak in to
steal your private data, or your kids may accidentally encounter inappropriate
content during their ever-growing screen time. Blue Cave includes Advanced
Parental Controls to give you total peace of mind, with commercial grade
security for your home network and comprehensive, easy control of the online
experience for each family member and each device, all via the mobile app.
Commercial-Grade Home Network Security
ASUS AiProtection, powered by Trend Micro™, is built into Blue Cave to add
comprehensive protection to your home network. With AiProtection, all your
connected devices – including smart home (loT) appliances – are protected
to prevent your personal data from being compromised.
No Subscription Fee
Some routers only offer 3 years of protection, ASUS AiProtection has you
covered for the life of your product
Block Access to Malicious Websites
AiProtection uses Trend Micro's official database to identify and block known
malicious sites, preventing infection even before you click.
Protection Against Attacks
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) blocks all common internet-based attacks.
Infection Detection and Blocking
Even if an already-infected device is connected to Blue Cave, AiProtection
prevents any personal data on the device from being compromised.
Advanced Parental Controls
ASUS Blue Cave lets you keep a watchful eye on your family's internet usage,
and decide how much internet time or what apps each family member is allowed.
State-of-the-art parental controls let you block specific categories of mobile
apps and websites – and apply these settings to all devices belonging to a
family member – while allowing free access to the rest of the internet.
Complete Device Security – Complimentary Antivirus
Protection
Blue Cave includes exclusive added protection for your devices – PCs,
smartphones and tablets – even when they're not connected to your home
network! With Blue Cave, you can rest assured that your devices always have full
antivirus protection, wherever you use them. Each Blue Cave router includes a
year's free Trend Micro™ Mobile Security for two mobile devices and Trend
Micro Antivirus+ Security for two Windows PCs!
Get Ready for a Smarter Home
Your home is getting smarter than ever, so your router should be smart too. Blue
Cave works with IFTTT and Amazon Alexa, so you can integrate Blue Cave into your
smart home with ease to make your life easier. For example, you can just tell
Alexa to suspend the WiFi so you can have a family dinner without interruptions!
Or use IFTTT to get an automatic email notification when your kids get home.
Hosting a party? Enable the guest WiFi network just for your friends, and you
can even change the color of your home lighting when they connect!
Network Control in Your Way
Blue Cave takes the pain out of managing your home network. It's easy to set up
and easy to keep an eye on what's happening, via the intuitive PC interface or
the ASUS Router app. With just a few taps or clicks, you can see when new
devices connect or when new updates become available, and change settings to
suit your needs.
Specifications
Network Standard
- IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11ac, IPv4, IPv6
Product Segment
- AC2600 ultimate AC performance : 800+1734 Mbps
Coverage
- Large homes
Data Rate
- 802.11n : up to 600 Mbps
- 802.11n 256QAM : up to 800 Mbps
- 802.11ac : up to 1734 Mbps
Antenna
- Internal antenna x 4
Transmit/Receive
- 2.4 GHz 4 × 4
- 5 GHz 4 × 4
Memory
- 128 MB Flash
- 512 MB RAM
Operating Frequency
- 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz
Encryption
- WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK, WPA-Enterprise , WPA2-Enterprise , WPS support
Firewall & Access Control
- Firewall:SPI intrusion detection,DoS protection
- Access control:Parental control, Network service filter, URL filter, Port filter
WAN Connection Type
- Internet connection type : Automatic IP, Static IP, PPPoE(MPPE supported), PPTP, L2TP
Ports
- RJ45 for 10/100/1000/Gigabits BaseT for LAN x 4, RJ45 for 10/100/1000/Gigabits BaseT for WAN x 1 USB 3.0 × 1
Button
- WPS Button, Reset Button, Power Button
Power Supply
- AC Input : 110V~240V(50~60Hz)
- DC Output : 19 V with max. 1.75 A current
OS Support
- Windows® 10
- Windows® 8.1
- Windows® 8
- Windows® 7
- Windows® Vista
- Windows® 2000
- Windows® ME
- Windows® XP
- Windows® Server 2003
- Windows® Server 2008
- Mac OS X 10.1
- Mac OS X 10.4
- Mac OS X 10.5
- Mac OS X 10.6
- Mac OS X 10.7
- Mac OS X 10.8
- Mac OS X
- Linux Kernel (Support Ubuntu only)
- Linux
Dimensions
- 160 × 160 × 80 ~ mm (WxDxH) (Without Bezel)
Weight
- 800 g
Package Content
- 1 x Blue Cave Wireless-AC2600 Dual Band Gigabit Router
- 1 x RJ-45 cable
- 1 x Power adapter
- 1 x warranty card
- 1 x QSG
Operation mode
- Wireless router mode
- Access point mode
- Media bridge mode