ASUS - RT-N13U/B Wireless-N 300 Advance multi-Media Home

Product Review

The ASUS RT-N13U wireless router is the latest in the line of quality routers from ASUS that aims to provide users with a host of easy-to-use wireless features. Among them, the EZ UI lets users set up and manage wireless connections, printers, and scanners with exceptional ease. It also facilitates troubleshooting, sharing of multimedia content and documents, as well as the allocation of bandwidth to different activities based on user preferences. With more wireless connectivity options, the ASUS RT-N13U can also support 24/7 downloads—even when the PC is turned off. It is also a stylish performer that complements any home or office with its clean design and hidden internal antenna.

Product Features

Auto detect your internet connection type and manual free setup; Download Master: 24 hours downloading even PC is shut down;
USB port for FTP/All-in-One Printer sharing; Universal repeater mode : extend your wireless signal coverage only by 3 steps
Support 3G (Only available with H/W Ver.B1.);
Standard: IEEE802.11n, IEEE802.11g, IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11d, IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.1X, WPA, WMM, IPv4
WAN Ports: 1x RJ45 for 10/100 BaseT; Support Ethernet and 802.3 with max. bit rate 10/100 Mbps and auto cross-over function(MDI-X);
Encryption: 64/128-bit WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise, Radius with 802.1x;
Firewall: NAT and SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) Firewall: enable/disable WAN ping; allow access from WAN; log of accepted and dropped;
LAN Ports: 4x RJ45 for 10/100 BaseT; Support Ethernet and 802.3 with max. bit rate 10/100 Mbps and auto cross-over function
Receive Sensitivity(10MHz BW): -74~ -75dBm @54Mbps, -89~ -92dBm @11Mbps, -91~ -95dBm @ 1Mbps
USB port: 1x USB 2.0; Reset Button: Push for above 5 seconds to restore factory settings; EZ Setup button: Yes (WPS);

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

(28 customer reviews)

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful

Best router EVER. We are constantly testing routers, March 14, 2011

ComputerGenius "Amazonreviewer" (Temecula CA usa) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ASUS (RT-N13U/B) Wireless-N 300 Advance multi-Media Home Router: Fast Ethernet, 1* USB port can support 3G dongle(AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon) or USB Printer sharing, 3 in 1 switch(Router/Repeater/Access Point) (Open source DDWRT Support) (Personal Computers)

I run a computer consulting Biz. We constantly are replacing all brands of routers; the worst being linksys, then netgear, then dlink. We bridged two wnr3500 in our shop and ran them for since they were release since they tested best under nearly every condition; but started to get flaky as we added more and more computers. This asus has been running amazingly fast and the wireless signal is the best ever; small net builder . com even ran their test agreeing. Apparently since I purchased our first one of this asus r13u small net builder has removed it from their site for unknown reasons. They even claimed that the linksys dual band 4200 bested this by nearly 20% in signal strength. The 4200 cannot do dd-wrt, repeating, and many other features that this asus can. In fact this asus does everything we can think of and more; minus 5ghz which does work as advertised anyways.
There is much more to say but I can spend more time now.

BEST ROUTER EVER.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

The Best router I've ever used., August 24, 2011

Srinivas Gorur Shandilya - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ASUS (RT-N13U/B) Wireless-N 300 Advance multi-Media Home Router: Fast Ethernet, 1* USB port can support 3G dongle(AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon) or USB Printer sharing, 3 in 1 switch(Router/Repeater/Access Point) (Open source DDWRT Support) (Personal Computers)

This router is cheaper than anything similar from Netgear or Linksys, has a longer range, and has a ton of really nice features like extending existing networks. You can use a USB hub to use a printer and a hard disk on this.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Great for the price, October 3, 2011

Samveen - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ASUS (RT-N13U/B) Wireless-N 300 Advance multi-Media Home Router: Fast Ethernet, 1* USB port can support 3G dongle(AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon) or USB Printer sharing, 3 in 1 switch(Router/Repeater/Access Point) (Open source DDWRT Support) (Personal Computers)

The router setup took all of 15 minutes and now my home is all set up with WiFi. The range more than covers all of my smallish home as well as the roof top terrace (I live on the top floor). The strength signal is good enough even on the roof and the data transfer rates between my laptop and my wife's are quite good. All five of our wireless devices connect up with no issues (2 MS, 2 Android, and 1 Mac). I recommend this for beginners. For intermediate and advanced users, DD-Wrt has support for this router, so I recommend this for even intermediate and advanced users. On it's listed price of USD 55, there is a mail-in rebate available from Asus that gives back USD 20, effectively reducing the price of this router down to 35 USD, making this a total steal.

That said, I'll add updates in case I find any issues or features that I missed.

Disclaimer: I use only the bare minimum networking aspect of the Router. There are may advanced features including possibility of...Read more