ASUS RT-N12HP REVIEW


ASUS RT-N12HP claim it can extend your Wifi up to 300% than a normal router , ASUS RT-N12HP come with 2 detachable 9dbi High Gain antennas to achieve 300% wider range of wireless transmission . RT-N12HP also have 3-in-1 function , it can be use as a normal router , range extender and as access point



you can check all the specification on ASUS website link below
ASUS RT-N12HP

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here you can see the ASUS RT-N12HP (front) and ASUS RT-AC66U (behind) , their size almost the same but ASUS RT-AC66U a bit bigger


here another side to side comparison between the RT-N12HP and RT-AC66U


the design of this router is the same as other ASUS Black Diamond Series router


ASUS RT-N12HP is very lightweight compare to RT-AC66U also you do not have to worry about working temperature , even in high load this RT-N12HP temperature is just fine.


RT-N12HP (top) have 4 100MBps LAN port , 1 WAN port and no USB port

TEST SETUP




ASUS K46CM using LAN connected to RT-N12HP
MYPC using Wireless PCE-AC66



as you can see in the picture below i have connected to my wifi using ASUS PCE-AC66 i can get average -35 to -37 dBm in 30feet away from the router and a between wall .
i have tested the ASUS RT-N12HP signal how far can it goes . I live in apartment level 5 so i bring my laptop out go up until level 8 , i really impress with the result , i still get a reception at level 6 and 7 but when i go up to level 8 my wifi signal show only 1 bar and after few second it disconnect and disappear from wifi list , at level 6 and 7 i get around 3 to 2 bar that is very good

TEST 1

The first test my wifi channel is 1 , the wireless mode is N only and the Channel bandwith is 40MHz
transferring 4.27GB zip file from MYPC (wireless) to ASUS K46CM laptop (LAN) , The Maximum transfer rate i get is 12MBps the average is 11MBps-10MBps .

TEST 2

the second test is pretty much same as the first test except this test my wifi channel is 6 . The result is same with the first test

TEST Conclusion
ASUS RT-N12HP is a 300MBps wireless rate and 2.4Ghz frequency with 100MBps LAN port
i can achieve maximum 12MBps transfer rate of 4.27GB file on wifi to LAN that is pretty good
the transfer speed can be vary because of frequency interference

ASUS RT-N12HP INTERFACE


RT-N12HP interface is pretty much the same with other ASUS Diamond Router



The Guest Network can be use if you want to open a "Internet connection" or only "HOME Network" to your guest or to anyone


3-IN-1 operation mode , you can select which operation mode that you want here

OVERALL

Standard 2.4ghz wifi "N" range for close area is around 70meter and for open area is 250meter it also depend on frequency interference in the area . ASUS RT-N12HP router is very good for a large open or closed area . The wifi signal is boosted 300% than a normal router because of its 2 9dbi antennas , If ASUS can provide a Gigabyte Ethernet Port to this router it will be awesome it will provide much faster transfer rate for bigger file.

For those who interested in this router you can get it in any lowyat store around RM219 (viewnet)

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