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The back side shows two main vents for airflow. Under load, we checked, the unit hardly gets luke-warm but ventilation is needed. Good news, it can be wall mounted.
Looking at the sides of the unit you can see the antenna connectors for wireless networking, note that high power antennas on all routers are restricted to transmitter power regulations, this is a very expensive multi-band router, ergo there are three of them. I've given the router some juice here so you can see the RGB effect, it is a nice looking product this way, I'll have to give ASUS props for that.
Connectors:
- 1x WAN (internet) port
- 4x Gigabit Ports
- 1x USB 3.0 Ports
- 1x USB 2.0 Ports
- Reset Button
- 12v DC Power
- On/Off Switch
The router's USB ports can be used to connect to external storage devices of any capacity. You can use external hard drives formatted in FAT32, or NTFS. The router supports UPnP and DNLA streaming, so content stored on an external drive can be played back by network media streamers.
Located on the side are the buttons for quick connect WPS, Wifi and on/off. A 'Game Boost' mode. This instructs the router to intelligently prioritize gaming traffic ahead of other processes on the ROG dedicated jack. The mode can be turned on using a physical button on the router, or in the GUI or app interface. The tech will reportedly help eliminate network lag and latency, creating a better online gaming experience (hopefully). LEDs can be enabled/disabled by pressing that button.
