Asus has introduced the ROG Octopus 8, a gaming router that supports the Wi-Fi 8 standard. The device is currently available for pre-order on the Chinese platform JD.com, though the manufacturer has not yet disclosed its retail price.
The router is powered by a quad-core Broadcom processor clocked at 2.6 GHz, paired with 2 GB of DDR4 RAM. Its hardware configuration includes eight external antennas with copper tubes arranged in a circular pattern to facilitate wireless connectivity.
Connectivity options feature two 10 Gbps Ethernet ports, four 2.5 Gbps ports, and one 1 Gbps port. Additionally, the device includes two USB ports for external peripherals.
The device offers a total theoretical throughput of 12 904 Mbps, falling into the BN13000 class. It provides speeds of up to 1376 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band and 5764 Mbps in each of the two 5 GHz bands.
