ASUS Network & Connectivity Solutions 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Wi-Fi standard, also known as Wi-Fi 6, is supported by ASUS routers in the ROG Rapture and ZenWiFi AX product lines?
- IEEE 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5)
- IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) (Correct answer)
- IEEE 802.11n (Wi-Fi 4)
- IEEE 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7)
Correct answer: IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)
IEEE 802.11ax, marketed as Wi-Fi 6, is the standard featured in ASUS AX-series routers including ROG Rapture GT-AX series and ZenWiFi AX.
Question 2: What does ASUS VPN Fusion allow on supported routers?
- Merging two VPN tunnels into a single high-speed connection
- Running VPN and regular internet connections simultaneously for different devices (Correct answer)
- Automatically switching between VPN providers based on ping times
- Creating a site-to-site VPN between two ASUS routers only
Correct answer: Running VPN and regular internet connections simultaneously for different devices
VPN Fusion enables some devices on the network to route through a VPN tunnel while others use the normal internet connection simultaneously.
Question 3: A customer's ASUS router is experiencing connectivity issues after a failed firmware update. What is the recommended first recovery step?
- Replace the router's power adapter and retry the update
- Use the ASUS Firmware Restoration utility to upload firmware via a wired connection (Correct answer)
- Connect to the router wirelessly and re-flash firmware through the admin GUI
- Contact ISP to reset the modem and retry the router update
Correct answer: Use the ASUS Firmware Restoration utility to upload firmware via a wired connection
The ASUS Firmware Restoration utility can recover a bricked router by uploading firmware through a direct wired Ethernet connection when the router is in rescue mode.
Question 4: In ASUS router Parental Controls, what feature allows a parent to schedule internet access for specific devices?
- AiProtection Content Filter
- Time Scheduling under Parental Controls (Correct answer)
- Adaptive QoS Device Priority
- Network Map Access Control
Correct answer: Time Scheduling under Parental Controls
The Time Scheduling feature within ASUS Parental Controls lets parents define specific hours when a device is allowed to access the internet.
Question 5: What does enabling Dual WAN on an ASUS router provide?
- Double the wireless bandwidth by bonding two ISP connections
- Failover or load-balancing capability using two separate internet connections (Correct answer)
- The ability to run two separate router SSIDs on different ISP accounts
- Dedicated WAN ports for wired and wireless backhaul separately
Correct answer: Failover or load-balancing capability using two separate internet connections
Dual WAN on ASUS routers supports failover (automatically switching to a backup connection) or load balancing between two internet connections for redundancy.
Question 6: Which ASUS router USB feature allows files stored on a connected USB drive to be accessed from anywhere via the internet?
- AiDisk / AiCloud
- USB Application Share (Correct answer)
- Download Master
- Media Server
Correct answer: USB Application Share
AiCloud (formerly AiDisk) enables remote access to files on a USB storage device connected to the ASUS router from anywhere via the internet or the ASUS Router app.
Question 7: MU-MIMO technology in ASUS routers improves performance by:
- Increasing signal range by boosting transmit power automatically
- Allowing the router to communicate with multiple devices simultaneously instead of sequentially (Correct answer)
- Bonding the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands into a single faster channel
- Encrypting all wireless traffic using AES-256 in real time
Correct answer: Allowing the router to communicate with multiple devices simultaneously instead of sequentially
MU-MIMO (Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output) lets the router serve multiple clients at the same time rather than one at a time, improving overall network efficiency.
ASUS Network & Connectivity Solutions 2
Which Wi-Fi standard, also known as Wi-Fi 6, is supported by ASUS routers in the ROG Rapture and ZenWiFi AX product lines?