Features
One of the nicer things about the BC is that ASUS has given it most of the features found in its Broadcom-based routers. An obvious omission is the Game Boost menu with its WTF-based game performance enhancement features.
Blue Cave Landing page
Of concern to more buyers is that the full AiProtection suite is supported.
AiProtection menu
Adaptive QoS is also there, hidden under the Traffic Manager menu.
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Adaptive QoS menu
A new menu (to me at least) is Alexa & IFTTT. You link your BC to Alexa using the former...
Alexa menu
...and IFTTT using the latter.
IFTTT menu
VPN also hasn't been forgotten with both PPTP and OpenVPN servers...
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OpenVPN server
...and PPTP, L2TP and OpenVPN clients. The composite screengrab below shows the Client tab and window that appears with a click of the Add Profile button.
VPN client options
The feature summaries below show other features I may not have described.
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Note VLANs and ability to enable/disable physical Ethernet ports are not supported.
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