Asus said it will include Trend Micro’s Smart Home...

Asus said it will include Trend Micro’s Smart Home Network in its wireless routers, adding network management, security and parental controls to a Wi-Fi network. The Smart Home Network offers a multistage shielding process that’s said to be able to virtually fix vulnerabilities in home router and Internet-capable devices. Its QoS (quality of service) feature can prioritize Internet traffic by identifying more than 800 Internet applications and 1,000 Internet-capable devices across 25 hardware categories to ensure smooth viewing of HD videos, low-latency online gaming and clear VoIP calls along with uninterrupted Web browsing and peer-to-peer downloading, the companies said. An added feature is embedded parental controls to block access to inappropriate Internet apps and URLs, they said Tuesday. The updated wireless home router products “enable home network security and optimize bandwidth efficiency while filtering Internet content based on users’ preferences,” said Tenlong Deng, Asus vice president-wireless devices. The Asus RT-AC87U was the first to be embedded with Trend Micro’s Smart Home Network software suite, followed by the RT-AC56U and RT-AC68U routers. Updates to existing models will be completed by year-end, Asus said, and existing users can get the Smart Home Network functionality via software update.