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Asus DSL-AC88U Router
Asus DSL-AC88U
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Asus RT-AC88U Router
Asus RT-AC88U
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Linksys EA9500 Router
Linksys EA9500
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6
4.6 out of 5
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4.6 out of 5
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4.3 out of 5
11 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
27 %
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User rating
51
3.8 out of 5
51 user ratings
5 stars
29 %
4 stars
33 %
3 stars
23 %
2 stars
11 %
1 stars
1 %
75
3.9 out of 5
75 user ratings
5 stars
37 %
4 stars
25 %
3 stars
28 %
2 stars
6 %
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52 user ratings
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Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Communication mode
N/A
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
Full-Duplex
Number of LAN ports
N/A
88
Number of WAN ports
N/A
11
USB
N/A
yesyes
Total USB ports
N/A
22
Number of USB 2.0 ports
N/A
11
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports
N/A
11
Number of USB 3.1 ports
N/A
00

Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
Black
Active cooling (fan)
N/A
nono

Dimensions

Width11.5 in11.81 in10.41 in
Height2.4 in3.3 in12.53 in
Depth7.09 in7.4 in2.62 in
Weight
N/A
2.09 lb3.81 lb
Number of units
N/A
11
Rack-mount design
N/A
nono

Communication

Frequency band
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
Network / transport Protocol
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
N/A
Management interface
N/A
  • SNMP
  • Web/network
Web/network
6to4
N/A
yes
N/A
Communication protocol
N/A
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Data link layer
N/A
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
35938
N/A
Wireless standards
N/A
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
Jumbo frames support
N/A
yesno
Mobile broadband support
N/A
yesno
Type of mobile support
N/A
USB modem
N/A
Mobile HSUPA
N/A
no
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)
N/A
no
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)
N/A
yes
N/A
Mobile 3G
N/A
yes
N/A
Throughput WAN-LAN
N/A
930.0 Mbps
N/A
VoIP (SIP)
N/A
nono
Wireless network
N/A
yesyes
2.4GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
2.4GHz data transfer rate
N/A
1000.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
5GHz data transfer rate
N/A
2167.0 Mbps2166.0 Mbps
External antenna
N/A
yesyes
Detachable antenna
N/A
yesyes
MIMO
N/A
yesyes
Beamforming
N/A
yesyes
MU-MIMO
N/A
yesyes
Number of antennas
N/A
48
Total wireless data transfer rate
N/A
3167.0 Mbps5300.0 Mbps
Wireless security
N/A
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2

Security

Encryption Algorithm
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • MPPE
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • 128-bit AES
  • WPA2-Enterprise
DMZ
N/A
yesno
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
1
N/A
VPN protocol
N/A
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
N/A
VPN client
N/A
yesno
VPN server
N/A
yes
N/A

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