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Asus GT-AC2900 Router
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Asus RT-AC5300 Router
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Asus RT-AC86U Router
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Asus RT-AX58U Router
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Synology RT2600ac Router
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Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Number of LAN ports
N/A
44
N/A
4
Number of WAN ports
N/A
11
N/A
1
USB
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Total USB ports
N/A
22
N/A
2
Number of USB 2.0 ports
N/A
11
N/A
1
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports
N/A
11
N/A
1
Number of USB 3.1 ports
N/A
00
N/A
0
Communication mode
N/A
N/A
Full-Duplex
N/A
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex

Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
BlackBlackBlack
Active cooling (fan)
N/A
nono
N/A
no

Dimensions

Width8.7 in9.65 in8.66 in8.82 in11.02 in
Height6.65 in2.56 in3.28 in6.3 in3.03 in
Depth4.37 in9.65 in6.3 in5.08 in6.65 in
Weight
N/A
3.97 lb1.92 lb
N/A
1.54 lb
Number of units
N/A
11
N/A
1
Rack-mount design
N/A
nono
N/A
no

Communication

Frequency band
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
Network / transport Protocol
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • PPPoE
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • LPR/LPD
  • FTP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • PPPoE
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DDNS
Management interface
N/A
  • SNMP
  • Web/network
Web/network
N/A
  • SNMP
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
6to4
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Communication protocol
N/A
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
N/A
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • 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
N/A
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Wireless standards
N/A
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.1x
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
N/A
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.3i
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.3x
Jumbo frames support
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Mobile broadband support
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Type of mobile support
N/A
USB modemUSB modem
N/A
USB modem
Mobile HSUPA
N/A
yesyes
N/A
no
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)
N/A
yesyes
N/A
no
Mobile 4G (LTE)
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Mobile 3G
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Throughput WAN-LAN
N/A
751.0 Mbps
N/A
N/A
1000.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)
N/A
nono
N/A
no
Wireless network
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
2.4GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
2.4GHz data transfer rate
N/A
1000.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps
N/A
800.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
5GHz data transfer rate
N/A
2167.0 Mbps2167.0 Mbps
N/A
1730.0 Mbps
External antenna
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Detachable antenna
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
MIMO
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Beamforming
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
MU-MIMO
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Number of antennas
N/A
84
N/A
4
Total wireless data transfer rate
N/A
5300.0 Mbps2917.0 Mbps
N/A
2530.0 Mbps
Wireless security
N/A
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
N/A
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Mobile 2G (GSM)
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
no

Compatibility

Routing protocol
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
DynDNS
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Target audience
N/A
Home users
  • Business
  • Home users
N/A
  • Smaller offices
  • Home users

Security

Encryption Algorithm
  • MPPE
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • MPPE
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • MPPE
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • MPPE
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA3-Enterprise
  • WPA3-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WEP
DMZ
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
11
N/A
1
VPN protocol
N/A
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
N/A
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
VPN client
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
VPN server
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes

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