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Asus GT-AC2900 Router
Asus GT-AC2900
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Asus RT-AC86U Router
Asus RT-AC86U
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Asus RT-AC88U
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Asus RT-AX88U Router
Asus RT-AX88U
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6
4.5 out of 5
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4.2 out of 5
6 user ratings
5 stars
33 %
4 stars
66 %
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4.6 out of 5
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4.6 out of 5
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4 stars
33 %
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User rating
46
4.2 out of 5
46 user ratings
5 stars
45 %
4 stars
34 %
3 stars
15 %
2 stars
4 %
1 stars
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125
3.6 out of 5
125 user ratings
5 stars
31 %
4 stars
20 %
3 stars
29 %
2 stars
14 %
1 stars
4 %
75
3.9 out of 5
75 user ratings
5 stars
37 %
4 stars
25 %
3 stars
28 %
2 stars
6 %
1 stars
2 %
62
3.9 out of 5
62 user ratings
5 stars
35 %
4 stars
35 %
3 stars
20 %
2 stars
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4 %

Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Communication mode
N/A
Full-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
N/A
Number of LAN ports
N/A
48
N/A
Number of WAN ports
N/A
11
N/A
USB
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Total USB ports
N/A
22
N/A
Number of USB 2.0 ports
N/A
11
N/A
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports
N/A
11
N/A
Number of USB 3.1 ports
N/A
00
N/A

Design

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

Dimensions

Width8.7 in8.66 in11.81 in11.81 in
Height6.65 in3.28 in3.3 in2.38 in
Depth4.37 in6.3 in7.4 in7.4 in
Weight
N/A
1.92 lb2.09 lb
N/A
Number of units
N/A
11
N/A
Rack-mount design
N/A
nono
N/A

Communication

Frequency band
  • 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
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • PPPoE
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
Management interface
N/A
Web/network
  • SNMP
  • Web/network
N/A
6to4
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Communication protocol
N/A
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
N/A
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
Wireless standards
N/A
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
N/A
Jumbo frames support
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Mobile broadband support
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Type of mobile support
N/A
USB modemUSB modem
N/A
Mobile HSUPA
N/A
yesno
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)
N/A
yesno
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Mobile 3G
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Mobile 2G (GSM)
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
VoIP (SIP)
N/A
nono
N/A
Wireless network
N/A
yesyes
N/A
2.4GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
N/A
2.4GHz data transfer rate
N/A
1000.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps
N/A
5GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
N/A
5GHz data transfer rate
N/A
2167.0 Mbps2167.0 Mbps
N/A
External antenna
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Detachable antenna
N/A
yesyes
N/A
MIMO
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Beamforming
N/A
yesyes
N/A
MU-MIMO
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Number of antennas
N/A
44
N/A
Total wireless data transfer rate
N/A
2917.0 Mbps3167.0 Mbps
N/A
Wireless security
N/A
  • 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
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
N/A
35938
N/A
Throughput WAN-LAN
N/A
N/A
930.0 Mbps
N/A

Compatibility

Routing protocol
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • IGMPv3
DynDNS
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Target audience
N/A
  • Business
  • Home users
  • Smaller offices
  • Home users
N/A
Support for alternative firmware
N/A
N/A
DD-Wrt
N/A

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
DMZ
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
11
N/A
VPN protocol
N/A
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
N/A
VPN client
N/A
yesyes
N/A
VPN server
N/A
yesyes
N/A

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