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	Asus GT-AC2900	Asus RT-AC86U	Asus RT-AC88U	Linksys EA9500	Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500
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Connectivity
Connectivity technology	Wireless Wired	Wireless Wired	Wireless Wired	Wireless Wired	Wireless Wired
Communication mode	N/A	Full-Duplex	Full-Duplex Half-Duplex	Full-Duplex	N/A
Number of LAN ports	N/A	4	8	8	4
Number of WAN ports	N/A	1	1	1	1
USB	N/A	yes	yes	yes	yes
Total USB ports	N/A	2	2	2	N/A
Number of USB 2.0 ports	N/A	1	1	1	N/A
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports	N/A	1	1	1	2
Number of USB 3.1 ports	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Design
Colour of product	Black	Black	Black Grey Red	Black	Black
Active cooling (fan)	N/A	no	no	no	N/A

Dimensions
Width	8.7 in	8.66 in	11.81 in	10.41 in	12.67 in
Height	6.65 in	3.28 in	3.3 in	12.53 in	2.17 in
Depth	4.37 in	6.3 in	7.4 in	2.62 in	9.59 in
Weight	N/A	1.92 lb	2.09 lb	3.81 lb	1.76 lb
Number of units	N/A	1	1	1	1
Rack-mount design	N/A	no	no	no	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 FTP DHCP DDNS	PPTP L2TP NTP IPSec PPPoE FTP DHCP DDNS	N/A	N/A
Management interface	N/A	Web/network	SNMP Web/network	Web/network	N/A
6to4	N/A	yes	yes	N/A	N/A
Communication protocol	N/A	IPv6 Quality of Service Wireless Multimedia Extensions	IPv6 Multicast Quality of Service	Quality of Service Wireless Multimedia Extensions	IPv6 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	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
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	IEEE 802.11a IEEE 802.11ac IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.3 IEEE 802.3ab IEEE 802.3u IEEE 802.11n	IEEE 802.11ac IEEE 802.11a IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.11n
Jumbo frames support	N/A	yes	yes	no	N/A
Mobile broadband support	N/A	yes	yes	no	N/A
Type of mobile support	N/A	USB modem	USB modem	N/A	N/A
Mobile HSUPA	N/A	yes	no	N/A	N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)	N/A	yes	no	N/A	N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)	N/A	yes	yes	N/A	N/A
Mobile 3G	N/A	yes	yes	N/A	N/A
Mobile 2G (GSM)	N/A	yes	N/A	N/A	N/A
VoIP (SIP)	N/A	no	no	no	N/A
Wireless network	N/A	yes	yes	yes	yes
2.4GHz wireless network	N/A	yes	yes	yes	yes
2.4GHz data transfer rate	N/A	1000.0 Mbps	1000.0 Mbps	1000.0 Mbps	800.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless network	N/A	yes	yes	yes	yes
5GHz data transfer rate	N/A	2167.0 Mbps	2167.0 Mbps	2166.0 Mbps	1773.0 Mbps
External antenna	N/A	yes	yes	yes	yes
Detachable antenna	N/A	yes	yes	yes	yes
MIMO	N/A	yes	yes	yes	yes
Beamforming	N/A	yes	yes	yes	N/A
MU-MIMO	N/A	yes	yes	yes	yes
Number of antennas	N/A	4	4	8	4
Total wireless data transfer rate	N/A	2917.0 Mbps	3167.0 Mbps	5300.0 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	WEP WPA-PSK WPA WPA2-Enterprise WPA2	WPA-PSK WPA WPA2 WEP WPA-Enterprise WPA2-Enterprise WPA2-PSK
Number of simultaneous connections	N/A	N/A	35938	N/A	N/A
Throughput WAN-LAN	N/A	N/A	930.0 Mbps	N/A	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	128-bit WEP 64-bit WEP WPA WPA2 128-bit AES WPA2-Enterprise	WPA-PSK WPA2-PSK
DMZ	N/A	yes	yes	no	N/A
Number of DMZ ports	N/A	1	1	N/A	N/A
VPN protocol	N/A	IPSec L2TP PPTP OpenVPN	IPSec L2TP PPTP OpenVPN	N/A	N/A
VPN client	N/A	yes	yes	no	yes
VPN server	N/A	yes	yes	N/A	N/A