Asus RT-AC1200 vs TP-Link Archer C5

Connectivity
	Asus RT-AC1200	TP-Link Archer C5
Connectivity technology	Wireless Wired	Wireless Wired
Number of LAN ports	4	4
Number of WAN ports	1	1
USB	yes	yes
Total USB ports	1	2
Number of USB 2.0 ports	1	2
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports	0	0
Number of USB 3.1 ports	0	0

Connectivity

Asus RT-AC1200

TP-Link Archer C5

Connectivity technology

Wireless
Wired

Wireless
Wired

Number of LAN ports

Number of WAN ports

USB

yes

Total USB ports

Number of USB 2.0 ports

Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports

Number of USB 3.1 ports

Design
	Asus RT-AC1200	TP-Link Archer C5
Colour of product	Black	Black
Active cooling (fan)	no	no

Design

Asus RT-AC1200

TP-Link Archer C5

Colour of product

Black

Active cooling (fan)

Dimensions
	Asus RT-AC1200	TP-Link Archer C5
Width	7.56 in	9.57 in
Height	1.18 in	1.28 in
Depth	4.92 in	6.32 in
Weight	0.66 lb	1.12 lb
Number of units	1	1
Rack-mount design	no	no

Dimensions

Asus RT-AC1200

TP-Link Archer C5

Width

7.56 in

9.57 in

Height

1.18 in

1.28 in

Depth

4.92 in

6.32 in

Weight

0.66 lb

1.12 lb

Number of units

Rack-mount design

Features
	Asus RT-AC1200	TP-Link Archer C5
Built-in DSL modem	no	no
File server	Via USB	Via USB
Built-in printer server	yes	yes

Features

Asus RT-AC1200

TP-Link Archer C5

Built-in DSL modem

File server

Via USB

Built-in printer server

yes

Communication
	Asus RT-AC1200	TP-Link Archer C5
Frequency band	2.4 GHz 5 GHz	2.4 GHz 5 GHz
Management interface	SNMP	Web/network
6to4	no	no
Communication protocol	IPv6 Wireless Multimedia Extensions	IPv6 Quality of Service Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Network / transport Protocol	NTP DHCP DDNS	TCP/IP PPTP L2TP IPSec PPPoE FTP DHCP DDNS
Data link layer	Ethernet Fast 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	IEEE 802.11a IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11g 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 802.3x IEEE 802.11n
Jumbo frames support	no	no
Mobile broadband support	no	no
Throughput WAN-LAN	100.0 Mbps	841.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)	no	no
Wireless network	yes	yes
2.4GHz wireless network	yes	yes
2.4GHz data transfer rate	300.0 Mbps	300.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless network	yes	yes
5GHz data transfer rate	867.0 Mbps	867.0 Mbps
External antenna	yes	yes
Detachable antenna	no	yes
MIMO	yes	yes
Number of antennas	4	2
Total wireless data transfer rate	1167.0 Mbps	1200.0 Mbps
Wireless security	WEP WPA-Enterprise WPA-PSK WPA WPA2-Enterprise WPA2-PSK WPA2 WPS	WEP WPA-PSK WPA WPA2-PSK WPA2 WPS