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Asus RT-AC53 Router
Asus RT-AC53
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Asus RT-N18U Router
Asus RT-N18U
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Asus RT-N66U Router
Asus RT-N66U
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Sitecom WLR-5000 Router
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TP-Link Archer C7 Router
TP-Link Archer C7

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Black
  • Grey
  • White
N/A
Black
Active cooling (fan)nonononono
LED indicators
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Width12.6 in8.15 in8.15 in5.91 in9.57 in
Height1.38 in1.46 in1.4 in1.34 in1.28 in
Depth7.48 in5.91 in5.86 in
N/A
6.3 in
Weight0.64 lb1.15 lb0.99 lb
N/A
1.12 lb
Number of units11111
Rack-mount designnonononono

Features

Built-in DSL modemnonononono
File serverNoVia USBVia USB
N/A
Via USB
Designed for wall mountingyesyesyes
N/A
yes
Mobile app for controlling featuresyesyesyes
N/A
yes
Built-in printer server
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes
Battery operated
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
no

Communication

Frequency band
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
N/A
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
N/A
N/A
Management interfaceWeb/network
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
Web/networkWeb/networkWeb/network
6to4noyesyes
N/A
no
Communication protocol
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Quality of Service
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Network / transport Protocol
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
N/A
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • LPR/LPD
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
N/A
N/A
Data link layer
  • 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 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • 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 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.1x
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.3x
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.3i
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • 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 supportnoyesyes
N/A
no
Mobile broadband supportnoyesyes
N/A
no
Throughput WAN-LAN1000.0 Mbps800.0 Mbps731.0 Mbps
N/A
821.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)nonono
N/A
no
Wireless networkyesyesyesyesyes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyesyesyes
2.4GHz data transfer rate300.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps450.0 Mbps
N/A
450.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless networkyesnoyesyesyes
5GHz data transfer rate433.0 Mbps
N/A
450.0 Mbps
N/A
1300.0 Mbps
External antennayesyesyesnoyes
Detachable antennayesyesyes
N/A
yes
MIMOyesyesyes
N/A
yes
Beamformingyes
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
MU-MIMOno
N/A
no
N/A
N/A
Number of antennas333
N/A
3
Total wireless data transfer rate733.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps900.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps1750.0 Mbps
Wireless security
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
3000034925
N/A
31667
Type of mobile support
N/A
USB modemUSB modem
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSUPA
N/A
yesyes
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)
N/A
yesyes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)
N/A
yesyes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 3G
N/A
yesyes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 2G (GSM)
N/A
yesyes
N/A
N/A

Compatibility

DynDNSyesyesyes
N/A
yes
Target audienceHome usersHome users
  • Smaller offices
  • Business
  • Home users
Home usersHome users
Support for alternative firmware
N/A
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
N/A
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
Routing protocol
N/A
N/A
Static IP routing
N/A
N/A

Security

DMZyesyesyes
N/A
yes
Number of DMZ ports1
N/A
1
N/A
4
VPN protocol
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • IPSec
  • PPTP
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
VPN clientyesyesyesyesno
Encryption Algorithm
  • MPPE
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
N/A
  • MPPE
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
N/A
N/A

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