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Asus GT-AC2900 Router
Asus GT-AC2900
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Asus RT-AC5300 Router
Asus RT-AC5300
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Asus RT-AC86U Router
Asus RT-AC86U
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Asus RT-AC87U Router
Asus RT-AC87U
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Synology RT2600ac Router
Synology RT2600ac
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Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Number of LAN ports
N/A
4444
Number of WAN ports
N/A
1111
USB
N/A
yesyesyesyes
Total USB ports
N/A
2222
Number of USB 2.0 ports
N/A
1111
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports
N/A
1111
Number of USB 3.1 ports
N/A
0000
Communication mode
N/A
N/A
Full-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex

Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
Black
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
  • White
Black
Active cooling (fan)
N/A
nononono

Dimensions

Width8.7 in9.65 in8.66 in11.4 in11.02 in
Height6.65 in2.56 in3.28 in1.87 in3.03 in
Depth4.37 in9.65 in6.3 in6.6 in6.65 in
Weight
N/A
3.97 lb1.92 lb1.65 lb1.54 lb
Number of units
N/A
1111
Rack-mount design
N/A
nononono

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
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DDNS
Management interface
N/A
  • SNMP
  • Web/network
Web/network
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
  • SNMP
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
6to4
N/A
yesyesyesyes
Communication protocol
N/A
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Virtual LAN
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • 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
  • 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 802.1x
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.1Q
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.3x
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • 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
yesyesyesyes
Mobile broadband support
N/A
yesyesyesyes
Type of mobile support
N/A
USB modemUSB modemUSB modemUSB modem
Mobile HSUPA
N/A
yesyesyesno
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)
N/A
yesyesyesno
Mobile 4G (LTE)
N/A
yesyesyesyes
Mobile 3G
N/A
yesyesyesyes
Throughput WAN-LAN
N/A
751.0 Mbps
N/A
787.1 Mbps1000.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)
N/A
nononono
Wireless network
N/A
yesyesyesyes
2.4GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyesyesyes
2.4GHz data transfer rate
N/A
1000.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps800.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyesyesyes
5GHz data transfer rate
N/A
2167.0 Mbps2167.0 Mbps1734.0 Mbps1730.0 Mbps
External antenna
N/A
yesyesyesyes
Detachable antenna
N/A
yesyesyesyes
MIMO
N/A
yesyesyesyes
Beamforming
N/A
yesyesyesyes
MU-MIMO
N/A
yesyesyesyes
Number of antennas
N/A
8444
Total wireless data transfer rate
N/A
5300.0 Mbps2917.0 Mbps2334.0 Mbps2530.0 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
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Mobile 2G (GSM)
N/A
N/A
yesyesno

Compatibility

Routing protocol
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
DynDNS
N/A
yesyesyesyes
Target audience
N/A
Home users
  • Business
  • Home users
  • Business
  • Home users
  • Smaller offices
  • Home users
Support for alternative firmware
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
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
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WEP
DMZ
N/A
yesyesyesyes
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
1111
VPN protocol
N/A
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
VPN client
N/A
yesyesyesyes
VPN server
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes

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