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Asus RT-AC3200 Router
Asus RT-AC3200
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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 ports44444
Number of WAN ports11111
USByesyesyesyesyes
Total USB ports22222
Number of USB 2.0 ports11111
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports11111
Number of USB 3.1 ports00000
Communication mode
N/A
N/A
Full-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
Black
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
  • White
Black
Active cooling (fan)nonononono

Dimensions

Width11.42 in9.65 in8.66 in11.4 in11.02 in
Height2.28 in2.56 in3.28 in1.87 in3.03 in
Depth7.4 in9.65 in6.3 in6.6 in6.65 in
Weight2.25 lb3.97 lb1.92 lb1.65 lb1.54 lb
Number of units11111
Rack-mount designnonononono

Features

Built-in DSL modemnonononono
File serverVia USBVia USBVia USBVia USBVia USB
Built-in printer serveryesyesyesyesyes
Designed for wall mountingyes
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Mobile app for controlling featuresyesyesyesyes
N/A
Support for mesh network
N/A
yesyes
N/A
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
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
Management interface
  • SNMP
  • Web/network
  • SNMP
  • Web/network
Web/network
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
  • SNMP
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
6to4noyesyesyesyes
Communication protocol
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • 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
Network / transport Protocol
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • 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
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 802.11a
  • 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
  • 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 802.1x
  • 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 supportyesyesyesyesyes
Mobile broadband supportyesyesyesyesyes
Type of mobile supportUSB modemUSB modemUSB modemUSB modemUSB modem
Mobile HSUPAnoyesyesyesno
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)noyesyesyesno
Mobile 4G (LTE)yesyesyesyesyes
Mobile 3Gyesyesyesyesyes
Mobile 2G (GSM)no
N/A
yesyesno
Throughput WAN-LAN725.9 Mbps751.0 Mbps
N/A
787.1 Mbps1000.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)nonononono
Wireless networkyesyesyesyesyes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyesyesyes
2.4GHz data transfer rate600.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps800.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless networkyesyesyesyesyes
5GHz data transfer rate1300.0 Mbps2167.0 Mbps2167.0 Mbps1734.0 Mbps1730.0 Mbps
External antennayesyesyesyesyes
Detachable antennayesyesyesyesyes
MIMOyesyesyesyesyes
Beamformingyesyesyesyesyes
MU-MIMOnoyesyesyesyes
Number of antennas68444
Total wireless data transfer rate3200.0 Mbps5300.0 Mbps2917.0 Mbps2334.0 Mbps2530.0 Mbps
Wireless security
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • 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

Compatibility

DynDNSyesyesyesyesyes
Routing protocol
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
Support for alternative firmwareDD-Wrt
N/A
N/A
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
N/A
Target audienceHome usersHome users
  • Business
  • Home users
  • Business
  • Home users
  • Smaller offices
  • Home users

Memory

Included flash memory128.0 MB128.0 MB256.0 MB128.0 MB4106.0 MB
Maximum flash memory128.0 MB128.0 MB256.0 MB128.0 MB4106.0 MB
Included RAM256.0 MB512.0 MB512.0 MB256.0 MB512.0 MB
Maximum RAM256.0 MB512.0 MB512.0 MB256.0 MB512.0 MB

Power

Operational Power Consumption (min-max)< 45< 13.8
N/A
N/A
7.94 - 10.8
Power over Ethernet (PoE)nonononono
Max operating temperature
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
40 °C

Security

DMZyesyesyesyesyes
Number of DMZ ports11111
VPN protocol
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
VPN clientyesyesyesyesyes
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
VPN server
N/A
yesyes
N/A
yes

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