We and our partners use cookies to give you the best online experience, including to personalise advertising and content. Data about your interaction with this site and the ads shown to you may be shared with companies involved in the delivery and/or personalisation of ads on this site and elsewhere online.

Compare 5 products

Close
Asus RT-AC5300 Router
Close
Asus RT-AC86U Router
Close
Asus RT-AC87U Router
Close
Asus RT-AX88U Router
Close
Synology RT2600ac Router
Available colors

Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Number of LAN ports444
N/A
4
Number of WAN ports111
N/A
1
USByesyesyes
N/A
yes
Total USB ports222
N/A
2
Number of USB 2.0 ports111
N/A
1
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports111
N/A
1
Number of USB 3.1 ports000
N/A
0
Communication mode
N/A
Full-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
N/A
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
Black
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
  • White
BlackBlack
Active cooling (fan)nonono
N/A
no

Dimensions

Width9.65 in8.66 in11.4 in11.81 in11.02 in
Height2.56 in3.28 in1.87 in2.38 in3.03 in
Depth9.65 in6.3 in6.6 in7.4 in6.65 in
Weight3.97 lb1.92 lb1.65 lb
N/A
1.54 lb
Number of units111
N/A
1
Rack-mount designnonono
N/A
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
Management interface
  • SNMP
  • Web/network
Web/network
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
N/A
  • SNMP
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
6to4yesyesyes
N/A
yes
Communication protocol
  • 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
N/A
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Network / transport Protocol
  • 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
  • NTP
  • PPPoE
  • 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
N/A
  • 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 802.11n
  • 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
N/A
  • 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 supportyesyesyes
N/A
yes
Mobile broadband supportyesyesyes
N/A
yes
Type of mobile supportUSB modemUSB modemUSB modem
N/A
USB modem
Mobile HSUPAyesyesyes
N/A
no
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)yesyesyes
N/A
no
Mobile 4G (LTE)yesyesyes
N/A
yes
Mobile 3Gyesyesyes
N/A
yes
Throughput WAN-LAN751.0 Mbps
N/A
787.1 Mbps
N/A
1000.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)nonono
N/A
no
Wireless networkyesyesyes
N/A
yes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyes
N/A
yes
2.4GHz data transfer rate1000.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps
N/A
800.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless networkyesyesyes
N/A
yes
5GHz data transfer rate2167.0 Mbps2167.0 Mbps1734.0 Mbps
N/A
1730.0 Mbps
External antennayesyesyes
N/A
yes
Detachable antennayesyesyes
N/A
yes
MIMOyesyesyes
N/A
yes
Beamformingyesyesyes
N/A
yes
MU-MIMOyesyesyes
N/A
yes
Number of antennas844
N/A
4
Total wireless data transfer rate5300.0 Mbps2917.0 Mbps2334.0 Mbps
N/A
2530.0 Mbps
Wireless security
  • 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
N/A
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Mobile 2G (GSM)
N/A
yesyes
N/A
no

Compatibility

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

Security

DMZyesyesyes
N/A
yes
Number of DMZ ports111
N/A
1
VPN protocol
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
N/A
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
VPN clientyesyesyes
N/A
yes
VPN serveryesyes
N/A
N/A
yes
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
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WEP

Often compared with Asus RT-AC5300

Often compared with Asus RT-AC86U

Often compared with Asus RT-AC87U

Often compared with Asus RT-AX88U