Asus RT-AC56S vs Asus RT-N56U

5.79 in

8.07 in

Asus RT-AC56S Router

6.77 in

2.36 in

Asus RT-N56U Router

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Connectivity
	Asus RT-AC56S	Asus RT-N56U
USB	yes	yes
Total USB ports	2	2
Number of USB 2.0 ports	1	2
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports	1	0

Design
	Asus RT-AC56S	Asus RT-N56U
Colour of product	Black	Black Grey
Active cooling (fan)	no	no

Dimensions
	Asus RT-AC56S	Asus RT-N56U
Width	5.79 in	6.77 in
Height	8.07 in	2.36 in
Depth	2.6 in	5.71 in
Weight	0.9 lb	0.73 lb
Number of units	1	1
Rack-mount design	no	no

Features
	Asus RT-AC56S	Asus RT-N56U
Built-in DSL modem	no	no
File server	Built-in NAS	Via USB
Built-in printer server	yes	yes

Communication
	Asus RT-AC56S	Asus RT-N56U
Management interface	Web/network	Telnet Web/network
Communication protocol	IPv6 Multicast	IPv6 Multicast Quality of Service Wireless Multimedia Extensions
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 802.11b IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.11n
Wireless standards	IEEE 802.11a IEEE 802.11ac IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11d IEEE 802.11e IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.11i IEEE 802.3 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
Mobile broadband support	yes	yes
Throughput WAN-LAN	1167.0 Mbps	802.4 Mbps
Wireless network	yes	yes
2.4GHz wireless network	yes	yes
5GHz wireless network	yes	yes
External antenna	no	no
Wireless security	WEP WPA-Enterprise WPA-PSK WPA WPA2-Enterprise WPA2-PSK WPA2 WPS	WEP WPA-PSK WPA WPA2-PSK WPA2 WPS

Compatibility
	Asus RT-AC56S	Asus RT-N56U
DynDNS	yes	yes

Security
	Asus RT-AC56S	Asus RT-N56U
VPN protocol	IPSec L2TP PPTP	IPSec L2TP PPTP
VPN client	yes	yes

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