Asus RT-AC66U vs TP-Link Archer C8

Connectivity
	Asus RT-AC66U	TP-Link Archer C8
Connectivity technology	Wireless Wired	Wireless Wired
Number of LAN ports	4	4
Number of WAN ports	1	1
USB	yes	yes
Total USB ports	2	2
Number of USB 2.0 ports	2	1
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports	0	1

Connectivity

Asus RT-AC66U

TP-Link Archer C8

Connectivity technology

Wireless
Wired

Wireless
Wired

Number of LAN ports

Number of WAN ports

USB

yes

Total USB ports

Number of USB 2.0 ports

Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports

Design
	Asus RT-AC66U	TP-Link Archer C8
Colour of product	Black Grey White	Silver White
Active cooling (fan)	no	no

Design

Asus RT-AC66U

TP-Link Archer C8

Colour of product

Black
Grey
White

Silver
White

Active cooling (fan)

Dimensions
	Asus RT-AC66U	TP-Link Archer C8
Width	8.15 in	8.7 in
Height	1.4 in	6.63 in
Depth	5.86 in	3.39 in
Number of units	1	1
Rack-mount design	no	no

Dimensions

Asus RT-AC66U

TP-Link Archer C8

Width

8.15 in

8.7 in

Height

1.4 in

6.63 in

Depth

5.86 in

3.39 in

Number of units

Rack-mount design

Features
	Asus RT-AC66U	TP-Link Archer C8
Built-in DSL modem	no	no
File server	Via USB	Via USB
Built-in printer server	yes	yes

Features

Asus RT-AC66U

TP-Link Archer C8

Built-in DSL modem

File server

Via USB

Built-in printer server

yes

Communication
	Asus RT-AC66U	TP-Link Archer C8
Frequency band	2.4 GHz 5 GHz	2.4 GHz 5 GHz
Management interface	Telnet Web/network	Web/network
Communication protocol	IPv6 Multicast Quality of Service Virtual LAN Wireless Multimedia Extensions	IPv6 Quality of Service Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Network / transport Protocol	PPTP L2TP NTP PPPoE FTP DDNS	PPTP L2TP IPSec PPPoE FTP DHCP 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
Wireless standards	IEEE 802.11a IEEE 802.11ac IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.1Q IEEE 802.3 IEEE 802.3ab IEEE 802.3u IEEE 802.3x IEEE 802.11n	IEEE 802.11a IEEE 802.11ac IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.3ab IEEE 802.3u IEEE 802.11n
Mobile broadband support	yes	no
Throughput WAN-LAN	937.0 Mbps	1000.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)	no	no
Wireless network	yes	yes
2.4GHz wireless network	yes	yes
2.4GHz data transfer rate	450.0 Mbps	450.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless network	yes	yes
5GHz data transfer rate	1300.0 Mbps	1300.0 Mbps
External antenna	yes	yes
Detachable antenna	yes	yes
MIMO	yes	no
Number of antennas	3	3
Total wireless data transfer rate	1750.0 Mbps	1750.0 Mbps
Wireless security	TKIP WEP WPA-Enterprise WPA-PSK WPA WPA2-Enterprise WPA2-PSK WPA2 WPS	WEP WPA-PSK WPA WPA2-PSK WPA2 WPS

Communication

Asus RT-AC66U

TP-Link Archer C8

Frequency band

2.4 GHz
5 GHz

2.4 GHz
5 GHz

Management interface

Telnet
Web/network

Web/network

Communication protocol

Network / transport Protocol

PPTP
L2TP
NTP
PPPoE
FTP
DDNS

PPTP
L2TP
IPSec
PPPoE
FTP
DHCP
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

Wireless standards

IEEE 802.11a
IEEE 802.11ac
IEEE 802.11b
IEEE 802.11g
IEEE 802.1Q
IEEE 802.3
IEEE 802.3ab
IEEE 802.3u
IEEE 802.3x
IEEE 802.11n

IEEE 802.11a
IEEE 802.11ac
IEEE 802.11b
IEEE 802.11g
IEEE 802.3ab
IEEE 802.3u
IEEE 802.11n

Mobile broadband support

yes

Throughput WAN-LAN

937.0 Mbps

1000.0 Mbps

VoIP (SIP)

Wireless network

yes

2.4GHz wireless network

yes

2.4GHz data transfer rate

450.0 Mbps

5GHz wireless network

yes

5GHz data transfer rate

1300.0 Mbps

External antenna

yes

Detachable antenna

yes

MIMO

yes

Number of antennas

Total wireless data transfer rate

1750.0 Mbps

Wireless security

TKIP
WEP
WPA-Enterprise
WPA-PSK
WPA
WPA2-Enterprise
WPA2-PSK
WPA2
WPS

WEP
WPA-PSK
WPA
WPA2-PSK
WPA2
WPS

Compatibility
	Asus RT-AC66U	TP-Link Archer C8
DynDNS	yes	yes
Target audience	Smaller offices Business Home users	Smaller offices Home users

Compatibility

Asus RT-AC66U

TP-Link Archer C8

DynDNS

yes

Target audience

Smaller offices
Business
Home users

Smaller offices
Home users

Memory
	Asus RT-AC66U	TP-Link Archer C8
Included flash memory	128.0 MB	16.0 MB
Maximum flash memory	128.0 MB	16.0 MB
Included RAM	256.0 MB	128.0 MB
Maximum RAM	256.0 MB	128.0 MB

Memory

Asus RT-AC66U

TP-Link Archer C8

Included flash memory

128.0 MB

16.0 MB

Maximum flash memory

128.0 MB

16.0 MB

Included RAM

256.0 MB

128.0 MB

Maximum RAM

256.0 MB

128.0 MB

Power
	Asus RT-AC66U	TP-Link Archer C8
Power over Ethernet (PoE)	no	yes

Power

Asus RT-AC66U

TP-Link Archer C8

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

yes

Security
	Asus RT-AC66U	TP-Link Archer C8
DMZ	yes	yes
VPN protocol	IPSec L2TP PPTP OpenVPN	IPSec L2TP PPTP
VPN client	yes	yes
Encryption Algorithm	MPPE 128-bit WEP 64-bit WEP WPA-PSK WPA2-PSK WPA-Enterprise WPA2-Enterprise	128-bit WEP 64-bit WEP WPA WPA2 WPA-PSK WPA2-PSK