Asus RT-AC66U vs Asus RT-AC68U

8.15 in

1.4 in

Asus RT-AC66U

8.66 in

6.3 in

Asus RT-AC68U

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Connectivity
	Asus RT-AC66U	Asus RT-AC68U
Connectivity technology	Wireless Wired	Wireless Wired
Communication mode	Full-Duplex	Full-Duplex
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
Number of USB 3.1 ports	0	0

Design
	Asus RT-AC66U	Asus RT-AC68U
Colour of product	Black Grey White	Black Grey White
Active cooling (fan)	no	no

Dimensions
	Asus RT-AC66U	Asus RT-AC68U
Width	8.15 in	8.66 in
Height	1.4 in	6.3 in
Depth	5.86 in	3.28 in
Weight	0.99 lb	1.41 lb
Number of units	1	1
Rack-mount design	no	no

Features
	Asus RT-AC66U	Asus RT-AC68U
Built-in DSL modem	no	no
File server	Via USB	Via USB
Built-in printer server	yes	yes
Mobile app for controlling features	yes	yes

Communication
	Asus RT-AC66U	Asus RT-AC68U
Frequency band	2.4 GHz 5 GHz	2.4 GHz 5 GHz
Management interface	Telnet Web/network	Telnet Web/network
6to4	yes	yes
Communication protocol	IPv6 Multicast Quality of Service Virtual LAN Wireless Multimedia Extensions	IPv6 Multicast Quality of Service Virtual LAN Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Network / transport Protocol	PPTP L2TP NTP PPPoE FTP DDNS	TCP/IP PPTP L2TP NTP IPSec PPPoE LPR/LPD 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
Number of simultaneous connections	30069	30000
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 802.1Q IEEE 802.3ab IEEE 802.3u IEEE 802.3x IEEE 802.11n
Jumbo frames support	yes	yes
Mobile broadband support	yes	yes
Type of mobile support	USB modem	USB modem
Mobile HSUPA	yes	yes
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)	yes	yes
Mobile 4G (LTE)	yes	yes
Mobile 3G	yes	yes
Mobile 2G (GSM)	yes	yes
Throughput WAN-LAN	937.0 Mbps	755.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)	no	no
Wireless network	yes	yes
2.4GHz wireless network	yes	yes
2.4GHz data transfer rate	450.0 Mbps	600.0 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	yes
Beamforming	yes	yes
MU-MIMO	no	no
Number of antennas	3	3
Total wireless data transfer rate	1750.0 Mbps	1900.0 Mbps
Wireless security	TKIP 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

Compatibility
	Asus RT-AC66U	Asus RT-AC68U
DynDNS	yes	yes
Routing protocol	Static IP routing	IGMP static IP routing
Support for alternative firmware	DD-Wrt	DD-Wrt
Target audience	Smaller offices Business Home users	Smaller offices Business Home users

Memory
	Asus RT-AC66U	Asus RT-AC68U
Included flash memory	128.0 MB	128.0 MB
Maximum flash memory	128.0 MB	128.0 MB
Included RAM	256.0 MB	256.0 MB
Maximum RAM	256.0 MB	256.0 MB

Power
	Asus RT-AC66U	Asus RT-AC68U
Operational Power Consumption (min-max)	9.1 - 15	< 11.3
Power over Ethernet (PoE)	no	no

Security
	Asus RT-AC66U	Asus RT-AC68U
DMZ	yes	yes
Number of DMZ ports	1	1
VPN protocol	IPSec L2TP PPTP OpenVPN	IPSec L2TP PPTP OpenVPN
VPN client	yes	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

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Asus RT-AC66U vs Asus RT-AC68U - User Opinions

roselee.wolf
almost 2 years ago
While the ASUS RT-AC66U could be placed both flat and in a semi-vertical position (or mounted on the wall – VESA compatible), especially because of its detachable base, the RT-AC68U can only be positioned upwards (even the wall-mounting option is gone).Apr 28, 2016
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