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Asus RT-AC86U Router
Asus RT-AC86U
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Asus RT-AC88U Router
Asus RT-AC88U
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Linksys EA9500 Router
Linksys EA9500
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Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500 Router
Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500
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Netgear Nighthawk X8 Router
Netgear Nighthawk X8
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Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Communication modeFull-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
Full-Duplex
N/A
N/A
Number of LAN ports4884
N/A
Number of WAN ports1111
N/A
USByesyesyesyes
N/A
Total USB ports222
N/A
N/A
Number of USB 2.0 ports111
N/A
N/A
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports1112
N/A
Number of USB 3.1 ports000
N/A
N/A

Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
BlackBlackBlack
Active cooling (fan)nonono
N/A
N/A

Dimensions

Width8.66 in11.81 in10.41 in12.67 in12.44 in
Height3.28 in3.3 in12.53 in2.17 in2.4 in
Depth6.3 in7.4 in2.62 in9.59 in10.39 in
Weight1.92 lb2.09 lb3.81 lb1.76 lb
N/A
Number of units1111
N/A
Rack-mount designnononono
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 interfaceWeb/network
  • SNMP
  • Web/network
Web/network
N/A
N/A
6to4yesyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Communication protocol
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
N/A
Network / transport Protocol
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
N/A
N/A
N/A
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
N/A
Wireless standards
  • 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 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
N/A
Jumbo frames supportyesyesno
N/A
N/A
Mobile broadband supportyesyesno
N/A
N/A
Type of mobile supportUSB modemUSB modem
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSUPAyesno
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)yesno
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)yesyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mobile 3Gyesyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mobile 2G (GSM)yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
VoIP (SIP)nonono
N/A
N/A
Wireless networkyesyesyesyes
N/A
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyesyes
N/A
2.4GHz data transfer rate1000.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps800.0 Mbps
N/A
5GHz wireless networkyesyesyesyes
N/A
5GHz data transfer rate2167.0 Mbps2167.0 Mbps2166.0 Mbps1773.0 Mbps
N/A
External antennayesyesyesyes
N/A
Detachable antennayesyesyesyes
N/A
MIMOyesyesyesyes
N/A
Beamformingyesyesyes
N/A
N/A
MU-MIMOyesyesyesyes
N/A
Number of antennas4484
N/A
Total wireless data transfer rate2917.0 Mbps3167.0 Mbps5300.0 Mbps
N/A
N/A
Wireless security
  • 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-Enterprise
  • WPA2
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
N/A
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
35938
N/A
N/A
N/A
Throughput WAN-LAN
N/A
930.0 Mbps
N/A
N/A
N/A

Security

DMZyesyesno
N/A
N/A
Number of DMZ ports11
N/A
N/A
N/A
VPN protocol
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
N/A
N/A
N/A
VPN clientyesyesnoyes
N/A
VPN serveryesyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
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
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • 128-bit AES
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA2-PSK

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