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Asus RT-AC87U Router
Asus RT-AC87U
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Sitecom WLR-5000
Editiorial reviews
18
4.1 out of 5
5 user ratings
5 stars
40 %
4 stars
60 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
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8
2.5 out of 5
3 user ratings
5 stars
0 %
4 stars
33 %
3 stars
33 %
2 stars
33 %
1 stars
0 %
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User rating
60
3.7 out of 5
60 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
28 %
3 stars
25 %
2 stars
18 %
1 stars
0 %
55
3.9 out of 5
55 user ratings
5 stars
25 %
4 stars
43 %
3 stars
21 %
2 stars
9 %
1 stars
0 %
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3.5 out of 5
4 user ratings
5 stars
25 %
4 stars
0 %
3 stars
75 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
  • White
Black
N/A
Active cooling (fan)nonono

Dimensions

Width11.4 in1.01 in5.91 in
Height1.87 in0.22 in1.34 in
Depth6.6 in0.72 in
N/A
Weight1.65 lb1.59 lb
N/A
Number of units111
Rack-mount designnonono

Features

Built-in DSL modemnonono
File serverVia USBVia USB
N/A
Built-in printer serveryesyes
N/A
Designed for wall mountingyesyes
N/A
Mobile app for controlling featuresyes
N/A
N/A

Communication

Frequency band
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
N/A
Management interface
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
N/A
Web/network
6to4yes
N/A
N/A
Communication protocol
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Virtual LAN
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Quality of Service
Network / transport Protocol
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
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 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Wireless standards
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.1Q
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • 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
  • IEEE 802.3i
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Jumbo frames supportyesno
N/A
Mobile broadband supportyesno
N/A
Type of mobile supportUSB modem
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSUPAyes
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)yes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)yes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 3Gyes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 2G (GSM)yes
N/A
N/A
Throughput WAN-LAN787.1 Mbps803.0 Mbps
N/A
VoIP (SIP)nono
N/A
Wireless networkyesyesyes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyes
2.4GHz data transfer rate600.0 Mbps800.0 Mbps
N/A
5GHz wireless networkyesyesyes
5GHz data transfer rate1734.0 Mbps1733.0 Mbps
N/A
External antennayesyesno
Detachable antennayesyes
N/A
MIMOyesyes
N/A
Beamformingyesyes
N/A
MU-MIMOyesyes
N/A
Number of antennas44
N/A
Total wireless data transfer rate2334.0 Mbps2533.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps
Wireless security
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
35230
N/A

Compatibility

DynDNSyesyes
N/A
Routing protocol
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
N/A
N/A
Support for alternative firmware
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
N/A
Target audience
  • Business
  • Home users
Home usersHome users

Security

DMZyesyes
N/A
Number of DMZ ports1
N/A
N/A
VPN protocol
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • PPTP
VPN clientyesyesyes
Encryption Algorithm
  • MPPE
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
N/A
N/A

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