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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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Asus RT-AX88U
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Linksys EA8300 Router
Linksys EA8300
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4.2 out of 5
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4.6 out of 5
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125
3.6 out of 5
125 user ratings
5 stars
31 %
4 stars
20 %
3 stars
29 %
2 stars
14 %
1 stars
4 %
75
3.9 out of 5
75 user ratings
5 stars
37 %
4 stars
25 %
3 stars
28 %
2 stars
6 %
1 stars
2 %
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3.9 out of 5
62 user ratings
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35 %
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20 %
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3 %
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3.9 out of 5
53 user ratings
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Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Communication modeFull-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
N/A
N/A
Number of LAN ports48
N/A
4
Number of WAN ports11
N/A
1
USByesyes
N/A
yes
Total USB ports22
N/A
N/A
Number of USB 2.0 ports11
N/A
N/A
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports11
N/A
1
Number of USB 3.1 ports00
N/A
N/A

Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
BlackBlack
Active cooling (fan)nono
N/A
no

Dimensions

Width8.66 in11.81 in11.81 in8.41 in
Height3.28 in3.3 in2.38 in2.16 in
Depth6.3 in7.4 in7.4 in6.37 in
Weight1.92 lb2.09 lb
N/A
1.34 lb
Number of units11
N/A
1
Rack-mount designnono
N/A
no

Communication

Frequency band
  • 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
N/A
Web/network
6to4yesyes
N/A
N/A
Communication protocol
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
N/A
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Quality of Service
Network / transport Protocol
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • PPPoE
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
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
N/A
  • 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 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
N/A
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11ac
Jumbo frames supportyesyes
N/A
N/A
Mobile broadband supportyesyes
N/A
N/A
Type of mobile supportUSB modemUSB modem
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSUPAyesno
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)yesno
N/A
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)yesyes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 3Gyesyes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 2G (GSM)yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
VoIP (SIP)nono
N/A
N/A
Wireless networkyesyes
N/A
yes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyes
N/A
yes
2.4GHz data transfer rate1000.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps
N/A
400.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless networkyesyes
N/A
yes
5GHz data transfer rate2167.0 Mbps2167.0 Mbps
N/A
867.0 Mbps
External antennayesyes
N/A
yes
Detachable antennayesyes
N/A
no
MIMOyesyes
N/A
yes
Beamformingyesyes
N/A
yes
MU-MIMOyesyes
N/A
yes
Number of antennas44
N/A
4
Total wireless data transfer rate2917.0 Mbps3167.0 Mbps
N/A
2200.0 Mbps
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
N/A
  • WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA2-Enterprise
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
35938
N/A
N/A
Throughput WAN-LAN
N/A
930.0 Mbps
N/A
N/A

Security

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

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