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Asus RT-AC88U Router
Asus RT-AC88U
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Asus RT-AX88U Router
Asus RT-AX88U
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Linksys EA8300 Router
Linksys EA8300
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23
4.6 out of 5
8 user ratings
5 stars
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11
4.6 out of 5
6 user ratings
5 stars
66 %
4 stars
33 %
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4.0 out of 5
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User rating
75
3.9 out of 5
75 user ratings
5 stars
37 %
4 stars
25 %
3 stars
28 %
2 stars
6 %
1 stars
2 %
62
3.9 out of 5
62 user ratings
5 stars
35 %
4 stars
35 %
3 stars
20 %
2 stars
3 %
1 stars
4 %
53
3.9 out of 5
53 user ratings
5 stars
43 %
4 stars
24 %
3 stars
18 %
2 stars
9 %
1 stars
3 %

Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Communication mode
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
N/A
N/A
Number of LAN ports8
N/A
4
Number of WAN ports1
N/A
1
USByes
N/A
yes
Total USB ports2
N/A
N/A
Number of USB 2.0 ports1
N/A
N/A
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports1
N/A
1
Number of USB 3.1 ports0
N/A
N/A

Design

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

Dimensions

Width11.81 in11.81 in8.41 in
Height3.3 in2.38 in2.16 in
Depth7.4 in7.4 in6.37 in
Weight2.09 lb
N/A
1.34 lb
Number of units1
N/A
1
Rack-mount designno
N/A
no

Communication

Frequency band
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
Management interface
  • SNMP
  • Web/network
N/A
Web/network
6to4yes
N/A
N/A
Communication protocol
  • 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
  • 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
N/A
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Number of simultaneous connections35938
N/A
N/A
Wireless standards
  • 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 supportyes
N/A
N/A
Mobile broadband supportyes
N/A
N/A
Type of mobile supportUSB modem
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSUPAno
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)no
N/A
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)yes
N/A
N/A
Mobile 3Gyes
N/A
N/A
Throughput WAN-LAN930.0 Mbps
N/A
N/A
VoIP (SIP)no
N/A
N/A
Wireless networkyes
N/A
yes
2.4GHz wireless networkyes
N/A
yes
2.4GHz data transfer rate1000.0 Mbps
N/A
400.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless networkyes
N/A
yes
5GHz data transfer rate2167.0 Mbps
N/A
867.0 Mbps
External antennayes
N/A
yes
Detachable antennayes
N/A
no
MIMOyes
N/A
yes
Beamformingyes
N/A
yes
MU-MIMOyes
N/A
yes
Number of antennas4
N/A
4
Total wireless data transfer rate3167.0 Mbps
N/A
2200.0 Mbps
Wireless security
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
N/A
  • WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA2-Enterprise

Security

DMZyes
N/A
N/A
Number of DMZ ports1
N/A
N/A
VPN protocol
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
N/A
OpenVPN
VPN clientyes
N/A
N/A
VPN serveryes
N/A
N/A
Encryption Algorithm
  • 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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