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Asus RT-N12 Router
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TP-Link TL-WR840N Router
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TP-Link TL-WR841N Router
TP-Link TL-WR841N
Available colors
User rating
38
4.3 out of 5
38 user ratings
5 stars
52 %
4 stars
26 %
3 stars
18 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
2 %
42
4.2 out of 5
42 user ratings
5 stars
42 %
4 stars
35 %
3 stars
21 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
293
3.5 out of 5
293 user ratings
5 stars
27 %
4 stars
17 %
3 stars
35 %
2 stars
11 %
1 stars
7 %
187
3.6 out of 5
187 user ratings
5 stars
34 %
4 stars
14 %
3 stars
32 %
2 stars
15 %
1 stars
3 %

Connectivity

Number of LAN ports4844
Number of WAN ports1
N/A
11
USBno
N/A
nono
Connectivity technology
N/A
Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Total USB ports
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
Number of SFP ports
N/A
2
N/A
N/A
Number of SFP+ ports
N/A
2
N/A
N/A
Number of USB 2.0 ports
N/A
N/A
2
N/A
Communication mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
Full-Duplex

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
White
  • Black
  • Grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Grey
  • White
Active cooling (fan)noyesnono
LED indicators
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A

Dimensions

Width7.05 in13.98 in7.17 in7.56 in
Height1.46 in2.17 in1.38 in1.3 in
Depth4.69 in5.71 in5.04 in5.28 in
Weight0.66 lb
N/A
3.64 lb1.41 lb
Number of units1111
Rack-mount designnoyes
N/A
no
Rack height
N/A
1U
N/A
N/A

Communication

Management interface
  • SNMP
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
N/A
Web/networkWeb/network
6to4no
N/A
N/A
no
Communication protocol
Quality of Service
N/A
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Data link layer
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • 10 Gigabit Ethernet
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Wireless standards
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11d
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11i
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3i
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.1x
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
Jumbo frames supportno
N/A
N/A
no
Mobile broadband supportnononono
Throughput WAN-LAN100.0 Mbps
N/A
N/A
100.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)no
N/A
N/A
no
Wireless networkyesnoyesyes
2.4GHz wireless networkyes
N/A
yesyes
5GHz wireless networkno
N/A
nono
External antennayes
N/A
noyes
Detachable antennayes
N/A
N/A
no
MIMOno
N/A
yesyes
Total wireless data transfer rate300.0 Mbps
N/A
300.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps
Wireless security
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
N/A
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Frequency band
N/A
N/A
2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Network / transport Protocol
N/A
N/A
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • DDNS
  • TCP/IP
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
Number of antennas
N/A
N/A
22
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
N/A
N/A
4
2.4GHz data transfer rate
N/A
N/A
N/A
300.0 Mbps

Compatibility

DynDNSyes
N/A
yesyes
Target audience
  • Business
  • Home users
BusinessHome users
  • Business
  • Home users
Routing protocol
N/A
N/A
Static IP routingStatic IP routing
Support for alternative firmware
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt

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