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Asus RT-N12E 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
36
4.0 out of 5
36 user ratings
5 stars
19 %
4 stars
61 %
3 stars
19 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
291
3.5 out of 5
291 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
17 %
3 stars
34 %
2 stars
12 %
1 stars
7 %
186
3.6 out of 5
186 user ratings
5 stars
34 %
4 stars
14 %
3 stars
32 %
2 stars
15 %
1 stars
3 %

Connectivity

Number of LAN ports444
Number of WAN ports111
USBnonono
Connectivity technology
N/A
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Number of USB 2.0 ports
N/A
2
N/A
Communication mode
N/A
N/A
Full-Duplex

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Black
  • Grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Grey
  • White
Active cooling (fan)
N/A
nono

Dimensions

Width6.61 in7.17 in7.56 in
Height1.18 in1.38 in1.3 in
Depth4.88 in5.04 in5.28 in
Weight0.46 lb3.64 lb1.41 lb
Number of units111
Rack-mount designyes
N/A
no
Rack height3U
N/A
N/A

Features

Built-in DSL modemnonono
Battery operated
N/A
yes
N/A
File server
N/A
N/A
No
Designed for wall mounting
N/A
N/A
yes
Mobile app for controlling features
N/A
N/A
yes

Communication

Management interfaceWeb/networkWeb/networkWeb/network
Communication protocol
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • 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
  • 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 802.11e
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11i
  • IEEE 802.1x
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • 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
Mobile broadband supportnonono
Throughput WAN-LAN100.0 Mbps
N/A
100.0 Mbps
Wireless networkyesyesyes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyes
2.4GHz data transfer rate300.0 Mbps
N/A
300.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless networknonono
External antennayesnoyes
Detachable antennano
N/A
no
MIMOyesyesyes
Number of antennas222
Total wireless data transfer rate300.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps300.0 Mbps
Wireless security
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Frequency band
N/A
2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Network / transport Protocol
N/A
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • DDNS
  • TCP/IP
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
6to4
N/A
N/A
no
Number of simultaneous connections
N/A
N/A
4
Jumbo frames support
N/A
N/A
no
VoIP (SIP)
N/A
N/A
no

Compatibility

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

Security

DMZyesyesyes
VPN protocol
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
VPN clientnoyesno
Encryption Algorithm
N/A
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • 152-bit WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
N/A
4

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