8.15 in 1.46 in  | 8.86 in 1.18 in  | |
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| Communication mode | Full-Duplex | Full-Duplex |
| Number of LAN ports | 4 | 4 |
| Number of WAN ports | 1 | 1 |
| USB | yes | yes |
| Total USB ports | 2 | 1 |
| Number of USB 2.0 ports | 1 | 1 |
| Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports | 1 | 0 |
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| Active cooling (fan) | no | no |
| Asus RT-N18U | TP-Link TL-WR1043ND | |
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| Width | 8.15 in | 8.86 in |
| Height | 1.46 in | 1.18 in |
| Depth | 5.91 in | 5.55 in |
| Number of units | 1 | 1 |
| Rack-mount design | no | no |
| Asus RT-N18U | TP-Link TL-WR1043ND | |
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| Built-in DSL modem | no | no |
| File server | Via USB | Via USB |
| Built-in printer server | yes | yes |
| Asus RT-N18U | TP-Link TL-WR1043ND | |
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| Jumbo frames support | yes | no |
| Mobile broadband support | yes | no |
| Throughput WAN-LAN | 800.0 Mbps | 122.7 Mbps |
| VoIP (SIP) | no | no |
| Wireless network | yes | yes |
| 2.4GHz wireless network | yes | yes |
| 5GHz wireless network | no | no |
| External antenna | yes | yes |
| Detachable antenna | yes | yes |
| MIMO | yes | yes |
| Number of antennas | 3 | 3 |
| Total wireless data transfer rate | 600.0 Mbps | 300.0 Mbps |
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| Asus RT-N18U | TP-Link TL-WR1043ND | |
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| DynDNS | yes | yes |
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| Target audience | Home users | Home users |
| Asus RT-N18U | TP-Link TL-WR1043ND | |
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| Included flash memory | 128.0 MB | 8.0 MB |
| Maximum flash memory | 128.0 MB | 8.0 MB |
| Included RAM | 256.0 MB | 32.0 MB |
| Maximum RAM | 256.0 MB | 64.0 MB |
| Asus RT-N18U | TP-Link TL-WR1043ND | |
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| Power over Ethernet (PoE) | no | no |
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| DMZ | yes | yes |
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| VPN client | yes | yes |
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