1.01 in 0.22 in  | 10.41 in 12.53 in  | |
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| Connectivity technology |
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| Number of LAN ports | 4 | 8 |
| Number of WAN ports | 1 | 1 |
| USB | yes | yes |
| Total USB ports | 2 | 2 |
| Number of USB 2.0 ports | 1 | 1 |
| Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports | 1 | 1 |
| Number of USB 3.1 ports | 0 | 0 |
| Linksys EA8500 | Linksys EA9500 | |
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| Colour of product | Black | Black |
| Active cooling (fan) | no | no |
| Linksys EA8500 | Linksys EA9500 | |
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| Width | 1.01 in | 10.41 in |
| Height | 0.22 in | 12.53 in |
| Depth | 0.72 in | 2.62 in |
| Weight | 1.59 lb | 3.81 lb |
| Number of units | 1 | 1 |
| Rack-mount design | no | no |
| Linksys EA8500 | Linksys EA9500 | |
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| Built-in DSL modem | no | no |
| File server | Via USB | Via USB |
| Linksys EA8500 | Linksys EA9500 | |
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| Jumbo frames support | no | no |
| Mobile broadband support | no | no |
| VoIP (SIP) | no | no |
| Wireless network | yes | yes |
| 2.4GHz wireless network | yes | yes |
| 2.4GHz data transfer rate | 800.0 Mbps | 1000.0 Mbps |
| 5GHz wireless network | yes | yes |
| 5GHz data transfer rate | 1733.0 Mbps | 2166.0 Mbps |
| External antenna | yes | yes |
| Detachable antenna | yes | yes |
| MIMO | yes | yes |
| Beamforming | yes | yes |
| MU-MIMO | yes | yes |
| Number of antennas | 4 | 8 |
| Total wireless data transfer rate | 2533.0 Mbps | 5300.0 Mbps |
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| Linksys EA8500 | Linksys EA9500 | |
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| DynDNS | yes | yes |
| Target audience | Home users | Home users |
| Linksys EA8500 | Linksys EA9500 | |
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| Power over Ethernet (PoE) | no | no |
| Linksys EA8500 | Linksys EA9500 | |
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| DMZ | yes | no |
| VPN client | yes | no |
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