Poor | Average | Good | Excellent | |
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Number of WAN ports | 1 Best: Cisco MWR 2941-DC Number of WAN ports: 16 | |||
Total wireless data transfer rate | 5300 Mbps Best: TP-Link Talon AD7200 Total wireless data transfer rate: 7133 Mbps | |||
Number of LAN ports | 8 Best: Cisco CISCO7206VXR Number of LAN ports: 60 |
Connectivity technology |
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Communication mode | Full-Duplex |
Number of LAN ports | 8 |
Number of WAN ports | 1 |
USB | yes |
Total USB ports | 2 |
Number of USB 2.0 ports | 1 |
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports | 1 |
Number of USB 3.1 ports | 0 |
Width | 10.41 in |
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Height | 12.53 in |
Depth | 2.62 in |
Weight | 3.81 lb |
Number of units | 1 |
Rack-mount design | no |
Frequency band |
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Management interface | Web/network |
Communication protocol |
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Data link layer |
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Wireless standards |
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Jumbo frames support | no |
Mobile broadband support | no |
VoIP (SIP) | no |
Wireless network | yes |
2.4GHz wireless network | yes |
2.4GHz data transfer rate | 1000.0 Mbps |
5GHz wireless network | yes |
5GHz data transfer rate | 2166.0 Mbps |
External antenna | yes |
Detachable antenna | yes |
MIMO | yes |
Beamforming | yes |
MU-MIMO | yes |
Number of antennas | 8 |
Total wireless data transfer rate | 5300.0 Mbps |
Wireless security |
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Power over Ethernet (PoE) | no |
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Colour of product | Black |
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Active cooling (fan) | no |
Built-in DSL modem | no |
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File server | Via USB |
DynDNS | yes |
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Target audience | Home users |
DMZ | no |
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VPN client | no |
Encryption Algorithm |
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This router may be overkill for many households, and mesh systems offer simple and relatively unobtrusive relief for others. But with its whole-home, high-performance Wi-Fi, the Linksys Max-Stream EA9500 convinced me that there is still a case to be made for big, powerful, $400 routers.
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