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ASUS Phicomm Linksys ASUS Summary Intel-based four stream AC2600 class router with unique design and USB 3.0 storage and printer sharing.
AC1900 class three stream router with Gigabit Ethernet ports and USB 3.0 storage sharing based on Intel technology.
Qualcomm-based three-radio two stream router with gigabit Ethernet ports supporting MU-MIMO and USB 3.0 storage and printer sharing
Three-stream 2,4 GHz and four stream 5 GHz AC class router with gigabit Ethernet ports, USB storage sharing and MU-MIMO support.
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WiFi5
WiFi6
WiFi6E
WiFi5 WiFi5 WiFi5 WiFi5 2.5G Port ?
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10 GbE port ?
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WAN Ports 1 1 1 1 LAN Ports 4 3 4 4 CPU Intel (Lantiq) PXB4395EL (1.6 GHz, 2 cores) Intel (Lantiq) PXB4395EL dual-core @ 1.6 GHz Qualcomm IPQ4019 quad-core @ 717 MHz Broadcom BCM4906KFEBG dual core @ 1.8 GHz Switch in PXB4395E In PXB4395EL QCA8075 In BCM4906 RAM (MB) 512 256 256 512 Flash (MB) 128 128 256 256 Firmware 3.0.1.4.383_19145 33.1.33.197 1.1.3.184925 3.0.0.4.382_18219-g76de09e Storage Share
USB 3.0
Notes Has one each USB 2.0 & 3.0 ports Static
Dynamic
PPPoE
PPTP
L2TP
WWAN
Failover Load Balance Aggregation
IPv6
DDNS
DHCP Reserve
VLAN
Port Control Port Triggers
DMZ
URL Block
Service Block
Schedules
Firewall Notes -Service blocking is via Parental Controls, which blocks all internet access per device using a schedule. Type
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Both Down Up Both Auto
# of 2.4 GHz streams 4 3 2 3 # of 5 GHz streams 4 3 2 4 # of 6 GHz Streams # of Radios 2 2 3 2 Radio 1 2.4 GHz: Intel PSB83514M + unidentified 2.4 GHz PA/FE (x4) 2.4 GHz: Intel PSB83513M +Qorvo/RFMD RFFM4252 2.4 GHz front end(x3) 2.4 GHz: In IPQ4019 + unidentified 2.4 GHz power amp (x2) 2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM4365 3x3 11abgn-ac SoC Radio 2 5 GHz: Intel PSB83524M + unidentified 5 GHz PA/FE (x4) 5 GHz: Intel PSB83523M +Qorvo QPF4519 5 GHz front end (x3) 5 GHz1: In IPQ4019 + Skyworks SKY85408-11 5 GHz power amp (x2) 5 GHz: Broadcom BCM4366E 4x4 11abgn-ac SoC Radio 3 FCC ID MSQ-RTHK00 YJYK3C Q87-EA8300 MSQ-RTACHN00 Antenna internal dual-band dipole (x4) Internal printed circuit dipole, 3 per band Four external dipole, 2 each 2.4 and 5 GHz External dual-band dipole (3x), one internal 5 GHz PCB Antenna Upgradeable
WPS
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RADIUS
Wireless Bridge
Schedule
DFS
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Notes AiMesh not supported - Wireless Extension uses Wi-Fi for WAN connection - Has two 5 GHz radios PPTP
IPsec L2TP
SSL OpenVPN
Notes Open VPN & PPTP servers supported. OpenVPN, L2TP and PPTP client supported Both client and server modes supported
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