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Product	Gaming Router AC1300 with StreamBoost Technology DGL-5500	AirStation Extreme AC 1750 Gigabit Dual Band Wireless Router WZR-1750DHP	AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Archer C7	Dual Band Wireless AC1200 Router ESR1200
Company	D-Link	Buffalo Technology	TP-LINK	EnGenius
Summary	QCA-based AC1300 class router with Qualcomm Streamboost automatic traffic shaping.	Second-gen Broadcom CPU based AC1750 class router with USB 2.0 & 3.0 ports and good storage sharing	First QCA based AC1750 Class router, with Gigabit ports.	QCA-based AC1200 class router with Gigabit ports, USB 2.0 storage sharing and VPN servers.
Review	Read review	Read review	Read review	Read review
Website	Visit Company Website	Visit Company Website	Visit Company Website	Visit Company Website
Date added	2013-09-01	2013-08-21	2013-08-21	2013-08-19
Price	$ 130 Check Amazon	$ 120 Check Amazon	$ 90 Check Amazon	$ 139 Check Amazon
	Features
Type	WiFi5	WiFi5	WiFi5	WiFi5
2.5G Port	?	?	?	?
10 GbE port	?	?	?	?
WAN Ports	1	1	1	1
LAN Ports	4	4	4	4
CPU	QCA9558	Broadcom BCM4708A	Atheros QCA9558 SoC	QCA9558
Switch	Atheros AR8327	in BCM4708A	Atheros AR8327	QCA8337N
RAM (MB)	128	512	128	128
Flash (MB)	128	128	8	16
Firmware	1.01	2.08	V1_130729	1.0.1
Storage Share
USB 3.0
Notes		One each USB 2.0 & 3.0 port	- Two USB 2.0 ports - Supports Big Pond WAN - FTP & Media servers	Shares via SMB, FTP and HTTP
	WAN
Static
Dynamic
PPPoE
PPTP
L2TP
WWAN
Failover
Load Balance
Aggregation
IPv6
DDNS
	LAN
DHCP Reserve
VLAN
Port Control
	Firewall
Port Triggers
DMZ
URL Block
Service Block
Schedules
Firewall Notes
	QoS
Type	Priority	Priority	B/W	Both
Direction	Up	Up	Both	Both
Auto
	Wireless
# of 2.4 GHz streams
# of 5 GHz streams
# of 6 GHz Streams
# of Radios
Radio 1	2.4 GHz: In QCA9558	2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM4331 & SiGe (Skyworks) SE2605L 2.4 GHz power amp (x3)	2.4 GHz: In QCA9558 w/ Skyworks SE2574BL-R 2.4 GHz power amps (x3)	2.4 GHz: in QCA9558 plus SST 12LP15A 2.4 GHz power amp (x2)
Radio 2	5 GHz: QCA9882 w/ Skyworks SE5003L 5 GHz power amp (x2)	5 GHz: Broadcom BCM4360 & Skyworks SE5003L1 5 GHz 5 GHz power amp (x3)	5 GHz: QCA9880-AR1A w/ Skyworks SE5003L1 5 GHz power amp (x3)	5 GHz: QCA9882 plus unidentified power amp marked 15E3WPK (x2)
Radio 3
FCC ID	KA2GL5500A1	FDI00000009	TE7C7	A8JESR900
Antenna	Internal PC board dipoles (x5)	Three internal dipole per radio bent metal & printed circuit mix	2.4 GHz: 3 internal bent metal dipole; 5 GHz: 3 external dipole	2 printed circuit dipoles per radio
Antenna Upgradeable
WPS
WPA3	?	?	?	?
RADIUS
Wireless Bridge
Schedule
DFS	?	?	?	?
Notes		Also one guest account w/ same SSID on both bands	- Guest networks have bandwidth control, LAN isolation	- Not Wi-Fi Certified
	VPN
PPTP
IPsec
L2TP
SSL
OpenVPN	?	?	?	?
Notes

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