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| Product | AC2600 StreamBoost WiFi Gaming Router with MU-MIMO
TEW-827DRU | Wireless-AC5300 Tri-Band Gigabit Router
RT-AC5300 | Dual-band Wireless-AC3100 Gigabit Router
RT-AC88U | Nighthawk X4 Smart WiFi Router V2
R7500v2 |
Company
| TRENDnet | ASUS | ASUS | NETGEAR |
| Summary | MU-MIMO enabled AC2600 class router with Gigabit Ethernet ports and USB 3.0 storage and printer sharing | Broadcom-based three-radio AC5300 4x4 router | Broadcom-based AC3100 4x4 router. Same as RT-AC3100, but with 8 Gigabit LAN ports vs. 4 | Redesigned all QCA 4x4 router with Gigabit Ethernet ports, USB 3.0 and eSATA storage and printer sharing and working MU-MIMO. |
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| Date added | 2016-02-08 | 2015-12-29 | 2015-12-10 | 2015-11-30 |
| Price | $ 70
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| Type
| WiFi5 | WiFi5 | WiFi5 | WiFi5 |
| 2.5G Port | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 10 GbE port | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| WAN Ports | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| CPU | Qualcomm dual-core IPQ8064 Internet Processor @ 1.4 GHz | Broadcom BCM4709C0KFEBG dual-core @ 1.4 GHz | Broadcom BCM4709C0KFEBG dual-core @ 1.4 GHz | QCA IPQ8064 dual-core @ 1.4 GHz |
| Switch | Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337 | In CPU | In BroCPU + Realtek RTL8365MB | QCA QCA8337 |
| RAM (MB) | 512 | 512 | 512 | 512 |
| Flash (MB) | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 |
| Firmware | 1.00b011 (1.00 17 Nov 2015) | 3.0.0.4.380_838 | 3.0.0.4.380_858 | V1.0.0.28 |
| Storage Share | | | | |
| USB 3.0 | | | | |
| Notes | | - One each USB 2.0 & 3.0 ports
- FTP & SMB drive sharing
- HTTP, FTP, BT (BitTorrent) download to attached drive | - One each USB 2.0 & 3.0 ports
- FTP & SMB drive sharing
- HTTP, FTP, BT (BitTorrent) download to attached drive | - OpenDNS based parental controls
- Two USB 3.0 ports, one eSATA port |
| 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 | | | | |
| Type
| Priority | Both | Both | Both |
| Direction
| Both | Both | Both | Both |
| Auto | | | | |
| # of 2.4 GHz streams | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| # of 5 GHz streams | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| # of 6 GHz Streams | | | | |
| # of Radios | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Radio 1 | 2.4 GHz: QCA9980 + Skyworks SE2623L 2.4 GHz power amp (x4) | 2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM4366 + Skyworks SE2623L 2.4 GHz power amp (x4) | 2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM4366 + Skyworks SE2623L 2.4 GHz power amp (x4) | 2.4 GHz: QCA9880 + Skyworks 2.4 GHz power amps (x3) |
| Radio 2 | 5 GHz: QCA9980 + Skyworks SKY85405 5 GHz power amp (x4) | 5 GHz: Broadcom BCM4366 + RFMD RFPA5542 5 GHz PA module (x4) | 5 GHz: Broadcom BCM4366 + RFMD RFPA5542 5 GHz PA module (x4) | 5 GHz: QCA9980 + Skyworks 5 GHz power amps (x4) |
| Radio 3 | | | | |
| FCC ID | XU8TEW827DRU | MSQ-RTGZ00 | MSQ-RTGW00 | PY315100301 |
| Antenna | External dual-band dipole (x4) | 8 external dual-band dipole | 4 external dual-band dipole | External removable dual-band dipole (x4) |
| Antenna Upgradeable | | | | |
| WPS | | | | |
| WPA3 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RADIUS | | | | |
| Wireless Bridge | | | | |
| Schedule | | | | |
| DFS | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Notes | | - Supports client bridge and AP modes | - Supports client bridge and AP modes | - Supports client bridge and AP modes |
| PPTP | | | | |
| IPsec | | | | |
| L2TP | | | | |
| SSL | | | | |
| OpenVPN | ? | | | |
| Notes | OpenVPN server supported | | | |
means the product has this feature. Blank means is does not. ? means we can't tell.