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| Product | Balance
20 | Smart WiFi Router
R6100 | Wireless AC1750 Dual Band Gigabit Cloud Router
DIR-868L | Smart WiFi Router
R6250 |
Company
| PepLink | NETGEAR | D-Link | NETGEAR |
| Summary | Dual WAN router supporting link aggregation, balance and auto-failover. | Qualcomm Atheros based draft 802.11ac AC1200 router with storage sharing USB 2.0 port, performance limited by 10/100 Ethernet ports | Second-generation Broadcom-based AC1750 class router with IPv6 support and USB 3.0 port | Second generation Broadcom draft 802.11ac AC1600 router with storage sharing USB 3.0 port and OpenDNS based parental controls |
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| Website | Visit Company Website | Visit Company Website | Visit Company Website | Visit Company Website |
| Date added | 2013-09-24 | 2013-07-23 | 2013-05-24 | 2013-05-23 |
| Price | $ 299
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| Type
| Wired | WiFi5 | WiFi5 | WiFi5 |
| 2.5G Port | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 10 GbE port | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| WAN Ports | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| CPU | Atheros AR7161 | Atheros AR9344 802.11n 2x2 dual-band SoC | Broadcom BCM4708? | Broadcom BCM4708? |
| Switch | Vitesse VSC7395 | In AR9344 | In CPU | In CPU |
| RAM (MB) | 64 | 128 | 128 | 256 |
| Flash (MB) | 16 | 128 | 128 | 128 |
| Firmware | 5.4.9 | V1.0.0.24 | V1.01 | V1.0.0.70_1.0.70 |
| Storage Share | | | | |
| USB 3.0 | | | | |
| Notes | USB 2.0 port for 3G / 4G modem | - SMB, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP storage sharing
- DLNA server w/ Tivo support
- OpenDNS based parental controls | - Supports L2TP and DS-Lite internet connections
- Has UPnP / DLNA media server
- Optional OpenDNS based parental controls | - One USB 3.0 port
- SMB, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP storage sharing
- DLNA server w/ Tivo support
- OpenDNS based parental controls |
| 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 | Priority | Priority | Priority |
| Direction
| Both | Up | Up | Up |
| Auto | | | | |
| # of 2.4 GHz streams | | | 3 | |
| # of 5 GHz streams | | | 3 | |
| # of 6 GHz Streams | | | | |
| # of Radios | | | 2 | |
| Radio 1 | N/A | 2.4 GHz: In Atheros 9344 | 2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM4331KMLG ? w/ 3 unidentified power amps | 2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM43217(?) |
| Radio 2 | N/A | 5 GHz: QCA9882 2x2 802.11ac/a/b/g/n radio; Skyworks SE5003L 5 GHz Pwr Amp (x2) | 5 GHz: Broadcom BCM4360KMLG ? w/ 3 unidentified power amps on mini PCIe module | 5 GHz: Broadcom BCM4360 |
| Radio 3 | | | | |
| FCC ID | N/A | PY312400225 | KA2IR868LA1 | PY312400219 |
| Antenna | N/A | Internal fixed position dipole (4) | Internal bent-metal & PC board dipoles (6x) | Internal fixed position dipole (5) |
| Antenna Upgradeable | | | | |
| WPS | | | | |
| WPA3 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| RADIUS | | | | |
| Wireless Bridge | | | | |
| Schedule | | | | |
| DFS | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Notes | Wired only | - N300 2.4 GHz, AC867 5 GHz
- Supports AP mode
- Does not support client bridge
- Not Wi-Fi Certified | Wireless on/off schedule for Guest and main SSID | - N300 2.4 GHz, AC1300 5 GHz
- Supports client bridge and AP modes
- Not Wi-Fi Certified |
| PPTP | | | | |
| IPsec | | | | |
| L2TP | | | | |
| SSL | | | | |
| OpenVPN | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Notes | IPsec tunnels are site-to-site only. | | | |
means the product has this feature. Blank means is does not. ? means we can't tell.