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Product	ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000	ROG Rapture GT-AX11000	AC2600 Dual-Band Wireless Router Blue Cave	AC 1900 MU-MIMO Dual Band Wi-Fi Gigabit Router K3C
Company	ASUS	ASUS	ASUS	Phicomm
Summary	Broadcom-based Wi-Fi 6E router with gaming features	Broadcom-based Wi-Fi 6 router with gaming features	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.
Review	Read review	Read review	Read review	Read review
Website	Visit Company Website	Visit Company Website	Visit Company Website	Visit Company Website
Date added	2021-02-18	2021-02-18	2018-04-09	2018-03-13
Price	$ 550 Check Amazon	$ 450 Check Amazon	$ 75 Check Amazon	$ 29 Check Amazon
	Features
Type	WiFi6E	WiFi6	WiFi5	WiFi5
2.5G Port			?	?
10 GbE port			?	?
WAN Ports	1	1	1	1
LAN Ports	4	4	4	3
CPU	Broadcom BCM4908 quad core 64-bit ARM @ 1.8 GHz	Broadcom BCM4908 quad core 64-bit ARM @ 1.8 GHz	Intel (Lantiq) PXB4395EL (1.6 GHz, 2 cores)	Intel (Lantiq) PXB4395EL dual-core @ 1.6 GHz
Switch	Broadcom BCM54991E	Broadcom BCM53134 + BCM84880 2.5 GbE transceiver	in PXB4395E	In PXB4395EL
RAM (MB)	1024	1024	512	256
Flash (MB)	256	256	128	128
Firmware	3.0.0.4.386_42026	3.0.0.4.386_41700	3.0.1.4.383_19145	33.1.33.197
Storage Share
USB 3.0
Notes
	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				-Service blocking is via Parental Controls, which blocks all internet access per device using a schedule.
	QoS
Type	Priority	Priority	Both	Priority
Direction	Up	Both	Both	Down
Auto
	Wireless
# of 2.4 GHz streams	4	4	4	3
# of 5 GHz streams	4	4	4	3
# of 6 GHz Streams	4	0
# of Radios	3	3	2	2
Radio 1	Broadcom BCM43684 + Skyworks SKY85006-11 PA	Broadcom BCM43684 + Skyworks SKY85006-11 PA	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)
Radio 2	Broadcom BCM43684 + Skyworks SKY85743 5 GHz FEM	Broadcom BCM43684 + Skyworks ? 5 GHz FEM	5 GHz: Intel PSB83524M + unidentified 5 GHz PA/FE (x4)	5 GHz: Intel PSB83523M +Qorvo QPF4519 5 GHz front end (x3)
Radio 3	Broadcom BCM43684 + Skyworks SKY85780-11 6 GHz FEM	Broadcom BCM43684 + Skyworks ? 5 GHz FEM
FCC ID	MSQ-RTAXJF00	MSQ-RTHR00	MSQ-RTHK00	YJYK3C
Antenna	External dual-band dipole (x4), External 6 GHz dipole (x4)	External dual-band dipole (x4), External 5 GHz dipole (x4)	internal dual-band dipole (x4)	Internal printed circuit dipole, 3 per band
Antenna Upgradeable
WPS
WPA3			?	?
RADIUS
Wireless Bridge
Schedule
DFS
Notes			AiMesh not supported	- Wireless Extension uses Wi-Fi for WAN connection - Band steering not supported - 802.11k,vand r roaming assitance not supported
	VPN
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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