Product 4-Stream Dual-Band WiFi 6 Router Nighthawk 4-Stream Dual-Band WiFi 6 Router Nighthawk 12-Stream Dual-Band WiFi 6 Router AX3000 Dual Band WiFi 6 Router Company
ASUS
Linksys
NETGEAR
TP-LINK
NETGEAR NETGEAR NETGEAR ASUS Summary Inexpensive Broadcom-based Wi-Fi 6 router with 1 GbE WAN and LAN ports, two stream 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz radios. Same as RAX15
Intel-based Wi-Fi 6 router with 1 GbE WAN and LAN ports, two stream 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz radios
Qualcomm-based dual-band, Wi-Fi 6 router with 5/2.5/1 GbE WAN and 1 GbE LAN ports. 4 streams @ 2.4 GHz, 8 streams @ 5 GHz
Inexpensive Broadcom-based Wi-Fi 6 router w/ 2 stream 2.4 GHz and 4 stream 5 GHz radios. Same as RT-AX3000, RT-AX82U.
Review Read review Read review Website Visit Company Website Visit Company Website Visit Company Website Visit Company Website Date added 2021-06-22 2021-06-21 2021-06-15 2021-06-15 Price $ 65Check Amazon $ 90Check Amazon $ 300Check Amazon $ 160Check Amazon Type
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WiFi5
WiFi6
WiFi6E
WiFi6 WiFi6 WiFi6 WiFi6 2.5G Port
5 GbE port
10 GbE port # WAN Ports 1 1 1 1 # LAN Ports 4 4 4 4 CPU Broadcom BCM6755 quad-core @ 1.5 GHz Intel (Lantiq) PXB4395 dual-core @ 800 MHz Qualcomm IPQ8074 64 bit quad-core @ 2 GHz Broadcom BCM6750 ARM-A7 tri-core @ 1.5 GHz Switch BCM53134S PXB4395 Qualcomm QCA8075 In BCM6750 RAM (MB) 512 512 1024 512 Flash (MB) 256 256 512 256 Firmware V1.0.2.82_2.0.52 V1.0.3.94_1.0.1 V1.2.1.221 3.0.0.4.386_43406 Storage Share
USB 3.0
Notes - Multi-Gig port via Aquantia AQR111 - LAN port can be switched to 2nd WAN 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 - Malware detection / blocking available via subscription ($) - Malware detection / blocking available via subscription ($) - Malware detection / blocking available via subscription ($) - Has Trend Micro based parental controls, malicious site blocking, infected device blocking Type
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B/W
Both
Priority Priority Priority Both Direction
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Both Both Both Both Auto
# of 2.4 GHz streams 2 2 4 2 # of 5 GHz streams 2 2 8 2 # of 6 GHz Streams 0 0 0 0 # of Radios 2 2 2 2 Radio 1 2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM6755 2.4 GHz: Intel (Lantiq) WAV654A0 Concurrent dual-band AX radio SoC 2.4 GHz: Qualcomm QCN5024 4-stream 2.4 GHz ax radio 2.4 GHz: In BCM6750 Radio 2 5 GHz: In Broadcom BCM6755 5 GHz: In WAV654A0 5 GHz: Qualcomm QCN5024 4-stream 5 GHz ax radio 5 GHz : Broadcom BCM43684 4 stream an/ac/ax radio Radio 3 FCC ID PY318300430 PY318300430 PY317300397 MSQ-RTAXI600 Antenna External dual-band dipole (x2) External dual-band dipole (x2) External single-band dipole, 4 dual-band, 4 5 GHz External single-band dipole, two per radio Antenna Upgradeable WPS
WPA3
OWE AP Mode
Wireless Bridge
Mesh support
Schedule
DFS
Roam Assist
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11v
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none none Notes - 5 GHz radio has 2 streams Tx, 4 streams Rx PPTP
IPsec
L2TP SSL OpenVPN
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