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| Product | AX1800 Dual Band WiFi 6 Router
RT-AX56U | AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router
Archer AX20 | AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 Router
Archer AX50 | AX1500 Wi-Fi 6 Router
Archer AX10 |
Company
| ASUS | TP-LINK | TP-LINK | TP-LINK |
| Summary | Inexpensive Broadcom-based Wi-Fi 6 router w/ 2 stream 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios. | Inexpensive Broadcom-based dual-stream, dual-band Wi-Fi 6 router. | Intel-based dual-stream, dual-band Wi-Fi 6 router. | Inexpensive Broadcom-based dual-stream, dual-band router with Wi-Fi 4 2.4 GHz radio and Wi-Fi 6 5 GHz radio. |
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| Website | Visit Company Website | Visit Company Website | Visit Company Website | Visit Company Website |
| Date added | 2021-07-26 | 2021-07-22 | 2021-07-22 | 2021-07-20 |
| Price | $ 99
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| Type
| 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 ARM-A7 tri-core @ 1.5 GHz | Broadcom BCM6755 ARM-A7 quad-core @ 1.5 GHz | Intel (Lantiq) GRX350A3 dual-core @ 800 MHz | Broadcom BCM6750 ARM-A7 tri-core @ 1.5 GHz |
| Switch | In BCM6755 | BCM53134S | In GRX350A3 | In BCM6750 |
| RAM (MB) | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| Flash (MB) | 256 | 16 | 128 | 16 |
| Firmware | 3.0.0.4.386_44266 | 1.3.1 Build 20210521 rel.72481(5553) | 1.0.9 Build 20200708 rel.55037(5553) | 1.2.0 Build 20210421 Rel 64516(5553) |
| Storage Share | | | | |
| USB 3.0 | | | | |
| Notes | - 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 | - Has Trend Micro based parental controls, malicious site blocking, infected device blocking | | - Has Trend Micro based parental controls, malicious site blocking, anti-virus | |
| Type
| Both | B/W | Priority | B/W |
| Direction
| Both | Both | Both | Both |
| Auto | | | | |
| # of 2.4 GHz streams | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| # of 5 GHz streams | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| # of 6 GHz Streams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # of Radios | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Radio 1 | 2.4 GHz: In BCM6755
- Skyworks 2.4 GHz FEM (x2) | 2.4 GHz: In BCM6755
- Qorvo QPF4216B 2.4 GHz FEM (x2) | 2.4 GHz: Intel WAV654A0
- Qorvo QPF4216B 2.4 GHz FEM (x2) | 2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM43217
- Qorvo QPF4216B 2.4 GHz FEM (x2) |
| Radio 2 | 5 GHz : In BCM6755
- Skyworks 5 GHz FEM (x2) | 5 GHz: In BCM6755 | 5 GHz: Intel WAV654A0
- Skyworks SKY85743-31 5 GHz FEM (x2) | 5 GHz: In BCM6750 |
| Radio 3 | | | | |
| FCC ID | MSQ-RTAXHY00 | TE7AX20 | TE7AX50 | TE7AX10V1 |
| Antenna | External dual-band dipole (x2) | External single band dipole, 2 per radio | External single band dipole, 2 per radio | External single band dipole, 2 per radio |
| Antenna Upgradeable | | | | |
| WPS | | | | |
| WPA3 | | | | |
| OWE | | | | |
| AP Mode | | | | |
| Wireless Bridge | | ? | | ? |
| Mesh support | | | | |
| Schedule | | | | |
| DFS | | | | |
| Roam Assist
| none | none | none | none |
| Notes | | | | 2.4 GHz radio is Wi-Fi 4 (11n). Only 5 GHz radio is Wi-Fi 6 (11ax) |
| PPTP | | | | |
| IPsec | | | | |
| L2TP | | | | |
| SSL | | | | |
| OpenVPN | | | | |
| Notes | | | | |
means the product has this feature. Blank means is does not. ? means we can't tell.