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NETGEAR NETGEAR ASUS ASUS Summary Broadcom-based Wi-Fi 6 router with 1 GbE WAN and LAN ports, two stream 2.4 GHz, four stream 5 GHz
Broadcom-based dual-band, 4 stream Wi-Fi 6 router with 1 GbE WAN and LAN ports.
Broadcom-based Wi-Fi 6 router w/ 3 stream 2.4 GHz and 4 stream 5 GHz radios.
Broadcom-based Wi-Fi 6 router w/ 4 stream 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios and 8 x 1 GbE LAN ports.
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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 8 CPU Broadcom BCM6750 ARM-A7 triple-core @ 1.5 GHz Broadcom BCM4908 64 bit quad-core @ 1.8 GHz Broadcom BCM4908 64 bit quad-core @ 1.8 GHz Broadcom BCM49408 64 bit quad-core @ 1.8 GHz Switch In BCM6750 In BCM4908 Broadcom BCM53134S RAM (MB) 512 1024 1024 1024 Flash (MB) 256 512 256 256 Firmware V1.0.2.82_2.0.50 V1.0.4.120_1.0.61 3.0.0.4.386_42840 3.0.0.4.386_42820 Storage Share
USB 3.0
Notes - LAN ports can be aggregated - LAN ports can be aggregated - Switchable WAN/LAN 2.5 GbE port - 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 ($) - Malware detection / blocking available via subscription ($) - Has Trend Micro based parental controls, malicious site blocking, infected device blocking - Has Trend Micro based parental controls, malicious site blocking, infected device blocking Type
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Priority
B/W
Both
Priority Priority Both Both Direction
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Up
Down
Both
N/A
Both Both Both Both Auto
# of 2.4 GHz streams 2 4 3 4 # of 5 GHz streams 4 4 4 4 # of 6 GHz Streams 0 0 0 0 # of Radios 2 2 2 2 Radio 1 2.4 GHz: In BCM6750 2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM43684 4-stream an/ac/ax radio 2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM6710 3 stream b/g/n/ax radio 2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM43684 4 stream b/g/n/ax radio Radio 2 5 GHz: Broadcom BCM43684 4-stream an/ac/ax radio 5 GHz: Broadcom BCM43684 4-stream an/ac/ax radio 5 GHz : Broadcom BCM43684 4 stream an/ac/ax radio 5 GHz : Broadcom BCM43684 4 stream an/ac/ax radio Radio 3 FCC ID PY319400466 PY318200414 MSQ-RTAXI600 MSQ-RTAXHP00 Antenna External 5 GHz dipole (x2), dual-band dipole (x2) External single-band dipole, 4 per radio External dual-band dipole (x3), 1 internal 5 GHz PCB External dual-band dipole (x4) Antenna Upgradeable
WPS
WPA3
OWE AP Mode
Wireless Bridge
Mesh support
Schedule
DFS
Roam Assist
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11v
11r
11kv
11kr
11vr
11kvr
Notes PPTP
IPsec
L2TP SSL OpenVPN
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