Product comparison · 2 modems

StarTech.com External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem vs TP-Link TD-8616 modem

9specifications compared
9differ
0identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

The TP-Link TD-8616 modem has 3.453 Mbit/s more upstream data rate than the StarTech.com External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem (3.5 Mbit/s vs 0.047 Mbit/s). The TP-Link TD-8616 modem has 23.945 Mbit/s more downstream data rate than the StarTech.com External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem (24 Mbit/s vs 0.055 Mbit/s). The StarTech.com External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem has 87 mm more depth than the TP-Link TD-8616 modem (195 mm vs 108 mm). LED indicators: Power on the StarTech.com External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem, Activity, DSL, LAN on the TP-Link TD-8616 modem. Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 70 °C on the StarTech.com External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem, 0 - 40 °C on the TP-Link TD-8616 modem.

Upstream data rate
- External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem:0.047 Mbit/s
- TD-8616 modem:3.5 Mbit/s
Downstream data rate
- External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem:0.055 Mbit/s
- TD-8616 modem:24 Mbit/s
LED indicators
- External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem:Power
- TD-8616 modem:Activity, DSL, LAN
Operating temperature (T-T)
- External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem:0 - 70 °C
- TD-8616 modem:0 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem:5 - 95%
- TD-8616 modem:10 - 90%
Storage temperature (T-T)
- External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem:-20 - 85 °C
- TD-8616 modem:-40 - 70 °C
Depth
- External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem:195 mm
- TD-8616 modem:108 mm
Height
- External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem:21 mm
- TD-8616 modem:28 mm

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Comparison of USB56KEM2, TD-8616
24 specifications	A StarTech.com External V.92 56K USB Fax Modem Model USB56KEM2 View product	B TP-Link TD-8616 modem Model TD-8616 View product
Performance2 differ
Upstream data rateDiffers	0.047 Mbit/s	3.5 Mbit/s
Downstream data rateDiffers	0.055 Mbit/s	24 Mbit/s
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Fast Ethernet
Features1 differ
LED indicatorsDiffers	Power	Activity, DSL, LAN
Ports & interfacesidentical
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Connector(s)Known for one	RJ-11, USB A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Certificatesidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RoHS, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
CertificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	FCC, RoHS
Compliance industry standardsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IEEE 802.3, 802.3u
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 70 °C	0 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	5 - 95%	10 - 90%
Storage temperature (T-T)Differs	-20 - 85 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Non-operating relative humidity (non-condensing)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 90%
Weight & dimensions3 differ
DepthDiffers	195 mm	108 mm
HeightDiffers	21 mm	28 mm
WidthDiffers	32 mm	165 mm
WeightKnown for one	50 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Technical detailsidentical
Technical featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ANSI T1.413 Issue 2 ITU-T G.992.1 (G.dmt) ITU-T G.992.2 (G.lite) ITU-T G.992.3 (G.dmt.bis) ITU-T G.994.1 (G.hs) ITU-T G.992.5
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	0.1 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows ME/2000/ XP(32/64bit)/Vista(32/64bit)/ Server 2008 R2/7(32/64bit)/8(32/64-bit) Mac OS 10.5 Linux kernel 2.6.18 +	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
Package depthKnown for one	140 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package heightKnown for one	131 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package widthKnown for one	37.5 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source

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