Product comparison · 2 wireless routers

ASUS RT-N14U wireless router Fast Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz vs Zyxel P-2601HN-F3 wireless router Fast Ethernet White

19specifications compared
10differ
9identical
39known for one product only

Key differences

Wi-Fi band
- RT-N14U wireless router Fast Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz:Dual-band (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz)
- P-2601HN-F3 wireless router Fast Ethernet White:No
WLAN data transfer rate (max)
- RT-N14U wireless router Fast Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz:300 Mbit/s
- P-2601HN-F3 wireless router Fast Ethernet White:150 Mbit/s
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- RT-N14U wireless router Fast Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz:5
- P-2601HN-F3 wireless router Fast Ethernet White:4
Depth
- RT-N14U wireless router Fast Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz:145 mm
- P-2601HN-F3 wireless router Fast Ethernet White:132 mm
Height
- RT-N14U wireless router Fast Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz:77 mm
- P-2601HN-F3 wireless router Fast Ethernet White:40 mm
Weight
- RT-N14U wireless router Fast Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz:260 g
- P-2601HN-F3 wireless router Fast Ethernet White:316 g
Width
- RT-N14U wireless router Fast Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz:187 mm
- P-2601HN-F3 wireless router Fast Ethernet White:189 mm

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Comparison of RT-N14U, P-2601HN-F3
58 specifications	A ASUS RT-N14U wireless router Fast Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz Model RT-N14U View product	B Zyxel P-2601HN-F3 wireless router Fast Ethernet White Model P-2601HN-F3 View product
WAN connectionidentical
Ethernet WAN	Yes	Yes
Wireless LAN features2 differ
Wi-Fi bandDiffers	Dual-band (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz)	No
Top Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)	Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
WLAN data transfer rate (max)Differs	300 Mbit/s	150 Mbit/s
Wi-Fi standards	802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)	802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Network1 differ
Ethernet LAN	Yes	Yes
Ethernet LAN interface type	Fast Ethernet	Fast Ethernet
Ethernet LAN data rates	10,100 Mbit/s	10,100 Mbit/s
Cabling technology	10/100Base-T(X)	10/100Base-T(X)
Networking standardsDiffers	IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11i, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u	IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.1D
VPN supportKnown for one	IPSec Pass-Throuth PPTP Pass-Through L2TP Pass-Through	Unknown — not stated by the source
DSL featuresidentical
ADSL2+Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	5	4
DC-in jackKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Management featuresidentical
Web-based managementKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Quality of Service (QoS) supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Reset buttonKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Security1 differ
Security algorithmsDiffers	128-bit WEP, 64-bit WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPS	SSID, WEP, WPA2-PSK, WPS
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)	Yes	Yes
FilteringKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
MAC address filteringKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
DoS attack preventionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Protocolsidentical
DHCP clientKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
DHCP serverKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Voice codecsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	G.711, G.722, G.726, G.729
VoIP protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ISDN VoIP IAD
Designidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	White
LED indicatorsKnown for one	LAN, Power, USB, WLAN	Unknown — not stated by the source
Certificatesidentical
CertificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Zyxel Green, CE
Antennaidentical
Antenna gain level (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 dBi
Antenna designKnown for one	Internal	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 95%
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 40 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 95%
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-30 - 60 °C
Weight & dimensions4 differ
DepthDiffers	145 mm	132 mm
HeightDiffers	77 mm	40 mm
WeightDiffers	260 g	316 g
WidthDiffers	187 mm	189 mm
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	238 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	203 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	61 mm
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	696 g
Other features1 differ
BandwidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.4 GHz
Frequency band	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Rack mountingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
WLAN data transfer rates supportedDiffers	1,2,5.5,6,9,11,12,18,24,36,48,54,300 Mbit/s	150 Mbit/s
xDSL connectionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mobile network connectionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Frequency rangeKnown for one	2.4 - 2.4835 GHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Input currentKnown for one	1 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Windows® 8 , 32bit/64bit Windows® 7 , 32bit/64bit Windows® Vista , 32bit/64bit Windows® XP , 32bit/64bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB versionKnown for one	2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mobile networkidentical
3GKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
4GKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
AC input voltageKnown for one	110 - 240 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
AC input frequencyKnown for one	50 - 60 Hz	Unknown — not stated by the source

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