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Product comparison · 2 wireless routers

ASUS RT-N300 wireless router Fast Ethernet Single-band (2.4 GHz) Black vs TP-Link TL-WR842N wireless router Fast Ethernet Single-band (2.4 GHz) White

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  • 32specifications compared
  • 10differ
  • 22identical
  • 43known for one product only

Key differences

  • Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
    • 4
    • 5
  • USB port
    • No
    • Yes
  • Supported network protocols
    • IPv4, IPv6
    • IPv4 & IPv6
  • Product colour
    • Black
    • White
  • Depth
    • 111 mm
    • 134 mm
  • Height
    • 24 mm
    • 33 mm
  • Width
    • 146 mm
    • 192 mm

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75 specifications
A

ASUS

RT-N300 wireless router Fast Ethernet Single-band (2.4 GHz) Black

Model RT-N300

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B

TP-Link

TL-WR842N wireless router Fast Ethernet Single-band (2.4 GHz) White

Model TL-WR842N

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WAN connectionidentical
DSL WANKnown for oneYes
SIM card slotKnown for oneNo
3G/4G USB modem compatibilityKnown for oneNo
Wireless LAN featuresidentical
Top Wi-Fi standardKnown for oneWi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Networkidentical
Cabling technologyKnown for one10/100Base-T(X)
Networking standardsKnown for oneIEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n
VPN tunnels quantityKnown for one5
VPN supportKnown for onePPTP, L2TP, IPSec(ESP Head)
Receiver sensitivityKnown for one270M: -68dBm@10% PER 130M: -68dBm@10% PER 108M: -68dBm@10% PER 54M: -68dBm@10% PER 11M: -85dBm@8% PER 6M: -88dBm@10% PER 1M: -90dBm@8% PER
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers45
USB portDiffersNoYes
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one1
Management featuresidentical
Quality of Service (QoS) supportKnown for oneYes
WPS push buttonKnown for oneYes
Security1 differ
Security algorithmsDiffers64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, WPA2-PSK, WPS64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, 152-bit WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK
Firewall securityKnown for oneDomain Filter, IP Address Binding, MAC Address Binding
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)Known for oneYes
DoS attack preventionKnown for oneYes
IP address filteringKnown for oneYes
URL filteringKnown for oneYes
Protocols1 differ
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)Known for oneYes
Management protocolsKnown for oneUPnP, IGMP v1/v2/v3, DNS Proxy, DHCP, NTP Client, DDNS, Port Trigger, Virtual Server, DMZ
Supported network protocolsDiffersIPv4, IPv6IPv4 & IPv6
DHCP clientKnown for oneYes
DHCP serverKnown for oneYes
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffersBlackWhite
Indication lightKnown for oneYes
LED indicatorsKnown for oneLAN, Power, WAN, WLAN
On/off switchKnown for oneYes
Packaging contentidentical
ManualKnown for oneYes
Antennaidentical
Antenna connector typeKnown for oneRP-SMA
Poweridentical
Power source typeKnown for oneAC
AC input voltageKnown for one110 - 240 V
AC input frequencyKnown for one50 - 60 Hz
Output voltageKnown for one12 V
Output currentKnown for one0.5 A
System requirements2 differ
Minimum RAMKnown for one32 MB
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one8 MB
Windows operating systems supportedDiffersWindows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, WindowsYes
Mac operating systems supportedDiffersMac OS X 10.0 Cheetah, Mac OS X 10.1 Puma, Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 MavericksYes
Weight & dimensions3 differ
DepthDiffers111 mm134 mm
HeightDiffers24 mm33 mm
WeightKnown for one180 g
WidthDiffers146 mm192 mm
Other featuresidentical
Mobile network connectionKnown for oneNo
Bandwidth (first)Known for one2.4 GHz
WLAN data transfer rates supportedKnown for one300 Mbit/s
xDSL connectionKnown for oneNo
Certificatesidentical
CertificationKnown for oneCE, FCC, RoHS
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one10 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one0 - 40 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one5 - 95%
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one-40 - 70 °C

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