Product comparison · 2 wireless routers

D-Link DIR-818LW/E wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz vs Linksys XAC1200 wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Black

16specifications compared
1differ
15identical
38known for one product only

Key differences

Frequency range
- DIR-818LW/E wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz:2.400 - 2.483 GHz
- XAC1200 wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Black:2.4 - 5 GHz

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Comparison of DIR-818LW/E, XAC1200
54 specifications	A D-Link DIR-818LW/E wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Dual-band (2.4 GHz Model DIR-818LW/E View product	B Linksys XAC1200 wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Black Model XAC1200 View product
Wireless LAN featuresidentical
Wi-Fi bandKnown for one	Dual-band (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz)	Unknown — not stated by the source
WLAN data transfer rate (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	867 Mbit/s
Networkidentical
Networking standardsKnown for one	IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3u	Unknown — not stated by the source
Management featuresidentical
Web-based managementKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Quality of Service (QoS) supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Reset buttonKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Securityidentical
Security algorithmsKnown for one	128-bit WEP, 64-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2	Unknown — not stated by the source
FirewallKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
DoS attack preventionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
FilteringKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
MAC address filteringKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
IP address filteringKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
DMZ supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network address translation (NAT)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Protocolsidentical
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	IPv6, DDNS, ULA, Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, DS-Lite, Bonjour	Unknown — not stated by the source
Designidentical
On/off switchKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Black
Certificatesidentical
CertificationKnown for one	IC, CE, FCC, CSA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
AC input voltageKnown for one	100 - 240 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
AC input frequencyKnown for one	50 - 60 Hz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	10 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	0 - 40 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 95%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
DepthKnown for one	116 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	145 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	330 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
WidthKnown for one	93 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
Bandwidth (first)Known for one	2.4 GHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bandwidth (second)Known for one	5 GHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Frequency bandKnown for one	2.4 & 5	Unknown — not stated by the source
Frequency rangeDiffers	2.400 - 2.483 GHz	2.4 - 5 GHz
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	IE7 Firefox 12.0 Chrome 20.0 Safari 4.0 Java	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rack mountingKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)
WLAN data transfer rates supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	867 Mbit/s
xDSL connectionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No

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