Product comparison · 2 wireless routers

NETGEAR DGN3500B wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Black vs Zyxel P-653HWI wireless router Blue

13specifications compared
7differ
6identical
43known for one product only

Key differences

Web-based management
- DGN3500B wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Black:No
- P-653HWI wireless router Blue:Yes
Product colour
- DGN3500B wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Black:Black
- P-653HWI wireless router Blue:Blue
LED indicators
- DGN3500B wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Black:Yes
- P-653HWI wireless router Blue:Status
Weight
- DGN3500B wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Black:500 g
- P-653HWI wireless router Blue:619 g
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- DGN3500B wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Black:223 x 153 x 31 mm
- P-653HWI wireless router Blue:248 x 168 x 37 mm
Networking features
- DGN3500B wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Black:Gigabit Ethernet
- P-653HWI wireless router Blue:Ethernet

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Comparison of DGN3500B, P-653HWI
56 specifications	A NETGEAR DGN3500B wireless router Gigabit Ethernet Black Model DGN3500B View product	B Zyxel P-653HWI wireless router Blue Model P-653HWI View product
WAN connectionidentical
Ethernet WANKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Wireless LAN featuresidentical
WLAN data transfer rate (max)Known for one	300 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
Ethernet LAN	Yes	Yes
Ethernet LAN interface typeKnown for one	Gigabit Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ethernet LAN data ratesKnown for one	10,100,1000 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networking standardsDiffers	IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n	IEEE 802.1d
Full duplexKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supports ISDN connectionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
VPN tunnels quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20
VPN supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	- IKE and Manual Key Management - AH, ESP Protocol - DES, 3DES Encryption - SHA-1, MD5 Authentication - Tunnel and Transport Mode Encapsulation
DSL featuresidentical
ADSL2+Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
ADSLKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
DSL specificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RADSL (ANSI T1.413 Issue 2), G.dmt ADSL (G.992.1 Annex A, G.992.1 Annex B, U-R2), G.lite (G.992.2), G.hs (G.994.1)
Ports & interfacesidentical
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	4	4
RJ-11 ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
DC-in jackKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Management features1 differ
Web-based managementDiffers	No	Yes
Quality of Service (QoS) support	Yes	Yes
Reset button	Yes	Yes
Securityidentical
Security algorithmsKnown for one	128-bit WEP, 64-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2	Unknown — not stated by the source
DMZ support	Yes	Yes
Network address translation (NAT)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
FirewallKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
FilteringKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
MAC address filteringKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Design2 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	Blue
LED indicatorsDiffers	Yes	Status
Packaging contentidentical
ManualKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Quick start guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthKnown for one	153 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	31 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightDiffers	500 g	619 g
WidthKnown for one	223 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features2 differ
BandwidthKnown for one	2.4 GHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows Me Mac OS Linux	Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	223 x 153 x 31 mm	248 x 168 x 37 mm
Networking featuresDiffers	Gigabit Ethernet	Ethernet
Rack mountingKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
WLAN data transfer rates supportedKnown for one	11,54,300 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
xDSL connection	Yes	Yes
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	54 Mbit/s
InterfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ISDN
Management platformKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Telnet, FTP/TFTP
Power supply typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16V AC
Supported data transfer ratesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100 Mbps
Protocolsidentical
DHCP clientKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
DHCP serverKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Management protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CLI, Telnet, SNMP, FTP/TFTP, SPTGEN
Featuresidentical
Firmware upgradeableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 85%
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 40 °C

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