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Comparison of Asus RT-N12 and Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5000

The side-by-side comparison of the routers’ specifications. The comparison table below makes it easier to choose the most fitting router.

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Asus RT-N12 (RT-N12)
Asus RT-N12 (RT-N12)
Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5000 (R8300)
Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5000 (R8300)
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Launch
2009 2014
Body
Dimensions
179 x 37 x 119 mm 316 x 264 x 61 mm
Weight
300 g 1.68 kg
System
Chipset
Broadcom BCM4716 @ 300 MHz Broadcom BCM4709C0 @ 1.4 GHz
RAM
32 MB 512 MB
Flash
4 MB 128 MB
OS
Asus Netgear
Alternative OS
OpenWRT
DD-WRT
 
Power supply
9 V / 1 A 12 V / 3 A
Network
Protocols
IPv4 IPv4
IPv6
LAN ports
4 x 10/100 Mbps 6 x 10/100/1000 Mbps
WAN ports
1 x 10/100 Mbps 1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps
Mobile network
no no
VPN support
no OpenVPN
Wireless
Antennas
2 x 5 dBi
RP-SMA
4 x external
4 x internal
2.4 GHz
yes yes
5 GHz
no yes
6 GHz
   
60 GHz
no no
Standards
IEEE 802.11b/g/n IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Class
N300 AC5000
Speed
300 Mbps 600 + 2167 + 2167 Mbps
Transmit power
20 dBm 20 dBm
Security
WEP
WPA
WPA2
WPA
WPA2
Guest network
no yes
Connectivity
USB ports
no 1 x USB 3.0
Print server
no yes
File server
no yes
Features
Specials
   
Administration
Default IP
192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1
Default username
admin admin
Default password
admin password
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