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Comparison of SMC Barricade SMCWBR14-N5 and Asus RT-AC53U

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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SMC Barricade SMCWBR14-N5 (SMCWBR14-N5)
SMC Barricade SMCWBR14-N5 (SMCWBR14-N5)
Asus RT-AC53U (RT-AC53U)
Asus RT-AC53U (RT-AC53U)
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Launch
2011 2014
Body
Dimensions
175 x 30 x 102 mm 190 x 124 x 35 mm
Weight
239 g 265 g
System
Chipset
Atheros AR9341 Broadcom BCM5358UB0 @ 500 MHz
RAM
32 MB 128 MB
Flash
4 MB 128 MB
OS
SMC Asus
Alternative OS
   
Power supply
9 V / 0.6 A 12 V / 1.5 A
Network
Protocols
IPv4 IPv4
IPv6
LAN ports
4 x 10/100 Mbps 4 x 10/100 Mbps
WAN ports
1 x 10/100 Mbps 1 x 10/100 Mbps
Mobile network
no yes, with USB dongle
VPN support
  PPTP
L2TP
OpenVPN
Wireless
Antennas
2 x 5 dBi
RP-SMA
2 x 5 dBi
RP-SMA
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 AC1200
Speed
300 Mbps 300 + 867 Mbps
Transmit power
18 dBm 20 dBm
Security
WEP
WPA
WPA2
WEP
WPA
WPA2
WPS
Guest network
no yes
Connectivity
USB ports
no 1 x USB 2.0
Print server
no yes
File server
no yes
Features
Specials
   
Administration
Default IP
192.168.2.1 192.168.1.1
Default username
admin admin
Default password
smcadmin admin
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