Standards

IEEE 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b, 802.3, 802.3u, 802.1D, 802.1p, 802.1w (Rapid Spanning Tree), 802.1X (security authentication), 802.1Q (VLAN), 802.11i (Wi-Fi Protected Access [WPA2] security), 802.11e (wireless QoS), IPv4 (RFC 791), IPv6 (RFC 2460), Routing Information Protocol (RIP) v1 (RFC 1058), RIP v2 (RFC 1723)

Ports

LAN, WAN, USB, console

Switch

Power button (on, off)

Buttons

Reset, Wi-Fi on, off

Cabling type

Category 5e or better

LEDs

Power, DSL and WAN, Internet, LAN (ports 1-4), wireless, VPN, USB

Operating system

Linux

Network

Networking protocols

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server

Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE)

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)

DNS proxy

DHCP relay agent

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) proxy and multicast forwarding

Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)

Dynamic Domain Name System (DynDNS, NOIP)

Network Address Translation (NAT), Port Address Translation (PAT)

One-to-one NAT

Port management

Port mirroring

Software configurable DMZ to any LAN IP address

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Application Layer Gateways (ALG)

LAN

4 10/100/1000-Mbps LAN ports with a managed switch

WAN

1 10/100/1000-Mbps GE WAN port

WAN

1 VDSL2

WLAN

Built-in high-speed 802.11ac wireless access point

Routing protocols

Static routing

Dynamic routing

RIP v1 and v2

Inter-VLAN routing

Network Address Translation (NAT)

Port Address Translation (PAT), Network Address Port Translation (NAPT) protocol

VLAN support

Port-based and 802.1Q tag-based VLANs

Number of VLANs

6 active VLANs (2-4094 range)

IPv6

Dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6

6rd

Stateless address auto-configuration

DHCPv6 server for IPv6 clients on a LAN

DHCPv6 client for WAN connectivity

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) v6

Static IPv6 routing

Dynamic IPv6 routing with RIPng

Network edge (DMZ)

Software-configurable to any LAN IP address

Layer 2

802.1Q-based VLANs, 6 active VLANs

Security

Firewall

Stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall, port forwarding and triggering, denial-of-service (DoS) prevention, software-based DMZ

DoS attacks prevented:

SYN Flood

Echo Storm

ICMP Flood

UDP Flood

TCP Flood

Block Java, cookies, active-X, HTTP proxy

Access control

IP access control lists; MAC-based wireless access control

Content filtering

Static URL blocking or keyword blocking

Secure management

HTTPS, username and password complexity

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)

WPS

User privileges

2 levels of access: admin and guest

Quality of Service (QoS)

QoS

802.1p port-based priority on LAN ports, application-based priority on WAN ports

4 queues

Differentiated Services Code Point support (DSCP)

Class of Service (CoS)

Bandwidth management for service prioritization

Performance

NAT throughput

750 Mbps (Ethernet WAN)

Concurrent sessions

7500

IPsec VPN throughput (3DES, AES)

20 Mbps

Configuration

Web user interface

Simple, browser-based configuration (HTTP, HTTPS)

Command-line interface (CLI)

Command line using SSH

Management

Web user interface

Simple, browser-based configuration (HTTP, HTTPS)

CLI

Command line using SSH

Management protocols

Web browser, Bonjour, Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)

Event logging

Local, syslog, email alerts

Network diagnostics

Ping, Traceroute, DNS lookup, and Port Mirror

Upgradability

Firmware-upgradable through web browser, imported or exported configuration file

System time

Supports NTP, daylight savings, manual entry

Languages

GUI supports English

Wireless

Radio and modulation type

802.11b: direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS), 802.11g: orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), 802.11n: OFDM, 802.11ac: OFDM

WLAN

5-GHz 802.11ac, 2.4-GHz IEEE 802.11n standard-based access point with 802.11b/g compatibility

Operating channels

11 North America, 13 most of Europe, auto-channels selection

Wireless isolation

Wireless isolation between clients

Internal antennas

4

Antenna gain in dBi

2 dBi

Transmit power

2.4 GHz

802.11b: 19d Bm +/- 2.5 dBm

802.11g: 17 dBm +/- 2.5 dBm

802.11n: 15 dBm +/- 2.5 dBm

5 GHz

802.11a: 15 dBm +/- 2.5 dBm

802.11n: 14 dBm +/- 2.5 dBm

802.11ac: 12 dBm +/- 2.5 dBm

Receiver sensitivity

2.4 GHz

-86 dBm at 11 Mbps, -74 dBm at 54 Mbps

-68 dBm at mcs15, HT20

-65 dBm at mcs15, HT40

5 GHz

-74 dBm at 54 Mbps

-68 dBm at mcs15, HT20

-64 dBm at mcs15, HT40

-64 dBm at mcs8nss=2, VHT20

-59 dBm at mcs9nss=2, VHT40

-57 dBm at mcs9nss=2, VHT80

Radio frequency

Dual-band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz

Active WLAN clients

Supports up to 100 concurrent clients

Multiple SSIDs

Supports multiple Service Set Identifiers (SSIDs), 4 SSIDs per radio (band), 8 SSIDs in total.

Wireless VLAN map

Supports SSID to VLAN mapping with wireless client isolation

WLAN security

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), WPA, WPA2-PSK, WPA2-ENT, 802.11i

Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM)

WMM, WMM power save (WMM-PS)

Environmental

Power

12 V/2.5 A (for NA/AZ SKU)

12 V/3 A (for G5/IN SKU)

Certifications

FCC, CE, IC, Wi-Fi

Operating temperature

0° to 40°C (32° to 104°F)

Storage temperature

-20° to 70°C (-4° to 158°F)

Operating humidity

10% to 85% non-condensing