Asus RT-N56U Black Diamond Vs Buffalo Wzr-Hp-Ag300h wireless dual band gigabit routers – which one meet your need?
Choosing the two different products from two different manufacturers is frequently confusing particularly when both products at a glance have similar technology. Asus RT-N56U Vs Buffalo Wzr-Hp-Ag300h for example, they are both designed for high performance wireless network either in homes or small offices. By knowing other people‘s opinion about the product is not enough, you need to examine the manufacturer’s description and specs comparison between the two.
The table below shows major features between Asus RT-N56U Vs Buffalo Wzr-Hp-Ag300h not to mention other standard features such as WPA/WPA2, DHCP server and NAT & SPI.
Wireless technology
Talking about wireless technology, all brand new routers are compliant to the latest wireless 802.11n standards. Both routers delivers the high speeds up to 300Mbps each band, so that’s why they are called N600 routers – the wireless N routers with double bandwidth up to 600Mbps (300+300Mbps) when running both bands (2.4 and 5GHz) concurrently.
Antennas
Asus RT-N56U includes two different antennas for each of the bands. It includes 2 x internal antennas for 2.4GHz with 3.8dBi gain and 3 x internal antennas for 5GHz with 5.1dBi gain. Traditionally each of the antennas for many types of routers is 2dBi gain, but Asus designs differently. Buffalo Wzr-Hp-Ag300h router is designed the antennas with onboard amplifier – high power 2×2 MIMO technology to provide exceptional range and increased range performance.
Function Mode
Asus RT-N56U is a wireless router, but the Buffalo Wzr-Hp-Ag300h includes an external switch to let you change the device mode to function either as the wireless router or the wireless access point device. Normally the router and the AP device are two different devices. You can configure the device as the wireless router when you connect the device to the modem-only device. Modem-only device is the modem without the routing (NAT) function. But if your existing modem is integrated with routing feature, you need to change the Wzr-Hp-Ag300h to operate as the wireless AP. See more detail about the wireless router Vs the wireless AP.
Ethernet Ports
You have the same choice regarding the Ethernet ports both routers support. They are equipped with high speed Gigabit Ethernet ports for both LAN (4x) and WAN (1x) interfaces.
USB Ports
This is the major difference between the two routers, the number of USB ports and function. Wzr-Hp-Ag300h includes one USB port to let share the external USB hard disk storage across the network both locally and via the internet. In an effort to support the green environment by conserving the energy, the two-USB port is great value. You don’t need to buy separate print-server device – meaning reducing the power consumption
| Asus RT-N56U | WZR-HP-AG300H | |
| Wireless technology | Wireless N600 | Wireless N600 |
| Antennas | 2 x internal antenna for 2.4GHz with 3.8dBi gain
3 x internal antenna for 5GHz with 5.1dBi gain |
adjustable high power 2×2 (Tx/Rx) MIMO antenna technology |
| Function | Wireless Router | Wireless router or AP, Includes external switch to change between router and access point modes |
| Ethernet Ports | Gigabit | Gigabit |
| US Port | 2x USB Ports for shared storage and printer | 1x USB Port for shared storage |
| Guest Network | N/A | |
| Other Features | Hardware NAT acceleration engine
Al Radar optimized and reliable wireless coverage |
DD-WRT Linux-based firmware
Energy saving feature reduces power consumption by 80% |
| Amazon Customer Ratings (1 – 5 stars) | 4.2 stars overall customer ratings
4.2 stars for Ease of use 4.4 stars for Speed and reliability 4.5 stars for Lots of features 4.5 stars for Range |
Still new products, not many reviewers
3.4 stars overall ratings |
Asus RT-N56U N600 Black Diamond includes two USB ports is great value to support your “Work and Play” environment. Wzr-Hp-Ag300H is a DD-WRT Linux-based firmware with onboard amplifier for enhanced range coverage.
By Ki Grinsing
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