Features Table 1
By
Derek Boiko-Weyrauch,
published on July 5, 2006
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: cheap, router, roundup
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: cheap, router, roundup
Contents
14. Features Table 1
| Function | AirLink101
AR504 |
D-Link
EBR-2310 |
Edimax
BR-6104K |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAN | Static PPPoE | Static PPPoE | PPTP (static & dynamic) |
| PPTP (static & dynamic) | PPTP (static & dynamic) | L2TP (static & dynamic) | |
| L2TP (static & dynamic) | L2TP | Big Pond | |
| Big Pond | Big Pond | Can release/renew WAN IP | |
| Static IP, Dynamic IP and Big Pond support one-to-one NAT for 5 WAN IP addresses | Can release/renew WAN IP | ||
| WAN MAC address clone | |||
| Can release / renew WAN IP | |||
| MTU Adjust | Yes, for all WAN types | Yes | Yes, for PPPoE, PPTP & L2TP connections |
| DHCP
Set Lease time |
No | Yes | Yes, in fixed increments from 30 minutes to forever |
| DHCP Reserve address | Yes, 4 IP addresses | No | No |
| Static Port Forwarding | 20 port ranges | -10 ranges | 20 port ranges |
| UDP & TCP (can't select) | TCP/UDP or both | 20 single ports with separate public & private port settings | |
| Each forwarding rule can be set to use one of 10 day / time schedule rules | TCP,UDP or both | ||
| Triggered Port Forwarding | 8 port ranges | -10 ranges | 19 port ranges |
| Both TCP/UDP (not selectable) | TCP/UDP or both | TCP or UDP selectable for ports and trigger | |
| Port Filtering | 8 inbound and 8 outbound rule sets to deny or allow Internet access for one IP address and range of ports | Deny or allow all LAN and Internet access for 10 MAC addresses | Deny or allow all Internet access for 20 MAC addresses |
| Each rule can select a day / date schedule rule | NOT time based | Can deny or allow access to specific ports for 20 IP addresses | |
| Deny or allow all LAN and Internet access for 4 MAC addresses | Cannot filter access to specific services (ports) | NOT time-enabled | |
| Content Filtering | 9 domain filters w/ selective logging | Deny or allow acess to 20 keyword / URL filters for ALL clients | 20 keyword filters that apply to all clients. Not time-enabled |
| Can set range of IP addresses that bypass filter | NOT time based | ||
| Domain filters block DNS queries, but can be bypassed by using IP address | |||
| 10 keyword filters | |||
| VPN Pass-through | PPTP (8 sessions) | PPTP | PPTP only. Vendor says multiple sessions "within reason" supported. |
| L2TP (same as # of NAT sessions) | L2TP | ||
| IPSec (16 sessions) | IPSec | ||
| Can support multiple pass-through sessions to a single remote gateway | |||
| Other Firewall | Can Block WAN Ping response | Block WAN Ping response | Application Layer Gateway support for Amanda, Egg, FTP, H323, IRC, MMS, Quake3, Talk, TFTP, Starcraft and MSN file transfer (see screenshot) |
| Cannot disable SPI | Gaming mode enable (default on) | Can disable NAT | |
| No proxy, JavaScript, etc. blocking | (Gaming mode is "more lenient" about the source IP and ports accepted. Also referred to as "Loose UDP") | Block WAN Ping response | |
| Multicast Stream (default on) | Enables for Ping of Death, port scan, sync flood blocking | ||
| Cannot disable SPI | Can disable SPI | ||
| No proxy, javascript, etc. blocking | No proxy, javascript, etc. blocking | ||
| UpnP | Not supported | Enabled by default | Disabled by default |
| Admin | Select port for remote admin (default off) | Select port 80, 88, 1080 or 8080 for remote admin (default off) | Select port for remote admin (default off) |
| Can restrict to ONE IP address | can restrict to ONE IP address | Can restrict to ONE IP address | |
| NO HTTPS | NO HTTPS | NO HTTPS | |
| Can change admin idle logout time | Separate logins for admin and user. User can see, but not change settings | Cannot change admin idle logout time | |
| Can reboot | Can reboot | Can reboot | |
| Can reset to defaults | Can reset to defaults | Can reset to defaults | |
| Can save, but not restore settings | Can save / restore settings | Cannot save / restore settings | |
| Supports SNMP management | |||
| Logging | System event logging and selective logging of content filters | System events only (no traffic) | Separate system and security event logging |
| Can clear, save or email log (must use IP address of SMTP server) | Can clear, but not save or email | Can clear and save, but email logs | |
| Supports syslog logging | No syslog or SMTP trap logging | No syslog or SMTP trap logging | |
| Logged events added on to bottom of window (must scroll window down to see) | No email alerts | No email alerts | |
| Logged events added on to bottom of window (must scroll window down to see) | |||
| Other Features | Dynamic DNS client for dyndns, DHS, TZO | Force WAN port speed | Dynamic DNS client for dyndns, 3322, DHS, ODS, TZO, GnuDIP, DyNS, ZoneEdit, DHIS |
| Inbound / outbound packet stats | Set time via NTP | Supports 802.1d Spanning Tree protocol | |
| Can set 8 Static routes | VCT cable test | WAN/LAN packet stats | |
| Supports time setting from NTP server, but does not auto-set | Ping utility | ||
| Can send WakeUp command to selected LAN computer | WAN/LAN packet stats | ||
| AC Power Range | 120 V | 100 - 120 V | 120 V |
| Firmware Version Tested | R1.97e5c | 1.04 | 3.25 |
| Upload speed (Mbps) | 91 | 17 | 26 |
| Download speed (Mbps) | 92 | 17 | 25 |
| Up/Down speed (Mbps) | 93
(high variation) |
17 | 25 |
| Max simul connections | 64 | 32 | 64 |
| CPU | AMRISC 9041 | Marvell 88E6218-LG0 | Infineon ADM5120P |
| Switch | IC Plus IP175C 5 port 10/100 switch | Internal to CPU | Internal to CPU |
| RAM size (Mbytes) | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| Flash size (Mbytes) | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
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