Product Name Barricade Turbo 11/22 Mbps Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband Router AirPlus Xtreme G Wireless Router Airport Extreme Base Station Wireless-G Broadband Router Wireless Cable Modem Gateway Powerline Wireless DSL/Cable Router Dual-Band Wireless A+G Broadband Router ProSafe Wireless VPN Security Firewall Wireless Gateway with 4-port  Switch Wireless Cable/DSL Gateway Router NetPassage  Cable/DSL 54 Mbps Wireless Router AirStation 54Mbps Broadband Router AP CarrierGate Wireless Broadband Router AirWolf Wireless Base Station 108 Mbps Firewall Router AirPlus XtremeG High Speed 2.4GHz 108Mbps Router
Model Number 2404WBR DI-624 A-1034 WRT54G PCX 5000 SpeedStream 2524 WRT55AG FVM318 B-2000 F5D7230-4 WP11A+ WGR614 WBR-G54 PCWA-AR300 AP-300G MN-700 WGT-624 DI-624
Company  SMC Networks D-Link Systems Apple Computer Linksys Toshiba Siemens Linksys Netgear ZyXel Belkin Compex Netgear Buffalo Sony Wistron NeWeb Microsoft Netgear D-Link
Price $109.99 $149.00 $249 $149 $299 $159.99 $299 $799 $159 $129.99 Unknown $129 $99 $199 $80 $130 $149 $99
Wi-Fi Supported 802.11b/b+ 802.11g/b 802.11g/b 802.11g/b 802.11b 802.11b 802.11a/g/b 802.11b 802.11b 802.11g/b 802.11b 802.11g/b 802.11g/b 802.11g/b 802.11g 802.11g 802.11g (Super G) 802.11g (Super G)
Chipset used TI ACX100 Intersil Prism GT Broadcom BCM 94306 Broadcom BCM 94306 Agere WaveLAN Intersil Prism 2.5 Atheros AR5001X Intersil Prism 2.5 Intersil Prism 3 Broadcom BCM4702 Agere WaveLAN Intersil Prism GT Broadcom BCM 94306 Atheros AR5001X Intersil PRISM GT Broadcom BCM 94306 Atheros AR5004 Atheros AR5004
WLAN Features
Wi-Fi Certified Yes Yes (802.11b only) Yes (802.11b only) Yes (802.11b only) Yes No No Yes Yes pending pending pending Yes pending pending Yes pending pending
Antenna configuration Dipole diversity (dual)  detatchable reverse SMA (dual) diversity (internal) External dipole (dual) diversity antenna (internal) External dipole External dipole (dual) External dipole External dipole (dual) External dipole (dual) Diversity (PC card) External dipole Internal diversity diversity diversity diversity external dipole external dipole
Detachable antennae? Yes Yes n/a Yes n/a Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes
Output power 16-18dBm 15dBm 15 dBm 15 dBm 15 dBm 15 dBm tk 15 dBm 19 dBm 20 dBm 15 dBm tk 16 dBm 17 dBm tk 15 dBm 15 dBm 15 dBm
WEP Levels Supported 64, 128, 256 64, 128 64, 128 64, 128 64, 128 64, 128 64,128 64, 128 64, 128 64,128 bit 64, 128 bit 64, 128 bit 64, 128 bit 40, 104-bit 64, 128 bit 64, 128-bit 64, 128-bit 64,128-bit
WPA upgradable Yes Yes n/a Yes Yes tk Yes Yes Yes Yes TBD Yes (09/03) Yes (Now) Fall 2003 No Yes Yes Yes
Wireless MAC filtering Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Repeater No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No Nov-03 no
Bridging (point-to-point) No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No no no
Bridging (multipoint) No No Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No no no
Adjustable transmitter power No Yes Yes No  No No Yes (802.11a only) No No No No No Yes No No No no no
LAN Switch Features
Number of Ethernet LAN Ports 3 4 1 4 4 4 4 8 4 4 0 4 4 4 (3 available) 5 4 4 4
Uplink switch or autosensing ports  Autosensing Autosensing Autosensing Autosensing Autosensing Uplink switch Autosensing Autosensing Autosensing Autosensing n/a autosensing autosensing autosensing autosensing autosensing autosensing autosensing
LAN port speed 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 n/a 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100
DHCP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Print Server No No Yes, USB (Mac OS X supported only) No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
WAN Features
WAN Port Speed  10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100 10/100
WAN Dial-up backup No No Yes (modem built-in) No No No No No No No No No No No No No No no
UPnP Support Yes Yes n/a Yes  No Yes No Yes Yes Yes unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dynamic DNS Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
MAC Spoofing Yes Yes No Yes  No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
PPPoE  Yes Yes Yes Yes n/a Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Set Domain Name Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Set Host Name Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
DMZ Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes (multiple) Yes Yes Yes
Line Test No No No No Yes n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Yes n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Disable ICMP response Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Routing dynamic dynamic static static/dynamic static static/dynamic static/dynamic static/dynamic static/dynamic dynamic static/dymanic static/dynamic static/dynamic dynamic static/dymanic dynamic static/dynamic static/dynamic
Security Features
Firewall Type NAT/SPI NAT/SPI NAT NAT/SPI NAT/SPI NAT/SPI NAT/SPI NAT/SPI NAT NAT/SPI NAT NAT/SPI NAT/SPI NAT NAT NAT/SPI NAT/SPI NAT/SPI
Port Filtering Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Triggered Ports Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Intrusion Detection Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes
Content Control Filters Yes Yes Yes (AOL Parental Controls only) No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes yes
VPN pass-thru supported PPTP, L2TP, IPSec PPTP, IPSec PPTP PPTP, IPSec Yes IPSec, PPTP IPSec, PPTP n/a IPSec, PPTP, L2TP PPTP, IPSec No Yes PPTP, IPSec PPTP, IPSec PPTP, Ipsec PPTP, L2TP, IPSec PPTP, L2TP, IPSec PPTP, IPSec
Number of VPN Tunnels 1 50 (PPTP), 100 (IPSec) 5 (PPTP), 1 (IPSec) 1 (PPTP or IPSec) 5 (PPTP or IPSec) 5 (PPTP), 1 (IPSec) 70 (IPSec) 1 (IPSec), Unlimited (PPTP & L2TP) 1 (PPTP or IPSec) n/a 7 PPTP, 2 IPSec Unlimited 1 (IPSec) no limit (PPTP) tk Unlimited (PPTP), 1 (L2TP), 1 (IPSec) 2 (IPSec), Unlimited (PPTP and L2TP) Unlimited
VPN End-point No No No No No No No Yes No No no No No No No no no no
VPN Encryption N/A n/a n/a n/a n/a No n/a 3DES, AES n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Management Features
Web Console for setup/management Yes Yes no Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote Access via Web Yes Yes No (remote access through utility) Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
User-definable port for remote management No Yes n/a Yes n/a Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes n/a Yes n/a Yes Yes
Upgrade firmware via browser Yes Yes No (upgrade via utility) Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Basic Logging/Syslog Support No Yes/no No Yes/no Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Yes/Yes Yes/Yes  Yes/No No Yes/No Yes/Yes Yes/No Yes/Yes Yes/no Yes/no Yes/No
SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) support Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SNMP support No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No No
E-mail alerts Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
E-mail logs No No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes
Save logs to file No No n/a No No No No No No Yes n/a No Yes No No Yes Yes No
Backup router configuration to file Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes