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ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 4:16 PM
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http://www.asus.com/Networking/RTN66U/
Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 4:26 PM
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Am very impressed with it. Very good interface with lots of controls (simple layout, with some advanced features). Wireless range is amazing - I had to use a repeater before, but no need to use that now.
I got it for £88 a while back from Amazon. Bargain at the time!
Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 4:37 PM
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Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 4:54 PM
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As AndyH says, it's a pretty good router - solid performer, excellent wifi coverage (I'm able to stream BBC iPlayer to main bedroom now, which previous routers struggled to cover), and good user interface for configuration. Also comes with a 3 year warranty. Only downside noticed so far is it gets a bit warm.
I'm using the custom Merlin firmware on mine, which provides several useful additional features and also better stability on the wifi (on the standard Asus f/w most users find wifi rock solid, but some including me had a problem of sudden unexplained drop-outs. The Merlin f/w uses a different driver which seems to resolve the problem). You can also run DD-WRT or Tomato firmware on it. Merlin firmware at:
http://www.lostrealm.ca/tower/node/79
I bought my router from Dabs:
http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-rt-n66u-black-diamond-dual-band-wireless-n900-gigabit-router-7Z7H....
Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 5:09 PM
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and other people in the house use 2.4ghz as well as me using the 5.0ghz
hope that makes sense
Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 5:19 PM
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You can also create up to 6 "guest" networks, 3 on each band, so visitors to your house can access the internet without also having access to your own computers (but I'd strongly recommend putting a password on these, as the guest networks are open by default).
Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 7:01 PM
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Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 7:25 PM
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Mine gets warm too - but the latest firmware 270 seems to run cooler.
Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 7:48 PM
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Thanks. Good news. I'll wait until Merlin updates his firmware to use 270 as the baseline (currently baselined on 266, which wasn't actually released by Asus for the RT-N66U). My Merlin firmware says:
Radios temperature 2.4 GHz 53°C - 5 GHz 56°C
Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 8:04 PM
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i got a 300n atheros card in my laptop is that gonna be good enough to get full speed in 2.4 mode or do i need to upgrade
Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 8:19 PM
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Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 9:35 PM
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The original fw has LLTP VPN so I think Merlin's should too.
Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
04-02-2013 10:32 PM
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The router provides a PPTP VPN server with the standard Asus firmware (not very secure but easy to configure and low overheads).
The Merlin firmware provides an OpenVPN server as well (much more secure but also more complex to configure, as you need to create your own security certificates and keys - command line tool Easy-RSA is bundled with the latest OpenVPN client and also with the Merlin firmware to do that). It also includes an OpenVPN client if you want to set up a VPN connection to an external server.
And obviously the router also provides pass-through for PPTP, L2TP and IPSEC.
@thomasjc1
I'll run some tests in the morning with my laptop and let you know what I can achieve wirelessly with a Macbook Pro. I assume you're interested in routing between the internet and wireless client rather than wireless to ethernet within the LAN?
You might be interested in the SmallNetBuilder review, where they've done detailed throughput tests:
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31687-asus-rt-n66u-dark-knight-dual-band-wi...
Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
05-02-2013 10:43 AM
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Results of my speed tests on speedtest.net using the Asus RT-N66U router on PlusNet FTTC:
Connection Type | Download | Upload | Ping |
Gigabit ethernet | 72.25Mbps | 17.71Mbps | 9ms |
5GHz wifi 40MHz channel | 72.18Mbps | 17.61Mbps | 9ms |
2.4GHz wifi 20MHz channel | 71.66Mbps | 17.49Mbps | 10ms |
Tests were carried out with a Macbook Pro located 1m from the router. Obviously the throughput will reduce as the distance increases, particularly if the signal has to pass through walls, and the 5GHz signal drops off much more rapidly than the 2.4GHz signal (but is less susceptible to interference from the neighbours' wifi). For example, in my main bedroom the 5GHz signal is unusable, the 2.4GHz signal is fine for streaming BBC iPlayer. In that location, the laptop can see 18 other wifi signals on the 2.4GHz band but no other channels on the 5GHz band. The "geography" of every house/neighbourhood is different, so your results will be different from mine once you move away from the router. The main thing to know is that the wifi coverage of this router is better than any other router or wireless access point I have used before.
Re: ASUS RT-N66U N900
05-02-2013 1:43 PM
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