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post #391 of 405
2/11/13 at 9:51am
Thanks 72.9
I should have my router tomorrow afternoon sometime by UPS.
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post #392 of 405
2/11/13 at 11:43am
I was looking at routers to upgrade my old G and some recommended a Netgear N900 and a Dlink N900. These routers are supposed to be dual band (2.4 ghz which is a busy band and 5.4ghz). Both cons about $150. I note Monoprice as a similiar router for about $60.00 (out of stock right now) which shows speed of 600 mhz. which would be 300 per band wilst the others are 450 per band. Is it worth the differance in cost?
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post #393 of 405
2/13/13 at 10:13am
Got my Asus RT-N66U Dark Knight last night. While doing the set-up, I got a message there was a firmware update, no problem doing the update.......this router rocks. So far very stable & fast. My son will put it to test tonight gaming on Steam.
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post #394 of 405
2/14/13 at 9:08am
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Thanks 72.9
I should have my router tomorrow afternoon sometime by UPS.

No probs.
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post #395 of 405
2/14/13 at 9:39am
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I was looking at routers to upgrade my old G and some recommended a Netgear N900 and a Dlink N900. These routers are supposed to be dual band (2.4 ghz which is a busy band and 5.4ghz). Both cons about $150. I note Monoprice as a similiar router for about $60.00 (out of stock right now) which shows speed of 600 mhz. which would be 300 per band wilst the others are 450 per band. Is it worth the differance in cost?

It would depend on what speed your client devices support. Most likely what you have now won't benefit from the higher speeds due to their hardware, but it will give you a little bit of a cushion for future devices that may take advantage, and some devices you may be able to upgrade if desired.
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post #396 of 405
2/15/13 at 10:36am
I have a question about my new Asus Rt-N66U router. I have it standing upright w/stand & no problems. But the design of the unit has the antenna's on top (no problem there) but all the inputs are now on top. Is there "plugs" to put in the 4 LAN & 2 USB inputs not being used right now ? After a time these will have dust/lint etc. Any ideas besides some painter's tape over the inputs ? Thanks
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post #397 of 405
5/23/13 at 6:50pm
Any new models out I should consider ?
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post #398 of 405
5/23/13 at 9:20pm
Do you want an AC router or just N?
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post #399 of 405
5/24/13 at 5:22am
I guess it depends on cost.
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post #400 of 405
5/24/13 at 7:19am
Asus rt ac router is awesome with the merlin rom.
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post #401 of 405
5/24/13 at 8:45am
The non-AC Asus RT-N66U is on sale right now on Amazon for $136 shipped.

http://www.amazon.com/RT-N66U-Dual-Band-Wireless-N900-Gigabit-Router/dp/B006QB1RPY
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post #402 of 405
5/24/13 at 9:09am
The top 3 these days are:

Asus RT-AC66U
Cisco Linksys EA6500
Netgear R6300

All are ac routers, but that's pretty much irrelevant these days. As a long time fan of Linksys, I would bow to the Asus this time around if I were buying, unless QoS is a priority.
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post #403 of 405
5/24/13 at 9:13am
What what it is worth, a $15 Belkin N300 with DD-WRT flash blows most $200 routers out of the water.
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post #404 of 405
5/24/13 at 9:31am
^^^ I'd very much like to see test results, please.
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post #405 of 405
5/24/13 at 10:30am
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The top 3 these days are:

Asus RT-AC66U
Cisco Linksys EA6500
Netgear R6300

All are ac routers, but that's pretty much irrelevant these days. As a long time fan of Linksys, I would bow to the Asus this time around if I were buying, unless QoS is a priority.

What do you mean by ac being irrelevant? Is that not going to be the next step? Or just not yet?
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