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Finally in the 802.11n club! ASUS RT-N66U review

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2012/02/05 11:16:50 (permalink)
I finally decided it was time to replace my WRT56GL and WRT54G routers and join the 802.11n club! I originally purchased a pair of Netgear WNDR3700 routers but unfortunately they had range and signal strength issues. Updating Netgear’s firmware and using DD-WRT didn’t help so I decided to return them and purchase two ASUS RT-N66U routers from JR.com. I thought you guys might like to see the before and after results and enjoy the network pr0n.

See ASUS' ASUS RT-N66U product page for a quick overview and complete specifications. You can test drive ASUS' firmware here
 

 

 

 

 
This is what my network looks like.  
 

My new Primary Router is using ASUS’ Firmware Version: 3.1.0.3.90 and the new Client Bridge is using TomatoUSB Firmware Version 1.28 by shabby. 
 

I used LAN Speed Test to measure the Wireless Bridge Link’s 2GHz file transfer and network speeds. Here's the best out of 3 runs.
 
5Mb transfer

 
20Mb transfer

 The before speeds are embarrassing. 
 
I also created a folder with 612Mb worth of random files and used Robocopy to measure the Wireless Bridge Link’s 2GHz file transfer and network speeds. Here's the best out of 3 runs.
 

 
Before

 
After   

 
My Excel skills cannot be equalled.
 

post edited by david12857 - 2012/02/05 11:53:08

  
   
 
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