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 Awesome router! September 9, 2010
m0ngr31
I wasn't the biggest fan of the default firmware, but it worked fine. I put the Tomato firmware on and this little guy just screams! I've had it for a few months and have never had to restart it or anything! I plugged in my 750GB USB external drive to it, and with Tomato it is able to stream videos via upnp to my Xbox 360. The specs on it are just great and it's been the best router I've ever had the pleasure of using. Very happy with my purchase!!
Great router when flashed with Tomato firmware August 27, 2010
Bryan Gibb
I bought this router after extensive research knowing that the functionality, stability and ease of use was greatly enhanced with 3rd party firmware such as DD-WRT and Tomato. Many are happy with the stock firmware, but this is also a very popular router to install 3rd party firmware due to the ease of installation and the feature set available for the price. Since I loaded Tomato on the router, so I have no experience in judging the stock firmware. Loading Tomato is a simple process, I highly recommend it (Find out more at: [...]). The firmware is very well thought out and gives you access to many features are either buried deep in stock firmware or really aren't accessible at all. I have not had any stability problems.
I am unable to comment on wireless N range and speed, but have not had any issue with wireless G. I have read that some people feel the lack of dual band is a huge negative, but most people don't need dual band right now.
With the tomato firmware, I was able to hook up a usb printer and access use the router as a print server which worked well. Some have complained about transfer speeds when plugging in external storage devices, but I haven't tested this for myself yet.
For the price, this router really can't be beat right now.
 Amazingly intuitive, advanced router August 13, 2010
Michael Tiemann (Chapel Hill, NC United States)
We have a coat closet that doubles as a wiring closet, a design flaw that at first looked like a feature. After 10 years we've accumulated a lot of random networking infrastructure as we've connected more and more computers to more and more devices in our house, and the collective heat that's generated doesn't vent very well, so the lifespan of these devices has not been great.
This summer we've suffered more than the usual flakiness, so I decided to do a "deep clean" of the infrastructure, tossing out Netgear, Linksys, and Apple products in favor of the ASUS RT-N16 Wireless-N Gigabit Router and a pair of TrendNet TRENDnet 8-Port Gigabit GREENnet Switch (8 x 10/100/1000Mbps Auto-Negotiation, Auto-MDIX Gigabit Ethernet Ports) TEG-S80DG (Black). The green features of all these units means no power on links that are off, which will go a long way toward solving the problems of heat buildup.
The UI of the ASUS router is surprisingly good, which is to say that I was actually surprised when it was both intuitive and fully functional/useful. The interface provides just the right amount of helpful info about what the various configuration choices are for, and the language of the dialogs is sufficiently precise that I could google for answers very effectively using the keywords provided.
The device promises 300Mbps communications speed, but when I configured it to use the full bandwidth settings and N-only networking, using an Asus USB-N13 ASUS USB-N13 Wireless-N Adapter I never saw more than 8.5MB/sec (about 70Mbps) transfer speed. The documentation explains that there could be conflicts with other wireless networks in the neighborhood that limit my performance, but I'd really like to see at least 12MB/sec (about 100Mbps) before I award a 5th star.
I am very happy that the device uses and supports Linux (one of the reasons I bought it), and compared with the 1- and 2-star reviews I read of various competing devices, I have to say that I have no reservations recommending this device as a first-rate product. If anybody has suggestions for how to break the wireless performance barrier, please do use the comment features to clue me in!
Works like a champ - easy to install August 1, 2010
H. Klein (CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this router because of its two USB ports; they let you connect a hard drive and a printer - and they become accessible by everyone on the network. Bottom line: this works just as advertised.
I read comments here from people who couldn't get this to work, so I was skeptical at first. I hooked up the router to the cable modem, fired up my browser and it automatically showed the router login page. At first the router didn't want to connect to the cable modem, but I decided it could be the modem's fault too - so I simply power-cycled it once whith the router remaining ON. Tada! Those two now recognized each other and a few clicks later I was connected to the internet. No cryptic settings or addresses, it just worked.
Hooking up the USB hard disk drive (HDD) was a snap. Just plug it in and after clicking on the suggested "status update" link, the drive showed up on the overview picture (pretty neat). I could immediately start browsing around on the HDD. Then I had to read up on the various access choices (read/write right of the "admin", "family", or whatever,...). Just make the right choice and a few clicks later it's all done.
Finally, I connected my laser printer via USB cable and the router recognized it immediately after turning the printer on. The overview page gave me an address for that printer and it was easy to add this with the WINDOWS standard "Add Printer" procedure.
After all that installation work was done (30 minutes max), I walked over to my wife's Mac, just to find out it had already recognized the USB hard drive on the network. I haven't tested the printer on her Mac yet.
On my laptop, I made sure I now operate my modem at a higher speed setting than when I used my old 802.11b. Signal is stronger throughout my house and backyard and it runs much faster than with the old box (just as expected).
Overall - great product, clear enough software interface, all at a great price.
This thing has a hundred more features I'll likely never try, but for the basic stuff with added HDD and printer - it's excellent.
Super Fast P2P Router August 1, 2010
X. Chen (NJ, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The router is a little challenging to setup initially, but coming from getting 5-20k/s for months on p2p to 500-1.2MB/s is a big difference on the same file. The speed increase doesn't make any sense other than me changing from a linksys dd-wrt router to this one with stock firmware. Wireless has also been great, getting from poor signal to great signal for my down stairs HTPC was a pleasant surprise.
update: A few days ago I begin to see the max download speed drop to 600k/s, then a few days later 500k/s. Initially I thought it was my computer's fault, but after running speedtest on all of them, it seems the router was at fault. Then I notice the reboot button on the menu. And that fixed everything. Never knew you have to reboot the router once in awhile.
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