10.11.2012

Ok - I have bought this due to the good reviews, this is my first broadband connection, and whilst I can follow simple instructions, I do not have a clue what all this equipment is about! I bought this along with the TP-Link 8817 modem.Now the instructions for the Asus show connecting the modem to the router and the router to the computer with a cable, plus plugging them both in to the mains. Erm! Why do I need a cable to the computer? It's wi fi isn't it? AND SURELY I need a cable into the actual phone socket to get the broadband to the modem and router (no mention of this in Asus manual). So - assuming this is an oversight and I need a cable from the phone socket,does this go to the router or to the modem?I am guessing - cable from phone socket goes to modem, cable goes from modem to router - no cable needed from router to computer (or maybe this latter bit is needed for set up?)Also - both pieces of equipment come with discs and set up equipment. So - do I set up the modem first with it's instal etc, and then the router? Or just set up the router with its disc instal etc?Finally - do I have a built-in modem in my computer (or modem software) and do I need to delete it?! Until now I have been using a mobile broadband dongle plus BT Openzone wi fi via voucher.Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am still not even sure which is the ethernet cable or how many different cables I need! I have - one cable which fits a phone socket at one end and a (? J1 something connector at the other that fits into a computer). Also, as I am not using a telephone on the line, just using it for broadband, do I still need to fit the ADSL filter or can I just plug straight into phone socket - and will this make things better or worse?When I have this up and running, I will update on how good the wi fi is and if it reaches from one end of our stone built house (previously two houses) to the other - as previous owner could never manage that.PS If the wi fi range is that good, will it fry me with radiation?!UPDATED 1 December 2012Thank you SO much. I did manage to get it all working but it took 3 days and a lot of gnashing of teeth, plus some wasted cables I had bought. It all set up easily and I picked up a good signal - except - no connection to the internet. Tried everything, did everything from scratch a few times. Phoned the service provider, who weren't much help. But one thing I had failed to do was enter the service provider's login for me when setting up. So did this - still no internet connection. Service provider said modem was faulty. (Modem wouldn't even connect by itself). I was about to box everything up and send it back, but came across an internet page to troubleshoot. Tried changing the cables. Yes you are right, it does still need an ADSL filter. Plus swapped the 'good' gold-ended cables I had bought, for the cheapo ones supplied. Still nothing. Then suddenly it all just started working.For any other novices out there, here are some tips:1) Ignore all instructions that come with modem router, and follow the instructions for the Asus router.2) The instructions for the Asus router fail to explain that you also need the modem connected to the phone wall socket when setting up (obvious I know but it should be in the instructions).3) You need a login, or password or something from your service provider, to enter into the Asus set up page. The first box on the set up is automatically ticked, but you need to tick the second box for PP something or other and then enter your username and password that you set up with the internet service provider (not the username and password you set for the router).3) Use the ADSL filter even if you have a separate line for the internet with no phone.4) Use the cables provided.Any problems, have a look at these two links:[...]Don't try releasing and re-setting the IP address. The Asus router set up will do it for you if there is any conflict of IP address. If it doesn't all work first time, switch everything off, unplug everything for 10 minutes, press the re-set button on both modem and router before and after switching off and then on again, then connect everything up and start again, and let the Asus set-up change the IP address.Actually the only reason I got this expensive router was for the reported excellent range. It is no better than the basic router that the previous tenant had - wish I had bought a simple modem router - but hopefully this one will last a long time as Asus stuff does tend to be reliable.Thank you very much to Matt Hawkins for his extremely kind and helpful response.

25.1.2013

My routers always take a hammering as my household demands a lot from them with up to 15 connected devices at any one time, working from home online, intense gaming, film streaming, multiple phones, tablets, e-readers, smart tv's, blu-ray players, you name it. With several people all accessing the net at once with all these devices we need a top notch router which can handle the demand. Hence, I tend to buy a new router every 12-18mths as that's how long they last us! The 3yr warranty on this one is an added bonus, no doubt I will need to use it if mine all die within a year or so. I will be even more impressed if this one lasts 3yrs + and no need to use that warranty!This one is a little pricey,although I usually go for one of the best that's out at the time I'm looking for a new one I usually spend around £100. This one was a little more (£120 when I bought it) but due to all the reviews at how good it is I just had to! Just in time too, my previous one gave up the ghost the day it arrived.This must be one of the easiest routers I've ever set up. Plugged in and connected to virgin medias not so super hub in modem mode and I didn't even bother to release any IP's from the previous router and the modem as it recommends you do and I didn't turn off the modem (superhub) first either. I was surprised to see a window pop up on my main PC down in the taskbar saying a new router had been found and did I want to set it up? The many previous routers I've had, I have never, ever seen my computer pop that up! I clicked it and it was an absolute breeze to set up. Literally under ten mins and every device connected perfectly. I did not need to use a disc to install any software.I immediately logged into the routers webpage and set up the security, again easy to do and the interface is well laid out and easy to navigate. I also updated the firmware while I was at it. There is many options to do all sorts of wonderful things with this router. VPN, connecting a printer to the router to share it not that I need that as my all in one printer is wireless anyway. You can also connect a USB external hard drive to the router so you can easily store and share files between devices which is very handy. It seems you can also share your itunes library through it although I haven't done that as it's not something I'll use being able to do that anyway with my tablet, tv etc. It really is feature packed if you have multiple devices and users in a household who like to be able to share their files, music etcAs for the signal strength I am very impressed. My superhub (used in modem mode) is installed in my sons small bedroom which must have been used as a home office before I moved in. It's not the ideal place and virgin wants £100 to move it. My signal strength 150ft away in my bedroom was always bad. My xbox kept disconnecting if I could get a connection at all, I was lucky to get 2 bars on my pc in my bedroom. I also have approx 20 networks from my neighbours and they were interfering as well. My 100mb speed was poor in my room because of all that, approx 20mb max with an average of 7mb and that was on the 5ghz band as I could get 1mb on the 2.4ghz on my old router especially when it got to the end of its life. This one is so much better in comparison. While I get around 40-50mb n the 2.4hz band now, I switched to the 5ghz and get 4 bars (2-3 on previous one) and get 92mb+ ! It's also much more stable, less lag with gaming and streaming. My smart tv 150ft away also gets 4 bars and great speed. My xbox now stays connected to xbox live too. I am using the asus usb adapter on my main pc, I do recommend using it with this router as it does indeed help with the signal strength and speed. I tried a couple of other dongles but they didn't work quite as well as when paired with the matching dongle that goes with this router. I don't notice much drop in bandwidth when I need it for intense internet usage when others are also using it.I do hope this router lasts me a good long time, it's the best one I've ever had. Yes, a little pricey but so worth it! I also picked up the matching ethernet adapter to connect my Sky HD box to on demand which is a brilliant add on to my network and can be used in numerous ways. If you're using the internet a lot with multiple devices and users definitely give this router a go!

9.7.2012

Let me explain the title.Until recently I've been using a Linkss wrt160n v3 - a snazzy looking little think that neatly tucked itself away under my desk and as such it didn't call much attention to itself.As my home network grew I didn't pay it much heed - after all it was just handling my outbound connection and nothing else, right? -WRONG!- Long Story; -I live in a bungalow with the classic layout - bedrooms (& ""office"" *cough*) at one end, sitting room & kitchen/diner at the other end.- - Kitchen; - -In the Kitchen I have 2x Sonos Play:5 - and I'd often sit down with the laptop & a cup of coffee to read the news, write a couple of emails..laugh at cats on youtube - so wireless cover would be missed should it not work.With the wrt, I was confined to one end of the kitchen, the back wall was a no go..The solution was a powerline network and an additional wireless access point. Sorted.- - Sitting Room; - -The sitting has the same basic shap of the kitchen; so before installing the additional wireless access point in the kithen wireless network in the couch at the backwall of the house was impossible (or at least v. slow at best). In addition the network in the sitting room has on it - 1x PS3, 1x Wii, 1x Skybox, 1x Sonos ZP80 - and as wireless speed wasn't really appropriate for streaming movies to the ps3 a 1gb powerline adaptor & a 1gb switch.- - Master bedroom; - -This room is right next to the office so it was always blessed with good wireless cover, which is handy for reading the news whilst still under covers or even checking emails in the middle of the night if that seemed like the right thing to be doing.Also present in the bedroom 2x Sonos Play:3 and 1x Seagate HD+ Media streamer thing..The Sonos devices were quite happy with the wireless; however when streaming wirelessly to the Seagate box I'd often get lagging, stuttering and sometimes it'd just jump off the network altogether and claim that I'd "removed the media" - I took this as a sign to either get up, or go to sleep - so it probably wasn't the worst thing..from a networking perspective though, it showed a deficiency.An additional Powerline adaptor was installed to combat the dropouts - but though lost connections became rarer, the stuttering would still occour; specially if the "office" was transferring files across the interwebs, streaming (youtube) or even playing something online.- - ""Office""; - -The Cave,(or "Dump" as it's sometimes referred to by herself) from a networking perspective consists of 2x Desktops (wired), 1x ps3 (wired), 1x Sonos Bridge (wired), 1x ReadyNAS600 (Wired) 1x Sonos ZP80 (Wireless) & 1x 1gb Powerline adapter.As this is where the inbound connection lives - this is the home of the router - the wrt looked after this area well, but I would only rarely use the wireless in here - as I much prefer the desktops over the laptop.One of the desktops is setup as a media server, as such it is rather heavy on the network, something I hadn't considered until recently.The other desktop is purely for playing games & mucking about on the interwebs.- Short story; -With the old router I'd often experience drops in the network, resulting in me having to reset it before even wired units would come back online, also I needed additional access points to cover areas that didn't have signal or enough bandwidth using the wireless.With the new box (ASUS RT-66u) I've not only been able to take down the additional access points - I've also been able to stream movies flawlessly, my internet speed has gone up (!!!) and my network is superbly stable!One minor blemish is that to achieve this I had to install the 3rd party "Tomato(shibby)" firmware on the Asus box - something with which I had NO prior experience. It is however working fantastically! I'm SUPER impressed and very very happy with my purchase - I had no idea I was suffering of poor network until I experienced what a difference this fantastic router makes.AWESOME!Also - as Asus are constantly updating their own Firmware I'm sure that with the latest release you wont have to go 3rd party - but if you want to try it's an option. :-)

13.2.2013

I should start by saying that I'm a capable amateur but I don't understand networking to any great degree. I've had a Netgear 834 for a few years. It's worked fairly well but latterly range and a few other issues have led me to replace it. I attempted to move to a Netgear 2100 but quickly returned that as it performed worse than the 834 (though I believe it was faulty). In terms of the 834 issues I was having that the Dark Knight has resolved:- Range: the range on the 834 was shockingly bad. Between the router and my bed (which are on the same floor, and no more than 6m apart with only a single thickness of brick in between, I couldn't use my iPad reliably with Apple TV.That was really annoying as I had to get out of bed, leave the iPad on the other side of the room (then about 2m from the 834!) and then get back into bed. Kind of defeated the point of wireless.- Fixed IP allocations: the 834 seemed to have a mind of its own on fixed IP allocations. Even a device MAC address defined, items connected via wireless weren't getting their allocated address. This become really annoying when trying to get to an IP camera for example as I had no guarantee it would turn up where I expected it to be- Adding new wireless devices: I had the MAC address authentication turned on for wireless devices. However, I could never add a new wireless device without briefly turning off the security, getting the device to connect, and then turning it back on, even when I had correctly entered the MAC details- Connected devices: it would only reliably report devices connected via cable, not wirelessThe Dark Knight unit resolves all three of the above. In terms of additional positives:- It feels heavy and well made as others have commented- The GUI looks great and is nice to use- When you launch IE, it finds the router when you first connect it so you don't a CD etcIn terms of negatives:- I was slightly disappointed by the power supply and power connector. The power supply is a not particularly convincing lump which clips onto a UK 13A plug. The connector into the router is pretty weedy. For the price I'd hoped for something a bit more industrial- I clocked it ahead of ordering (thanks to Amazon reviews!) but the lack of PPPoA support is annoying. Given that I wanted to resolve all of my issues I didn't mess about and just bought the DrayTek modem, but it was circa £60. Given that that device doesn't appear to need any configuration and just bridges PPPoA to PPPoE, I can't help wondering why the Dark Knight doesn't just support PPPoA or have a built in modem (if that is essentially the same thing?). I did find talk on the web of configuring the 834 to be a modem only (possible in a hidden menu apparently), but given that I don't have a lot of time to mess about and I'd have to reconfigure it back again if I had any issues, I opted for the DrayTek- The fact that it doesn't include device names in some of its MAC address tables is a bit annoying and unhelpful. You can enter all of your wireless device IPs but you can't easily see which is which. Others have made this same point. Slightly bizarrely, elsewhere in the GUI it does resolve device names itself and present them next to the MAC address even without naming them yourself!Overall I'm pleased with the kit I have purchased, but I have replaced a £60 Netgear with about £170 worth of new kit, to get me to the same sort of place, but with features working properly liked the fixed IPs, a raft of extra toys (many of which I probably won't use), better range and some future proofing.If you're looking for a high end home wireless router, this is a good option.

13.5.2016

I bought this a few days ago to replace my ageing Netgear router, which still works fine after about five years but on wireless, doesn't give me the speed Virgin provide. I'm on Virgin's basic cable 50 mps but on wireless in the house was getting about 15-20 mps. This Asus router has provided a very good improvement in wifi download speeds: I'm getting over 40 mps and what's important is that it's not just a theoretical improvement-things actually load faster.When I set it up I used the supplied CD on a Windows 10 laptop. I shouldn't have done that and should have realised that it wasn't produced for Windows 10. It sort of partly worked and then hung . I started again, using the router's local IP : 192.168.1.1.Fine-then the router asked me to set a password, which I duly did. Then it asked me to upgrade the firmware. Well I'm a sort of "if it works leave well alone" sort of person, so I didn't upgrade the firmware. Then the router asked me to put in the password I'd just set-and which it told me had been accepted- so I did. It didn't work. I tried several times: the password didn't work. To cut a long story short, I found online in forums about this router, that certain versions of the firmware do have this password problem ie you put in a password, it's accepted , but then it doesn't work.I reset the router to the factory settings and let it upgrade the firmware. Then after that the password problem disappeared, and everything went fine.However, I can see that a less patient person would be inclined to give up and send it back.So, I've taken off one star for the set up problems. Yes, you could blame me for not upgrading the firmware. Ok, maybe you'd be right.Or maybe not...The router works very well and has been reliable-so far in the few days I've been using it. I noticed that some reviewers who have given it one star complain that it gets hot-well mine gets no hotter than the Virgin Media "superhub" I'm using in modem only mode. I have it standing on its end - which is perhaps less aesthetically pleasing, but it's better for plugging in ethernet cables.One good point about it is that you get free DDNS , which I find works very well, so that saves a bit of money if you're using a paid service such as DYN DNS. It's really easy to set up . There is no requirement to log in every so often as there is with some free DDNS services. There's also a free cloud 5gb storage service that comes with the router.The router has some very nice features that I didn't have on the trusty old Netgear. You can see your network traffic on it, for example, and if you want to , you can prioritise services. It's got the facility to plug in a usb drive, and you can also plug in a 3/4g dongle to get internet access that way-although I can't imagine doing that myself. So far, I've had zero dropped connections.Of course, I can't comment on the long term reliability - but will return to this review after year or so, provided that there are no problems before then. Some lower star reviewers have complained about the Asus guarantee service. I know nothing about this, but I did register my guarantee online with Asus-so we shall see.My conclusion: a great router with no minus points apart from the difficult set up I experienced. The problems would have been avoided it I hadn't used the CD and had upgraded the firmware.Update March 2018 : The router is still working perfectly, and so is the free DDNS.

24.1.2014

This router ticks absolutely every box. I've held off writing this review to teeth out all the little issues that tend to be had when getting new network equipment..... there hasn't been any.The feature list of this router feels almost endless. I can't imagine any home user ever needing anything more than what is being offered here.Highlights:900Mb/s across 2 bands which can be split into 2 main networks and 6 additional guest networksUnbelievable rangeDual WANVPNPrinter SharingNASetcSeriously, for me, this router has it all.It's lightening quick. Having replaced a WNDR3700, it had a bit to live up to. Wireless speeds on the net gear peaked around 12MB/s when transferring from wired to wireless.The N66U holds steady at 22MB/s in the same circumstances.The range is FAR better than the Netgear. I get a signal all around my home thanks to this router. Corners of the bathroom/bedrooms/cupboards and garden are all covered with a useable signal. The Netgear would drop out completely in some areas and even when a connection was attained that was no guarantee it would transfer anything.The dual WAN saved my bacon. Whole block lost out on cable a few months ago for a couple of days. This wasn't a problem though, I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with unlimited internet access. I plugged it into the USB port on the router, set it to USB tether and the internet was restored in the household. Granted, it was only 3G+ access..... but I get better speeds through my mobile than a lot of providers offer so there wasn't much of an inconvenience. Netflix even worked through the PS3.VPN/AiCloud/Etc. This is normally a feature for the more advanced users, but in this case it's so simple to use that it's ideal for even a novice to have a play around with. Cloud access is fantastic, you can download the app and access all your network shares from anywhere. VPN is flawless, I've used it on a few occasions now. There is also an option to plug in a storage drive and use it as cloud space, outstanding.Anyway, it does everything it says on the tin.... so.... onto the only negative I can mention.Asus technical support!!! These guys are so useless it's frightening. When I first got the router I couldn't get the Dual WAN function to work. For some reason it wouldn't pick up my mobile internet so I couldn't get that feature to work. I contacted their technical support and my first reply said that the router didn't have this feature. This was only the beginning of the most unprofessional, copy and pasted retorts that you could possibly imagine. They were worse than useless, I cannot stress this enough. If you have any concerns regarding the operation of this router then please bare in mind that the tech support from ASUS will do absolutely nothing to solve your problems, you will get a copy and paste generic answer based on the first 3 words of your query. They neither read what you ask or answer what you have asked in any way shape or form.After solving the issue myself I contacted them to let them know I had managed it, I even received a generic response to that. The FAQ is also useless.So... the router is 5 stars in my opinion. I can't give the overall product that rating though as the technical support is so abysmal.

21.2.2013

I decided to purchase this router after much frustration with my Virgin media connection and the Netgear WNDR3700v1. The Netgear although very reliable for so many years could not cope with the load it had to handle on a daily basis. We are talking about having 5 iphones and android devices, HD TV, 3 Laptops and a PS3 connected to the device more or less at the same time. I had numerous engineers come to resolve the speed issues as i was getting 3mb download in the evenings due to high utilisation in my area. To make matters worse I ended up having to reboot the Netgear several times through out the day in order to stream videos as the videos buffered like crazy regardless of the website i wasviewing at the time.Ordered this router after borrowing my brothers who was away on business and i must say I loved it. No more streaming issues, reboots, drop outs or anything. My speeds have constantly hit the 65mb mark on a 60mb connection and the lowest it has gone is 38MB which i can live with. Installing the router was a breeze, the online wizard popped up on the screen and started to check and download the latest firmware (very important you do this). I had the router up and running within 10 mins with all my devices getting stable connections. What you will need to keep in mind is that getting the settings right is important if you are to truely enjoy the speed of this beast. Furthermore, some people have used Merlins or shibby tomatoe firmware which has further enhanced the routers capability. On that note, I would say please approach this at your own risk as I'm quite technical and therefore can fix any issues that may arise from 3rd party firmware, but someone not so skilled may come across problems. Please research on the internet before attempting this.The 256mb Ram helps with the many connections you may add to this router and can handle the load well. I have been able to go online whilst others have been on BBC iplayer, browsing on the laptop or even watching HD TV at the same time. Although many would say this is an expensive piece of kit but for me it has been worth every penny so far. I rather have something stable and future proof that will last me many years then to pinch pennies and end up buying something that will cause me problems or won't meet expectations.The delivery was within the time limit given and packaging was good from Amazon. Overall i love this router and have to agree with all those that say this is the best router i have ever owned.P.S: for all those that may have had problems probably recieved a faulty unit and therefore should just exchange it. Honestly give this router a chance and you will not regret it.some hints and tipsWPA2 AES for 5ghz and 2.4ghz settingsQos - I have this off as i read on small net builder that it gives a better forward through putASUS USB-N53 dongle is brilliant with this router, just make sure you don't install it from the CD but to download it directly from ASUS website.Replaced all my cables to CAT6 which did not cost me more than £8Use your old wireless router as a bridge for all those that have a large house.will update if anything else i can come across or if this router gives me problems in the future.

6.9.2018

I bought this router 2 and a half years ago, when I had a 20mb/s connection. It's done reasonable job, although far from perfect I've tolerated it's faults.I now have a 100mb/s connection.A lot of the time it manages, but it's started throwing a wobbler every few days, so it's time to retire it.When it was bought one of the intentions was to use it as a media server, using a couple of external drives connected to the USB ports. This idea was rapidly abandoned, as despite ASUSes claims it was not up to the job. A Raspberry Pi 3 could handle it, this router couldn't.So after a few months a suitable NAS was found and purchased.I also experienced the rejected password issue mentioned by another reviewer,for months at a time the web interface was inaccessible, and then it would decide to work again, all while the router was functioning fine, apart from being unable to log in to it.Roll on a couple of years of largely uninterrupted service, rarely even needing a reboot.Then a few months ago I noticed the 2.4GHz wifi was largely non functional, it would connect, but no net access, then get kicked, exactly the same as it had failed authentication. I don't use 2.4GHz much anyway so gave it no further thought.Then what looked like a DDoS attack occurred, but with no evidence in any logs I could find, so I turned on the DDoS firewall additions and got internet access back, CPU usage about 50% but I could live with it.The next morning CPU back to 3-10% so I thought attackers given up, all fine.A few days later same thing, but lasting hours, DDoS protecting was still on, CPU showing as 98+%, on the rare occasions the interface worked, next morning, all fine.Time to research - this isn't a rare issue with ASUS routers, no one seems to know what the cause is.So - I definitely need more processor grunt, but it's likely this router is faulty anyway.I do some looking, this ones lasted 2 and a half years, and most of the time it's just sat there and done it's job, so I start with ASUS routers, then I find out the current version, and the next one up, and the next one up from that, all have the same issue. There's another one that looks good but is end of life according to ASUS, and isn't at end of life prices.And then we start hitting silly money for features I don't have a use for with my 3-6 wireless devices, in a small flat,So I switch brands.I've gone for a synology ac2600, primarily because of the interface, and it's an okay and, above all, stable router.A bit, a lot, more than I wanted to pay, and has several expensive features I am unlikely to ever use, but it seems to have the least wrong with it out of all of the ones I have looked at, the interface looks shiny, and as I'm not a teenager the fact it comes in a fairly bland shell is...good.But the N66U, it worked more or less okay, and was fairly reliable, for a couple of years, which is what I need for a router, hence the 4 stars.

17.4.2014

Firstly, on my primary reason for buying this router - which is wireless range, don't expect magic! I live in a house with foot and a half solid brick walls through out. The signal will pass through one wall comfortably, but not two. I've now bought a second to run in access point mode, which has solved that problem (more on this below).My second grumble is that the firmware update process is fragile it seems, and recovery options equally fragile. The first unit I received failed on it's first stock firmware upgrade. The unit entered recovery mode, but loading firmware downloaded from the Asus support site resulted in the router rebooting and staying in in recovery mode.I was still able to access the core router web interface which allowed subsequent firmware upload reattempts, but each failed. I also tried the recovery utility provided by Asus, which also failed to restore the firmware. So I had one bricked router, which has gone back to the retailer without too much trouble. I would not be comfortable attempting the loading of non stock firmware like Tomato, with a less than solid firmware upload and recovery process.Thirdly, a feature I was not expecting but was very pleased to see was the ability to connect a printer via USB, and share this around the network. This has worked, but the connection is repeatedly lost, and is tricky to restore sometimes. This makes it unusable. Other users report similar problems, while others in online posts I have read say the feature works well. I will persevere with this, and up my rating to 4 stars if I can get it to work (there would have been 5 stars if it were not for the firmware issues).My final and most minor grumble is that the English on the firmware UI is not great. This is likely due to foreign design and manufacture, and might not affect functionality, but it does reduce confidence in the firmware quality.On the good points, the design is great, build quality of the unit is great, and it has all the features I need. I'm running a second unit connected by ethernet cable in Access Point mode and have now achieved a strong (but still not full strength) wireless signal throughout the house and garden. Some people point out that using WDS or a repeater mode will half the achievable speed of the connection from the secondary Access Point, however I get my full broadband speed and latency performance on connections to both access points. I'm not sure if this is because the Access Point is in 'Hybrid' mode and is using the wired connection over the wireless WDS, or because the 'halving' of speed is a halving of the routers 450mbps top speed (which will be faster than my broadband speed for some time to come I imagine).Additional nice features are the ability to save configuration settings (because you may spend some time getting these as you want them)

4.9.2012

I've just signed up for BT Infinity after 5 years of being with 'Be', my favourite ISP by far, however, no fibre planned for at least a year. So before I get connected and rather than using the standard BT Home Hub 3 which apparently is a decent bit of kit, I thought I'd upgrade my trusty Netgear DG834GT (tweaked to perfection) to a decent Router. I decided I would stay with what I knew and after reading some great reviews I went for the Netgear N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router. It was simple to set up and easy to get online but I wasn't impressed with the size, build quality or the range of the wireless so I looked around again. I almost went for the RT-N56U but thought 'what the hell',

10.1.2013

Ok I tend not to give bad reviews unless really needed and I wouldn't say I dislike this router because I don't but I have had problems.At first everything was working fine , fiddled about to get the feel of how it works.Wireless is fantastic on this puppy and has a decent range !!! and it even works real good on those cheap android tablets that have poor wireless pickup !!!Gui was simple and quite easy to navigate and its web access quite easy to use from anywere in the world too!!!Now for the reason I give this 3 stars !!!! At first everything worked well Usenet downloaded max speed and internet loaded ultra fast !!! but after one day my usenet speed dropped and wouldn't go above 600KBs which is pretty poor compared to I was getting 6MBs !!!

10.3.2013

HiAs the title says, I moved from a Netgear WNDR4500 to this router. There was nothing wrong with the Netgear, and my only reason for moving was to get the VPN server functionality offered by the Asus. I owned the Netgear for about a year before I changed.The VPN server (PTPP with MPPE encryption only) works very well. I access it from a couple of Android devices as well as from work all reliably, and at decent speeds without issues.The router is let down in a number of area's compared to the WNDR4500:- When I add firewall rules on the Asus, it takes eon's to apply the changes (seemingly rebooting the router). On the netgear, this was instant- Editing firewall rules is not possible,

26.9.2012

The stock TalkTalk wireless router that I currently use has always been mediocre at best. Its main letdown is its wireless coverage which is very poor to the point where only devices downstairs (where the router is located) can see the wireless network, anything upstairs has no wireless coverage at all.So with the Asus RT-N66U I had very high hopes that this could give me both the performance and coverage boost I was looking for. Needless to say I wasn't disappointed, this router simply blew away my bog standard TalkTalk router in every department.The 3 huge antennas are both adjustable and detachable, allowing maximum flexibility to fine tune wireless performance,

13.11.2013

My house has solid brick walls throughout and very thick solid wood floors. Previously with the BT HH4 my wireless printers would take ages to print or refuse to work, streaming HD media on the TVs would judder and my iPhone would regularly lose connection in the bedrooms and garden.With the Asus Router there are no such problems, my iPhone is getting 2 bars where the HH4 was out of range and speeds of between 30 and 60Mbps depending on my location in the house/ garden despite the area being flooded with wireless signals from neighbouring properties. The HH4 never gave speeds of more than 35Mbps even at close range.Another reviewer said the Quick start wizard didn't work with BT infinity but I had no problems.Just followed the instructions as follows:1.

28.1.2013

I'd consider myself a computer expert, and I love this router. It looks awesome, it has an awesome name (Dark Knight), it is rock sold, provides extremely reliable wireless connectivity (only one dropped ping to Google in 2 days), and a shed load of advanced options out of the box for even the most demanding users. You can also install custom firmware (e.g. Merlin's) and turn on telnet and directly access the Linux shell. Yet, the defaults are sensible so it's good for beginners too.So why only 4 stars? Well, it refused to work with BT Infinity using it's "Quick Internet Setup" wizard. This is disappointing given BT is the UK's biggest ISP. However, it DOES WORK with BT Infinity - you just need to set up the connection manually,

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