Its been about two years since I procured the ASUS N13U-B1. Planning to upgrade to a newer router.
My requirements ATM :
Gigabit enabled router.
Good WiFi range.
2.4GHz N300 or higher.
Clean stock interface. OR an aftermarket OS like DD-WRT (Preffered) OR Tomato.
Optional :
5GHz WiFi. I have only two 5GHz devices.
Budget: 5K Max INR. Can increase by 10-15%, but dont want to spend too much.
Shortlisted devices
1. ASUS RT N15U - http://wikidevi.com/wiki/ASUS_RT-N15U
Uses a Broadcom chip, so apparently no DD-WRT support. Tomato builds by Shibby are working fine, apparently.
Has two internal antennas. So a 2T2R MIMO.
2. TP-Link WR-1043ND - http://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WR1043ND_v1.x
DD-WRT support, however has some weird WiFi bug. Apaarently, the WiFi goes off after about 3-4 days, and a reboot is needed. Also, installing DD-WRT is a bit problematic.
Has 3 external antennas. But the middle one is transmit only, not recieve. So a 3T2R MIMO (Weird)
3. TP-Link WDR3600 - http://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WDR3600
DD-WRT support, 5GHz N300, However, the Atheros chip used is old and does not support all 5GHz channels. Or so it seems.
Has 2 external antennas. 2T2R MIMO.
I did not look at the Netgear or Belkin devices because of the poor WiFi range. I was planning to get an Apple router, but ditched it, its a hit or miss apparently.
Costwise the 1043 is the cheapest and the other two are similarly priced.
Any suggestions?
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Initially, I bought it purely as a router+torrent downloader, and it was something new at that point. And worked great, I no longer had to keep the PC on for torrenting. The ASUS download master stuff was crap, and moved on to DD-WRT.
However, was not happy with the speeds over LAN from USB. Also, when starting the router after a power failure or when downloading heavy files - found that the router used to lag a bit.
This I solved by gettting a GoFlex Home, courtesy varkey. This solution let me use the router purely for routing, and the goflex as a downloading device. I kept the stock firmware on the GFH, as I saw no need to switch to ArchLinux, plus the media capabilities work fine.
Then felt that 10 MBps was not enough. Felt the need to increase the speed. Backups took too much time from the 2 laptops to the desktop. Removing downloads from the GFH to the desktop took too much time too. This made me get a TP-Link 5port GbE switch about 5 months back. This got me speeds of about 60MBps, which was way better than the 10MBps.
Now, both the switch and the router are on, always - except for last month for the switch only - since I did not need backups and the GFH was not downloading much.
However, was not happy with the speeds over LAN from USB. Also, when starting the router after a power failure or when downloading heavy files - found that the router used to lag a bit.
This I solved by gettting a GoFlex Home, courtesy varkey. This solution let me use the router purely for routing, and the goflex as a downloading device. I kept the stock firmware on the GFH, as I saw no need to switch to ArchLinux, plus the media capabilities work fine.
Then felt that 10 MBps was not enough. Felt the need to increase the speed. Backups took too much time from the 2 laptops to the desktop. Removing downloads from the GFH to the desktop took too much time too. This made me get a TP-Link 5port GbE switch about 5 months back. This got me speeds of about 60MBps, which was way better than the 10MBps.
Now, both the switch and the router are on, always - except for last month for the switch only - since I did not need backups and the GFH was not downloading much.
My requirements ATM :
Gigabit enabled router.
Good WiFi range.
2.4GHz N300 or higher.
Clean stock interface. OR an aftermarket OS like DD-WRT (Preffered) OR Tomato.
Optional :
5GHz WiFi. I have only two 5GHz devices.
Budget: 5K Max INR. Can increase by 10-15%, but dont want to spend too much.
Shortlisted devices
1. ASUS RT N15U - http://wikidevi.com/wiki/ASUS_RT-N15U
Uses a Broadcom chip, so apparently no DD-WRT support. Tomato builds by Shibby are working fine, apparently.
Has two internal antennas. So a 2T2R MIMO.
2. TP-Link WR-1043ND - http://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WR1043ND_v1.x
DD-WRT support, however has some weird WiFi bug. Apaarently, the WiFi goes off after about 3-4 days, and a reboot is needed. Also, installing DD-WRT is a bit problematic.
Has 3 external antennas. But the middle one is transmit only, not recieve. So a 3T2R MIMO (Weird)
3. TP-Link WDR3600 - http://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WDR3600
DD-WRT support, 5GHz N300, However, the Atheros chip used is old and does not support all 5GHz channels. Or so it seems.
Has 2 external antennas. 2T2R MIMO.
I did not look at the Netgear or Belkin devices because of the poor WiFi range. I was planning to get an Apple router, but ditched it, its a hit or miss apparently.
Costwise the 1043 is the cheapest and the other two are similarly priced.
Any suggestions?
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