3. Trying to untangle an old install

Trying to untangle an old install

I've had issues with the wifi on my RT-N16, and I've also used an N66U, which I eventually got working pretty good. The N66U was loaded with dd-wrt (custom firmware), which created a few issues that needed to be solved. Seems there's an issue with the default NVRAM settings and early versions of dd-wrt for the device; essentially, the "default" nvram settings would cause dd-wrt to fail to boot. All of that aside, the device has been performing well since I got that sorted, and has been providing wifi for a few years now, with little to no issues.

at that location the RT-N66U is the primary router and access point.

I also have a friend that has the 802.11ac version... I believe it's the RT-AC68U; same in almost every way (as far as I can tell) but with 802.11ac instead of just 802.11n - and he hasn't had any complaints. I believe he has it setup with the standard firmware. He did mention he was a bit disappointed with the throughput on it - he bought the AC version specifically for wireless throughput - but he lives in a high-rise apartment, so there's a lot of other wifi networks nearby and in line-of-sight to his place, so I'm really not surprised that his speed suffers.

Currently, personally, I don't trust wifi routers from really any manufacturer, I can't really explain why, but I've never trusted netgear, I don't trust D-Link due to the issues in the DI-514+ days, and Linksys was doing well, right up until they were sold to Belkin, now I'm not certain.

In my personal network I have a Linksys E3000 loaded with dd-wrt, that's doing the bulk of my routing to/from the internet, but the wifi is off. I have two Cisco aironet 1242ag access points that are doing the heavy lifting for wifi access - I don't get speeds that I would really like (around 20mbits for a single-stream) but with 8-12 devices (cellphones, laptops, tablets) constantly connected, who can blame the 802.11g for being a bit slow.

In the end, I'd trust Asus more than other vendors, but I've stuck to Small/Medium sized business solutions from 3+ years ago, because they're more reliable than the junk on the consumer market today.

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