You might try reinstalling/updating your firmware. The rebooting issue is probably due to that or a hardware failure (bad capacitors cause computers here at work to do that all the time).
I've looked at the ASUS RT-N56U and it comes highly rated from NewEgg. Their RT-N66U seems to get more love, but it's also more expensive
WipEout, are you still in-love with your RT-66U? Anyone have any other recommendations, or perhaps tips to getting the DIR-655 working better? QoS to the PS3, maybe?
I got a RT-66U a bit before WipEout, and it's still running rock solid with the stock firmware. Haven't had any dropped connections in the few months (3-4) that I've had it. I haven't rebooted it once since the initial setup. I love it. If you're wanting to go with DD-WRT on an RT-66U, I haven't tried that. The stock firmware has been great, so I haven't messed with it. It's been so nice to have a router that works perfectly after dealing with sh*te routers for so long. The whole having to reboot all the time thing gets frickin old.
If you go back a few pages in the thread, I have some initial graphs and thoughts regarding the RT-66U.
Yeah, try Rykin's money-saving option first. 
But to answer your question, yes-- I love this friggin' thing! I was having disconnect issues that required a hard reset every week or so, but that has largely cleared itself up. I think it was Comcast's own stupidity vs. my RT-66U, because it's been probably over a month since I had to reset the router (it was never network connectivity, but internet connectivity that was a problem). And that's running my desktop in the other room over 5GHz, at least 16 hours every day, streaming music to the 360 in the living room the majority of the time.
I'd say if you absolutely have to get a new router, the RT-66U is a beast that you'll be very happy with.
EDIT TO ADD: Yeah, Tuffalo got one first. It was largely off his experiences and recommendation that I bought mine. That, and it's named "Dark Knight".
EDIT TO ADD: Yeah, Tuffalo got one first. It was largely off his experiences and recommendation that I bought mine. That, and it's named "Dark Knight".
That's how they got me! I guess Asus had the geek version of Don Draper working for them. I've got mine out in the living room sitting next to a tiny black music server. They look awesome together.
Derp. Updating firmware should be my first step, but for some reason I didn't even think of it. I'll do that this evening and if I don't see any update in performance I'll probably grab one o' these.
Many thanks y'all.
Edit: Not terribly interested in DD-WRT for the sake of it, so hearing the stock firmware is sufficient helps. I've gotten everything out of the stock DLink firmware that I want, and would prefer not to tinker.
I hope the firmware update helps. It's always nice not to have to spend money. I HAD to get a router because my roommate moved and took the one we were using. I was a little concerned about buying a high end router because of the new 802.11ac standard that's starting to come out. However, after doing a little research, I think that's still a long ways off becoming useful and standard (there are a couple routers available now for around $200). The other issue is IPv6. The RT-N66U has native IPv6 support, which is good. We were having a discussion about it earlier in the thread, and it seems like it isn't worth messing with yet, but it might be a bit down the road. The "switch" on IPv6 was flipped a few weeks ago, so I guess you could set things up to use it if you really wanted to.
Anyways, those are a couple issues that I encountered when checking to make sure I was future-proofed enough when dropping a lot of money on that router. Hope that helps in the case that you have to buy one.
Hmm, until a big storm rolled through the area on Monday, I was using my DIR-655 for wired connections to 2 computer and wireless to my PS3 and a few other things, and never had much of an issue except on a few oversized video files on the PS3. I could stream HD netflix no problem and downloaded patches at about 1MB/s. Now the WLAN and 1st port are fried. I think I rebooted the thing like 2 or 3 times since getting it at the beginning of 2011. I would have got another, but a friend said he had no issues with another, cheaper router, so I got that.
I just got a TL-WR1043ND and turned my ADSL provider's VDSL2 router (dlink 6740U) into a modem. I use my old dir615 as a client for the TV in the living room. The new router has a much better coverage of the home and we can get decent reception in the bed room. We had major problems with reception in the living room mainly because we live in a dense urban area ( a lot of wifi ) and our building is brick and reinforced concrete (any room with reinforced concrete kills reception due to metal nets in the walls ) .
I've seen on local forums this router is a good bargain and it also has a 1gbps switch . I'm still debating if to install dd-wrt on it because tp-link let you do that easily. I think that as long as it's delivering I won't brother much with it.It seems to perform better than the previous router (that got demoted to the VDSL modem position ) so I'll try it out and see how it delivers.
I've been getting some occasional minor wifi drops on my TL-WR1043ND, but I am still on a 2010 DD-WRT build, one of the first builds to support this model. Need to flash it to something current.
The range and throughput has been much better than the wifi built into the TWC-supplied modem that I was initially using.
I've been getting some occasional minor wifi drops on my TL-WR1043ND, but I am still on a 2010 DD-WRT build, one of the first builds to support this model. Need to flash it to something current.
The range and throughput has been much better than the wifi built into the TWC-supplied modem that I was initially using.
I bought one of these. It just arrived today, can't wait to hook it up.
FWIW: I went through four routers trying to get a solid N signal across my house. Roughly 40' directly, but through a floor and probably three walls. I tried various 5Ghz models trying not to buy a Linksys ...
In the end, I plunked down for an e4200, wired my GigE WMC box directly to it, and my wife is now watching HD video on the 360 in the bedroom on the 5Ghz spectrum. It also serves the 2.4 network in the house, and reaches a sizable chunk of my backyard. The thing has been absolutely flawless on stock firmware.
It sounds like the current crop of "high end" routers is finally bringing 802.11n around to "worth a sh*t".
I'm in the market as of today, too. I want to make sure I get something I can say with certainty isn't the cause of the internet connectivity issues I've been having lately.
Seems like the two options we talk about here are the Linksys e4200 and the Asus RT-N66U.
They're roughly equivalent in price. Anything separate those two from each other that would concern general home use?
Help me Goodjers!
I'm in the market as of today, too. I want to make sure I get something I can say with certainty isn't the cause of the internet connectivity issues I've been having lately.
Seems like the two options we talk about here are the Linksys e4200 and the Asus RT-N66U.
They're roughly equivalent in price. Anything separate those two from each other that would concern general home use?
Help me Goodjers!
Ummmm... the Asus is called The Dark Knight. 
I don't know of any specifics off the top of my head. I believe the Asus benchmarked a wee bit better overall. That's probably about it, and it wouldn't be a real world factor. For what it's worth, I really like the Asus firmware. It's quite slick and aesthetically pleasing. Are you planning on sticking with the stock firmware or using DD-WRT?
I've sort of fallen out of love with DD-WRT. It feels abandoned to me.
I've sort of fallen out of love with DD-WRT. It feels abandoned to me.
This video review shows what the Asus firmware looks like and shows some of the features: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-...
It's not a very fun review to watch, but it's the first thing I found, and I'm too lazy to find another. He shows the firmware starting at about 2 minutes in. Be aware that since that review, they've fixed a few things with the firmware. Updates have been pushed out very quickly from Asus. I just really like the monitoring section of the firmware. There are nice real time graphs so you can see what devices are using which band and how much bandwidth they are taking up. It's very slick.
This review has some screenshots and info on the firmware: http://www.hardwarezone.com/review-a...
I don't know what Netgear's firmware is like these days.
I'm in the market as of today, too.
Seems like the two options we talk about here are the Linksys e4200 and the Asus RT-N66U.
It's time for me too.
My current (cheap) Linksys is so old that it stopped getting firmware updates 3 years ago.
I was thinking about the Asus, but the price took me back a bit. I was hoping for something more in the $100 range.
Should I just bite the bullet with the N66U or is there a better mid-grade option around $100?
The ASUS RT-N56U is $109 at NewEgg. Think that might be almost as good for home use?
I've had my N66U for a bit now, and it's been rock solid. It's handling my ISP's connectivity issues with aplomb, whereas my WRT54G (with DD-WRT) would need two restarts if my DSL connection dropped.
I don't think anyone on here has mentioned owning a RT-N56U. smallnetbuilder.com gave it a good review back when it came out. I don't know if they've updated the firmware to be the same as the RT-N66U or not. I like that firmware. It looks like DD-WRT is not supported on the RT-N56U unlike the RT-N66U. I don't know if you are factoring that into your decision.
I imagine it would be solid if you're okay with your router not being called The Dark Knight.
Yeah, after considering how long I've owned my last router for I decided to just suck it up and go with the N66U.
I spend that extra $70 just going out to dinner with my wife, so spending it on something I'll own for years isn't that big a deal.
Besides, how often do you get to own something called The Dark Knight? That's almost worth the extra cheese all by itself!
I've sort of fallen out of love with DD-WRT. It feels abandoned to me.
Not sure where you're getting that idea.
Their webpage, unfortunately, is a bit abandoned. Development most certainly is not.
The build I'm running is only 7 days old.
All of the up-to-date information is on the forums, which I'll freely admit is not the most user-friendly way of making information available. Development is quite rapid, and these days it seems like it's taking plenty of effort to keep up with new hardware releases, which sort of precludes marking any particular build as the new "stable". A new build may make a particular router more stable, but introduces bleeding-edge support for some other new device.
Now you are one of us, Aaron D. We're getting quite the N66U GWJer group going. It's all thanks to whoever decided to name their router after Batman.
*Legion* wrote:I've been getting some occasional minor wifi drops on my TL-WR1043ND, but I am still on a 2010 DD-WRT build, one of the first builds to support this model. Need to flash it to something current.
The range and throughput has been much better than the wifi built into the TWC-supplied modem that I was initially using.
I bought one of these. It just arrived today, can't wait to hook it up.
Let me know how it works for you. Are you installing DD-WRT?
I upgraded mine to the latest DD-WRT build, and so far, performance has been improved and dropouts have been nearly eliminated. (Had one router lock that required a power cycle, but I didn't power cycle the router after the upgrade flash, so, possibly was related to that).
Well I got the N66U and it's working great.
It might be working too great though 'cause now I'm in a pickle.
The N66U must have a really strong signal because I'm now getting major interference with my TV antenna reception.
I don't have cable TV, instead opting for a simple HD (inside) antenna that works mostly fine. Now with the new router hooked up, the tv signal interference I'm getting is making TV viewing impossible.
Any router settings that I can tweak to fix this? I'm not a big tech guy, so imagine you're explaining it to your parents or something?
Also, both the router and the antenna have to be in the same living room out of necessity.
What say you, tech gurus?
I figured I should post this here, has anyone had any experience with a Netgear WNDR3400 N600 dual band router?
I picked one up not too long ago and it does this odd thing every now and then. It will stay steady on both 2.4 and 5Ghz bands but on some days the 2.4Ghz will drop out and then come back but only for a short while. It usually takes me changing the signal channel or the Mbps to bring it back and then it will be good for like a week and then it will do it again.
I have a spectrum analyzer in the house because I use it for my job and ruled out any interference so I am thinking it is something with my ISP or the router. I have DSL service and this is the first time I have had DSL so I will say I don't know all that I should about it but if it is the same as Cable then there shouldn't be a problem right?
Well I got the N66U and it's working great.
It might be working too great though 'cause now I'm in a pickle.
The N66U must have a really strong signal because I'm now getting major interference with my TV antenna reception.
I don't have cable TV, instead opting for a simple HD (inside) antenna that works mostly fine. Now with the new router hooked up, the tv signal interference I'm getting is making TV viewing impossible.
Any router settings that I can tweak to fix this? I'm not a big tech guy, so imagine you're explaining it to your parents or something?
Also, both the router and the antenna have to be in the same living room out of necessity.
What say you, tech gurus?
I forgot you asked about this. Still having problems? Have you tried doing a 5 GHz signal exclusively? Unfortunately, you'll probably need the 2.4 GHz for most devices. I don't know enough about wavelengths to diagnose what the specific cause of the problem is.
Demonicmaster: I have no ideas. 
I'd say just make sure your firmware is updated or switch to DD-WRT.
I guess I'll post my router woes here as well. The cheap Linksys that I had for years finally gave up on me. I've tried another Linksys and had some issues with it and switched over to a Netgear WNR2000. It seems to randomly drop the signal on me. I've upgraded firmware and have completed all of their "steps" to fix the issue, which isn't much really. Is there something I should be looking for to fix this issue? I never had any issues with that Linksys and they were about the same in price. Sometimes it works fine, I got it working with my Roku box after losing signal often, it just started working fine. I was able to watch about an hour of material with no issues. I am not the most technically inclined when it comes to this type of thing and it is supremely frustrating, especially when I remember just hooking the last one up and it working fine out of the box.
For reference, the objects in my home that are connected are: PC (hard connection), 2 iPhones, 1 iPad, 360, Roku, and I guess my blu-ray player (haven't tried it).
It doesn't seem to matter if the only thing I have active at the moment is one item or 3.
Any help is greatly appreciated. That or I may not make it back to the store to return it as it'll get thrown against the wall.
I forgot you asked about this. Still having problems?
Nope.
I tried putting the router in different areas around the room and that fixed the problem.
Woot!
tuffalobuffalo wrote:I forgot you asked about this. Still having problems?
Nope.
I tried putting the router in different areas around the room and that fixed the problem.
Woot!
Nice!
tuffalobuffalo wrote:I forgot you asked about this. Still having problems?
Nope.
I tried putting the router in different areas around the room and that fixed the problem.
Woot!
Nice. I was going to suggest switching the channel that router broadcasts on to see if that helped. So I guess it's something you can try if the problem crops back up for some reason.
Joining the ranks, too. N66U is on its way to me, along with a Moto SB6121 modem. Looking forward to it as I've been riding on a friend's Wifi for the past 2 months and his router regularly sh*ts the bed and requires a restart. My new Macbook Pro can barely stay connected - bad DNS, bad DHCP, and who knows what else. I tried to get him to buy a replacement but apparently he's ok with multiple router resets every week...
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