Thanks for the further report. I'll take a chance after the new year.
On 12/12/2011 12:41 PM, Francisco Tapia wrote:
I know what you guys mean, which is why I posted here to find out which
firmware to go with... as with many computer products ymmv... one
outstanding thing that I was not looking into was the parental controls,
apparently the n53 is more parental controls friendly.
as for customer service, My personal interaction with Asus was very fast,
and I was reading some of the critical reviews on Amazon and some have Asus
reps asking for the users to log in to their vip forums and are willing to
ship a replacement... in computers there are always possibilities of bad
software making it out to the end user, generally because of last minute
engineering changes. I went with the latest 7f firmware as Z recommended
here, and except for the permissions problem with my drive I have not had
any other issues.
thoughts:
A) The wifi speeds are crazy fast.
1) I am able to transfer a fresh bluray rip 8gb accross the wire to the
usb attached drive on the NAS while my family streams video over wifi there
are no stutters, frame drops while the file is transferring.
2) I have tested the DLNA capability from both my android phone (ims -
iMedia Share), and my dlna tv. Streaming 720p video is fine, streaming
1080p video seems to take a bit to cache up then begins playing pretty
good. On the TV there seems to be some stuttering so I have played with
different file types and found that mp4 plays the smoothest, so I may need
to move a lot of blurays again...
B) wifi is strong
1) I never used to have problems with my wndr3700 as far as wifi is
concerned especially over the 2.4ghz band. that band was crazy strong, but
5ghz was awesome but only worked with some of my devices.
2) this device provides strong 5ghz and 2.4ghz, on the previous router I
could not use my apple express as an AP over 5ghz in the 1st floor, it was
stepped down to 2.4 only. with the Asus router I get 5ghz signal, both
steady and consistent.
C) I will be careful to upgrade firmware as with my last router (Netgear) I
was working through a bizarr issue where my usb drive would just disconnect
and force me to reboot the router just so that it would be visible again.
after the firmware update the usbdrive issues were gone, but I lost dlna.
-Francisco
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:24, Anthony Q. Martin<[email protected]>wrote:
Same here. That router has been in my save for later list until I could
get the reviews sorted out in my mind.
Sent from my iPad 2
On Dec 12, 2011, at 6:02 AM, Bino Gopal<[email protected]> wrote:
Hey guys, thinking about getting this router based on your recs since my
old Linksys WRT54G needs rebooting every few days now...
BUt what do you think of the negative Amazon reviews? Are they all
irrelevant b/c the later firmwares fix those issues?
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Wireless-N-Router-RT-N56U/dp/B0049YQVHE/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2U57DLOYWVPY1&colid=2KIPCVCL53TFZ
Was really going to pull the trigger when I first saw this thread, but
the complaints/negative reviews (10% of the total) gave me pause...
BINO
From: [email protected]
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:36:12 +0300
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] Best Router
Touch wood. Let's hope it stays that way.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 10, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Francisco Tapia<[email protected]> wrote:
IPSEC passthrough ships disabled, once I figured that out, I am now
happy
VPNing and moving data all OVER the place... I need a better USB drive
now
:) my single 2TB WD will need to be upgraded to something like a
multi-drive raid so I get bigger, faster speeds... 2TB is not as much
space
as I previously thought :D
-Francisco
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=======
btw, my wndr3700v1 is now sold (if anyone was interested
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 05:03, Zulfiqar Naushad<[email protected]>
wrote:
Yeah. This router excels at multi tasking big time. I also enjoy the
fast
response from it.
The thing slowing me down is my dsl. Not my router.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 2, 2011, at 6:05 PM, Francisco Tapia<[email protected]>
wrote:
I figured out a workaround on the USB issue, my drive is an EXT
formatted
drive 2TB WD drive, I plugged in an EXT2 formatted flash drive and
I was
immediately able to copy files to and from the USB drive partition
from
the
N56U... so I'm not sure what format my WNDR3700 router previously
formatted
the drive as, but for now this will work fine, I've started migrating
files
off of the USB drive towards my backup NAS and will be moving them
back
against the Asus Router..
as for throughput, it is very awesome, the kids enjoy watching
streaming
TV
shows and I am so surprised how fast things like YouTube are loading,
which
used to drag on if I was running large data transfers on my own
network.
===
In other news:
up for sale: WNDR3700v1 NetGear N600 :) it's not a bad device, just
no
DLNA support at the current firmware (maybe there it will be
re-added).
Yes it's DualBand and yes it's pretty awesome, I just didn't know
there
existed Awesome(er?)
===
-Francisco
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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 05:20, Zulfiqar Naushad<[email protected]>
wrote:
How's the router after some testing and usage? Did you get that USB
issue
resolved?
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 1, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Francisco Tapia<[email protected]>
wrote:
Ok,
I picked up the Black Diamond RT-N56U router last night, it works
pretty
awesome, though with limited testing. After setting up wifi and
plugging
in my USB drive, everything looked great, I tested the DLNA and was
streaming 2 Videos w/o lag!
I even updated the firmware to the latest 7f, but now for the odd
part.
I
visit the advance tab and click on usb application then network
neighborhood and I want to share w/o uid's because when I enable
the
share
by uid, it separates each folder into it's own share, I thought
that
would
be fine but it sucks because I tried migrating some folders over,
and
that's when I discovered that I can't share. apparently
RT-N56U\nobody
doesn't have any access rights to the damn folders! wtf!!
performance?
DLNA streamed really well and even where I used to have less 5ghz
signal
with my wndr3700v1, I have almost full bars on the rt-n56u. It's
kind
of
awesome. My internet speeds are through the roof!
1) Throughput - Yes, it's as good as they say (though I still need
to
run
my personal benchmarks)
2) Signal - Yes, it's as good as they say, 5ghz is strong
throughout
the
house, tonight I'll test the airport express ap
3) DLNA - nice to get this guy back
4) USB sharing - NOT a quick and easy result, at least not yet,
maybe I
need to re-format and start over?
-Francisco
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:38, Steve Tomporowski<
[email protected]>
wrote:
I've got the V2 where they broke the DNS server communication. I
have
to
put all computers on static addresses for DNS. On Auto, the
WNDR3700v2
times out every 12 minutes, then you have to wait a couple of
minutes
for
it to find the servers again. A hassle.
Steve
On 11/30/2011 12:15 PM, Francisco Tapia wrote:
I have the WNDR3700 V1 has hiccuped but less than any other
router I
owned
before it, I am liking the personal review here on the ASUS
router
though,
I just might run down to Fry's at lunch to pick one up!
my WNDR3700's 5ghz network is awesome, I live in a 2 story home
and I
get
good reception everywhere, with most products except my older
apple
express
that I used as an access point. Recently I upgraded my firmware
after
getting some frequent hiccups with my 2tb drive. I stupidly
upgraded
to
firmware 1.0.16.98 and now, while my USB woes are gone, I no
longer
have
DLNA... and just when I was getting used to my Galaxy S... :-/
-Francisco
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On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 13:36, Steve Tomporowski<
[email protected]
**>
wrote:
Yep, bought a WNDR3700 V2 and have regretted it. The latest
firmware
breaks the DNS, so you have to enter the DNS servers manually
onto
each
computer. Not Recommended. Also, the 5GHz only works when the
computers
are in the same room. Move them 20 feet apart, and it's flaky.
Steve
On 10/3/2011 1:18 PM, Rich Kim wrote:
Agreed. Running a couple of WRT54GL with DD-WRT. Bridged on
several
floors.
I fear when this thing dies.
Aside from the USB 3.0, from the various reviews and such I've
read
about,
the WNDR3700 Version 1 seems to be the cream of the crop. The
V2
seems
to
have broken the 5Ghz range, then the 4000 broke the 2.4Ghz
range,
and
the
4500 is about the same. I'm keeping my WNDR3700 V1 until that
dies.
-Rich
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I really miss my old WRT54GL with Tomato Firmware. That thing
was
a
beast.
Only problem is that I need Wireless N since I stream a lot of
HD
content.
Is there anything I can do to go back to that router but have
Wireless
N?
Maybe an Access Point?
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Naushad, Zulfiqar<
[email protected]> wrote:
I also had the WNDR3700 but it gave me incessant issues. I'm a
heavy
torrenter and the router would hang daily.
I've had good luck with this router:
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Best Regards,
Zulfiqar Naushad
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While I'm not unhappy with my netgear WNDR3700, I'm wondering
if
the
WNDR4500 is the one to have now to get the best 2.4/5GHz
coverage
and
for the supposedly faster DLNA via the 2 USB 3.0 ports.
Is this a worthy upgrade from the WNDR3700? Note that since I
stream
my
media over a 1Gbit network, I don't need this for streaming.
But
backing up various machines over the network would be
worthwhile.
Also,
having a better signal downstairs on the other end of the
house
(relative to the router location) would be plus for tablets,
phones,
and
laptops.
