I've got a 5-6 year old WRT54GS running Tomato firmware. I don't run anything wired. Yeah, I'm still at G, but the only streaming I do is over the internet. My connect is 10mbps down, 1mbps up, so I'm connection limited. It's very solid--have to reboot it maybe every 3-4 months.
Would I get anything out of an upgrade? Scott On Jan 19, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Francisco Tapia wrote: > Like Z I can attest to that! Especially because my previous router was the > Netgear wndr3700v1, I loved that router because I was also using it as a > NAS, I had a 2TB drive plugged into it and it was running really well until > the drive began to fill up I still had 500gb left but for some reason the > drive would no longer list my file contents and > would repeatedly disconnect. like you I also stream a lot of files on my > network and the key thing that I noticed after the latest firmware update > which did fix my usb drive disconnecting, suddenly killed DLNA. :(, I > restored to the previous firmware and then it was a toss up if I would just > point my videos off a computer or off the router. While I had been happy > with my netgear, I had not had anything else to compare it to since it was > better than my previous trendnet and that was better than my previous > router as well. The thing was that if I was streaming I normally didn't > also transfer files, but we had gotten so used to using our iPads and > AppleTV for streaming that they were starting to be in use most of the time > and if I even started to transfer a file over 1gb, then videos would begin > to drop frames. > > I switched to the Asus in the last router thread we had here. (about the > end of december) I have been more than pleased with this router. It > allows me to stream, not one, but multiple streams at once (2x iPads and a > straight DLNA stream) of hd video, I am still able to push large > files across the network while streaming. I am very happy with the current > results. > > My biggest problem was that I needed to re-format my external hdd so that > the Asus router could still get read-write access to my files. needless to > say, there were many TB of data being shuffled around... > > -Francisco > http://bit.ly/sqlthis | Tsql and More... > <http://db.tt/JeXURAx> > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 07:33, Anthony Q. Martin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Duncan, >> >> I think that is total throughtput that router can handle (A gigabit router >> should mean 1000Mbps, definitely not possible over wirelss). I found this: >> >> Throughput >> >> Throughput is a measure of how fast data flows through the router. The >> test sends data from computer to computer, measures how much time it takes, >> and calculates the result in Mbps (Megabits per second). >> >> So based on the numbers I seriously doubt it is wifi operation. I'm >> streaming blu-ray in here and I want all I can get all the time through my >> router. I frequently move big files over my network. >> >> >> On 1/19/2012 10:15 AM, DSinc wrote: >> >>> Anthony, >>> Can I suppose that this 'total throughput' value is stilted toward WIFI >>> operation? >>> >>> Like you, I sort of got disappointed when I see the current ASUS rated >>> 1268.6 and >>> my own DLink rated 255.8. >>> >>> But then, I only do wired network ops. And, my router's rated value is >>> still 5x faster/greater >>> than the 50Mbps speed for my FIOS connection. So, I guess my router is >>> mostly loafing along >>> ATM. Somehow I think I am missing something..... :) >>> Duncan >>> >>> >>> On 01/19/2012 09:56, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: >>> >>>> Is there any word on when the new Asus will street? I'm going to wait >>>> for a review and user feedback before I buy. >>>> >>>> I did hear that Netgear has some good networking stuff streeting too. >>>> >>>> On 1/19/2012 9:48 AM, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yes, the 56U is too good to be true. Amazing how Asus, a relatively >>>>> unknown networking company, has put out one of the best routers of 2011. >>>>> They look to repeat this in 2012 also!! >>>>> >>>>> Amazing!! Stinksys has really gone down the drain. My friend bought >>>>> their >>>>> latest and greatest and it really blows donkey nards!! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Anthony Q. Martin<[email protected]> >>>>> **wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I don't recall seeing a link to this here, so I'm posting it: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.smallnetbuilder.****com/lanwan/router-charts/bar/*** >>>>>> *76-total-simul<http://www.**smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/** >>>>>> router-charts/bar/76-total-**simul<http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/bar/76-total-simul>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Pretty compelling...I didn't realize my Netgear 3700 was sucking so >>>>>> much >>>>>> hind tit! It's been rock stable over the past year even though the usb >>>>>> sharing is too slow to use. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>
