I've got 3-4 computers on the wireless, an iPad, and maybe 2-3 other portable 
devices on the on average.

Just read about this: 
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/21/apple_working_to_adopt_80211ac_5g_gigabit_wifi_this_year_.html

Neat.

Scott

On Jan 20, 2012, at 4:05 AM, Zulfiqar Naushad wrote:

> How many clients connect to you ap?  How many devices?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jan 20, 2012, at 1:14 AM, Scott Sipe <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>> 

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