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. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>
