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Anyone have a ASUS RT-AC66u router?
« on: December 02, 2012, 07:10:55 pm »
Just grabbed one of these, it's a great bit of kit, with fantastic wireless coverage, however when I connect a USB device, if that be a NAS / Printer or plain HDD Dock... the connection gets really flaky, with constant dropouts.

Just wondering whether anyone else had this router with or without the same problem..

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Re: Anyone have a ASUS RT-AC66u router?
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2012, 07:38:42 pm »
I don't have this router but is it using the latest available firmware?
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Re: Anyone have a ASUS RT-AC66u router?
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2012, 10:08:38 pm »
Cheers, yes the FW is up to date... Conincidentally, I only get around 14MB/s from wired 1Gbps desktop to router to USB HDD Dock; I thought I would be getting double that.

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Re: Anyone have a ASUS RT-AC66u router?
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2012, 12:18:24 am »
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Re: Anyone have a ASUS RT-AC66u router?
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2012, 12:49:59 pm »
It's started getting a lot better recently -- I think it may have something to do with the modem (DGN3500) or the ISP.

May look for an ASUS modem to pair with it... should have grabbed the N modem router in hindsight... the range on this is awesome though, covers as much area as I was able to with 2 wifi/modem routers before hand.