New Asus RT-N66U Router

[wpte]

I read this on another forum (http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-256301/asus-rt-n76u):
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I contacted Asus support to have more information about the RT-N76u and here is what they told me:
"I got information from sales team that RT-N76U just change the name to RT-N66U ..."
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yes well... they always mentioned a special gaming router... and this looks just like a gaming router
600MHz is good news, hopefully it will actually be clocked at 600MHz and not lower due to stability issues like the RT-N16.

Update:

I think i found it: http://www.broadcom.com/collateral/p...003-PB00-R.pdf or maybe not, this is a Network Processor and not a WLAN.

It could be a Marvell 600Mhz cause Ralink fastest CPU is a RT3883 500Mhz, but lets wait to see it

It's the SOC (system on chip) with central mips core.
So what you get is what you see in the block diagram
so it shows you, just as usual: some different busses and connectors, build in qos and tcam and even 2 VoIP channels.
nothing wired or wireless yet

[hggomes]

That's a little weird from ASUS, RT-N76U => RT-N66U since they already announce it, but it could be. Since RT-N76U was Broadcom chip that means RT-N66U "has to be" Broadcom, i doubt its a real 600MHz cause they're chips are always underclocked so far, but 1GB RAM its really awesome

[wpte]

i doubt its a real 600MHz cause they're chips are always underclocked so far, but 1GB RAM its really awesome

Yes well... as far as you can clock it too 600MHz and it stays stable I'm ok with that
1GB is going to be a difficult upgrade... since they probably use 2 memory chips, so...

[Tamadite]

From Asus press release at CES 2011 (January 7, 2011):

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The RT-N66U dual-band wireless router from ASUS brings to the fore a new generation of super-fast connectivity with up to 450Mbps per band simultaneously.

This makes the RT-N66U the gamer’s choice, ...

...includes hardware NAT to alleviate overall system load by relieving the CPU of background netcode processing.
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[Tamadite]

Look at this (minute 1:14)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH2Ti15B_d0

The specs states 1GB DDR2 RAM and 32MB flash

[wpte]

Look at this (minute 1:14)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH2Ti15B_d0

The specs states 1GB DDR2 RAM and 32MB flash

indeed, if that's actually true, I'm impressed
that means no swap needed

I do wonder why they chose for a 600MHz cpu only. I mean, it's not by far as fast enough to save a file on the disk with 110MB/s

[hggomes]

indeed, if that's actually true, I'm impressed
that means no swap needed

I do wonder why they chose for a 600MHz cpu only. I mean, it's not by far as fast enough to save a file on the disk with 110MB/s

Because that way they can sell a lot of routers instead of one model only

[hggomes]

http://forums.vr-zone.com/networking...ck-knight.html

mine fw ver: 3.0.0.2.52
connect via serial@115200
Quote:
/ # cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 255416 kB
MemFree: 220668 kB
Buffers: 4304 kB
Cached: 13240 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 7748 kB
Inactive: 13348 kB
HighTotal: 131072 kB
HighFree: 109844 kB
LowTotal: 124344 kB
LowFree: 110824 kB
SwapTotal: 0 kB
SwapFree: 0 kB
Dirty: 0 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 3560 kB
Mapped: 3276 kB
Slab: 7984 kB
SReclaimable: 904 kB
SUnreclaim: 7080 kB
PageTables: 376 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 127708 kB
Committed_AS: 9604 kB
VmallocTotal: 1015800 kB
VmallocUsed: 4760 kB
VmallocChunk: 1009088 kB
Quote:
/ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
system type : Broadcom BCM5300 chip rev 1 pkg 0
processor : 0
cpu model : MIPS 74K V4.9
BogoMIPS : 299.82 => ?!!?!?!!
wait instruction : no
microsecond timers : yes
tlb_entries : 64
extra interrupt vector : no
hardware watchpoint : yes
ASEs implemented : mips16 dsp
shadow register sets : 1
VCED exceptions : not available
VCEI exceptions : not available

unaligned_instructions : 2
dcache hits : 2147483648
dcache misses : 4245397407
icache hits : 2147483648
icache misses : 734764798
instructions : 2147483648
Quote:
/ # uname -a
Linux (none) 2.6.22.19 #304 PREEMPT Wed Sep 21 19:18:57 CST 2011 mips GNU/Linux
Quote:
/ # cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name

31 0 256 mtdblock0
31 1 32384 mtdblock1
31 2 18178 mtdblock2
31 3 13184 mtdblock3
31 4 128 mtdblock4
/ # [1:init_main +625] main loop signal/state=14
[1:init_main +932] main loop signal/state=14
[1:init_main +1239] main loop signal/state=14

[hggomes]

I will wait for your bought, after i see the results with USB transfer rate i will decide I just don't want to expend 150-200€ on a router that only transfer more 2-3mb/s than my RT-N16, i don't need 5GHZ wireless so...

Well in reality RT-N66U is just to "play with" because with that money i could buy other ATOM board and transform it in a wireless router

[wpte]

I will wait for your bought, after i see the results with USB transfer rate i will decide I just don't want to expend 150-200€ on a router that only transfer more 2-3mb/s than my RT-N16, i don't need 5GHZ wireless so...

Well in reality RT-N66U is just to "play with" because with that money i could buy other ATOM board and transform it in a wireless router

Yes well... it won't be running oleg the first day I guess. lly and themir0n have started working on it for a few weeks now already tho

true true, get an atom board of 50 euro, get an extra ethernet adapter to hook up to a switch and you're pretty much done.
But, I doubt an atom is able to reach proper wireless speeds. I've an asus 1215n with an atom D525 (the crème de la crème of atoms pretty much) and the pci-e bus to my intel ultimate-n 6300agn card is just too slow, cpu reaches to the top and I'm only able to reach a fraction of the speed I could get with that wireless card
On wired speeds it will be allright for sure but you'll always have the higher energy costs

[hggomes]

http://vr-zone.com/articles/asus-rt-...on-/14242.html

BLUE and NO FAN = Awesome

[wpte]

BLUE and NO FAN = Awesome

I WANT MY FAN BACK!

[hggomes]

FAN? What for? Annoying sounds and extra power consumption? No way
Sorry to tell but this revision its much better :P

[Plazek83]

Asus Germany reply that RT-N66U will be available in November... They also send me a German datasheet, you can see it here:
http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=...hlight=RT-N66U

I will ask them to provide an English datasheet and if I can get it, I will share here...

German Specs:

Hardware Features
Chipsatz Broadcom BCM4706 (600 MHz)
Speicher 256 MB RAM / 32 MB Flash (+ MircoSD Slot zur Aufrüstung)
LAN 4x Gigabit Ethernet
WAN 1x Gigabit Ethernet oder 3G/4G USB Stick
USB Port 2x USB2.0 für externe Festplatte, Drucker, 3G/4G Stick unterstützt bis zu 3A
Antennen 3x extern & 3x intern für 2,4G & 5GHz
Maße 350 x 270 x 150 mm
Aktive Kühlung dezenter Lüfter mit automatischer Steuerung
Schalter An/Aus, Reset und WPS

Wireless Features
Frequenzen Simultan 2.4GHz & 5GHz Datenrate 802.11n (2.4/5GHz): Bis zu 450 Mbits je Band
802.11a/g: Bis zu 54 Mbits
802.11b: Bis zu 11 Mbits
Ausgangsleistung Individuell einstellbar vom Benutzer
802.11n: 17~21 dBm
802.11a/g: 17 ~ 21 dBm
802.11b: Bis zu 23 dBm
Verschlüsselung Unterstützt 64/128-bit WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise
Authentifizierung Wi-Fi geschützte Installation (WPS & PIN)

Software Features
Netzwerk Protokolle Automatische IP, Statische IP, PPPoE (MPPE Unterstützung), PPTP, L2TP, IPv4, IPv6
Dynamische DNS ASUS DDNS, DynDNS, TZO, ZONEEDIT
Firewall NAT und SPI, Einbruchserkennung DoS Schutz, Port Filter, MAC Filter
Zugriffskontrolle Zeitgesteuertes WLAN Modul, MAC Filter, Netzwerkservice Filter, URL Filter
Management Web-basierende Administration Traffic Monitor Leistungstuning
Telnet Server
System Log
Betriebsmodus Router oder Accesspoint Downloadmaster Unterstützt BT, NZB, HTTP, FTP Downloads
- Unterstützt Verschlüsselung, DHT, PEX und Magnet Link
- Upload und Download Bandbreitenkontrolle
- Download Zeitplanung
DLNA Server Bilder: JPEG
Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV, PCM, MP4, LPCM,OGG
Video: ASF, AVI, DIVX, MP2P, MPEG, MPG, TS, VOB, WMV, MKV, MOV
Print Server Unterstützung Multifunktionsgeräte, Drucker und Scanner
File Server Samba Server & FTP Server mit Account Management
VPN Server PPTP VPN Server
Gästenetzwerk Bis zu 3 Gästenetzwerke je Frequenzband mit zeitgesteuerter Zugangskontrolle
Sonstiges Wandhalterung

[wpte]

Thanks for the info Plazek83

I guess an english version is not required, a quick google translate makes it very well readable for anyone

Hardware Features
Broadcom BCM4706 chipset (600 MHz)
Memory 256 MB RAM / 32 MB Flash (+ mircoSD slot for upgrading)
4x LAN Gigabit Ethernet
WAN 1x Gigabit Ethernet or 3G/4G USB flash drive
2x USB2.0 USB port for external hard drive, printer, 3G/4G stick supports up to 3A
3x 3x External & internal antennas for 2.4 G & 5GHz
Dimensions 350 x 270 x 150 mm
Active cooling fan with decent automatic control
Switch On / Off, Reset and WPS

Wireless Features
2.4GHz & 5GHz frequencies simultaneous data rate of 802.11n (2.4/5GHz): Up to 450 Mbits per band
802.11a / g: Up to 54 Mbits
802.11b: Up to 11 Mbits
Individually selectable user output
802.11g: 17 ~ 21 dBm
802.11a / g: 17 ~ 21 dBm
802.11b: Up to 23 dBm
Supports 64/128-bit WEP encryption, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise
Authentication, Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS & PIN)

Software Features
Network Protocols Automatic IP, Static IP, PPPoE (MPPE supported), PPTP, L2TP, IPv4, IPv6
ASUS DDNS Dynamic DNS, DynDNS, TZO, ZoneEdit
NAT and SPI firewall, intrusion detection, DoS protection, port filtering, MAC filtering
Scheduled WLAN access control module, MAC filtering, network service filter, URL filter
Management Web-based administration traffic monitor performance tuning
Telnet Server
System Log
Mode router or access point Supports BT download master, NZB, HTTP, FTP downloads
- Supports encryption, DHT, PEX and Magnet Link
- Upload and download bandwidth control
- Download scheduling
DLNA server images: JPEG
Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV, PCM, MP4, LPCM, OGG
Video: ASF, AVI, DIVX, MP2P, MPEG, MPG, TS, VOB, WMV, MKV, MOV
Print server support multi-function devices, printers and scanners
File Server FTP Server & Samba server with account management
VPN server PPTP VPN server
Guest Network Up to 3 guests per frequency band networks with time-controlled access control
Other Wall Bracket

quite an impressive specs list.
I hope things like guest networks can also be implemented in oleg one day