Fastest / least laggy FW?

I have been trying out the different FW through the 1.5 years.
After failing with BT several times i bought a separate NAS (Dlink DNS-323) that works like a charm in comparison.

SO NOW:
- I am looking for the FW that gives me the best wireless transfer speeds with WPA2 (and I guess AES encryption - since TKIP seems laggy as h.ll with huge dropouts in transfer rates)

Havent tried FW:
- 2.0.0.1 - any better?
- 2.0.0.6 with korean 40MHz? - does that mean more channels open up? If yes that would be helpful to get away from my interfering neightbours that are mostly between channel 1-9.

Would also like to be on the 5GHz band after reading this at Wikipedia:
"To achieve maximum throughput a pure 802.11n 5 GHz network is recommended. The 5 GHz band has substantial capacity due to many non-overlapping radio channels and less radio interference as compared to the 2.4 GHz band"

Is the ASUS WL-500W Bandwith option:
- "Wireless N only" option = 5GHz band
- "Auto" = 2.4 or 5GHz band depending on if i have G,B clients connecting?
The popup help text in FW 1.9.8.9 still seems old and unclear - some seem to reside from the old Wireless G-router


I have Wireless G that i can use for PS3 built into my ADSL modem/router, so no problem to get connection to G separate. The problem is how to access my NAS that is on the Asus wired port - guess i could uplink it though.

Any ideas on FW and clarification of Asus strange naming convention on their "user friendly" names in the WL-5000W :)

Regards
Boogieman

40MHz theoretically should give you higher throughputs when you only have a few clients connecting to the network, otherwise 20MHz is usually more effective:)

I do have to disappoint you that the wl-500w does NOT have 5GHz (802.11a) band, this is usually a 802.11n draft v2 technique. The wl-500w has 802.11n draft v1.
These days 802.11n full version (everything is finally accepted now) is out, there aren't many devices out yet I think, since they just released is a few days ago:p

basicly, the wifi drivers never changed since the first asus FW...
So the most important thing that's going to make your internet faster is the rest of the system. Currently I think the beta firmware from oleg is the fastest, at least, I never got more speed. http://code.google.com/p/wl500g/

According to when i bought the routher they guaranteed the upgrade to final N for free, when it was finalized.
So I hope to see the final version being released soon.
Have asked cust supp and they said it should be up as after final specs are released.

Though I belevie we have to wait until October when the final N spec is publiced
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n-2009

Hope the throughput and the dodgy behaviour is fixed then.
Now I only have to see if the WL-160N adapter works just as fine.
Had a WL-160W before but got it replaced on warranty and instead got the msaller 160N. I beleive that it is probalby not as effective, but hopefully it is more stable than the 160W.

A pity they dont supprt 5GHz. I understood it as though they had both bands built in but you could only be active at one at a time. Odd...

Regards
Boogieman

if what is called
Wireless mode = 802.11 N ONLY
in the router does not indeed open up the 5GHz band.
It does exactly what is said on Wiki - namely:

"To achieve maximum throughput a pure 802.11n 5 GHz network is recommended. The 5 GHz band has substantial capacity due to many non-overlapping radio channels and less radio interference as compared to the 2.4 GHz band.[7] An 802.11n-only network may be impractical for many users because the existing computer stock is predominantly 802.11b/g only"

Have you found the spec for the bands somewhere?
Cant find it on asus site

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Originally Posted by Boogieman

if what is called
Wireless mode = 802.11 N ONLY
in the router does not indeed open up the 5GHz band.
It does exactly what is said on Wiki - namely:

"To achieve maximum throughput a pure 802.11n 5 GHz network is recommended. The 5 GHz band has substantial capacity due to many non-overlapping radio channels and less radio interference as compared to the 2.4 GHz band.[7] An 802.11n-only network may be impractical for many users because the existing computer stock is predominantly 802.11b/g only"

Have you found the spec for the bands somewhere?
Cant find it on asus site

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I'm not sure again what the wlan card type was again, but it definitely does not support 5GHz, as said before, this is a draft-N v1 device.
dual band is quite nice, but it only makes a real difference when there is lots of wireless activity around you.