New Asus RT-N16 Router

[wpte]

too good to be true, any word on the wireless output?
Would it be any better than my buffalo Whr HP g54?

if you have draft-n devices for sure it would be better
I have no problem reaching 7 to 10 MB/s with my eee pc

[though]

i run a WDS system with 2 buildings that are about 2 blocks away from each other. i currently am using 2 buffalo routers with external antennas plugged in and it works flawlessly.

i see this has 3 antennas so would there be any problems plugging the external antenna into 1 of the antenna jacks only on each end? why are there 3 and would there be any problems if i do it this way?

thanks

[wpte]

i run a WDS system with 2 buildings that are about 2 blocks away from each other. i currently am using 2 buffalo routers with external antennas plugged in and it works flawlessly.

i see this has 3 antennas so would there be any problems plugging the external antenna into 1 of the antenna jacks only on each end? why are there 3 and would there be any problems if i do it this way?

thanks

no that wouldn't work properly...
the 3 antenna's are there for MIMO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO)

Multi Input Multi Output
basicly this means the data is split over the 3 antenna's to optimize data flow and link quality (not talking about signal strength here).
So if you are using different antenna's than the normal ones, you should replace all of them to optimize the mimo.

I'm not sure how big the coverage must be and if any other wireless client uses the connection? but you're probably using some dish like antenna (point to point).
if they are multi directional (like the ones included) there shouldn't be a problem I guess
N networks generally have a bigger coverage than G networks btw.
so 3 the same antenna's is the best

[though]

"wouldn't work properly" ??

packet loss? slower speeds? what do you mean by not work properly. i have 2 directional high gain antennas that deliver a solid signal from the 2 points, but like i said, only 1 antenna on each end, not 3.

no that wouldn't work properly...
the 3 antenna's are there for MIMO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO)

Multi Input Multi Output
basicly this means the data is split over the 3 antenna's to optimize data flow and link quality (not talking about signal strength here).
So if you are using different antenna's than the normal ones, you should replace all of them to optimize the mimo.

I'm not sure how big the coverage must be and if any other wireless client uses the connection? but you're probably using some dish like antenna (point to point).
if they are multi directional (like the ones included) there shouldn't be a problem I guess
N networks generally have a bigger coverage than G networks btw.
so 3 the same antenna's is the best

[wpte]

"wouldn't work properly" ??

packet loss? slower speeds? what do you mean by not work properly. i have 2 directional high gain antennas that deliver a solid signal from the 2 points, but like i said, only 1 antenna on each end, not 3.

yes packet loss and thus lower speeds.
so you're going to need 3 directional antenna's on both side

[though]

damn, was hoping it would be like the linksys wrt54gl where there are 2 antennas, but it only ACTUALLY uses 1 at a time (diversity)

[Omega]

no that wouldn't work properly...
the 3 antenna's are there for MIMO
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO)

basicly this means the data is split over the 3 antenna's to optimize
data flow and link quality (not talking about signal strength here).

N networks generally have a bigger coverage than G networks btw.
so 3 the same antenna's is the best

However, Asus RT-N16 only works on 2.4 Ghz (2TX/2RX MIMO)
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New foto Asus RT-N16

[hggomes]

I've noticed my second RT-N16 is like "Omega" model REV 1.2
Really nice pictures, thanks

I've got the "same" SAMSUNG chips in two DDR2 modules, these are 16 x 128MB (2GB) and the other 8 x 256MB (2GB).

http://www.datasheetdir.com/K4N51163QZ-HC25+DDR2-SDRAM

I'm really thinking to do it just i did with GP's and W's @128MB mod
Is it to soon to @256MB or @512MB mod?

[wpte]

I'm really thinking to do it just i did with GP's and W's @128MB mod
Is it to soon to @256MB or @512MB mod?

would you need so much ram? I got quite a few programs running and with 128mb ram I could easily fit everything on it without having swap activated

[hggomes]

would you need so much ram? I got quite a few programs running and with 128mb ram I could easily fit everything on it without having swap activated

MySql and Proxy Server, it's never alot

Which are the "quite a few programs" you mean without using swap?

[wpte]

MySql and Proxy Server, it's never alot

Which are the "quite a few programs" you mean without using swap?

nah I run quite a bit more than that really

mysql
php
lighttpd
php-httpd
xinetd
optware samba
oleg vsftp
rtorrent
squid
openvpn
cron
openssh
transmission
ushare
twonky media server
svn server

now and then I compile some stuff, usually taking up 40mb of ram, together with these programs it just stays below 100mb ram

[hggomes]

nah I run quite a bit more than that really

nah I run quite a bit more than that really

Quote:
mysql
php
lighttpd
php-httpd
xinetd
optware samba
oleg vsftp
rtorrent
squid
openvpn
cron
openssh
transmission
ushare
twonky media server
svn server

now and then I compile some stuff, usually taking up 40mb of ram, together with these programs it just stays below 100mb ram

That's really weird, i dont use so many services and i only have 10mb free or less, show me "ps" command please, that way i can understand why your services use so few memory.

total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 127400 124860 2540 0 77440 20412
-/+ buffers/cache: 27008 100392
Swap: 2851508 22128 2829380

Maybe that's because i use a large MySQL database and i increased to the double my PHP memory and SQUID cache.

[wpte]

That's really weird, i dont use so many services and i only have 10mb free or less, show me "ps" command please, that way i can understand why your services use so few memory.

total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 127400 124860 2540 0 77440 20412
-/+ buffers/cache: 27008 100392
Swap: 2851508 22128 2829380

Maybe that's because i use a large MySQL database and i increased to the double my PHP memory and SQUID cache.

large databases shouldn't really give you a higher memory usage... only when you set the mysql buffers higher. on a normal pc they are set to take up like 128-512mb ram or something, since ram reads quite a lot faster
so when it's going to end up at the harddrive anyway (swap) why bother putting the buffers high

php memory obvious...
squid cache... not that much I guess.

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:         29960      29200        760          0       1620       6968
-/+ buffers/cache:      20612       9348
Swap:       522072      28220     493852 

something like 57MB, not too bad I guess

[Gingernut]

system type             : Broadcom BCM4716 chip rev 1
processor		: 0
cpu model		: MIPS 74K V4.0
BogoMIPS                : 238.59
wait instruction	: no
microsecond timers	: yes
tlb_entries		: 64
extra interrupt vector	: no
hardware watchpoint	: yes
ASEs implemented	: mips16 dsp
VCED exceptions		: not available
VCEI exceptions		: not available

unaligned_instructions	: 2
dcache hits		: 2147483648
dcache misses		: 3169071359
icache hits		: 2147483648
icache misses		: 4277460892
instructions		: 2147483648

Does anybody know why the processor speed is at 238.59MHz and not at 533MHz?

Is Asus downclocking or restricting the speed or is the speed just not measured correctly?

And why is it reporting a BCM4716 and not a BCM4718 as I've opened mine and it definitely is a BCM4718 under the heatsink?

[avberk]

MIPS =Million instructions per second. This tells you how many instructions the processor can handle per second.

Mhz is just a frequency. If the frequency is higher the number of instructions will also rise, but only MIPS tells you the true capabilities of the processor.

BCM4716??
Could be the program you are using to detect the chip is too old and therefor is not aware of the newer chip. Try a different program perhaps.