New Asus RT-N66U Router

[theMIROn]

"During the testing speed performance external hard drive, we are faced with another problem - if the NIC test PC technology enabled Jumbo Frames, the speed of writing to disk is significantly reduced"

jumboframes are just big outgoing packets with MTU > 1500. since wireless interface, bridged with lan ethernet are bridged, router can't receive such oversized frames. so, client OS should negotiate client-router mtu properly.
so, in general, jumbo frames are useful for client-client networking only, but not client-router, especially if there's no 1Gbps upstream link.

[hggomes]

That's it Prognostics about fw?

Merci

[thE_29]

As my router is coming tomorrow, which is the best alternative firmware currently?!

Is it tomato USB? And has that good ipkg/optware support?!

[hggomes]

Yes and yes

http://tomato.groov.pl/index.php?dir...V-EN%2FRT-N66U

I'm using it so far and it's ok, but i will change it once "Oleg" (TheMiron / lly) is ready

[Tamadite]

@ArCan: I also have a QNAP NAS. You should firstly check the transfer speed of the NAS when it is directly connected to the PC via Ethernet. Then you will know the limits of your NAS. Be sure you will not get Gbit speed.

[hggomes]

These are currently the drivers available on last different FW versions:

ASUS Firmware v3.0.0.3.112 - Wireless Controller 5.100.138.20
Tomato Shibby 1.28.0000 v092V AIO - Wireless Controller 5.100.138.9
Tomato Toastman v1.28.0694.2 - Wireless Controller 5.100.138.9
DD-WRT v24 Build 18702 NEWD 2 K2.6 BIG - Wireless Controller 5.100.138.9

[thE_29]

So today i got my Asus RT-N66U and I wonder HOW TO OPEN IT?!

Or is there no micro-SD Slot on the platine?!

[hggomes]

You need to open the unit and remove the screws. Your warranty will void if you damage sticker.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wirel...outer-reviewed

[thE_29]

Yeah, but how to open it?! I dont see any screws..

And is the micro SD Slot accessable via tomato, because in the listed article it is said, that the sd-slot has no function, yet...

[hggomes]

You need to remove the 4 rubbers underneath and yes tomato is working with SD-Slot, try it and you will see it :P

[thE_29]

I removed the 4 rubber-feets and the 4 screws in it, but it is not really opening.. Or do you have to use some force/strength to open it?!

And I damaged the warranty seal.. For what the fuck is Asus announcing a SD-Slot on the platine, when you cannot access it...

Edit: Finaly have it open.. You have to do it with little brute force ;-)

[wpte]

And I damaged the warranty seal..

that's why I love the Netherlands!
the warranty seal is invalid here. you can void it without losing warranty, because our law says so
warranty is only void if clear damage by the user is visible to the actual hardware

many manufacturers try to work around it, and tell people warranty is void... but when you tell them you know that's in fact not true they'll easily accept
not sure how that's in other parts of Europe

[thE_29]

Dunno what the situation is in Austria, but I hope I will never use the warranty..

I have 3 Asus WL500gP and they are running perfectly.. Well every charging unit is dead and replaced with a universal charger, but the router itself has nothing and they are running 24/7..

But the tomatousb optware is not really working so perfect (compared to oleg-firmware).
When I install the bash from optware, it is really slow, I get memory errors with VI and update-alternatives script is not really working..

And the configure script is not able to detect the host and build system.. (well sometimes it is able, but not often..)

[sunfish]

Hello
Please let me know how I should configure the RT-N66U Router to get the highest possible connection speed on my Huawei MediaPad Tablet via Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n). Tia

[ryzhov_al]

But the tomatousb optware is not really working so perfect (compared to oleg-firmware).
When I install the bash from optware, it is really slow, I get memory errors with VI and update-alternatives script is not really working...

Strange. The TomatoUSB uses a DD-WRT optware feed, its firmware independent.

BTW, official RT-N66U firmware uses oleg optware feed! The same as Oleg's or old enthusiasts firmware.