ASUS RT-N66U vs Linksys E4200. Which router to choose?

buxley2012-07-16 10:50:02

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buxley, 2012-07-16 10:50:02

I choose a router for the house. Available: Internet 50 Mbps, a couple of computers, ipad, iphone ... The old linksys can not cope: no more than 30 Mbps over the wire, even less over wi-fi. From time to time, torrents are downloaded, usually just surfing the net and working. In the future, it may be necessary to connect a hard drive to the router and use it to download and watch movies on a TV. The fewer wires involved, the better.

Candidates:

ASUS RT-N66U
Linksys E4200

Outwardly, I like linksys more, but they write about it that the speed of working with an external drive could be better.

I'm not a fan of digging into pieces of iron, tuning, flashing and reflashing. I want to set it up once and forget about its existence. On the other hand, since the router is not cheap and, presumably, will work for several years, I want to have a reserve for the future.

Which router would you choose and why?

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8 answer(s)

ash_kgd, 2012-07-16
@ash_kgd

Choose Linksys - you won't regret it, although it's an inconvenient interface, once you set it up and there are no problems. The company is still under Cisco's wing.
At the price, there is practically no difference between the routers. More stable in operation.
As for the security of information, the guys at Linksys did a great job!

xandr0s, 2012-07-16
@xandr0s

Asus somehow looks better or something ... Three external antennas, removable. If the signal level is insufficient, it can be replaced. He has 2 usb inputs - in one external tin, in another printer. Well, for the price, it seems to win. At the classic of the genre wl500gp2. If I change, then only for Asus.

rusmikev, 2012-07-16
@rusmikev

Asus is smarter as a router, the situation is better with alternative firmware and functionality on the original firmware, Linxis is one of the leaders in terms of write speed to a device connected via usb.

AxisPod, 2012-07-16
@AxisPod

Linksys, if you need to work with screws, think about NAS. And it’s better to act in the style of a habrauser, find a box, take a mother with 2 network cards, 4 sat mini-itx ports with an atom and build your own mega us. And to fasten a switch cheap.

asm0dey, 2012-07-16
@asm0dey

In the same conditions, I took myself a TP-LINK 1043ND. I am very pleased, sometimes I download torrents at 6 meters per second (not to be confused with megabits), while the Internet works.

----, 2012-07-16
@stalkerxxl

take Asus
, then install the Tomato firmware (tomatousb.ru) - you will be pleasantly surprised by the functionality!
I have an RT-N 16 with a tomato - I have been satisfied for a whole year ...

Denis Ineshin, 2012-07-16
@IonDen

Lynksys for sure. Not so long ago I took one for myself, it works perfectly, all the settings are perfectly done, you don’t need to reflash or understand anything. The best powerful router for the lazy.

Denis Minaev, 2012-07-16
@n000b

Internet 50 Mbps
If we are talking about 50 Mbps via L2TP , then forget about 50 Mbps.
There are a lot of posts on this topic, I stuck it myself.
I can’t find the table now, but there only 1 GHz CPU is needed for L2TP.
Here is a summary table
supportforums.cisco.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/3269871-78681/white_paper_c11_595485.pdf
from ciscos, but it clearly shows how the bandwidth from the functions involved falls. You can compare hardware by CPU and cost.
I don’t know how it is with Tomato, it’s not for everything,
but on DD-WRT on the E4200 it doesn’t even smell like 30 Mbps,
even with disabled firewalls and firewalls.