Dumb question, is Tomato only for people who need better performance, or is it good for even dummies? Just wondering if the N66U works fine with the stock program for your everyday Joe.
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steen wrote: ↑RT-N56U for $50 is a decent deal. A lot of the same features as the RT-N66U and benchmarks well except it has internal antennas and a different chipset. No DD-WRT/Tomato/Asuswrt but there is Padavan firmware available: http://code.google.com/p/rt-n56u/
http://www.nmicrovip.ca/asus-ultra-thin ... furbished/
How's the N56U compare to N66U in signal power without the antennas? I'm living in a pretty congested apartment building so that's an issue. Tho having 5 GHz band will certainly solve (at least partial) that problem since most ppl are still on 2.4.
Aug 26th, 2013 12:26 am
http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/asus-rt ... 985-2.html
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3rd party FW does not always improve performance, it is mainly for more control, extra features, and to be able to see more of how it's working (like adding switches and gauges to a car).
Aug 26th, 2013 9:47 am
+1, the N66 community probably uses stock>Merlin>Tomato>DDWRTLumber-jack wrote: ↑I would suggest using Merlin firmware instead of Tomato or dd-WRT if you don't specifically need the later two. It gives you the best of both worlds (stock and aftermarket) when it comes to firmware and you don't get lost in the settings.
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Flawless with ooma, I rebooted the ooma box once after a power outage unrelated to the router.
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Aug 27th, 2013 8:38 am
Who is your internet provider and what are your speeds? I could never get QOS to run properly on my N66U, mainly b/c i still don't really know what i'm doing or how to do it correctly so i just leave it off. If a phone call comes in, I make sure file transfers are off. I'm with distributel 28/0.5.AncasterRFD wrote: ↑Flawless with ooma, I rebooted the ooma box once after a power outage unrelated to the router.
Maybe this will help you or others setting up QoS:
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Aug 27th, 2013 9:25 am
START cable because I'm in Cogeco land (I don't have a >5M option for dsl).d_source wrote: ↑Who is your internet provider and what are your speeds? I could never get QOS to run properly on my N66U, mainly b/c i still don't really know what i'm doing or how to do it correctly so i just leave it off. If a phone call comes in, I make sure file transfers are off. I'm with distributel 28/0.5.
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