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    Stock and Merlin on N66U = terrible performance

    Well, I flashed the newest Merlin FW again, factory reset, and left my modem unplugged overnight. In the morning I plugged everything back in and setup the router again. Averaging 55mbps down and 10 ms pings now. One thing I immediately noticed was the lights on my modem were blue instead of...
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    Stock and Merlin on N66U = terrible performance

    ^^^ Thanks for the insight. I forgot about trace route. And i'll have to try that modem reset thing. Also, does anyone think editing the settings on the router page from a linux box would be causing the problems? In the past I've purchased things where they only played nicely if I...
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    Stock and Merlin on N66U = terrible performance

    If you google "rt-n66u slow" or "rt-n66u poor wifi", you'll see stories similar to mine. With a few specifically referring to the newer FWs being significantly worse than the older .276 FW. So it's definitely not just me... And does it still sound like a hardware problem if the older .276 FW...
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    Stock and Merlin on N66U = terrible performance

    Hey guys, So I just purchased the N66U as I've heard so many great things about it, and I felt like I wasn't getting the best WiFi experience possible with my old router. So I booted it up, did the quick setup, ran some tests, and I was getting like 1mbps of my advertised 50mbps and pings...
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