Any downside to Asus RT-AC1900P from Best Buy?

[L&LD]

Remember the RT-N66U... The upgrade from 5.100 to 5.110 broke a lot of wireless clients from Intel, and the following upgrade to SDK6 (as the "fix") reduced wifi performance, most likely because the hardware wasn't really tuned for the newer SDK (a lot changed between SDK5 and SDK6).

So no, newer is not always better. The SDK has very little to do with security, it's more low-level. Security will become an actual asset once Broadcom decides to finally upgrade the kernel with a new SDK.

I didn't see a 'lot of broken' clients (Intel or otherwise), and the latest firmware is better today than the firmware when it was on SDK 5x for my customers who still have the RT-N66U (and when I had it too).

I smiled when I read your last paragraph. You contradict yourself (even if I think I know what you want to convey).

I agree newer is not always better, initially, but in the long run, it is.

 

[RMerlin]

I didn't see a 'lot of broken' clients (Intel or otherwise)

I do, because I had one of the affected Intel clients at the time.

I smiled when I read your last paragraph. You contradict yourself (even if I think I know what you want to convey).

The point was that Broadcom didn't upgrade the kernel between SDK6.37, SDK7.10 and SDK7.14. So security-wise, there's nothing to be found in these newer SDKs.

 

[Lola]

Ah, those prices are back.

To me, $8 cheaper and twice the router. Looking forward to your impressions on the weekend. Btw, what is your current router?

D-Link DSL-2750B, it's what Verizon sent me to use, at $11.00 per month rental, OUCH! .
I've never set up a real router before but I'll just follow the manual that comes with the AC3100 !

 

[bodean]

Depends on how long is your 'long run'. If you're going to consider the BRT-AC828 in the next few weeks to maximize the Xfinity GbE ISP service you have now, don't do it. If you're going to wait to see (6 months or more, after it is actually released) if the BRT-AC828 is stable enough to consider (and priced right too, of course), then the RT-AC3100 is easily worth the hassle of returning the RT-AC1900P and paying a few dollars more for it now.

So I got bored, exchanged the 1900 for 3100. Came home , left it default settings and upgraded to latest official asus firmware. Speed test over wifi was around 720! On the 1900 it was around 320. Was shocked! Think I'll just leave it alone now and leave the official FW on

 

[L&LD]

So I got bored, exchanged the 1900 for 3100. Came home , left it default settings and upgraded to latest official asus firmware. Speed test over wifi was around 720! On the 1900 it was around 320. Was shocked! Think I'll just leave it alone now and leave the official FW on

Nothing beats cubic inches... Oops! Wrong forum.