FoolishBose
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Hello all,
I was looking to purchase a wireless router to hopefully cover a three story house without the need for a repeater. Fortunately the router can sit in the atrium of the staircase so it has line of sight to the rooms on all the floors. I don't think it matters, but this will be for a 200/100 Mbps fibre line.
I had decided on the Netgear 3700 when this new router by Asus, the RT-N56U, caught my eye. Where I'm from, the Asus router is significantly cheaper than the Netgear one.
However, I know the Asus routers have gotten mixed reviews on the site. The N13 was fairly good, while the performance of the N16 was quite dismal. At first I dismissed the router as more of a display piece than functional equipment, but a couple of reviews have shown this to not be the case.
Anyway, I was hoping someone here either had direct experience or could magically predict whether the performance would be better than that of the N13 or the Netgear 3700 based on the antennas or chipset used. I'm leaning towards the Asus I will let you guys know how it goes if I don't get any advice that steers me away.
Thanks!
I was looking to purchase a wireless router to hopefully cover a three story house without the need for a repeater. Fortunately the router can sit in the atrium of the staircase so it has line of sight to the rooms on all the floors. I don't think it matters, but this will be for a 200/100 Mbps fibre line.
I had decided on the Netgear 3700 when this new router by Asus, the RT-N56U, caught my eye. Where I'm from, the Asus router is significantly cheaper than the Netgear one.
However, I know the Asus routers have gotten mixed reviews on the site. The N13 was fairly good, while the performance of the N16 was quite dismal. At first I dismissed the router as more of a display piece than functional equipment, but a couple of reviews have shown this to not be the case.
Anyway, I was hoping someone here either had direct experience or could magically predict whether the performance would be better than that of the N13 or the Netgear 3700 based on the antennas or chipset used. I'm leaning towards the Asus I will let you guys know how it goes if I don't get any advice that steers me away.
Thanks!
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