ASUS RT-N66U Dark Knight Dual-Band Wireless-N900 Gigabit Router Reviewed

[HawkFire]

Asus RT 66...

I am in sort of a conundrum myself. I am very interested in the Asus RT66 and the Apple Extreme 5th Gen. But with the new 802.11 ac standard coming out I am not sure if it is worth it to drop 2 Hamiltons for routers that might become obsolete in a couple of years. I realize the new standard main not become mainstream for a while when the new routers are released by Apple and other manufacturers later this year and the clients catch up...I guess my long winded question is do I buy now or wait?

My current set up is a DIR-655 v.A with no IPv6 support. Dual dual stream will be needed once I get an HDTV later this year. Anyway, anyone else consider getting an 802.11ac router? Thanks for any suggestions. ***** Mods feel free to move if off topic. Thanks.

 

[G37x]

Here is the latest Beta firmware .114 from asus http://www.4shared.com/folder/h9J1MTAx/_online.html
best regards Mrcom

This kind of links makes me stay away from sites like that forever! Pop ups junk spam etc...

 

[G37x]

I am in sort of a conundrum myself. I am very interested in the Asus RT66 and the Apple Extreme 5th Gen. But with the new 802.11 ac standard coming out I am not sure if it is worth it to drop 2 Hamiltons for routers that might become obsolete in a couple of years. I realize the new standard main not become mainstream for a while when the new routers are released by Apple and other manufacturers later this year and the clients catch up...I guess my long winded question is do I buy now or wait?

My current set up is a DIR-655 v.A with no IPv6 support. Dual dual stream will be needed once I get an HDTV later this year. Anyway, anyone else consider getting an 802.11ac router? Thanks for any suggestions. ***** Mods feel free to move if off topic. Thanks.

I have had dir-655 for quite some time, now it's decommissioned. Man this Asus beats the crap out of all. Get it you won't regret. It's like in photography if you keep waiting for the perfect camera you will never take any photos. That new standard is likely to have lots of bugs for a long time...

 

[HawkFire]

Thanks for the advice. The more I read about this router the more I like it. It has some really nice features and straight forward GUI. My router is end of life as well. Thanks again.

 

[mrcom]

This kind of links makes me stay away from sites like that forever! Pop ups junk spam etc...

Happy to please you I agree they are shirt! But hey you at least get the firmware ?
EDIT http://www.tvestjartarna.se/RT-N66U_3.0.0.3_114.trx

 

[G37x]

114 fw

Has anyone tested this fw out yet?

Thanks!

 

[G37x]

Happy to please you I agree they are shirt! But hey you at least get the firmware ?

No I have not...It's asking me to sign up to dl it?

 

[mrcom]

No I have not...It's asking me to sign up to dl it?

You see two files click on the filename RT-N66U_3.0.0.3_114.trx then you come to another page and there you can download it by clicking DOWNLOAD NOW !!!!! It`s not that hard! And you do not have to pay or sign up to download. And yes people have downloaded and flashed with this firmware.
To date 23 downloads have been done. Check the other threads on the forum and there you will see that people has flashed with this one. Sorry for the harch tone but i get annoyed When i post a firmware to be kind and help other users out and i get a not so friendly comment from you!! It`s simple if you don`t like it don`t download it and at the same time don`t mone about it.
EDIT: Here is a direkt link to the file making it easier for you guys http://www.tvestjartarna.se/RT-N66U_3.0.0.3_114.trx

 

[tonytoronto]

i can't seem to download it either, wants me to join, no thanks

 

[mrcom]

i can't seem to download it either, wants me to join, no thanks

Ivè edited with instructions now please read my comment above. You do not have to join or pay just download i just tried it out myself to be sure.
Best regards mrcom

 

[gary8vi]

Has anyone tested this fw out yet?

Thanks!

I was able to get the Asus FTP site to connect and add my chosen domain name.
FW version .96 and .108 were not working for me but with .114 - it connected from AiDisk or WAN - DDNS.

Now I can access an external HD or memory stick connected to the 66u USB port at FTP://mydomain.asuscomm.com

 

[G37x]

You see two files click on the filename RT-N66U_3.0.0.3_114.trx then you come to another page and there you can download it by clicking DOWNLOAD NOW !!!!! It`s not that hard! And you do not have to pay or sign up to download. And yes people have downloaded and flashed with this firmware.
To date 23 downloads have been done. Check the other threads on the forum and there you will see that people has flashed with this one. Sorry for the harch tone but i get annoyed When i post a firmware to be kind and help other users out and i get a not so friendly comment from you!! It`s simple if you don`t like it don`t download it and at the same time don`t mone about it.

Actually you are wrong...This is what you get to:


RT-N66U_3.0.0.3_114.trx (18,676 KB)



You should Sign Up or Login to download this file

 

[mrcom]

Actually you are wrong...This is what you get to:


RT-N66U_3.0.0.3_114.trx (18,676 KB)



You should Sign Up or Login to download this file

ok in that case i will fix another way for you to get it bare with me for a few minutes

 

[mrcom]

ok in that case i will fix another way for you to get it bare with me for a few minutes

http://www.tvestjartarna.se/RT-N66U_3.0.0.3_114.trx

 

[gary8vi]

4Shared

I was able to find the free download version on the 4shared page but they don't make it easy! I'm not exactly sure how I did it but it worked.

They make you download their download manager first that includes a toolbar. Once I downloaded .114 I deleted 4shared from my Programs.

They dropped .114 in My Downloads folder.

 

[tonytoronto]

don't get me wrong, i thank you very much for the upload. I have tried again per your post and still can't download unless i join for free or log in. I understand someone must pay for hosting files and bandwidth, but 4shared just plain sucks. maybe something on my end doesn't allow all the code on they site to run and i cant download.

 

[mrcom]

I was able to find the free download version on the 4shared page but they don't make it easy! I'm not exactly sure how I did it but it worked.

They make you download their download manager first that includes a toolbar. Once I downloaded .114 I deleted 4shared from my Programs.

They dropped .114 in My Downloads folder.

Anyways here is a direkt link http://www.tvestjartarna.se/RT-N66U_3.0.0.3_114.trx hope it makes things easier Best regards Mrcom

 

[G37x]

ok in that case i will fix another way for you to get it bare with me for a few minutes

That's ok man, no hurry..Thanks!

 

[mrcom]

don't get me wrong, i thank you very much for the upload. I have tried again per your post and still can't download unless i join for free or log in. I understand someone must pay for hosting files and bandwidth, but 4shared just plain sucks. maybe something on my end doesn't allow all the code on they site to run and i cant download.

Here you go http://www.tvestjartarna.se/RT-N66U_3.0.0.3_114.trx

 

[mrcom]

Here you go http://www.tvestjartarna.se/RT-N66U_3.0.0.3_114.trx

Is it working ??