So I got my RT-N66U yesterday - upgraded from a NetGear WNDR3300. I was always asking myself why I was never able to achieve anything above 20 Mbits even when my Xfinity service provided 50mbits - well, question solved. This unit is a demon beast - I love it.
I run an Asus ROG G74SX-A1 - so the only probably I have now is that my current Atheros WLAN card can't see the 5Ghz signal, although my other computers can.
Nevertheless, from some initial tests, I've determined that the 5Ghz signal does produce a faster Download from the same location (about 7 meters away, with a wall in between) at a rate of about 44 Mbit/dl, but the upload averages about 15mbits (when I can usually push around 20). With the 2.4 Ghz signal, I get about 40-45 mbits (not consistently high though like the 5ghz signal), but with upload, consistently faster 20mbit speeds.
Nevertheless, a much better improvement over my previous router. Furthermore, the signal is indeed stronger inside my condo - whereby I am able to get 5 bars everywhere around me, even in previous areas that yielded no bars.
I did find the Web GUI a mess when setting up, using a Chrome Browser. Ultimately, I had to plug in directly into the unit to set it up, once resetting back to factory settings, and having to constantly change the language to another one in order to apply settings.
Hopefully the new firmware released today solves that.
My last issue however is that I can't seem to access the Web GUI anymore via wifi or wired at 192.168.1.1 - this is the case on all of my computers. Page just continuously loads and loads on a blank white page. If anyone has any thoughts about this - it would be much appreciated. I'm going to wait a bit more before I do a factory reset again - but I was wondering if others experienced the same thing. I threw away that Asus Wireless Utility CD already so I'm not sure if that's something I'm going to need stuff or not. Oh well - any thoughts here on what I can do short of resetting the router and starting all over again?