ASUS RT-N66U - my review

[darksamus]

needless to say im gonna be doing some reading up on tomato firmwares.

Do they support DLNA and network drive functionality?

That's pretty much all im interested in becides routing performance.

where can i do some reading on the firmware for this router specifically?

It has support for DNLA, USB, USB 3g modem and more..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato_(firmware)

 

[though]

What'is the latest build of TomatoFirmware?
Is stable?
Problem with this firmware?
Tnk's

rock solid stable, yes.

http://www.4shared.com/get/6_zi38k9/tomato-K26USB-12804952MIPSR2-T.html

 

[though]

Is there an stable release with VPN Server (PPTP)? I think I will give it a try.

VPN release:

http://www.4shared.com/get/SAmpnPSc/tomato-K26USB-12804952MIPSR2-T.html

 

[darksamus]

Dark,
What were the problems with the V084 build you spoke of? thanks.

ArCan mention something about missing some menu options in V084.

 

[Lucinda]

Again, why you still using stock firmware if it haves a lot of bugs here... ?

I understand you are a big fan of that third party firmware but some people want to use the asus firmware.

If they want to use a third party firmware like you then the option is out there.

The main point here is the router should work out of the box. The customer should not have to search how to get around a broken firmware on first boot. Tech savy people like I'm sure will have no problems but for an average user that is not the case.

Of course any new technology has problems but this router is pretty bad at the moment. There are routers out there that are half the price and it works! A $200.00 router should give very little problems.

 

[though]

A $200.00 router should give very little problems.

ya this makes zero sense. there are $30,000 piles of *&^% cars out there. you would think they would just work too.

 

[darksamus]

VPN release:

http://www.4shared.com/get/SAmpnPSc/tomato-K26USB-12804952MIPSR2-T.html

Tomato only has OpenVPN, not PPTP.

 

[Greg_Elite]

ya this makes zero sense. there are $30,000 piles of *&^% cars out there. you would think they would just work too.

No I have to agree with the OP. A $200 should provide you with 0 problems.

 

[though]

No I have to agree with the OP. A $200 should provide you with 0 problems.

"should" and "reality" are on opposite ends, unfortunately.

 

[BailA]

Tomato only has OpenVPN, not PPTP.

It's possible to connect with my Smartphone Android(galaxy s2)?

 

[darksamus]

It's possible to connect with my Smartphone Android(galaxy s2)?

You have the same phone as me, so no. It does not support OpenVPN. You can install PPTP VPN on the router by installing a service call optware. There is no GUI to configure the PPTP VPN, it has to be done via CLI.

 

[dejanh]

I flashed the newest 3.0.0.3.96 firmware and so far I have to say that I have no issues with it. I flashed the firmware through Firefox (flash did not work correctly from IE) and rebooted the router after the flash completed. I did not try mucking around with any new settings like the transmitter because my router was set up a certain way and settings were all saved post update. DLNA seems to be working better so far, but I have to validate it further. I am now able to use an NTFS formatted drive for DLNA and the multimedia indexing seems to be happening on the fly correctly. I will report back with more results when I get a chance to test things further in the next few days.

I did notice that my wireless devices seem to acquire the connection with one bar less than usual (signal is slightly weaker). I wonder if this is something that can be corrected by messing with the transmitter power settings. I guess I need to try this as well.

 

[BailA]

You have the same phone as me, so no. It does not support OpenVPN. You can install PPTP VPN on the router by installing a service call optware. There is no GUI to configure the PPTP VPN, it has to be done via CLI.

Have a guide or wiki to install this?
TNk's again

 

[darksamus]

Have a guide or wiki to install this?
TNk's again

http://tomatousb.org/tut:configuring-a-pptp-vpn

 

[BailA]

The Bandwidth Limiter - QOS dont work,i have set my firmware tomato:

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/8782/qos.png

When use another pc the bandwitch of pc with ip 10.0.0.3 does not decrease...Why?

 

[Gitsum]

For as much hype, hooplah and attention this router is getting, it sounding like a buggy beta test.
The Linksys E4200V2 has twice as fast of a CPU and would have much more potential, I would think but not many people seem to give it much thought.

 

[mrcom]

Try going into (LAN) (SWITCH CONTROL) and set (DISABLE H/W ACCELERATOR) to (YES). This is supposed to be a temperary fix, but it works. Hopefully they will really fix it soon.

Hope that works for you...

Thanks...

Hi thanks for the tip but it doesn`t work not in this newer firmware.
But from another computer on the internet say my uncles computer it`s no problem using the dns name to connect to my network so its just from inside localy the dns name crashes the router.
best regards Mrcom

 

[KidKB]

My RT-66NU is giving me major problems. After upgrading to the latest firmware I lost internet connectivity and also can't connect to the router via web or the asus utility, the lights for the wireless networks are not lit up either. When I plug the router into my laptop via LAN port it doesn't connect either. I'm at a total loss...I can't restore the firmware because the router isn't in recovery mode and apparently won't go into recovery mode unless the firmware didn't install correctly.

Any ideas?

 

[though]

For as much hype, hooplah and attention this router is getting, it sounding like a buggy beta test.
The Linksys E4200V2 has twice as fast of a CPU and would have much more potential, I would think but not many people seem to give it much thought.

a lot of people (i for one) need the external antennas. this is a nice step up from the N16 (in theory)

 

[tonytoronto]

My RT-66NU is giving me major problems. After upgrading to the latest firmware I lost internet connectivity and also can't connect to the router via web or the asus utility, the lights for the wireless networks are not lit up either. When I plug the router into my laptop via LAN port it doesn't connect either. I'm at a total loss...I can't restore the firmware because the router isn't in recovery mode and apparently won't go into recovery mode unless the firmware didn't install correctly.

Any ideas?

try removing power from it few minutes, if that doesn't work, theres a small reset button in the back, press and hold. i held mine for maybe 30 seconds, you will see the power led goes out and starts flashing again, let go at that point.
if that fails, theres a way to put it into recovery, hold said button and turning power back on. procedure owners manual, you should be able to load firmware than, at this point stick with .90
hope it helps