Hi Everyone,
New here. I am a sys admin by day and wireless tinkerer by night
I bought an Asus RT-N66U last night to replace my aging Netgear N600. I was hoping, after seeing the test results for the N66U on SNB that the N66U would help me pull down a little bit faster data rates in the 2.4GHz range.
I tested my N600 before I unplugged it using my macbook pro which has the 3x3 airport extreme nic in it and pulled down an average of 14.9Mbps (N600 was actually set to auto channel at this point and 20Mhz). I use testmy.net for testing because I like that it's not flash and actually transfers large files.
Then I unplugged the N600 and setup the N66U. I actually set the N66U to channel 6 and 20Mhz and couldn't manage more than about 10.5Mbps down. I messed with the channels and 40Mhz and ultimately settled on channel 8 and the 20Mhz (I live in an apartment complex and didn't really want to use 40Mhz anyways). On those settings I was able to get up to about 13Mbps. Still well below the N600 which was getting 14.9Mbps avg. I also used inSSIDer to check out the wifi neighborhood and that's how I ended up deciding to settle on channel 8 (saw it's overlap was actually in between many of the other wifi networks in the apartment complex).
I was really excited about the N66U but, now I'm kind of bummed my old router is out performing the newer one. All these tests were done with my laptop about 5ft from the router, at the same level and it being the only client connected to the network. Signal strength was great and there were no obstructions between the router and the laptop.
Any help or ideas with what might be going on or what I could change and test again would be great. I'm hoping I'm really just a dummy and forgot to do or try something so I can really give the N66U a fair shakedown.
Thanks all!
New here. I am a sys admin by day and wireless tinkerer by night
I bought an Asus RT-N66U last night to replace my aging Netgear N600. I was hoping, after seeing the test results for the N66U on SNB that the N66U would help me pull down a little bit faster data rates in the 2.4GHz range.
I tested my N600 before I unplugged it using my macbook pro which has the 3x3 airport extreme nic in it and pulled down an average of 14.9Mbps (N600 was actually set to auto channel at this point and 20Mhz). I use testmy.net for testing because I like that it's not flash and actually transfers large files.
Then I unplugged the N600 and setup the N66U. I actually set the N66U to channel 6 and 20Mhz and couldn't manage more than about 10.5Mbps down. I messed with the channels and 40Mhz and ultimately settled on channel 8 and the 20Mhz (I live in an apartment complex and didn't really want to use 40Mhz anyways). On those settings I was able to get up to about 13Mbps. Still well below the N600 which was getting 14.9Mbps avg. I also used inSSIDer to check out the wifi neighborhood and that's how I ended up deciding to settle on channel 8 (saw it's overlap was actually in between many of the other wifi networks in the apartment complex).
I was really excited about the N66U but, now I'm kind of bummed my old router is out performing the newer one. All these tests were done with my laptop about 5ft from the router, at the same level and it being the only client connected to the network. Signal strength was great and there were no obstructions between the router and the laptop.
Any help or ideas with what might be going on or what I could change and test again would be great. I'm hoping I'm really just a dummy and forgot to do or try something so I can really give the N66U a fair shakedown.
Thanks all!
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