Brand new ASUS RT-N66U with poor signal strength – defect unit?

[blowfish]

Dear forum members and RT-N66U owners,


I've got at a brand new ASUS RT-N66U with poor signal strength even as I'm sitting next to it, 2 meters away (6.5 ft) with clear line of sight.

Both bands are around 50% in strength. (Some neighbors (on other channels) networks shows up on about the same strength, through concrete walls and all.)


My question is, did I get a defect unit?

 

[wbennett77]

The first thing I would do is upgrade to Merlins latest firmware 374.41 from herehttp://www.mediafire.com/download/0axfdzkrtxamorx/RT-N66U_3.0.0.4_374.41_0.zip
Once you have done that give this a read: http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=12825

Cheers!

 

[RMerlin]

Dear forum members and RT-N66U owners,


I've got at a brand new ASUS RT-N66U with poor signal strength even as I'm sitting next to it, 2 meters away (6.5 ft) with clear line of sight.

Both bands are around 50% in strength. (Some neighbors (on other channels) networks shows up on about the same strength, through concrete walls and all.)


My question is, did I get a defect unit?

If all settings have been left to default, then this does indeed seem abnormally low. What's your typical RSSI when sitting 2 meters away?