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I purchased an Asus RT-N56U on Ebay to replace my TrendNet N300 running DD-WRT. The Trendnet really was an awesome router, that I've had for over four years now. Running DD-WRT, I never had network disconnects and the wireless signal was sufficient for streaming HD content wirelessly to my raspberry Pi.
The only reason I wanted to upgrade was to dedicate the separate 5 GHz band for my PC serving as a media server. I also wanted to get the wired devices on gigabit.
The N56U has been nothing but a giant headache, and I am now back to using my TrendNet router. I get the same DHCP failure that others have reported from Charter. My Modem is a Motorola Surfboard 6121.
I have seen Merlin suggest on various threads to switch the DHCP from Aggressive to Normal, but in my case this doesn't solve the problem. I basically get terrible performance throughout the day (2 MB/s speed test results on a 30MB connection). On my trendnet router I exceed 30 MB/s often and am usually in the high 20's. So with the Asus I get super slow performance, and each morning when I wake up the WAN link is down and I have to power off the modem for 5 minutes, and then boot it and then power up the router to establish a connection.
These problems have been documented extensively...but my question is has anyone truly found a solution? I have seen various people complaining...and Asus/Merlin implemented the DHCP frequency change, but in my case and others this has not solved the problem.
Is the conclusion that Charter customers should steer away from Asus routers? They seem to be really losing out on a potential market by ignoring these problems. I am frustrated because I either have to sell the router and purchase another, or continue slamming my head against the wall trying to find a solution. Any help would be appreciated, as I'm near the point of giving up.
The only reason I wanted to upgrade was to dedicate the separate 5 GHz band for my PC serving as a media server. I also wanted to get the wired devices on gigabit.
The N56U has been nothing but a giant headache, and I am now back to using my TrendNet router. I get the same DHCP failure that others have reported from Charter. My Modem is a Motorola Surfboard 6121.
I have seen Merlin suggest on various threads to switch the DHCP from Aggressive to Normal, but in my case this doesn't solve the problem. I basically get terrible performance throughout the day (2 MB/s speed test results on a 30MB connection). On my trendnet router I exceed 30 MB/s often and am usually in the high 20's. So with the Asus I get super slow performance, and each morning when I wake up the WAN link is down and I have to power off the modem for 5 minutes, and then boot it and then power up the router to establish a connection.
These problems have been documented extensively...but my question is has anyone truly found a solution? I have seen various people complaining...and Asus/Merlin implemented the DHCP frequency change, but in my case and others this has not solved the problem.
Is the conclusion that Charter customers should steer away from Asus routers? They seem to be really losing out on a potential market by ignoring these problems. I am frustrated because I either have to sell the router and purchase another, or continue slamming my head against the wall trying to find a solution. Any help would be appreciated, as I'm near the point of giving up.
