ASUS RT-N16 Gigabit Wireless Router

 

 

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If you upgrade this guy with the tomato firmware, it rocks! Awesome performance and the coverage is perfect for a standard house . Otherwise, it is a regular router.

I got this as a replacement to the WL-520GU.

Decided to give the stock firmware a try. You have to wait forever when making even basic changes and the interface felt heavy and slow. Also had a couple odd internet disconnects.

I could not get the 300mbps on two separate laptops with N adapters. Highest I got was 144mbps no matter what I did to either the adapter settings or router settings. I gave it my best try to get 300mbps but neither adapter would get 300mbps.

So I flashed the router with Tomato USB which I have run in the past. What a difference! Router has been completely stable since and the best part, both computers with N-adapters instantly got a 300mbps connection!!

As the other reviews have touched on this is a great router with one major flaw, the stock ASUS firmware is truly horrible but that is easily remedied by flashing this router to Tomato, TomatoUSB or DD-WRT. In my case I initially flashed my unit to DD-WRT, but was disappointed by the interface, subsequently flashed to TomatoUSB and it has been unstoppable since (currently my RT-N16 is going on 255 days of straight uptime). It always provides consistent speed and has never once bogged down, let alone need a reboot, no matter how much I throw at it so needless to say, this router has redefined my definition of router stability. Plus thanks to the benefits of alternative firmware I was able to tweak the wireless broadcast power to get optimal range, further secure my network by eliminating WPS (since Tomato doesn't support it), boost network performance by eliminating Wireless B and G connectivity and improve Windows network performance by centralizing certain network tasks to the router and to top it all off, keep track of my bandwidth usage (perfect if you're with certain ISP's in Canada).

Plus this router features two USB ports so you can hookup a printer and whatever else your heart desires to it. In my case this feature goes unused although I have tested it with my Samsung laser printers and it does a great job, just a bit of reading involved to get it to work (depending on which alternative firmware you use).

So except for the firmware, which is the only reason I can't give this router a perfect score, this router is the perfect heart to most home wireless networks and at it's price point, in nearly unbeatable in value as long as you're willing to do a little Internet research and take a very small risk.

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5.0 out of 5 stars great quality router
Works as expected. The build quality is very high. The speed is stable, reliable connection. Never had problems with it. The default firmware is very intuitive. Read more

Published 7 months ago by nikravi

4.0 out of 5 stars Sketchy firmware
I would agree with the last reviewer. I had all kinds if trouble getting the router to see the outside world, it could see my network just fine. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Nacra

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product but the standard firmware/software needs improvement
Purchased this Asus RT-N16 router after reading the good reviews on internet. The only draw back is the software, I had to flash it to add a new firmware (Tomato). Read more

Published 20 months ago by Peter

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