Bro, first of all I like to say that you're the greatest! I've learned a lot from your posts and your klseet.com site.

I am currently shopping for a wireless router replacement for my unifi, and from all your advice, I've decided on Asus RT-N56U.

I almost go and get it today, then I thought of N66U that according to your website will be out Oct 2011. So better wait for it.

So, its mid Oct now, any news that you've heard about the availability of N66U?

Also if I get it the moment its available, will it work with Unifi? I only need Unifi's internet access, I don't use the IPTV.
Or do I have to wait for another month or two for the Unifi firmware for it to work with Unifi?

Also, how do I make use of the dual-band? I've googled dual-band and understand that the advantage is having 5GHz band, especially if we're in a wifi crowded area where mostly uses 2.4GHz.

So does it mean to take advantage of it, we need to use the 5Ghz band? Which means we have to use a wireless adapter which works on 802.11a, right?

Can't wait for N66U. Hope to hear good news from you soon.

Haha, looks like you're humble too.

Wah Dec, and then another month or two for unifi firmware, I'm afraid I cannot tahan and will go get the N56U.

RT-N12? Another choice. Pening kepala.

Ok guys, I'm planning to get the Asus RT-N56U together with Cisco Linksys AE1000 dual band wireless adapter for my desktop by end of this week.

Can't wait anymore.

I hope its a good pair. Anyone has any other suggestions please do let me know.

Thank you.

Just though I share.

I just bought Asus N56U and Linksys AE1000 yesterday. Both working great as it should. Many thanks to klseet for the Asus N56U setup instructions.

My router is installed in the living hall, while my desktop, which I bought the AE1000 for, is upstairs in one of the room.

When everything has been setup, I can connect to the Asus 2.4GHz wifi without any problem, however I can't seems to connect to the 5GHz wifi. When I search for wifi networks in range, sometimes the 5GHz wifi appears, and sometimes it will disappears, and when it appears, there's no signal bar at all.

Something must be wrong with the AE1000, so I started searching online for AE1000's problems. And I found this from some random forum:

"Note that with 5GHz you will see significant performance drop off as distance grows and the number of physical barriers increases, 2.4 isn't as prone to LOS needs but is more susceptible to interference from neighbors and other wireless devices."

I have completely no knowledge of the above. I decided to connect the AE1000 on my laptop and bring it downstairs, true enough, my laptop found the 5GHz wifi and connects to it fine.

I have a small house, double storey 20x70 linked. But looks like the 5GHz signal is not strong enough to travel between 1 floor.

So I can't use the 5GHz, the one and only reason why I bought N56U.

And so looks like I should have gotten the N16 instead. Would have better 2.4Ghz signal strength.

Anyone wants to buy my N56U?

Oh, one more thing, the N56U looks even more sexy when installed horizontally.

I used your setup file downloaded from your website.

I think AE1000 is fine, because its the same thing with my Playbook and iPad. I go downstairs with clear LOS, I connect to the 5GHz connection with full bar. With the 5GHz connected, as I walk upstairs, the connection bar drops until I lose the connection when I reach my desktop.

I tried playing around with the settings as you mentioned above, and its still always either I can't find the 5GHz wifi, or found the 5GHz wifi with no bar and can't connect.

So now the culprit is either my N56U is faulty or there's something wrong with my house's wall and ceiling.

For the sake of ruling our my N56U being faulty, I went a little further to find how far is my AE1000 from N56U, and how many layers of bricks and concretes it has to pass through.

Here's the picture of my house's plan:



The picture shows my ground floor's plan, and my N56U is on a table. My AE1000 is upstairs where my desktop is and I've place my AE1000 on the floor just to get it as close to my N56U as possible.

From the straight arrow, the signal has to pass through only 1 wall, 1 layer of plaster ceiling and 1 layer of concrete ceiling.

And the straight line of sight distance between my AE1000 and N56U is around 5.5 meter (this is pretty accurate as I used a laser rangefinder)

So, with the information above, do any of you think I should be getting some signal from my N56U's 5GHz connection?

If yes, I will be contacting Asus customer service.

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Added on October 23, 2011, 8:43 amIsn't Beta version 8.1.1.4 newer than 1.0.1.7c? And unlike 8.1.1.4, 1.0.1.7c's description doesn't say it supports unifi.

If it does, do you think 1.0.1.7c is better, even if its an older version? (by about 1/2 month only actually).

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Added on October 23, 2011, 8:45 amYou can always get one too!

This post has been edited by whateva2k: Oct 23 2011, 08:45 AM

I'm using RT-N56U with firmware 1.0.1.7c and I'm very satisfied with it. It has given me no problem at all except for the limited distance of the 5GHz wireless.

I always thought that Asus router has guest wifi function, but I couldn't find it in mine. Can anyone confirm this?

This post has been edited by whateva2k: Feb 9 2012, 10:47 AM

Hi ASUSmy and other experienced users,

Do you all know if RT-N14UHP supports Maxis 3G USB modem model Huawei E1762?

Or any Asus wireless router that supports this 3G USB modem?

Thanks in advance.

Update: Got the answer here: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...40&p=70601027&#

This post has been edited by whateva2k: Sep 29 2014, 12:37 PM