ASUS RT-N13U Ver B1

If I'm not wrong, the custom firmware is still not release anywhere yet, still in testing stage, so I believe those units out there are still stock, NOT for UniFi yet.

I'm probably one of them who is helping to test out based on my Huawei HG850a BTU, need more time to play around further and feedback to ASUS engineer, so please be patient ! 

For those who sincerely want to help out testing, you may email me and take it offline: klseet@gmail.com

Please take note I don't own the firmware and I don't sell the product either, you buy & use it completely at your own risk.

My whole intention is to source for as many alternatives as possible rather being forced & limit by TM on just 1 particular supplier with just 1 particular model only.
I personally don't welcome such no-value yet dirty monopoly tactic, I simply don't like to be told what meat to eat only

Hope others will also try to source and share experiences around ! 

For those who are still using the ugly stock router , here are some tips on making it somewhat stable

1. Disable Firewall (yep , both SPI inbound and outbound)
I've found that that by disabling the firewall , the router runs faster and heavy downloads no longer causes it to hang. However it comes with a heavy cost - being naked in the Internet. Software Firewall can come into play such as Zone Alarm

2. Disabling 802.11n and making it 802.11b/g only
802.11n just does not work well at all. Ive noticed that some of my ancient devices such as my Palm handheld (it only has a 802.11b card) does not work with the router at all (despite setting it to WEP). After making it 802.11b/g , things are just bit faster when connecting from WiFi

These are just some tips. I highly recommend you turning off the crappy firewall. Its just horrible

U meant dat casing for internal fiber or RJ45?

Would be great if someone can make a comparison and pros and cons between the tp link and asus router.

Does the asus download manager for torrent support download only or both downloading and seeding(uploading)?Can use a usb hub to expand the usage of the usb port?

Is the wireless range of the asus router comparable to the tp link router?

Have firewall on and don't see any issues despite heavy usage by a number of computers.  But then again DIR-615 is bridged to my own router who handles the wireless clients.  I suspect the wireless side to take a toll on the DIR-615 and seems to contribute noticeably to some of the problems reported here.  With wireless off DIR-615 seems fine so far 

You can use a USB hub, but a powered hub is preferred to prevent over-drawn power from the router. I'm more interested in RT-16N with 2 USB port and 300k connection session ability.

what sort of rebate?

ASUS RT-N13U Ver B1

If I'm not wrong, the custom firmware is still not release anywhere yet, still in testing stage, so I believe those units out there are still stock, NOT for UniFi yet.

I'm probably one of them who is helping to test out based on my Huawei HG850a BTU, need more time to play around further and feedback to ASUS engineer, so please be patient ! 

For those who sincerely want to help out testing, you may email me and take it offline: klseet@gmail.com

Please take note I don't own the firmware and I don't sell the product either, you buy & use it completely at your own risk.

My whole intention is to source for as many alternatives as possible rather being forced & limit by TM on just 1 particular supplier with just 1 particular model only.
I personally don't welcome such no-value yet dirty monopoly tactic, I simply don't like to be told what meat to eat only

Hope others will also try to source and share experiences around ! 

Hi

Need some guide from lowyat sifu. Anyone have change the dlink router to cisco 1841? My office is using 20MB unifibiz and i try to change  the dlink router to Cisco 1841 with this config http://unifi.athena.my/config/cisco1841.txt. I can get internet but cannot access some website such as cisco.com, microsoft.com and other mnc company websites. I though it was DNS problem but i can surf to other website and also i even can ping www.cisco.com but the funny thing i cannot browse to the page. But after revert back to dlink router everything working fine. I can access the cisco website like normal. Anyone please help....tq

No one answer my question, please need help anyone using cisco with unifi?? my boss ask me to change the dlink to cisco because the dlink is not stable.

The RT-N13U's pricing still quite competitive but the RT-16N and above are actually quite pricey.

i'm more concern of the fiber as RJ45 is cheap compared to fiber. Anyhow, the contractor did not install single inch of casing for either of them.
You can use a USB hub, but a powered hub is preferred to prevent over-drawn power from the router. I'm more interested in RT-16N with 2 USB port and 300k connection session ability.

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Added on May 29, 2011, 11:31 pm
i have used DIR615 to bridge to my own linksys router. Its been running a week or so and not a single connection dropped except few days ago when TM goes haywire.

cant test cisco on my end. boss tak kasi bawak balik 
i understand you can ping the website which result in not dns issue. do you by any chance tried traceroute when testing using both devices?

Ok, let say I bought the full manage switch 16 ports installed on the 2nd floor but I have another small 5 port gigabit switch downstair in living room supporting few devices. Do I need to change that switch as well to full manage 5 port switch? Thanks.

My only disappointment with RT13 is the Ralink chip inside couldn't do custom firmware. But at the price of RM180 with 3G, USB storage, download station and Asus' effort to come out with custom Unifi firmware, i guess there's nothing to complain 

No need custom fw if Asus can come out with a firmware that can support UniFi. IMO