My vote goes to the Vigor router as well. I don't know about the others who recommend it here but I actually own one. They are not cheap, even with all that promotion thing. But its worth every ringgit. The router is kind of "Install and forget". And works with IPTV out of the box. The moment you hold it and browse the firmware you feel its "business quality".

To me its very strange to pay RM300+ for a router then void warranty by flashing to third party firmware. Its ridiculous actually And the N56U is what? RM400?
Exact same thing can be said about NAS, you can get a Dlink for ~RM300 2-bay and suffer from the poor software. Or you can get a 1-drive Synology for ~RM500 but enjoy the epic software. One works 100% the other ~yeah

This post has been edited by goodseeder: Jan 12 2012, 11:35 PM

Impressive. This using the new black TM router right?

seems from the other thread many people are complaining poor speeds to asian sites?
To korea it never goes above 2mb, but taiwan:

download speed lower becasue there are some active downloads.
So not sure if its actually cable problem like they say. Maybe this is the standard excuse TM always gives? Since the customer can't say a thing! Cable cut, thats it. End of story

Sorry to burst your bubble, but you are wrong

ALL channels overlap, 1 overlaps with 2, 2 with 3, ........ 10 with 11.

So in theory you are correct, if we are in a condo, and only three wireless AP there, then the best way is for each to use one of these, meaning one of the routers chooses channel 1, the other channel 6 and the last is channel 11. This way they will not overlap at all. But what if there are MANY others on channel 1 or 6 or 11? You will interfere.

So basically what you need to aim for is to stay as far away as you can from congested channels. If that means going for 4 or 7, go for it.

See this pic from a router "wireless survey", it scans wireless networks nearby, see the recommended channels


Btw, did you buy a NAS? how's torrenting

Hah! you just confirmed what I said. Did you read my post completely? I said 1 and 6 and 11 won't overlap correct. But thats only if we have 3 networks, each on one of these. In real life, whatever you choose, there is probably going to be overlapping networks.

This example shows my meaning:

If you choose 1, and there is a network at 3, you will interfere! If you change it to 6 you will STILL interfere!

If you choose channel 9, and there is a network at 3, you will not interfere. See my point ?
9 (and above) here is the best choice, not 1 or 6. You said it must be 1 or 6 or 11, thats not true

So if we live in a codo area, and there are 45 wireless networks in total, we should go like this:

channel 1: 15
channel 6: 15
channel 11: 15

Is the above the optimal/standard thing to do in your opinion? The 15 channels broadcasting at the exact same frequency, they will not interfere ?
Yes sure, the first 15 will not touch the second 15, but what about the 15 themselves!!
Bro they will go dancing like bowling pins after the ball hit them!

We are just chatting in the middle of the night nothing better to do
I think I will make some warm drink