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Diademz
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 Sep 19 2014, 02:33 PM
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Folding@Malaysia needs you!
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QUOTE(arslow @ Sep 19 2014, 04:32 AM) single core broadcom 800mhz CPU and a single band wireless N router for RM400...wow so overpriced. Should be around 300. I already have an AC68U but just thought there is a new budget ARM router by asus, i thought wrong i guess. Comparatively prices in EU are much cheaper (US$80) and it is only slightly more expensive than the RT-N16 which is still being sold in EU/US but is now EOL here. Since you have the AC68U, you will know that prices here are much higher compared to in EU/US. I just replaced my 9yo WRT54G with the RT-N18U and am very happy with it. For those that don't need the fastest wireless speed, but everything else (fast CPU, lots of RAM, gig WAN/LAN ports), then this is the router to go for a relatively affordable price as well. In my case had noticeable improvement for overall Internet experience (faster browsing, higher download speeds - of course I am comparing with my old router which had 4x slower CPU and 16x less RAM, serving >10 clients...  ) |
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Diademz
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Sep 21 2014, 08:55 AM
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Folding@Malaysia needs you!
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QUOTE(arslow @ Sep 19 2014, 05:59 PM) Yeah, thing is other more casual users wouldn't understand why they need to spend so much for a router Iol. I didn't know they were still selling the 16U in the EU. Usually in the US and EU ppl really make sure they're router has 5ghz but yeah it's not really important here. It completely slipped my mind that I paid 800 bucks or so when the 68U just launched in Malaysia  One thing I really like about the asus compared to the unifi router is just how well it divides the bandwidth for everyone, without even using QOS. More than 10 clients here too  Ya bro, one thing I don't get is why ASUS charges so much for their routers here compared to EU/US. Maybe @ASUSmy can let us know  (sorry, putting him/her on the table keke). Eg in Japan your AC68U router costs <RM500. Heck for the price of a high-end router, you can buy a very decent phone with much better specs (similar class CPU, 1GB RAM) |
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Diademz
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Sep 22 2014, 06:10 PM
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Folding@Malaysia needs you!
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QUOTE(aceedburn @ Sep 22 2014, 04:39 PM) After reading tons of pages here, it seems like Asus Routers are a hit-and-miss for the majority here. So, the question is what is Asus doing about it and why are there so many new users when the problems listed here are still persistent? Not trying to dis-credit Asus or anything, but I would not buy a product if it is known to cause issues to so many people and hope that it will work fine for me. On the contrary - I would say ASUS have been gaining popularity in their networking h/w the past few years. Check out other forums (smallnetbuilder, linksysorg, dslreports) and you will see ASUS routers are very popular and stable, and if you get the right ones you can turn your RM300 router to a RM3000 enterprise class router with custom firmwares like Tomato or OpenWRT. If looking at stock ASUSWRT firmware, then I would say the ASUS R&D team have been doing a great job in getting it compatible with our Internet/IPTV requirements which seem to be customised for MY/SG markets. Only gripe I have is they're very expensive in this region... |
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