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It doesn't seem there is a "3 stream / 600Mbps Wireless-N" combination according to this. The 1900Mbps spec could be marketing smoke&mirrors for this theoretical & concurrent throughput combination: 5Ghz Wireless-AC (1300Mbps / 3 stream) + 5Ghz Wireless-N (300Mbps / 2 stream) + 2.4Ghz...

For whatever it's worth, I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 4.1.2) working well over 2.4ghz wifi with my RT-AC66U and the .270 Merlin firmware. Fast, solid connections with that combination.

Sounds like a weak signal due to distance or perhaps interference with other WiFi networks. Download the free inSSIDer app for your PC (or if you have an Android phone/tablet, download the free 'WiFi Analyzer' app) and check out what networks are around you and if you are overlapping. You...

Hopefully this is a sign that any other compatibility issues will be fixable in firmware.

The rumours are this years new Apple Macs will have 802.11ac. If those pan out, chances are very, very good the next iPhone and iPad will also have it. And one update to my original post in this thread - apparently the new HTC One smartphone that is already out has 802.11ac, so it beat the...

For what it's worth, I've had the Merlin 3.0.0.4.270.4 firmware running for a few weeks now on my RT-AC66U and I have been quite happy. Stability, great signal strength and great speeds over both 2.4ghz 802.11n and 5ghz 802.11ac to my PCE-AC66U adapter.

While not directly an RT-AC66U point, it's nice to see the new Samsung Galaxy S4 has 802.11ac I believe this is the first mobile smartphone with it. Should make Plex syncs over my RT-AC66U much quicker!

Wow! It seems I found the magic ingredient based on the last poster's comment. After finding this page, I made a tweak and now I am consistently getting 40MB/s speed when downloading from my Synology NAS via web browser over Wireless-AC. Previously I was hitting a limit of around 21 MB/s. My...

Interesting post. Thanks, So the obvious question is: is there a tweak for Windows 7 to give equal performance as WinXP?

Unfortunately no luck for me. I have the same settings and made the suggested changes in Windows but I'm lucky to get more than 11 MB/s during Samba transfers from my Synology NAS. I note the OP has the .266 firmware and Windows8 - perhaps one/both of those are the magic ingredients to...

I have the same equipment. What I've done is use unique SSID names, one for the 2.4ghz network and one for the 5ghz network. That way I know for sure which I am connected to as Wireless AC will only work on the 5ghz network.

Ditto. A 300 baud modem then 1200 baud on my Commodore 64. Then 2400 baud, and finally a 14.4k Courier HST with my Amiga which I ran a BBS on. Now "gigabit" wireless...

My write speeds from my PC to my Synology NAS over Wireless AC are very slow - about 10 to 12 MB/s And that's using the Firefox browser to do the upload, not Samba.

What sort of mods did you make to smb.conf ?

When I still had that beta firmware installed (I've since moved over to Merlin .270.24) there was a significant degradation of my 2.4ghz connection. Normally my Nexus 7 tablet reports the maximum 65Mbps connection rate. But with that firmware, it was down to 5Mbps consistently. My first clue...