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Considered using the Asus N56U as the AP? It seems to do very well in that category.

Any significant differences from the 3700 that are worth noting?

Thanks, that helps a ton!

I'm pulling my hair out trying to understand the router tables for wired network connections. At the end of the day, I have a 50 megabit cable connection to the internet. I currently have a D-Link 655 router. Does "upgrading" to a faster router, say a NetGear WNDR3700 make ANY difference on...

has anyone else experienced this? that'd be a major shortcoming for me.

What would be the benefit of doing that over WHS?

I'm trying to decide if I should get a NAS or keep an old WHS or possibly upgrade to Vail. My two biggest concerns are that initially accessing my NAS results in a ~10s delay. One person mentioned my Western Digital green drives may be the culprit? My other concern is SLOW bare metal restores...

I've done the same thing with a HDD connected directly to my computer (internal). In that case, the restore took about 1 hour, roughly 10x faster. I figured the only difference here was the network connection vs controller. I assume it has to do with overhead of sending data via network? If so...

I don't get it... most of the NAS charts show directory copy from/to speeds (at the top) well over double that. And the average read/write speeds up in the 70's to 100's of MB/sec. In the 70's to 100's of MB/sec range, a full restore of 200 GB should take about 45 minutes. What's the limiting...

I should have clarified... I was using gigabit for the bare metal restore. When I look at the router charts, i can't figure out which measurement is showing the speed with which the router operates. Also, there are not many WAPs listed, so i was wondering if anyone could recommend one, if it...

I need some equipment suggestions. My biggest concern is being able to stream media off the WHS (or NAS) AND backup speeds across the network (both wired and wireless). I want all wired gigabit capable. So, media box in garage will have five CAT6 cables: 1 goes to - entertainment center...