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I'm trying to find some research about Wi-Fi penetration through poured concrete walls compared to hollow concrete block walls. My theory with hollow blocks is the Wi-Fi signal will penetrate the inner layer of the block, diffuse and bounce around inside the hollow area, thus weakening it too...

It's the N300, (the wall plug with two antennas). I created a different SSID for the extender, so I could force the Ring onto it. So the connection speed seems good enough to stream live 1080p, and it stays connected while streaming. But when idle, it frequently drops out and can't reconnect...

I've got two Ring doorbell cameras on the exterior of my house, which has concrete block walls. I have an old Asus N66U in the center of the house, and I put a small Netgear extender as close as possible to the front door. Even with the extender, the signal is still unreliable. Both Rings are...

Razer is selling it, for some reason: https://www.razer.com/gaming-accessories/portal

Isn't it possible to have strong signal and low throughput? For example, the device might not be powerful enough to handle multiple clients at maximum speed. That's what I needed clarification on. Is it an underpowered radio, or underpowered processor?

It wasn't quite clear to me from this review- is the Portal a good choice for a home that currently has dead spots? Portal claims 5,000 sq. ft., which is more than my old Asus RT-N66U. I barely get the 5ghz signal in some rooms, where 2.4ghz is still mostly useable. From your review I...

I'm streaming my Xbox One to my laptop, and after 15 or 20 minutes the router just drops everyone, and nothing can reconnect until I reboot the router. The thing is that it only does this when streaming from the Xbox. It has no problems with simultaneous video streams on multiple clients. What...

I recently updated to Merlin 376.48 on an N66U, and ICSI Netalyzer has a new warning message: Basic UDP access is available. The client was unable to send fragmented UDP traffic. The most likely cause is an error in your network's firewall configuration or NAT. The maximum packet successfully...

I don't want to hardwire it, because it'll go across doors. I'm running the latest Merlin firmware, with the "xbox compatible" option enabled. I'm thinking there's either some weird interference going on or something is wrong with the router. It's only started haopenening in the last couple...

Same room, maybe about 20 feet apart. Same height, mostly line of sight. Yet I get mediocre 5ghz signal and dropped packets (2.4ghz is a little better).

I have an external wifi adapter for my xbox, and it has two antennas that can be positioned at any angles. How should I position the three antennas on my N66U and the adapter's two antennas? For example, if the router is \ | / then the adapter should be \ / or | | ? Or if the router is |||...

While connected to my 5ghz SSID, sometimes I get the message on my laptop like "limited access", and I can't connect to anything on the internet (WAN). It also happens on my phone and Xbox at the same time. Usually it clears up after about 10 seconds, or switching to the 2.4ghz ssid resolves it...

I've been having some issues with my wireless "Razer Naga Epic" mouse, and it's gotten worse over the last few firmware updates (Asuswrt-Merlin). The mouse used to work flawlessly when I had a 2.4ghz-only Netgear router before the Asus RT-N66U. Even after I got the Asus, it was intermittent at...

That would basically be packet inspection right? Would the Asus have the horsepower required for that?

I thought some devices can use both bands simultaneously? How else can you get the "double 450mbps" speeds that dual-band routers advertises?