Asus RT-N66U slow upload speed

[DEagleson]

Link to Asus product page.

So after my D-Link DIR855 did a suicide run and killed both itself and a fuse, i had to buy a new router.
From the reviews i had read the Asus RT-N66U looked like a good performer so i went with that, and so far its been good.
No issues with choking up when under heavy stress and the wireless performance is good on both 2,4 and 5 GHz band.

But it could do better on the upload part.
Heres a bunch of speedtests i did to show you what i mean.

Direct connection from PC to my FiOS modem:

Same cable from my FiOS modem to router, then cable to PC:

Changed cable from router to PC:

Same cable from my FiOS modem to router, then wireless 2,4GHz N to PC.

Pingtest from 2,4GHz N:

I could use my other wireless router, a D-Link DIR825 but it chokes on high load.
So anyone know what could be the issue causing the slower upload speeds?
My firmware is the official v3.0.0.3.112 on the Asus router.

 

[somms]

http://speedtest.net/result/1952345129.png

No upload issues w/ASUS RT-N66U as gateway router runnin' Shibby's Tomato into FTTH modem!

 

[DEagleson]

http://speedtest.net/result/1952345129.png

No upload issues w/ASUS RT-N66U as gateway router runnin' Shibby's Tomato into FTTH modem!

So its a issue with the latest official firmware then?
Im gonna wait and see what Asus will release in June, but if its dissapointing i might try out a third party firmware.
I heard that third party firmwares dont get as good wireless speed though so can anyone confirm that?

 

[somms]

So its a issue with the latest official firmware then?
Im gonna wait and see what Asus will release in June, but if its dissapointing i might try out a third party firmware.
I heard that third party firmwares dont get as good wireless speed though so can anyone confirm that?

http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showpost.php?p=41447&postcount=33

Wireless speeds are more then good enough for my various devices...

 

[srinivasvaradaraj]

After a bit of experimentation, I found that the best throughput using the same client seems to be the following (only using 2.4GHz)
Control Channel 10 ( didn't have any competing wireless networks in this channel)
Channel Bandwidth : 20 MHz
Authentication Method: WPA2-PSK
WPA Encryption : AES
Professional Tab settings:
Mulitcast rate: disabled
RTS Threshold: 2347
DTIM interval : 30
Beacon : Interval 500
TX Bursting: Disabled
Wireless Mulicast forwarding : Disabled
WMM APSD : Enabled
TX Power: 80mW

I was able to obtain a near symmetric bandwidth throughput (not link speed). Any other combination seem to always suffer on the read speed from the network on lan test. Hope this info is useful to someone else.

 

[DEagleson]

After a bit of experimentation, I found that the best throughput using the same client seems to be the following (only using 2.4GHz)
Control Channel 10 ( didn't have any competing wireless networks in this channel)
Channel Bandwidth : 20 MHz
Authentication Method: WPA2-PSK
WPA Encryption : AES
Professional Tab settings:
Mulitcast rate: disabled
RTS Threshold: 2347
DTIM interval : 30
Beacon : Interval 500
TX Bursting: Disabled
Wireless Mulicast forwarding : Disabled
WMM APSD : Enabled
TX Power: 80mW

I was able to obtain a near symmetric bandwidth throughput (not link speed). Any other combination seem to always suffer on the read speed from the network on lan test. Hope this info is useful to someone else.

Got the router flashed to TomatoUSB and its now uploading fine again.
Il check out your settings and see if i get any improvements on the wireless side, but for the moment im using default values.

 

[samcloud]

Thanks for the great info!