New owner of RT-n66u with Questions

[Briant73]

Just got a new RT-N66u to replace a dlink dir-655 and have a few questions -

Most of my devices I believe are using N 2.4ghz , what tips for best speeds/settings do you have?

Is there a place to see who is connected to the router (wirless) and what speed/signal strength they are getting and also what channel it's using? The dlink had this and it was really nice.

Should I change from auto channel to a manually set channel?

The dlink let me reserve ip addresses in the dhcp server which I liked, can this be done on the Asus and if so where? Also is it beneficial like it was on my Dlink?

 

[octopus]

Then best thing is only use most importent settings and after that try what is working for your environment. It's best to use fixed channel choose only 1-6-11 or in some country 1-7-13. But i suggest you look thoruh setting and se whats is doable.
Most of problem regarding is on your client side. Update to latest diver is recommended.

octopus

 

[RMerlin]

Then best thing is only use most importent settings and after that try what is working for your environment. It's best to use fixed channel choose only 1-6-11 or in some country 1-7-13. But i suggest you look thoruh setting and se whats is doable.
Most of problem regarding is on your clint side. Update to latest diver is recommended.

octopus

Install InSSIDer on your laptop or Wifi Analyzer on your phone to see what channels your neighbours are using.

If you have a lot of strong signals from neighbours, or if you have a 2.4 GHz cordless phone, use 20 MHz for channel width. Otherwise, you can try 40 MHz.

And only use one of the channels octopus mentionned, as otherwise you would get interference from both neighbouring channels.

You can reserve DHCP addresses, however it won't have any performance impact - this is only if you need to ensure that a device's IP never changes.
Useful for port forwarding or other server hosting.