So far I have tried 3 Asus router, one N66U and two AC66U which I have either been unlucky or just expected too much from them. I am coming from a DIR-655 and thought it would be a good time to upgrade.
The first one was an Asus N66U, router came with latest firmware and booted up fine but always seemed sluggish, got bogged down at times and was hot to the touch. I tested both wired and wireless. In retrospect I probably should have tried a nvram clear/reset and FW re-install but decided with the new AC66U router being released to just return the n66u and get the new AC66U.
First AC66U came with a corrupted FW from the factory, did the FW recovery but was never happy with it's performance but unit was only warm to the touch. I wasn't happy the unit came with a corrupt FW so ordered a second AC66U.
Second AC66u is extremely hot to the touch (especially the base of antennas), worse performance than first one and was actually older than the first one also. If I had to pick one I would take the first one even though it had a corrupt FW from the factory and possibly a hardware issue that caused it.
I am going to return the second AC66u along with the first one. My question is should I just give up on Asus or wait a bit and give their routers another try? I thought about Linksys and Netgear but some reading on those two brands I am not sure they'd be a better fit.
The first one was an Asus N66U, router came with latest firmware and booted up fine but always seemed sluggish, got bogged down at times and was hot to the touch. I tested both wired and wireless. In retrospect I probably should have tried a nvram clear/reset and FW re-install but decided with the new AC66U router being released to just return the n66u and get the new AC66U.
First AC66U came with a corrupted FW from the factory, did the FW recovery but was never happy with it's performance but unit was only warm to the touch. I wasn't happy the unit came with a corrupt FW so ordered a second AC66U.
Second AC66u is extremely hot to the touch (especially the base of antennas), worse performance than first one and was actually older than the first one also. If I had to pick one I would take the first one even though it had a corrupt FW from the factory and possibly a hardware issue that caused it.
I am going to return the second AC66u along with the first one. My question is should I just give up on Asus or wait a bit and give their routers another try? I thought about Linksys and Netgear but some reading on those two brands I am not sure they'd be a better fit.
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