Has anyone tried USB 3.0 ports on Asus Routers? I bought two RT-N18U routers for a project which demands IO speeds of USB 3 from a SMB / SAMBA share.
Unfortunately the speeds from both the USB ports (there are 2 on this router, one 3.0 and one 2.0) are the same and max out at 29.6 MBps (read speed). That' a little less than the practical max speed of USB 2.0.
The drive cconnected is WD my passport ultra (1TB) which when connected directly to my laptop on USB 3, yields 110 MBps (read speed).
This drive, when connected to the router (on either of the ports) yields 29.6 MBps read speed when my laptop is connected to the gigabit port of the router.
I have a NAS that yields 80MBps on wired connection on the same port on my laptop and hence the ethernet port can't be the bottleneck either.
What is the point of putting in a USB 3 port which works as USB 2? Or am I missing something somewhere?
The firmaware on the router is already updated to the latest available.
Any help and guidance will be highly appreciated.
Unfortunately the speeds from both the USB ports (there are 2 on this router, one 3.0 and one 2.0) are the same and max out at 29.6 MBps (read speed). That' a little less than the practical max speed of USB 2.0.
The drive cconnected is WD my passport ultra (1TB) which when connected directly to my laptop on USB 3, yields 110 MBps (read speed).
This drive, when connected to the router (on either of the ports) yields 29.6 MBps read speed when my laptop is connected to the gigabit port of the router.
I have a NAS that yields 80MBps on wired connection on the same port on my laptop and hence the ethernet port can't be the bottleneck either.
What is the point of putting in a USB 3 port which works as USB 2? Or am I missing something somewhere?
The firmaware on the router is already updated to the latest available.
Any help and guidance will be highly appreciated.