RT-N66U - Questions before purchase

[beedix]

I've looked through the manual and read the product information, but want to make sure this router has a few features that I need (with the factory firmware).

1) Can I assign static IPs to wired\wireless devices by MAC address? These devices are configured for DHCP but I need them to always have the same IP.

2) Are there plenty of port forwarding "lines" available? Or a silly limit like 10?

3) Does the QOS features work pretty well for this router? I have an ObiHai VOIP adapter and a TIVO that I stream Hulu Plus to that need to have a very high priority versus web surfing. I do quite a bit of bulk downloading via Newsgroups.

Thanks

 

[Revenent]

I've looked through the manual and read the product information, but want to make sure this router has a few features that I need (with the factory firmware).

1) Can I assign static IPs to wired\wireless devices by MAC address? These devices are configured for DHCP but I need them to always have the same IP.

Yes - LAN --> DHCP --> Manual assignment (it even shows the client name, if it can figure it out).

2) Are there plenty of port forwarding "lines" available? Or a silly limit like 10?

The interface is not a fixed limit (add button just adds new lines), however, I have not determined the maximum number of port forwards. Note that if you need range forward with different external/internal ranges, it will not work.

3) Does the QOS features work pretty well for this router? I have an ObiHai VOIP adapter and a TIVO that I stream Hulu Plus to that need to have a very high priority versus web surfing. I do quite a bit of bulk downloading via Newsgroups.

Do not have any QoS features enabled, so I can't comment on that.

Thanks