Asus RT-N16 Gigabit Wireless Router w/ USB Storage & Printer & Media Server $48 after $10 rebate + Free Shipping

Quote from bgstewar : I had this router and had to replace it 5 different times because it kept failing. Kept dropping wireless signal, and at times my computers couldn't even find a broadcast signal. Oh, and it takes a freaking computer science degree to understand how to mod it. If you have oodles and oodles of time, then go for it. By far, this was the most frustrating router I have ever owned. And ASUS tech support is horrendous in every way. I finally switched to DLink Dir-655 and it was a breeze to set up and I'm getting faster speeds than I'm paying for. I couldn't be happier!

sounds like the classic "error between the keyboard and chair"

bought this two years ago at 76 after rebate or coupon or something. the only thing missing is dual band but dd-wrt has been absolutely solid on this for me this entire two years.

Honestly, Ive been running this router with DD-WRT for about 1+ year now and I have been disappointed for the most part. I do live in a condo so their are quite a bit of routers around but I have tried all sorts of different settings and DD-WRT builds with generally the same problems. Just low signal/speeds from rooms not far at all from the my router.

Been meaning to dust off my old D-Link DIR-655 that I know for a fact worked better. Either that or maybe try Tomato on the N16....

This is just my experience.

Quote from iamtwan : Honestly, Ive been running this router with DD-WRT for about 1+ year now and I have been disappointed for the most part. I do live in a condo so their are quite a bit of routers around but I have tried all sorts of different settings and DD-WRT builds with generally the same problems. Just low signal/speeds from rooms not far at all from the my router. Been meaning to dust of my old D-Link DIR-655 that I know for a fact worked better. Either that or maybe try Tomato on the N16.... This is just my experience.

i'll buy this from you for 25 shipped =)

I have had this router for years. Maybe couple times a year power cycle it. Have DD-WRT on it, and love it. My kids watch Netflix through the wireless via Wii, and I hear very few complaints about freezeups and dropouts. It rarely happens. Trust me, the fam is not bashful about complaining. Also run VoIP through it, have the VoIP box in the DMZ.

Highly recommend this router with DD-WRT.

Great deal! I've been running my first one since April of this year, (at which time I paid a bit more). Have had nothing negative to report about this router. Only positives. Running DD-WRT, it's fast and stable. I have it running as a print server, and use it daily for my home office. My Internet connection comes in from a remote wireless source, and redistributes it on a separate subnet.

The only question I've ever had about this model, with DD-WRT, is whether or not you can attach a 3G or 4G USB card to it. I read docs that said it was going to be possible, but not sure if anyone actually made this work.

Quote from PurpleOnyx : The only question I've ever had about this model, with DD-WRT, is whether or not you can attach a 3G or 4G USB card to it. I read docs that said it was going to be possible, but not sure if anyone actually made this work.

I think you can do that with Tomato but not 100% sure.

Edit: Just checked my Tomato and it has USB 3G Modem support. Don't know much more than what I saw on the menu. (See attached photo). This is with the Sibby "Big" version. I know that you can place the AIO (All In One - Shibby's best) version on the RT16 because it has enough flash to do so.

Quote from Wildpir8 : Good price but I'm a little concerned about the router's failure rate.

alot of problems stem from the cheap wall wart, a cheap power adaptor from ebay or elsewhere cures alot i have one works just fine was useing tomato now ddwrt

Quote from iamtwan : Honestly, Ive been running this router with DD-WRT for about 1+ year now and I have been disappointed for the most part. I do live in a condo so their are quite a bit of routers around but I have tried all sorts of different settings and DD-WRT builds with generally the same problems. Just low signal/speeds from rooms not far at all from the my router. Been meaning to dust off my old D-Link DIR-655 that I know for a fact worked better. Either that or maybe try Tomato on the N16.... This is just my experience.

At the expense of sounding like a broken record, I can't understand for the life of me why people are still monkeying around with dd-wrt. If (IF) you have the option between dd-wrt and Tomato, Tomato will ALWAYS be the fastest, easiest, and most stable option between the two. Some routers can only accept dd-wrt, and some users may have that one obscure feature that they can only get on dd-wrt...and that's ok. But if your router allows the option of Tomato, just use it, and save yourself the headache. It literally take a couple of minutes to "upgrade" from dd-wrt to Tomato.

Quote from LordsOfKarma : TMI! Don't want to hear about your tomato slappin'

lol

I have tomato on two of these bad boys and they are rock solid.

I used to use d-link, but those routers kept dying on me.

Jumped on this. I have a Linksys (Cisco?) E3000 with tomato on it and it's been unstable. I modded it to add more cooling, but this didn't seem to help. So since I voided my warranty already, will have to go with something else.

I sure hope that ASUS did a better job with this router than Linksys. Thanks for the post!

dead already?

I bought mine when they first came out, so I've had it for quite a while. The stock firmware is garbage, so don't bother with that.

I'm running shibby's tomato mod, and I haven't rebooted the thing in months. The wireless signal on it isn't going to match today's $150+ routers, but for this price you can't pass this up!

Quote from mogoreanu : Jumped on this. I have a Linksys (Cisco?) E3000 with tomato on it and it's been unstable. I modded it to add more cooling, but this didn't seem to help. So since I voided my warranty already, will have to go with something else. I sure hope that ASUS did a better job with this router than Linksys. Thanks for the post!

If you want cheap and stable. Go with the Engenius ESR-9850 (Keep firmware stock) it works.