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expired Posted by niki4h | Staff • Aug 12, 2023
Aug 12, 2023 4:23 AM
ASUS RT-AX68U WiFi 6 Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router (Black)
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The merlin firmware differs from others functionly in that it does hardware acceleration. A proprietary code that alternates syn/acks if your hardware isn't top tier.
What that effectly means is that your throughput hits peak for the port. Uplink of 2.5gb, you 2.3gb. Uplink of 1 gb, you get 900mb. Whereas dd-wrt and tomato would get 1.5 and 600, respectively, depending on the hardware type. Some very high end routers do everything in hardware, so it doesn't matter, but most are software manipulated to optomize speed(because software is free/hardware isn't).
This router's last firmware update was 2022/11/28 (source: https://www.asus.com/us/networkin...e=R
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This router's last firmware update was 2022/11/28 (source: https://www.asus.com/us/networkin...e=R
This router's last firmware update was 2022/11/28 (source: https://www.asus.com/us/networkin...e=R
This router's last firmware update was 2022/11/28 (source: https://www.asus.com/us/networkin...e=R
This router's last firmware update was 2022/11/28 (source: https://www.asus.com/us/networkin...e=R
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https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng/wiki
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The merlin firmware differs from others functionly in that it does hardware acceleration. A proprietary code that alternates syn/acks if your hardware isn't top tier.
What that effectly means is that your throughput hits peak for the port. Uplink of 2.5gb, you 2.3gb. Uplink of 1 gb, you get 900mb. Whereas dd-wrt and tomato would get 1.5 and 600, respectively, depending on the hardware type. Some very high end routers do everything in hardware, so it doesn't matter, but most are software manipulated to optomize speed(because software is free/hardware isn't).
Merlin is certainly nice.
Specs for Asus Routers:
https://en.wikipedia.or
update - just looked that the specs on your old router - wow, it's old and outdated and likely why your 5Ghz is not working as it only supports 802.11 a/n. This Asus has AX WiFi 6 - which at the very least will be supported by your iPhones. I could go on and on...but the answer to your question is undoubtedly, yes, the ASUS will be a big improvement.
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