ASUS or Airport Extreme?

[jbachandouris]

I just received a refurbished RT-N66R router from New Egg. All devices connect (even the crappy netbook), but one...the HP running Vista.

Both New Egg and Asus think the router is bad, so I can return it with no restocking fee.

So, ASUS, 'Old' Airport Extreme, or 'New' Airport Extreme (thinking of future purchases that will have a/c). Opinions?


2 iPhone 5's
1 iPad 4th Gen
1 Macbook Pro (mid-2010)
1 Compaq Netbook (shudder...it was free for my 12 year old)
1 HP dv6870us

1 HP 8600 network printer
1 AT&T Microcell

 

[MCAsan]

No brainer. New extreme.

 

[mentaluproar]

an ASUS ac router flashed to one of Tomato firmware's offshoots would be nice, but beamforming gives the airport the edge. I reluctantly grant the airport a win here.

 

[jbachandouris]

an ASUS ac router flashed to one of Tomato firmware's offshoots would be nice, but beamforming gives the airport the edge. I reluctantly grant the airport a win here.

The Asus is a N router not ac.

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

ASUS or Airport Extreme?

Is this a question?

 

[mentaluproar]

The Asus is a N router not ac.

ASUS sells great AC routers too.

 

[jayhawk11]

an ASUS ac router flashed to one of Tomato firmware's offshoots would be nice, but beamforming gives the airport the edge. I reluctantly grant the airport a win here.

Beamforming is an 802.11ac feature, not an AirPort Extreme-specific feature.

 

[mentaluproar]

Doesn't beamforming require directional antennas? The only ASUS routers I have seen have omnidirectional antennas, except for one upright black diamond patterned N router.

 

[ZipZap]

The ASUS implements so features (QOS...) that Apple does not. So its about what you need from a router.

 

[michial]

Do the specs for the n portion of the new Extreme have 300 or 450 Mbps?only the ac devices will benefit from the beam correct?