ASUS or Airport Extreme?

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  1. jbachandouris, Jun 12, 2013

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    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?:confused:


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  2. MCAsan, Jun 12, 2013

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    No brainer. New extreme.
     
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  3. mentaluproar, Jun 12, 2013

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    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.
     
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  4. jbachandouris, Jun 12, 2013

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    The Asus is a N router not ac.
     
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  5. Mr. Retrofire, Jun 12, 2013

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    Is this a question?

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  6. mentaluproar, Jun 12, 2013

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    ASUS sells great AC routers too.
     
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  7. jayhawk11, Jun 12, 2013

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    Beamforming is an 802.11ac feature, not an AirPort Extreme-specific feature.
     
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  8. mentaluproar, Jun 12, 2013

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    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.
     
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  9. ZipZap, Jun 13, 2013

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    The ASUS implements so features (QOS...) that Apple does not. So its about what you need from a router.
     
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  10. michial, Jun 13, 2013

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    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?
     
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