Need some Quick Help-- Wireless Router

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I have been having several issues in the past few months with my router. I have decided today is the day I will go ahead and order one.

I have up to 5 computers, up to 5 iphones, and up to 3 ipads that could be connected at anytime.

I am looking for dual band, and something that will support my devices.

I think up to this point, I have decided that I like the ASUS brand of routers but not sure of the differences in them.


Asus Router Compare on Newegg

This link is the comparison of the routers I am looking at. Can someone explain the biggest differences in these routers and if it is worth the money or not?
 
Second that. The main difference I'm seeing is the types of antennas and the over-all performance. However, unless you have the hardware to support over 300Mbps, the fRT-N56u is more than enough. The ONLY problem I see with that one is the antennas are internal. I have a Cisco E3000 with 6 internal antennas and tend to get about 25% less reception than I did with my previous Buffalo routers using the standard antennas.
 
I have the asus rt-n56u router and the signal strength is much better then the linksys wrt54gl router I had with 2 external antenna's. Voyagerfan99 also has this router and also pleased with it and he has a huge house. You should have no problems with signal strength.
 
Not to sound totally stupid here, but can someone tell me what the real world difference would be in the wireless n or wireless ac? I have noticed the last router is an ac unit. Will I see a difference in this?


Also in real world terms, will I notice a differnece in 300 mbps and 450 mbps?


Thanks again guys!
 
AC is just the new wireless standard coming out. I haven't seen any benchmarks for it yet, and not many devices support it yet.

And no, you won't see a difference from 300mbps to 450mbps.

johnb35 said:
I have the asus rt-n56u router and the signal strength is much better then the linksys wrt54gl router I had with 2 external antenna's. Voyagerfan99 also has this router and also pleased with it and he has a huge house. You should have no problems with signal strength.
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The signal strength is ridiculously good. Far better than my old DIR-555 with 3 external antennas.
 
johnb35 said:
I have the asus rt-n56u router and the signal strength is much better then the linksys wrt54gl router I had with 2 external antenna's.
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Perhaps so... I know my buffalo's (both the HP and no HP versions) had pretty darn good range and... It all really depends on the radio. But I guess I also liked external antennas because if you did have range problems, you could typically upgrade the antennas for a decent boost.
 
The_Other_One said:
Perhaps so... I know my buffalo's (both the HP and no HP versions) had pretty darn good range and... It all really depends on the radio. But I guess I also liked external antennas because if you did have range problems, you could typically upgrade the antennas for a decent boost.
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Asus got things right with their internal antennas :D
 
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