[kwlug-disc] need a new router -- which one?

[William Park]

Thanks to all who replied.  I bought Asus RT-N66U from CC, which is
pretty much top of the line for wireless-N.  It's running Linux
underneath.  2 things I look for in a router are

    1. client bridge -- It claims that it can do "client bridge".
	TP-Link WDR4300 says the same thing, but it lies.  So, Asus may
	be lying, but I don't need that feature from this one.  Its job
	is to be the main router.

    2. buffer bloat scheduler -- Its QoS section is pretty ordinary.
	You can set priority based on IP/port/MAC.  What I need is
	FQ_CODEL packet scheduler to handle "buffer bloat" problem.
	Asus may have this builtin and just not showing to user.

I don't feel like flashing DD-WRT right away, so we'll see how Asus
firmware performs.

Replying to other followups...

- No new device was introduced.  Same router, same clients.  No new
  household appliance either.  Even if there is an incompatible device,
  why are other connections dropping?

- I need both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.  Of the two, 2.4GHz is more important
  because most devices can only do single-band.  But, problems were
  happening to both frequencies.
-- 
William

On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 02:32:04PM -0500, William Park wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> My TP-Link WDR4300 (N750, dual-band) is acting up,
>     - dropping wifi connection, soon after getting IP, then repeat
>     - internet throughput goes up and down, like sine wave
>     - throughput chokes every 2min for about 10sec
> 
> So, I could get the same one, or try something different.
> 
> 1. Does anyone have Linksys WRT54GL ?  It's single-band N300, but on
>     sale for $30 at CC.  It may be well supported, but my experience
>     with regular WRT54G (single-band, G54) is that it's slow.
> 
> 2. Which dual-band router do you have?
> -- 
> William
> 
> 
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