Choose between 3 routers and Why?

[JunkBear]

Hi. I got 3 rouuters in my hand and would like to know which one to choose and Why?

D-Link DIR-625
Asus RT-N12
TEW-652BRP Green

All three are 300Mbps.

Thank you.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

I like D-Link routers. I have had a DIR-655 for years with no issues.

 

[JunkBear]

Ok but any more specific reason?

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Ok but any more specific reason?

Not really. I mean a router is a router these days. I just stay away from new Linksys stuff.

 

[Chetkigaming]

Asus sounds cool. By model name you can read on asus.com about it

 

[ne6togadno]

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/

 

[jcgeny]

first i would look for the one having the more recent firmware and use it as main routeur for the most www-connected pc
others pcs being connected to the second routers that have some functions disabled like firewall .
my setup is like that : the modem has ip 192.168.1.1 then a dlink at 192....2 and a switch at 192...3 plus the tv box that uses the dhcp of modem
the dlink has 2 pc [one for bkup , one for surfing and torrent , they have low speed cpus that are economics ] and the switch has GiGabite PCs like the dual cpu with dual netcards and the gamer pc that are not as much on as the pc for surfing or tv .
these setup are dmz and in the switch or router you set ip 192.168.1.1 as the dmz or net access .

i have many dlink 100Mo , the one i use does not handle time ...end of world is 2012...
i have disabled qos and it works cool

 

[JunkBear]

I just need one in my place not 2. I live in appartment with my computer wired to router, another computer in another room wireless used only once a month and all days my HTC on wifi.

 

[remixedcat]

How much you want to spend? I have an amped R10000 in the FS section and I have it for 80USD and it has excellent coverage and was rock solid. I moved on to the RTA15 so....

It would do better then the 3 you listed.

 

[silentbogo]

Out of the three above i would go for D-Link, because it has USB port and the native ability to work as a bridge.
But if i was you, i would get R10000 from remixedcat. It's a good long-term investment.

 

[newtekie1]

I'd get the ASUS RT-N12 because it works with Tomato.

 

[Darr247]

I'd get the ASUS RT-N12 because it works with Tomato.

The RT-N12 comes with a customized version of DD-WRT pre-installed.

But depending which version it is (look on the barcode label), it could have 4MB or 8MB of "Flash" RAM (B1 and D1 have 8MB), which would determine how many features it could support with DD-WRT's own builds instead of the ASUS-customized version it comes with.

 

[Darr247]

I like D-Link routers. I have had a DIR-655 for years with no issues.

D-Link's support is non-existent; Fortunately, it's not needed very often.
But when it is, you might as well throw it away and buy something else instead of wasting your time trying to get anywhere with them.

 

[JunkBear]

My RT-N12 is the first one made the A1. A1-B1 are white but the B1 got longer antennas. C1-D1 and others RT-N12 with letters suffix are black.

 

[t_ski]

Asus. Newegg reviews speak for themselves:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320039

 

[Darr247]

My RT-N12 is the first one made the A1. A1-B1 are white but the B1 got longer antennas. C1-D1 and others RT-N12 with letters suffix are black.

4MB of Flash can take micro, mini or standard/small builds.
Supposedly, the RT-N12 can handle the 2.6 kernel builds (those say K26 or K2.6 in the filename), but I would double check that by going to the Administration tab, Commands subtab, paste in

nvram get wl0_corerev

then click the Run Commands button.
If it returns the number 16 or greater, it can run the k26 builds.
e.g. ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/BrainSl...com_K26/dd-wrt.v24-23320_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini.bin

 

[Darr247]

Asus. Newegg reviews speak for themselves:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320039

So do these reviews. (Also on Newegg.)

 

[Darr247]

My post with the RT-N12's 5-star Newegg reviews sorted to the top (which outnumber the 1-star reviews almost 3 to 1) is "awaiting moderator approval" for some reason.

 

[ktr]

Asus RT-N12 has DD-WRT and Tomato support, which is a huge plus compared to the other two.

 

[Darr247]

Possibly the Trendnet supports DD-WRT, too... but Atheros chipsets are sometimes harder to recover from 'bricked' status (voice of experience .

 

[Melvis]

Any of the other two just not the D-Link. D-link software is horrible!

 

[t_ski]

So do these reviews. (Also on Newegg.)

That's the same thing I posted. I just gave the OP a little credit that he could sort out the reviews for himself

 

[remixedcat]

more people do bad stuff to dlinks on youtube then any other brand. LOL

 

[JunkBear]

On DD-WRT list they only speak about the 12volts of the Asus router but the router is able to work on either 9v or 12v. Will it works only in 12v after I installed DD-WRT ?

 

[ShiBDiB]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F0DD0I6/?tag=tec06d-20

is what I have... bit pricey but this thing is fastttttttt


I have a http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ZEQFG2/?tag=tec06d-20

I could sell