 mozerdLight Will Pierce The DarknessPremium,MVM join:2004-04-23 Nepean, ON | reply to Anav
Re: ASUS RT-AC66U Wireless Router said by Anav:Thanks for the real world scoop! Just to be sure this is NOT the N66U which is similar in name but a different model right? decx provided the answer.
Apparently Broadcom produces multiple versions of the MIMO drivers all depending on how antennas are implemented. The Asus RT-AC66U utilizes 3 external antennas while the Netgear R6300 utilizes 6 internal antennas --- so regardless of the fact that ASUS and Netgear both use the very same Broadcom BCM4360 Chipset the MIMO drivers are very different. On a pure wireless performance perspective the Netgear R6300 currently is vastly superior [range, bandwidth consistency over time, signal strength on either bands] to the Asus RT-AC66U based on my experiences to date. -- David Mozer IT-Expert on Call Information Technology for Home and Business |