[Maylyn's Review] ASUS RT-N66U Dark Knight

[Gribber]

Hi thanks for the reply! Yes its a RT-N66U.
I've tried your solution but it didn't work... Do you have other solutions?

no error msg or screen capture?

1. wrong password? password key is case-sensitive
2. wrong encryption selected?
3. adapter model? is adapter on? can detect other people wlan? can detect your own wlan?

 

[waynerooney]

no error msg or screen capture?

1. wrong password? password key is case-sensitive
2. wrong encryption selected?
3. adapter model? is adapter on? can detect other people wlan? can detect your own wlan?

It didn't even ask for password. The error msg is 'Windows was unable to connect to xxxx'.
Ok I need help with the encryption no idea what is that.
What adapter? I only have ONT>D-link>Asus. Ya can detect other people wlan and my own wlan.

 

[Gribber]

It didn't even ask for password. The error msg is 'Windows was unable to connect to xxxx'.
Ok I need help with the encryption no idea what is that.
What adapter? I only have ONT>D-link>Asus. Ya can detect other people wlan and my own wlan.

go change your encryption settings. the one that its saved might be wrong.

over at network and sharing centre (if you are on vista or win7)

 

[waynerooney]

go change your encryption settings. the one that its saved might be wrong.

over at network and sharing centre (if you are on vista or win7)

LOL i got it already. The password was wrong lol im such a idiot. Thanks for the help guys!

 

[cube83]

Hi chuachongchee,

We don't have this model - RT-N66R. Which model are you saying?? I would suggest RT-N66U to pair up with EA-N66U. It should be good enough.

Thanks!

Hi,

Any real difference between the EA-N66 and USB-N66?

 

[Gribber]

Hi,

Any real difference between the EA-N66 and USB-N66?

yeap~
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[red_december]

Hi ASUS@SG,

Just got my RT-N66U. Super happy with it. Been working flawlessly.

Currently on http://192.168.1.1/Advanced_OperationMode_Content.asp Firmware Version:3.0.0.3.112

Anything I can do to optimize my router? Should I update my Firmware?

 

[Boltersdriveer]

Hi ASUS@SG,

Just got my RT-N66U. Super happy with it. Been working flawlessly.

Currently on http://192.168.1.1/Advanced_OperationMode_Content.asp Firmware Version:3.0.0.3.112

Anything I can do to optimize my router? Should I update my Firmware?

Latest firmware version is 3.0.0.4.220, which improves wireless stability among other things such as increasing NVRAM cache.

 

[red_december]

Latest firmware version is 3.0.0.4.220, which improves wireless stability among other things such as increasing NVRAM cache.

alright updated. thanks!

 

[oric1]

Latest firmware version is 3.0.0.4.220, which improves wireless stability among other things such as increasing NVRAM cache.

and also AiCloud

 

[coldboy]

Can't seem to get FW 3.0.0.4.220 to work with my M1 Fibre with ONT and RG. Reverted back to 3.0.0.3.112 in the end.

Anyone with luck with get this setup working? Seems like the rules for port forwarding change again in the new FW. Any advise is appreciated.

With FW 3.0.0.4.220, I am able to still ping all address but not able to hit any web. The port forwarding is enabled just like in previous FW version.

 

[Boltersdriveer]

Can't seem to get FW 3.0.0.4.220 to work with my M1 Fibre with ONT and RG. Reverted back to 3.0.0.3.112 in the end.

Anyone with luck with get this setup working? Seems like the rules for port forwarding change again in the new FW. Any advise is appreciated.

With FW 3.0.0.4.220, I am able to still ping all address but not able to hit any web. The port forwarding is enabled just like in previous FW version.

hmm, what issue are you facing? DNS resolution failures?

 

[coldboy]

hmm, what issue are you facing? DNS resolution failures?

Web traffic is not routed back correctly. Ping and traceroute all no issue.

 

[oric1]

Can't seem to get FW 3.0.0.4.220 to work with my M1 Fibre with ONT and RG. Reverted back to 3.0.0.3.112 in the end.

Anyone with luck with get this setup working? Seems like the rules for port forwarding change again in the new FW. Any advise is appreciated.

With FW 3.0.0.4.220, I am able to still ping all address but not able to hit any web. The port forwarding is enabled just like in previous FW version.

Had the same problem too until I did this...

LAN > Switch Control > Disable HW Accelerator = Yes

 

[shadowandy]

AiCloud - Sync, Share & Stream your files on the go

Anybody tried the AiCloud feature?


What is AiCloud?

In short, it is like a Dropbox / SugarSync / Put.io in your own home without the (free) storage size limits of 2GB / 5GB / 1GB.

The AiCloud feature is available on ASUS RT-N66U, RT-AC66U and RT-N16U from firmware 3.0.0.4.220 onwards.

There are other cool features which I did not try out (yet).


Why try AiCloud?

Tried the AiCloud feature over the weekend on the RT-AC66U and seems rather interesting. I work on multiple devices (sometimes desktop, tablet and mobile phone) and need a centralized storage. So both Dropbox and AiCloud's Cloud Disk feature comes in handy.

When it comes to sharing files with friends, I often hit the Dropbox storage limits. So decided to give AiCloud's Cloud Disk a try over the weekend.


Setting AiCloud up

Plugged in a 16GB USB flash drive to the USB ports of the RT-AC66U. Turned on the Cloud Disk feature in AiCloud and do the necessary port-forwarding (8082/tcp, 443/tcp). Downloaded the mobile app from Play Store.

Soon I am accessing the files in the flash drive and creating public links to my friend. The link is some randomly generated public URL that points back to your Cloud Disk. Within the mobile application (AiCloud app), you can easily email/sms the link to your friend.

To put in new files you can also access the USB flash drive as a network share by hitting the router's IP address.


How does it look like?

On my Samsung Note, it pretty much looks like this.





On the desktop, you can access it via the web browser.




So does it really work?

Well, yes. Considering that people are having high speed fibre internet plans and their router are on 24/7. Why not put in a flash disk and enable Cloud Disk to store and share your files?

Not enough storage? Well, you can always plug in a higher capacity disk or do some house keeping. But I got to warn you that public cloud storage providers leverage disk arrays to ensure that data are not lost due to failure of a single disk. You might not enjoy this (disk redundancy) if you are just simply hooking up a USB hard disk or flash drive to the RT-N66U, RT-AC66U or RT-N16U.

So do try it out if you are on firmware 3.0.0.4.220.

The complete blog entry on ASUS AiCloud - Sync, Share & Stream your files on the go.

 

[maxng82]

anyone can answer me if I buy asus -N66U to replace Singtel pace router need any special firmware upgrade for asus in order connect to singtel ONT directly????

 

[maxng82]

anyone can answer me if I buy asus -N66U to replace Singtel pace router need any special firmware upgrade for asus in order connect to singtel ONT directly????

if need to change firmware is it easy to do?

 

[maxng82]

finally can leave the singtel pace router aside after all the effort i been through(bought tp link router without google HWZ first and not 100% sure can use asus rt n56u or n66u directly to ONT some bro here said can some said cannot this and that whatever).just back from sim lim bought this ASUS RT N66U dark knight,lucky enough to go in a shop that the sale man knew this
ONT thing very well and bought from him quite cheap compare with other shop back home quickly unpack and setup surprisingly setup was very easy done now everything internet ,mio tv......etc is working greatly. thanks HWZ and all the bro and sis here now is time a get a nap liao

 

[maxng82]

finally can leave the singtel pace router aside after all the effort i been through(bought tp link router without google HWZ first and not 100% sure can use asus rt n56u or n66u directly to ONT some bro here said can some said cannot this and that whatever).just back from sim lim bought this ASUS RT N66U dark knight,lucky enough to go in a shop that the sale man knew this
ONT thing very well and bought from him quite cheap compare with other shop back home quickly unpack and setup surprisingly setup was very easy done now everything internet ,mio tv......etc is working greatly. thanks HWZ and all the bro and sis here now is time a get a nap liao

updated latest firmware 3.0.0.4.220

 

[coldboy]

Had the same problem too until I did this...

LAN > Switch Control > Disable HW Accelerator = Yes

Thanks. Working fine again. ASUS@SG, possible to fix this in the next FW?