Asus RT-N12E

loltim · 4 Sep 2014 at 23:45

Is this router any good? All I need is a connection to my Vigor 120 DSL modem and Dynamic DNS, as well as a reliable wireless connection of course.

It's only 18 quid and energy efficient. Worth a punt?

What doesn't it do that the higher end Asus routers do? I'm not really interested in gigabit or 802.11ac as neither my laptop or NAS support them.

Edit: quick Google seems to suggest it's a realtek chipset rather than a broadcom, Hmm explains why it's so cheap. What's the cheapest broadcom Asus router?
Edit2: do I have to use Asus's dynamic DNS? Can I use another provider?

loltim · 5 Sep 2014 at 18:10

No-one using this?

bremen1874 · 5 Sep 2014 at 18:15

Buying a very basic cable router to connect to a Vigor 120 is an odd decision. You may as well just buy an equivalent router with a built-in modem.

loltim · 5 Sep 2014 at 18:30

I don't want to buy a modem/router as we're going over to FTTC in a couple of months. The vigor 120 is great. I've never owned a modem that holds a connection as stable as this does. The RT-N56U or N66U would have been nice but a waste of money.

Any thoughts on the router in question? Ta.