Best firmware for Asus N66U

MartynB85 · 1 Feb 2014 at 14:14

Hi guys
I've just bought an N66U, what firmware do you recommend? I'll looking for something with good QOS support.
Thanks

Terrier_Jimlad · 1 Feb 2014 at 22:52

I have DD-WRT running on mine due to having Sky Fibre and needing MER. Had Merlin on it prior but found it a meh

Five_Star · 1 Feb 2014 at 23:36

I asked the same question about 2 months ago

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18566395

There are a few, but I went with Merlin

MartynB85 · 8 Feb 2014 at 21:29

I'll give them both a go, thanks chaps.

Steampunk · 8 Feb 2014 at 22:19

The thing with Merlin's is you get to use all the proprietary stuff that hasn't been open sourced, like the hardware acceleration module, or the Broadcom radio drivers, but with added features that aren't in the default Asus firmware.

bledd · 9 Feb 2014 at 13:19

Dsl-n66u or rt-n66u?

Rroff · 9 Feb 2014 at 13:32

For good qos support you'll probably need one of the ones like dd-wrt, Merlin is good if you want to stick with something similiar to stock but with better performance, stability and more advanced options for existing features but doesn't add much extra stuff like some of the other custom firmwares. The standard qos is a bit lacking - though if your using it with a bt vdsl2 modem for fttc hardly needed as the modems usually ship with upstream qos to stop any one application using more than 90% of the available upload.

MartynB85 · 9 Feb 2014 at 17:54

It's an RT-N66u i have.

Apparently just enabling QOS give a massive drop in performance with these, so i'll leave it off for now and see how i get on. I'm just about to stick Merlin on it...