** IN STOCK & SHIPPING NOW - Asus DSL - N55U Black Diamond Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router **

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Did any one find out what chip it used? Also reading the fine print on Asus's website it says " PCB color and bundled software versions are subject to change without notice. " Just interested to know what differance the PCB colour would make and why they would make a point of it?
 
Got it yesterday, working a treat :D

It's likely a holdover disclaimer from their motherboards.

Companies may need to change PCB colours from prototypes or swap ancillary chips (like PLLs) depending on supplies.
 
Well I got mine through and the upload speed is terrible. I've tried factory reset and I'm 100% sure all the settings are correct. The attenuation is also higher with this one compaired with the other routers I've tried.

Did a few speed tests with it and 2 older routers:

Asus: DSL-N55U:

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3com 11n:

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ZyXEL P-600:

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Think I might have a faulty one so raised a ticket with ASUS see what they say before I send it back. Back on the old 3com for now.
 
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Looks very similar to the first faulty one I had. High pings and bad upload speed.

Now on sample #2, this time from Overclockers as the competition couldn't get their act together to send a replacement.

So far quite impressive. Attenuation some 6dB less than with the antique SMC I was using, better speeds all round. More to the point it can cope with bittorrent hammering flawlessly. Wireless coverage also much better. A happy bunny here - I hope it lasts :)
 
I have the same problems with the uplink speed 0.1Mbps only!
I don't know if it is possible to send it back as it was sold to me from
another user but still in warranty of course.
Do you think that it is a hardware fault that can not be fixed with a firmware upgrade
in the future or shall I wait for an upgrade first?
 
I only get uplink speed problems if I choose the wrong Annex setting, make sure you have tried with that on the correct (for your ISP) non-auto mode first.

If that doesn't help, then I wouldn't think waiting on firmware would help; we're not talking about trailblaze technology here when it comes to the modem part but stuff that's been around for some time.
 
woah, looks like something is wrong there.

if the product is from us, please post in the customer service section of the forum and one of our team will arrange a replacement unit for you
 
Unfortunatelly it's been bought from somewhere else but the real issue is that the buyer
sold this to me....My only hope is Asus to accept it directly from me...
 
Hello Just installed mine now, already the wireless speed and wired speed difference has improved drasticly and My last router was pretty good too (Netgear RangeMax DG834N)

Very happy :D Mainly just ordered it for the additional management features :D hopefully might be able to play Forza with the 3 xboxes at the same time now too :D
 
Can anyone help me set this router up, I'm on BE static IP and have all the details in correctly, although it says line connected and stuff there's no inet activity when opening a web page. Been at this for over 2 hours now tryna figure out what could be the problem..

Any help is much appreciated.
 
On the router's homepage if you click the Internet node in the map (topmost box in the middle map graphic), what does it show for the details on the right?

When it wasn't showing properly there, usually after saving or resetting the modem's properties when I made a configuration change, I would have to tell it to connect manually (there'd be a button to do so where mine now shows Pause) and I'd have duff details for gateway and dns, possibly just 0.0.0.0 even though the line was up.

Without changing anything further, a disconnect and reconnect would usually be all I needed to do.

Also be wary of Windows dns caching, if you hit a web page before the dns is ready and it won't show anything, subsequent attempts to hit the web page after the connection does come up just fails.

To fix that, close all browser windows, bring up an (administrator) command prompt window and type: ipconfig /flushdns

Then you should be able to open browser windows and hit the web again.

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Once again though, if you're still having troubles after that, best to post in the Networks forum where more focus can be given to your problem.
 
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I can't choose PPPoA as BE doesn't use that. I have gone through the Auto Set up and even manual and entered the correct settings given to me by BE (Static IP, Gateway IP, DNS & WAN net Mask) It says the line connected but the box in task bar has the ! in it with no inet access. Tried using MER and the ! in the task bar box goes away and say's I'm connected but again the internet it dead.

I just don't think this router works with BE* even though it's in the list in the auto setup.
 
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I can't choose PPPoA as BE doesn't use that. I have gone through the Auto Set up and even manual and entered the correct settings given to me by BE (Static IP, Gateway IP, DNS & WAN net Mask) It says the line connected but the box in task bar has the ! in it with no inet access. Tried using MER and the ! in the task bar box goes away and say's I'm connected but again the internet it dead.

I just don't think this router works with BE* even though it's in the list in the auto setup.
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Have you tried using the BeBox in bridge mode, which is to set it as just a modem and then have the Asus N55U just as a router?
 
Slightly off topic, but for those with Infinity who can't buy this as it's ADSL, then the N66U is the product for you. I had problems with the standard BT Homehub 3 - the wifi reception was blocked by anything more substantial than a wasp's fart. This fits the bill admirably, even if it is £145.

One setup quirk I should mention: BT Infinity customers have a common user name - [email protected] if I remember right - and no password. This router, however requires a password. So, when you're setting up, enter anything you like in the password field, the router will not connect without it.
 
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