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Ack! I need to replace one of the Asus RT N13U routers at home--well, one of them. I'd rather just get the same one and redo the setup, but I have no *time* to shop.
I'm gonna hit up Best Buy, but if it's not there, what's the simplest replacement? I had dd-wrted it, which could make it easier or harder. But it's a pretty simple setup (uses. I just did that for familiarity.
It functions as a repeater sitting between the modem/router and a further out router/repeater.
Honestly, I would think "whatever is cheapest" would probably work just fine for that need. Surely "set to repeater mode" is a pretty basic task for any router interface.
There's a reason I couldn't do it with the N13U out of the box, but I don't remember it.
I'll take your advice.
Interesting. My n13u definitely had a built in repeater mode.
Maybe it was familiarity and security through obscurity--I dunno. It was a while back, back when I got technologically "inspired".
I just realised that thanks to a Buffista I have an extra router at home--a Netgear Nighthawk. Way overpowered for the application, but what a lifesaver!
I'll either use it here and give them my Linksys E3200, or just take it there. Not decided yet...level of effort must be examined...
The Nighthawk is a great router.
I was going to say if you go into Best Buy the routers and modems aren't in computers any more (at least they shouldn't be) they will be in the "connections" deparment (mobile phones, tablets, security cameras, wi fi connected light switches, light bulbs, and the like). The idea is that the internet and espeically wireless internet is so centralized they put it in kind of one area.
Ok, this is near my "Oh hell, take a chance" price.
OTOH? a month to ship from China.
Of course, it pings my, "if it sounds too good to be true" meter.
It might simply be REALLY slow. Which is nto necessarily a big deal if you plan to load it up once with music or movies, but can cause problems if you like taking pictures onto it or something.
Went down to the local Amazon display case (i.e. Best Buy). Tested out whether any computing options work better with my eyes than the setup I have currently. To my surprise, 30 inch monitors do nothing for me. Some tablets work. To my greater suprise, the Galaxy Tab 44 9 inch worked better for me than the iPad. Best Buy did not have a tab S in stock. so I'll have to see if office Max or something has one I can try. But while the S is supposed to have a better screen, I don't think even Sony would claim it matches the ipad 2 air in specs. But what works for your eyes eorks for your eyes. So I'm going to look at an S, just in case whatever screen improvement Sony made with the S is actually worse rather than better for me. I admit I'd rather have the greater speed and memory of the S if the screen works for me, but you know seeing the screen is my key demand right now, so if the 4 is better I'll go for it. At least buying a 4 will be cheaper than an S if that is the way it turns out. Seems odd that a 4 works better than an ipad, but eyes are weird things ....