The latest 802.11ac WiFi Standard: Get 3xfaster access and more reliable streaming for your home computers and mobile devices.
● Simultaneous dual band networks, 2.4GHz (300Mbps) and 5GHz (867Mbps).
● Four external antennas for faster wireless performance at greater distances.
● Manage your network settings easily with the Xiaomi MiWiFi APP.
● MT7620A processor, 128MB SLC Nand Flash ROM, 128MB DDR2 RAM
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bouncy99 to hallmufc
16 Jun 1632#7
a Pringles tube attached to a cb with somebody tapping our binary would be better than a new talk talk super router :wink:
retrend
16 Jun 166#45
You probably need more than a £20 router.
yubious to Roph
16 Jun 166#18
ask sky that!
dheydl to polarbaba
16 Jun 166#15
They haven't changed from those already mentioned in this thread
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deathtrap3000
16 Jun 16#1
No details on the amount of lan ports at the back or even an image. Either way still hot for an ac router which you could use as an wifi access point.
vmistery to deathtrap3000
16 Jun 16#2
2 LAN ports 1 WAN port according to the YouTube vid below it
This deal got my attention where the OP seems to have flashed the Asus firmware on this router.
Farhan007
16 Jun 16#6
So I can just plug the cable coming from my phone line box thingy that currently goes into my TalkTalk router into this and it'll work?
nublets2k to Farhan007
16 Jun 16#8
Not on its own, you still need a modem.
Farhan007
16 Jun 16#9
Currently I use it on my own, so I must already have a modem built into the talk talk router?
Is there any recommended modems I should be getting to go with this?
groenleader
16 Jun 16#10
I believe the interface is not in English. Ok if you know your way around these things.
bouncy99
16 Jun 16#11
that will depend on your service provider but if you have adsl/vdsl, i would just get an all in one modem router, makes it much easier to manage otherwise i'd recommend a true PPOE modem/bridge like a draytek vigor 130 to avoid horrible things like double nat'ing etc.
Hootwo
16 Jun 161#12
any ideas on the quality of engineering on these things - will it overheat or reboot and is the software likely to work and be tested?
nublets2k to Hootwo
16 Jun 161#13
None of those are guaranteed. It's surprising how small the board is!
frownbreaker to Hootwo
17 Jun 161#54
Xiaomi kit is typically really well made. Would expect this to be very good.
polarbaba
16 Jun 16#14
ethernet speeds ?
dheydl to polarbaba
16 Jun 166#15
They haven't changed from those already mentioned in this thread
Roph
16 Jun 162#17
100mbit ethernet? Is this 1998?
yubious to Roph
16 Jun 166#18
ask sky that!
nublets2k to Roph
16 Jun 161#19
It's under £20. What do you expect?
The stock firmware's based on Openwrt.
shatteredneon
16 Jun 16#20
I'm no router wizz but I need a router to use in Spain, on which I can log in to a VPN via openvpn. I baiscly want to be able to use Netflix, Now TV, iPlayer etc in Spain. Can this router install ddwrt ot tomato, or will the stock firmware serve my purpose?
So can anyone confirm that the GUI is in Chinese ONLY ?
ifti
16 Jun 16#31
how good is the wifi signal on one of these compared to the ones you get from sky and bt ?
im using my old ones as access points but signal is little crap as the routers are few years old
thanks
gap30 to ifti
16 Jun 16#32
Good signal is pretty strong even through walls
frownbreaker to ifti
17 Jun 161#57
Should be a lot better than the stock BT / Virgin / Sky remember to disable Wi-Fi on the existing units.
bouncy99
16 Jun 16#33
thanks
jaques_kalis
16 Jun 16#34
What talk talk provides is modem + router. If you want to use this, you should be able to configure talk talk device just to work as a modem and this can then be your wireless router.
jaques_kalis
16 Jun 16#35
need more antennas and ports
jaques_kalis
16 Jun 16#36
it's chinese firmware? can anyone confirm?
gmbaxter
16 Jun 161#37
so "gigabit" WiFi behind a 100mbps ethernet uplink :confused: crap!
bouncy99
16 Jun 16#38
wow, that looks like a quality piece of equipment :wink:
nublets2k
16 Jun 16#39
"Gigabit" wifi is much slower than Gigabit ethernet.
4737carlinsir
16 Jun 16#40
I just rang them. They said its 2016.
bouncy99
16 Jun 16#41
i just rang them, they said they and I quote "Don't have a cow man"
topss
16 Jun 16#42
You do understand a WiFi router can be used to create a wireless network to share files right?
Plus it's not 'gigabit' WiFi, the '1167' is a total of the 2.4 band + the 5 band. Just a naughty way for manufactures to mislead us (attempt to, but I see it works sometimes).
mbuckhurst
16 Jun 16#43
That might be the case, but even my freebie Virgin superhub 2 can send data that's faster than the network ports on this device. Probably fine if all you do is wifi access to the internet, but if like me you've got wires to a fast file server, the ports are going to seriously hamper performance.
mike
mbuckhurst
16 Jun 161#44
867 mbps is somewhat closer to gigabit than 100 mbps, does seem bizarre to support fast wifi without implementing gigabit networking, I could swamp those network ports with my Virgin Superhub, whilst sat several rooms away, but I guess it's aimed at people who don't use network ports.
mike
retrend
16 Jun 166#45
You probably need more than a £20 router.
ifti
17 Jun 16#46
Can 2 of these be used to make a WiFi bridge ? I am currently using 2 tp link ones
Thanks
Nathe
17 Jun 16#47
Does anyone know if DD-WRT or Open-WRT can be put on this? Can't see anything on the product page or in the reviews, did see one guy saying he'd put Asus firmware on it...
ck12111
17 Jun 16#48
Would this work with Sky BB? Anything to replace this awful Sky Hub...
Spark to ck12111
17 Jun 16#49
I don't think it's an ADSL modem router unfortunately. I think it's just for cable.
ifti to ck12111
17 Jun 16#50
you wont be able to replace the hub as you need that for your connection, you can use this for the wifi if you sky signal is rubbish and dropping alot.....you do need to make sure your internet connection is stable
frownbreaker to ck12111
17 Jun 16#55
Yes will be fine. Disable the Wifi on the Skybox and disable the DHCP on this unit (give this unit a static address outside the DHCP pool of the Sky unit).
Most ADSL and cable modems are placed where it makes sense for the cable / tel company not the best place for Wi-Fi in your house. This tends to be at a corner of the house near the street.
For Wi-Fi Access its best to have the unit mounted centrally in the house e.g.. 1st floor (the Radio emissions will travel 360 up and down (like a ball)
This is a great low end unit. If you want the very best Access point the high end ASUS units are hard to beat. This unit is 10 times cheap and will be fine for most users. Heat ++
kevnis
17 Jun 16#51
Anybody know if this can be wall hung? Can the antennas turn so they would be parallel with the wall?
jfawad
17 Jun 16#52
The SoC is an MT7620A which is a 2x2 11n chipset. I bet two of these antenna are for show.
On their website they clearly say that the chip is MT7620A
anonimousse
17 Jun 16#59
I was not disputing it. As I understand it the MT7620 SoC is providing support for 3 x ports and 802.11a/b/g/n (2.4GHz) and MT7612 for 802.11ac (5GHz) respectively. The teardown clearly features the latter, whereas the former being the CPU could be lurking under the heatsink.
hallmufc
17 Jun 16#61
Cheers for your input, yeah I just use it for single use in a one bed apartment so I know I don't need a premium router but would have took a chance on this as I have been getting drop outs on my connection and want to rule out the router and also remove any slow downs that you would get from a provider router
piyush1982
17 Jun 16#62
in case it is useful to anyone here... i had bt home hub 5 that came with their fibre broadband. switched to sky and got abysmal wifi performance. so re-used the home hub 5 as an access point, works like a charm! 5ghz home hub works really well.
ifti
17 Jun 16#63
I would have snapped this up if it had 2 more Ethernet ports! I currently use old sky routers as access points but these sound better,
thabiz
18 Jun 16#64
Can anyone advise me on what router to get? I have Fibre with Plusnet but the awful router loses the connection at least twice a day. It is fibre but it just uses a normal phone line connection and not the "WAN" port. My current router is a "Hub One" which is a re branded "BT HomeHub5A".
I stream a lot of content, I am confused with all the VDSL/ADSL stuff.
My budget is up to £60, what sort of router do I need?
And on another note, how and why are all these broadband providers getting away with providing equipment that is not fit for purpose, on every router thread someone mentions a different provider, they are all giving us junk!.
Plusnet told me it must be an electrical item in my house that makes it drop connection, what a load of nonsense...
Any advise is much appreciated :smiley:
jordanc93 to thabiz
21 Jun 161#67
In all fairness I would never expect much from a free ISP router, I remember a few years ago you used to have to purchase your own wireless router, you only used to get a basic usb broadband modem free. They design these routers to suit the basic needs of users. The Hub One has a built in vdsl router hence only needs to be connected to the DSL port. You will need to either get a router which has a built in VDSL modem or use the Hub One to connect to the internet and then a seprate cable router connected to the Hub One via ethernet to provide the wifi.
frownbreaker to thabiz
22 Nov 16#70
When you say loses the connection what do you mean? I'm asking to answer your question it is required to determin
1) Are you able to distinguish between a Wifi disconnection and a xDSL connection drop? If not talk to Plusnet they can look at the logs on your modem (Assuming you have new all in one units not the old style Plusnet cable router and BT Branded Openreach modem Plusnet used to issue? Please let me know what make and model of modem you have.
2) For your Wifi the answer depends on how many users you have at home (devices and concurrent users and the type of use) e.g. 3 tables streaming internet video in HD and a 2 HD Smart TV running iPlayer / Netflix and a laptop streaming files etc plus phone (make and model) and number of users peak concurrent
3) As 2) but for your wired devices (Printers, IPPhones, CCTV, PVRs, TVs etc) Don't forget Games Consoles either wired or wireless (let me know the make / model and connection type ie. Wired / Wireless
Plusnet cap the upload speed to 2megs and this can throttle your download speed as the management data for downloads requires confirmation packets to be uploaded in a timely fashion. If this is not possible, say another users on your network is uploading some files, then it is possible for video to stall as the video client is unable to let the remote video server know in time that specific frames have been received, so the remote streaming server keeps sending frames that the streaming client (e.g. smart TV) already has but has.been unable to inform the streaming server in time due to the upload cap that PN have on their unlimited connections.
gmbaxter
18 Jun 16#65
yes but faster than 100Mb
gmbaxter
18 Jun 16#66
yes I understand WiFi I manage IT for a living. it just seems odd to pair anything 802.11n and upwards with 100Mbps ethernet
rarrar
26 Jun 16#68
Unit arrived within 7 days, ( I paid ~90p extra for quicker delivery) so just over £20.00 then !!
Very light and flimsy case, no mounting/fixing points, travel plug type adaptor for psu - I carried on using Netgear 12v 1amp one.
GUI all in Chinese ONLY but once I had internet access Google Chrome translate worked.
(I used Android MiWifi App, its in English, to setup basics to get internet access )
Had to change wifi channel for 5G before 5G started working.
Have it setup now as a wired WiFi AP .
Update worked.
Not as difficult as I first thought it would be.
funtomino
22 Nov 16#69
LAN not important if you want to use WIFI and attached USB device like 2.5' HDD for home network.
Perfect combination! You cannot get better offer at the moment.
If compared to ebay, watch out there a lot of these routers without USB connector. So called Xiaomi wifi router 3C
frownbreaker
22 Nov 16#71
The inside of the ASUS units is a bit bigger but they run much hotter (more and faster chips) so they have a huge heatsink. Most of the key roles are now single chip SoC/ASICs. Nice pics BTW. To be fair the ASUS stuff costs a lot more.
Agreed its amazing how these small form factors deliver so much CPU and RAM for a few pounds!
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The latest 802.11ac WiFi Standard: Get 3xfaster access and more reliable streaming for your home computers and mobile devices.
● Simultaneous dual band networks, 2.4GHz (300Mbps) and 5GHz (867Mbps).
● Four external antennas for faster wireless performance at greater distances.
● Manage your network settings easily with the Xiaomi MiWiFi APP.
● MT7620A processor, 128MB SLC Nand Flash ROM, 128MB DDR2 RAM
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All comments (71)
2x 100Mbps eth + 1x WAN port
???
If your spending a lot on internet the ASUS unit are worth a look if you are serving content from home. For single use HD streaming over Wi-Fi this class of unit is fine.
Is there any recommended modems I should be getting to go with this?
The stock firmware's based on Openwrt.
https://postimg.org/image/zdniwpkwn/
You Sir are a Legend! :smile:
I take it you have seen this thread: https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=326298
it wont be long till and openwrt port arrives
im using my old ones as access points but signal is little crap as the routers are few years old
thanks
Plus it's not 'gigabit' WiFi, the '1167' is a total of the 2.4 band + the 5 band. Just a naughty way for manufactures to mislead us (attempt to, but I see it works sometimes).
mike
mike
Thanks
Most ADSL and cable modems are placed where it makes sense for the cable / tel company not the best place for Wi-Fi in your house. This tends to be at a corner of the house near the street.
For Wi-Fi Access its best to have the unit mounted centrally in the house e.g.. 1st floor (the Radio emissions will travel 360 up and down (like a ball)
This is a great low end unit. If you want the very best Access point the high end ASUS units are hard to beat. This unit is 10 times cheap and will be fine for most users. Heat ++
I stream a lot of content, I am confused with all the VDSL/ADSL stuff.
My budget is up to £60, what sort of router do I need?
And on another note, how and why are all these broadband providers getting away with providing equipment that is not fit for purpose, on every router thread someone mentions a different provider, they are all giving us junk!.
Plusnet told me it must be an electrical item in my house that makes it drop connection, what a load of nonsense...
Any advise is much appreciated :smiley:
1) Are you able to distinguish between a Wifi disconnection and a xDSL connection drop? If not talk to Plusnet they can look at the logs on your modem (Assuming you have new all in one units not the old style Plusnet cable router and BT Branded Openreach modem Plusnet used to issue? Please let me know what make and model of modem you have.
2) For your Wifi the answer depends on how many users you have at home (devices and concurrent users and the type of use) e.g. 3 tables streaming internet video in HD and a 2 HD Smart TV running iPlayer / Netflix and a laptop streaming files etc plus phone (make and model) and number of users peak concurrent
3) As 2) but for your wired devices (Printers, IPPhones, CCTV, PVRs, TVs etc) Don't forget Games Consoles either wired or wireless (let me know the make / model and connection type ie. Wired / Wireless
Plusnet cap the upload speed to 2megs and this can throttle your download speed as the management data for downloads requires confirmation packets to be uploaded in a timely fashion. If this is not possible, say another users on your network is uploading some files, then it is possible for video to stall as the video client is unable to let the remote video server know in time that specific frames have been received, so the remote streaming server keeps sending frames that the streaming client (e.g. smart TV) already has but has.been unable to inform the streaming server in time due to the upload cap that PN have on their unlimited connections.
Very light and flimsy case, no mounting/fixing points, travel plug type adaptor for psu - I carried on using Netgear 12v 1amp one.
GUI all in Chinese ONLY but once I had internet access Google Chrome translate worked.
(I used Android MiWifi App, its in English, to setup basics to get internet access )
Had to change wifi channel for 5G before 5G started working.
Have it setup now as a wired WiFi AP .
Update worked.
Not as difficult as I first thought it would be.
Perfect combination! You cannot get better offer at the moment.
If compared to ebay, watch out there a lot of these routers without USB connector. So called Xiaomi wifi router 3C
Agreed its amazing how these small form factors deliver so much CPU and RAM for a few pounds!