Since I made that post I've found the changelogs and he's up to beta 3 based on .270 (which is what I'm using atm- it doesn't have that bug), so I don't suppose it'll be long before the release version comes out.

Ordered and should be arriving today, now for the fun and games to configure it

To get it to act like a router instead of an AP you need to piggy back off the DMZ of the sr-101 (or put the sr-101 into modem mode if this is possible?, it is with virgins superhub). But you could have done this with your existing router and if you had loaded Tomato USB firmware onto your current router you would have had all the functionality that the ASUS will offer +more.

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To get it to act like a router instead of an AP you need to piggy back off the DMZ of the sr-101 (or put the sr-101 into modem mode if this is possible?, it is with virgins superhub). But you could have done this with your existing router and if you had loaded Tomato USB firmware onto your current router you would have had all the functionality that the ASUS will offer +more.

I have spent so much time messing around with the Netgear I have just about given up. I get the kids everyday saying the wifi is down or very slow, the Time Machine stuff just doesn't work very well (primary reason for buying it). So it can go up on the Bay, the Asus seems to have got some great reviews and Merlin is fixing the bugs that are found and adding some useful functionality based off the ASUS code...

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Not at all. It is very intuitive. The only annoying thing is that in some places one must use the MAC to configure devices and in others the IP is used. With all the devices in this house, matching MAC/IP to device was the most 'interesting'.

DrT

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Ordered and should be arriving today, now for the fun and games to configure it
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Not at all. It is very intuitive. The only annoying thing is that in some places one must use the MAC to configure devices and in others the IP is used. With all the devices in this house, matching MAC/IP to device was the most 'interesting'.

DrT
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Well it arrived after arguing with DPD for nearly an hour. Was up and running in around 2 hours after I setup the DMZ on the SR101 and the new internal network on 192.168.2.x , guest networks done, certain URLs blocked kid time limited on wired and wifi devices.

All in all I have to say it is a very nice piece of kit. One of the things I like is that the thing doesn't require a reboot after every change!

The Wi-fi performance is stonking too. My son is at the front of the house, 1st floor. I am at the other end on the ground floor.

He gets a better signal with the Asus barefoot than he did with the last router with a repeater.

DrT

Three weeks before I installed the Asus I bought a homeplug and a wireless homeplug so my wife could get a signal down in the conservatory. With the Asus it seems redundant as she gets a full signal and that includes going the steel work where we had two walls taken out!

Exceptionally good router it has to be said