In reply to a post by oldskool:

I quickly realised that booster/repeating was never going to yield good results 16-20Mbps!! Homeplugs did work out but i wanted 1 simple solution.

I just ran a test for you over my AV200 Homeplugs into a 5GHz wifi repeater http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/14121...

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In reply to a post by oldskool:

I quickly realised that booster/repeating was never going to yield good results 16-20Mbps!! Homeplugs did work out but i wanted 1 simple solution.

I just ran a test for you over my AV200 Homeplugs into a 5GHz wifi repeater http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/14121...

I got similar results for LAN tests using 500Mbps, they definitely work. I have a lot of wiring in the house but i decided i needed another 5ghz access point as my AE only managed to do 3 rooms!

So i hope this new ASUS router works out.

Edited by oldskool (Wed 01-Oct-14 14:19:37)

In reply to a post by oldskool:

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

In reply to a post by oldskool:

I quickly realised that booster/repeating was never going to yield good results 16-20Mbps!! Homeplugs did work out but i wanted 1 simple solution.

I just ran a test for you over my AV200 Homeplugs into a 5GHz wifi repeater http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/14121...

I got similar results for LAN tests using 500Mbps, they definitely work. I have a lot of wiring in the house but i decided i needed another 5ghz access point as my AE only managed to do 3 rooms!

So i hope this new ASUS router works out.

Now you can see why I recommended Homeplugs and AE.

The ASUS DSL-AC68U is powered on.

1) The DSL portion seems far inferior compared to the sky router. Synced at 15.3Mbps 37dB attenuation compared to 18.3Mbps and 30dB!

2) Didn't realise sky don't allow 3rd party routers and its a faff getting the u/p

3) No obvious way to put this router into access mode only? I managed it by not setting up WAN and turning off DHCP. Still not sure if this is the best way?

4) Whilst trying to find out how to connect sky up i read that sky use something called MER for fibre which isn't compatible with a lot of routers. Great, so seems the DSL part of this router is pretty useless.

As for the wifi performance. Well it is a step up. Top floor has decent coverage and a file transfer shows 20-28MB/Sec between the computer on floor 3 and laptop on floor 1 (where router is).

Laptop on top floor not such a good 5ghz signal, around 11-14MB/Sec.

Packet loss completely gone even on 2.4ghz. So coverage is much better although no easy way to test 1300 to 1300 which literally only seems possible within about 1m of the router hmmmm.


Any ideas on the DSL issues and capability with sky fibre?

Edited by oldskool (Wed 01-Oct-14 20:45:14)

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-broadband-fibre-h...

Thanks for the help everyone - i thought i should update with a conclusion.

The ASUS went back and it was accepted. Whilst possible to get it working with sky it was a slight faff and the sync speed was quite a bit lower and the SNR was very unstable.

Whilst in the tests the Apple Airport Extreme does not win any prizes i've ended up with one. Liimited on outright features and perhaps not the best option its certainly turned out to be a very good solution.

I did move the modem (sky hub) up to the middle floor and ran an ethernet cable to the middle landing where the Airport Express now is. Almost very centre of the house.

Over 5ghz with my laptop in the ground floor right hand room and the iMac in the 3rd floor left hand room i'm getting actual data rates of 30MB/Sec - 35MB/Sec. This is with the computers as far apart as possible.

This jumps to over 45MB/Sec with them both in the same room up 1 floor and to the left through a wall. Very decent performance.

I havent been able to test ultimate 1300Mbps performance as the Airport Express is on the landing and not on the same floor as my desktop.

I think it is slightly unfair i didn't test the Asus in this configuration. It probably could have outperformed the Airport Express if i had put it on the middle floor.

But either way, i've found my solution. I can't comment on outright range and throughput but the Airport Express is getting a big thumbs up. Its the fastest one i've tried with the best range and the easiest to set up.

thanks