Would anyone like to purchase a brand new never opened BUFFALO AirStation HighPower N600 Gigabit Simultaneous Dual Band Router (WZR-600DHP2).

They are just sending me the exact same router again instead of the original DHP with DDWRT citing that they no longer manufacture that model and have no refurbs.

Since it doesn't have the DDWRT firmware and I have already had a bad experience with this model, I really will have no use for this router. My out of warranty Belkin will work just fine for that now. Sounds like it arrives Monday.

Supposedly corporate is going to call me to discuss if I have any further options aka refund or next model up, but I don't have high hopes on either.

Dude, I've been working with Netgear for a week with what appears to be an ARP issue in the R7000.

I've tried 3 different firmwares, done all of the troubleshooting, and even taken packet captures with Wireshark and they don't have any means for me to send them the files.

Their support site only supports 10MB attachments and they don't have an externally facing FTP server.

They actually asked me to install Teamserver, which is remote control/emeeting software so they could download the files directly from my PC.

I ended having to setup an FTP server. Unbelieveable that I've basically done 100% of the work in an effort for them to fix these issues.

Seriously? wow, just wow!!!

I've used Netgear for many years and beta tested several products, including some that actually made it to the market with improvements based on my and others feedback.

They've been really good to me over the years but I'm getting REALLY frustrated with them. I didn't sign up for a beta test when I paid $200 for this router. I'm not new to the game, I know that things don't ever work out of the box but this thing has significant issues with basic functions that should never fail...

Holy crap. $200 for a router? What does it do?

Well, it's AC1900 first of all, so with the right client, you could theoretically see Gigabit throughput (yes, 1000Mbps) on the 5Ghz band.

It has exceptional range, especially on the 5Ghz band over any other router I've ever owned.

And these new AC1900 routers (especially the LinkSys WRT1900) now sport USB performance on par with stand-alone SoC-based NAS boxes.

sheesh. I don't think I need that beefy of a router but it sure sounds nice.

Just got off the phone with buffalo and now they are going to send me the new upgrade to the dhp2. Said it is supposed to be on shelves later this month and they will ship it as soon as it is out. The good news, this one has DDwrt on it. Why they went away from that on the DHP2 is beyond me.

:thumb: Finally some good news.

Maybe.

LMAO...

Hopefully. heh

The other day my network lost power and my Airport Extreme wouldn't come back on. Thought it had been Gugu'd for sure.

Luckily It just didn't like booting up with all the Ethernet and USB ports plugged in.

If I was in the market for a new WIFI router what would you recommend? Currently I am still using my old Linksys WRT54G

That's tough. The Asus AC routers have all kinds of firmware problems. The Netgear AC routers have similar issues. The Linksys AC1900 just came out and it's running on a Marvell chipset so there's no DD-WRT contingency if things get flaky.

Personally, I think you'd be best to go with a N class router, especially if you don't have any AC clients. You'll have a better chance of finding something mature and stable.

I have to leave right now. I'll post more later.

Checkpoint 640. A tad overkill for home use, but I like it.

http://content.etilize.com/Large/1024845539.jpg

That's pretty sweet.

OK, so back to this topic.

I was replacing a Netgear WNDR3700 which was the highest-performing router on the market when I bought it in 2010.

It was still functioning but was starting to crap out and with a TCP limit of 4096 sessions, I was due for an upgrade.

I bought an Asus RT-N66U, which is an N900 class router. It has 1000's of excellent reviews and a couple of different firmware options. I had nothing but trouble with mine.

If you're wanting to stay in the $100 range, you might give it a try. Otherwise, I would recommend you check out www.smallnetbuilder.com.