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Asus RT-N56U
9.2 out of 10

Asus RT-N56U

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Reviews and Problems with Asus RT-N56U

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Overall 4
4.0

N56U is great hardware, bad firmware

Newegg
2 weeks ago
  • Pros: The ASUS router has great overall speed, range, and the interface provides lots of configuration options without a lot of complexity. Overall, it has the "potential" t...
  • Cons: Looking past the potential, it has a significant flaw that affects streaming, connection consistency and is a detriment to most devices. The device will maintain conne...
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Overall 4
4.0

Wanting to run opensource firmware on this thing?

HighDesertReviewGuy, Newegg
4 weeks ago
  • Pros: Ehh... It looks kinda cool?
  • Cons: Wanting to run opensource firmware on this thing? Look elsewhere -This combined with so so performance in my environment was the reason it wound up going back...
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Overall 4
4.0

Not Good

Nick, Newegg
4 May 2013
  • Pros: Nice looking, fast, easy to set-up.
  • Cons: Stopped working after two months! Wont connect without a static ip set, and when said ip is set it drops my 10mb/s connection to 500kb/s and, an awful ping of around 1...
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Overall 3
3.0

"Nice features with a pretty face, but unreliable."

kfmachinisu, CNET
1 April 2013
  • Pros: True dual band, with numerous setup options for security, etc. Strong Wi-fi signal throughout my one-story home -- better by far than my previous D-Link router. Sleek ...
  • Cons: Asus quality control now seems to be lacking. I now need to reboot the router maybe three times a week to keep Internet access working for my WIRED network. The router...
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Overall 4
4.0

User Review

TJ, Newegg
13 February 2013
  • Pros: worked fine for 10 month
  • Cons: drop the connection about once per day now.
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Overall 4
4.0

User Review

K, Newegg
6 February 2013
  • Summary: I have had this router since the end of November 2012. Since then, it has decided that there is no way on earth it can connect to the internet (cable modem) at least once...
  • Pros: When it works, it works well. The firmware interface is great. The number of configurable options is great.
  • Cons: It stops working frequently.
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Overall 4
4.0

Disappointing

Newegg
4 February 2013
  • Summary: 2. Despite my having set up many Linksys networks in the past, it took 3 hours to set up correctly where all wireless devices were communicating with it.
  • Pros: As many others have stated, when it works, it seems to work well. It's wireless side has two cell phones, a desktop computer using a Netgear USB wireless adapter, and ...
  • Cons: 1. Works correctly on wireless 2.4GHz band when it feels like it
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Overall 4
4.0

Poor wireless

Newegg
28 January 2013
  • Pros: USB 3.0 Hard-wire is fast. Inconstant connectivity with wireless.
  • Cons: Wireless is poor. Tried 2 diffident units and returned both.
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Overall 4
4.0

Design is a lemon

Newegg
13 January 2013
  • Pros: Did a great job within the first six months. I've owned it for almost two years now. Was streaming video and gaming great with several devices: 2 xbox 360 2 pcs and ne...
  • Cons: Started dropping people at random, not all at once. Lag spikes from streaming from pc to pc. Lag spikes on both wired and wireless. RMA just two weeks ago to Jefferson...
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Overall 4
4.0

ALMOST DAILY REBOOT

Adam, Newegg
4 January 2013
  • Pros: Nice UI for router settings (all around for all ASUS products I've owned). Great speeds, great range, easy set up. Not too intrusive in regards to size. Signal so good...
  • Cons: Worked excellent when it worked. Like other reviews mentioned here, I too experienced having to reboot the device at least once every one to two days. It got to the po...
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