Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 2070 Location: South Florida
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 17:22 Post subject:
Heh, I actually emailed Newegg informing them of the release date and requested that they stock up on them...so we'll see.
Here's their response:
"Thank you for contacting Newegg. We greatly appreciate you taking the time to offer your product recommendation to us. I have forward this to our purchasing department and they will surely look into carrying this product in the near future.
If you ever have any other recommendations, questions or concerns, please let us know and we would be happy to assist you further.
Thank You,
Webmaster@Newegg.com" _________________ Optware, the Right Way
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Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 2070 Location: South Florida
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:59 Post subject:
Obviously the dual band problem can be fixed with DD-WRT and incorporating the drivers necessary. I still think there is more logic behind this aspect that we don't quite understand yet. ASUS wouldn't;t build a router that badass and have a major flaw such as this... _________________ Optware, the Right Way
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Obviously the dual band problem can be fixed with DD-WRT and incorporating the drivers necessary. I still think there is more logic behind this aspect that we don't quite understand yet. ASUS wouldn't;t build a router that badass and have a major flaw such as this...
Obviously?
I don't think you know what you're talking about
You need to have the hardware there for 5GHz, you can't fix that with a driver. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
This is the chip that's in the RT-N16... _________________ Optware, the Right Way
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Aah, so I am an ass for pointing out that it might not be that easy just to include a driver?
You want the forum members to buy this router believing that it is just a matter of software?
Take a look at the "Functional Block Diagram" in the link you provide.
The big red block is the cpu and everything outside of the cpu is connected by buses, indicated by arrows.
The front end modules (FEM) and the power amplifiers are not build into the cpu, they are external and so is the BCM4322 radio.
Neither you nor I have any knowledge of which of these circuits Asus has incorporated but you seem to be sure that the router will be able to operate at both bands. Pray tell me what inside information you have! _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
It says it operates @ 300 megabits, this can't be done on the 2.4/2.5 band can it? I don't own N hardware so I don't know. _________________ Eko Builds
Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 2070 Location: South Florida
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 17:57 Post subject:
LOM wrote:
Neither you nor I have any knowledge of which of these circuits Asus has incorporated but you seem to be sure that the router will be able to operate at both bands. Pray tell me what inside information you have!
Alright both of us tryin to be smart-asses is unproductive. You're right I have absolutely no clue what the circuits control until someone gets the router does a GPIO dump. But in the meantime here is some other info:
Apparently the Original release of the router back in June contained the BCM 4716 which is only 2.4 GHz band. The new models however are equipped with the 4718. THIS is where all the confusion is coming from. _________________ Optware, the Right Way
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It has to be a typo on their end... _________________ Optware, the Right Way
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Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 2070 Location: South Florida
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 19:03 Post subject:
Release date is Oct 14 for Canada, Oct 16 for U.S. I'm gonna wait on Newegg... _________________ Optware, the Right Way
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