ASUS(RT-N10+) Wireless-N 150 Entry Home Router: Fast Ethernet and support upto 4 Guest SSID(Open source DDWRT support),Black

My old router was way overdue, many years have past and I was looking primarily into grabbing a router with Guest SSID so I can give out wifi access to guests who come to our house and not worry about leaving my whole network wide open. Once I started my research, I was faced with all the nice fast and high cost routers. I asked myself, really? Do I need this or that? Sure, having the best router was nice and having all the features available was great but do I need that? Ultimately I went looking for a low cost and less featured router and found the ASUS RT-N10+. The ASUS allows me to do what I wanted to and more, also comes at a great price. I see no drop in speeds over wifi and it meets the needs for me so I see no real reason to pay more, especially over a hundred for bragging rights on some of the latest / fastest routers.If you are looking for a router, see what your immediate use and needs are, and go from there. No use buying an expensive router because the features sound nice to have, just in case. The industry and manufacturers are constantly introducing new features and models, you may end up wasting money on more expensive routers with features you never use.8/16/14 UPDATE: Over the last month or two, I have been noticing something strange with the router. Overnight, the wifi does not work even if the device and router shows connected. This only happens on the Guest SSID. The standard SSID which my notebook is connected to and have access to internet and network, works fine without issues. It's the tablet and smartphones which I only allow internet, that have the problem. A reboot of the router and all is working again. Noticed also a glitch where the WPS light is on even when in the settings, WPS is disabled. This also requires a reboot to turn off the WPS light.I've tried a number of settings in the router to see if anything works but have not been able to resolve the problem. Will try Asus support to see if they have a clue with the Guest SSID issue.UPDATE 8/20/14: Ok, still haven't contacted Asus for troubleshoot but I've made some changes and so far the wifi signal has not dropped overnight. The changes I made were reducing the Fragmentation Threshold to 2306 and RTS Threshold to 2307, lowering the Beacon Interval to 50, I also disabled the b/g Protection box. These from some of the many suggestions from a PCMAG article by Samara Lynn (10 Wireless Router Features You Should Be Using but Aren't). So far so good, not sure which had an effect but I will update if the wifi breaks in the future.Please click YES if my review have been helpful to you, it will encourage me to continue writing and updating my reviews, and leave a comment if you have any questions, I will be more than happy to answer if I can be of help.

First, be sure to install the DD-WRT firmware (note that the "B1" hardware version, what you will likely receive, does NOT work with Tomato firmware as of Apr 8, 2011).To install the DD-WRT firmware on this router, look up the router on the DD-WRT Supported Database [...]. On this router, there are two files that need to be installed: 1. factory-to-ddwrt.trx 2. asus-rt-n10plus-ddwrt-webflash.binUsing your laptop/PC and assuming a Windows OS as well as DHCP, using your browser, go to 192.168.1.1 (username and password = "admin"). Go to Administration and upload the factory-to-ddwrt.trx file. Once that completes, wait about 5 minutes and unplug your router and plug it back in.Using your browser again, once again visit 192.168.1.1. Change your username and password and click Save. Then, go to Administration and upload the asus-rt-n10plus-ddwrt-webflash.bin file. Once that completes, wait about 5 minutes and unplug your router and plug it back in.You're done; just configure your router as you would any other router (visit DD-WRT's website for help if needed). Note, the firmware is quite comprehensive and can turn this little router into a thousand dollar device if desired. For most, the default settings plus wireless security is all you'll like need.Remember, Tomato is currently unsupported on the "B1" version (the previous non-B1 version is supported). If you tend not to read material like me and try to install Tomato, you will brick your router as I did.To unbrick your router:1. Change the DHCP network setting to Static and set the IP Address to 192.168.1.15 (the "15" is critical, this is the IP Address this router is expecting on a firmware flash). Make sure your gateway is set to 192.168.1.12. While power is on your router and an ethernet cable is connected between your router and laptop/PC, depress the Reset button on the router using a paper clip. While holding the Reset button in, unplug the router - wait 10 seconds - plug it back in and continue to hold the Reset button for about another 10 seconds until the WPS light starts to blink (the router is now in recovery mode). Note, the router will not accept a ping at this point in case you're checking.3. If using Windows, download TFTP2.exe from [...](or google and download from elsewhere). Note, if using Windows 7, you'll need to go Control Panel > Programs & Features > Turn Windows Features On (in LHS panel) and check "TFTP Client".4. Run the downloaded TFTP2.exe program and set the Server = 192.168.1.1; leave Password blank; and use the factory-to-ddwrt.trx file to reflash your router.5. Wait 5 minutes, unplug and replug your router.6. Change your network settings back to DHCP (wait about 1 minute before going to the next step).7. Using your browser again, once again visit 192.168.1.1. Change your username and password and click Save. Then, go to Administration and upload the asus-rt-n10plus-ddwrt-webflash.bin file. Once that completes, wait about 5 minutes and unplug your router and plug it back in. Your router should be working fine now.Just a note: I previously was using a Linksys WRT54GS router with Tomato (rock solid). I bought this Asus wireless router for the purpose of extending the wireless range and for the gigabit file transfer speeds (I have a NAS on my network). One thing I noticed with this Asus router is that my web pages render faster than with the Linksys router which was a pleasant outcome.For the price, not a bad little device. Like others have pointed out, it is cheaply made. But, for the money, the value is hard to beat. As for longevity, time will tell.

I have two of these. At $25 each they are worth the money. IMO you have to install DD-WRT; with mfr. firmware they are strictly 2 star routers.Pros:CheapFastDd-wrt compatibleCons:Wireless signal goes off 1x/minuteMfr firmware instructions are very minimalI have installed dd-wrt on one of mine largely according to the instructions in camera shy's review from apr 2012. That has solved the periodic connection dropping issue - it is a genuine always on connection now. However, only half my devices can connect to the dd-wrt network. The iOS devices and the windows pc are fine, but the macbook pro and the kindles cant even see the dd-wrt router. Not yet sure what is going on there.UPDATE: The MBPs want the DD-WRT wireless security mode set to TKIP+AES, not AES only.UPDATE: May 2014. I just upgraded to a faster router. As of the time of shutdown, the RT-N10+ had been continuously up for 255 days running DD-WRT. The only adverse event was that the http server for the DD-WRT gui crashed and had to be restarted via telnet once.

Works well I got this one so my mom could do facebook in the back yard on a net book.Great price, sturdy brand