What router to buy for XBMC AT2?

I own a WNDR3700, love it.
(Running OpenWrt)

No, not for the speed, for the possibilities.
Some say the (Wireless) speeds are better on stock, but with OpenWrt the possibilities are endless.
I use my router to download nzbs (nzbget) and torrents (Transmission)

RudolfR Wrote:I own a WNDR3700, love it.
(Running OpenWrt)

I have the same one (stock). was is the plus on getting OpenWrt on it?? Will I get faster speeds or something? Sorry dont know what the advantage is (going to read about it right now) but just want your opinions also.

dazex Wrote:I think the Linksys/Cisco E3000 has good performance as demonstrated by Toms Hardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/802....05-20.html



It runs DD-WRT as well should you go that route. I did on mine.

If you don't mine refurbish, you can score one for ~$85+tax.

And for the hackers among you, you can try getting a WRT610n and flash to the E3000 for $62: http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2549449

Lots of info in those links should you need them.

How does the E2000 compare to the E3000?

canadave Wrote:+1 on the Asus RT-n16 router with TomatoUSB firmware. That's what I've been using for months, and it's been the proverbial "rock solid" with great performance. Can't imagine needing anything else.

Second this. I've used both DD-WRT and Tomato and TomatoUSB with Asus Rt-N16 is a winner.

Here's the guide to setting up a NAS on Tomato and installing optware on it like torrents, downloaders, etc.

http://tomatousb.org/tut:how-to-set-up-n...otal-noobs

Its not required that you format the USB drive to ext4 but performance is apparently better.

I've been hosting and downloading video with Tomato N16 and a USB drive for over a year now. Never a hiccup.

I found it very easy to control Transmission on the N16 from iphones, Macs, android phones, PC's no problem. Even setup a watched folder with TED and TV Shows automatically dropping in torrents, though now I use SickBeard and usenet for much the same thing.

seand Wrote:Second this. I've used both DD-WRT and Tomato and TomatoUSB with Asus Rt-N16 is a winner.

What sort of transfers speeds do you get to/from a USB hard drive connected to the RT-N16? I have a Netgear WNR3500L and I'm only getting like 1.5 MB/s max.. Really disappointing. I'm in need of something faster.

edwinmcdunlap Wrote:What sort of transfers speeds do you get to/from a USB hard drive connected to the RT-N16? I have a Netgear WNR3500L and I'm only getting like 1.5 MB/s max.. Really disappointing. I'm in need of something faster.

I'm seeing a median of around 1.5 and max of 3-4 with th WNDR3400. If this ever becomes a bottleneck for playback (hasn't yet with 2 x 1080p medium bitrate streams) I'll either dust off my old BriteView CinemaTube and repurpose it as a USB NAS Server or just buy a PogoPlug.

Getting the asus rt n16 will see how it does with tomato usb

bluray Wrote:i have this one- D-Link DIR-655. i never have any problem with it.

Just bought that one myself 3 days ago and love it so far.

Coming from the $100 dollar netgear wndr3700 I like this D link better.

Wndr3700 kept loosing connection 3-5 times a day so needed constant reboots.. Dlink one has been going 3 days straight with connection 24/7 no reboot needed.

If you want to use the routers usb port with an external hard drive
1) make sure the hard drive has it's own power, otherwise you'll end up overpowering the routers power supply
2) Format HDD to ext3 using a copy of linux and using Gparted. You can create an ubuntu linux on a usb drive to make this easy.

With the ext3 disk format you'll be getting speeds 5-9MB/s read/write

http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-351609