It has been two years since joining the big family, and the original + public test has written nearly 30 articles. The one with the highest number of collections is actually about the single-sweet single of the Fiji K2, and it is still not even rated as an essence. Original, I think it's time to write a "real" router sun list evaluation.
Speaking of Asus RT-AC66U-B1 (hereinafter referred to as 66u-b1), we must start with the RT-AC55U (hereinafter referred to as 55u) talking about, in 2 years ago, I still use the polar routing 1, due to the stability of It was a bit of a chicken catcher and it took 600 oceans to buy a 55u. At that time, it was really awkward. It was also one of the last digital products that I bought. I would not say much about the price reduction because it uses a high-pass CPU. , What third-party firmware can not be brushed (if the brush can not be so fierce), although the official firmware is very stable, but the signal is very weak, but also almost no playability, so that even the last Fiji K2 Can replace it (after all, the signal is much stronger, the stability after the firmware is not bad).
Twinkling two years later, I also got married soon to move a new home, and the router is also time to upgrade it, now I was not two years ago, I want to have what kind of router has a heart - price In an acceptable range, the latest version of Merlin firmware can be perfectly supported and the performance can be as good as possible. My budget is around 700 yuan, and ASUS routers with Broadcom processors are the perfect support for Merlin's firmware. Of course, the first-rate RT-AC68U (hereafter abbreviated as 68u) can be thought of at this price point.
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ASUS RT-AC66U B1 AC dual-band 1750M low-radius 1GHz dual-core processor USB3.0 three-antenna wide-coverage smart router 599 yuan value of friends broke the original: ASUS classic router, Jingdong 699 yuan, combined with Jingdong TM activities, receive full 350 -100 coupons can be 599 hands. Run Beard | Comments 26 Reviews 46 Favorites 9 Links View Details When I asked whether there was any good price in the recent 68u, I discovered a product that I hadn't noticed before, that is, today's protagonist - 66u-b1. From the name, it should be RT-AC66U (hereinafter referred to as 66u) upgraded version, and 66u in my opinion is already an antique-class product, plus a "b1" is very easy to make people think that is not changing things. But the fact is not the case, 66u-b1 uses almost the same hardware and 68u, Broadcom BCM4708 dual-core processor + dual Broadcom BCM4360 wireless chip + 128M ROM +256 M RAM, the antenna becomes non-detachable, and the USB3.0 and USB2 The .0 reversed the position, and more importantly, the 66u-b1 was rated at 1750M (450M+1300M) WiFi speed, but after brushing Merlin (the Merlin firmware in this article refers to the KoolShare version) and the 68u. The same as 1900M (600M + 1300M), CPU frequency can reach 1000MHz, performance is even stronger than the official firmware of 68u (800MHz).
ASUS RT-AC66U B1 AC dual frequency 1750M low radiation 1GHz dual-core processor USB3.0 three-antenna wide coverage smart router 699 yuan Jingdong direct link View Encyclopedia Say so much, in fact, is to find a reason to buy and buy, with the consent of the leadership, the evening orders, with the Beijing Janda (Beijing Jida generated freight can also be used free shipping vouchers), the next morning More than 9 will receive...
The following will start drying single evaluation:
Exterior
Out of the box is skipped. The accessories inside have been scattered all over the world. Show the next box. The big “1750M†leads to a weaker point than the 68u. The bottom is marked by the low radiation safety certification of SRRC. It is suitable for use in the environment of the elderly, children, and pregnant women, but it does not know if the reconciliation does not conform to the emission power (specified later).
Real appearance, 66u-b1 appearance and 66u is almost the same, this is why it took such a name, 66u's body stuffed into the configuration of 68u (see online dismantling map, work materials Above all, 66u>68u>66u-b1, but 66u-b1 has a more reasonable internal design than 68u).
Contrast with 55u, exactly the same design style, 66u-b1 should be a lot of width, thickness is also thicker.
Front view, USB3.0 interface moved to the far end of the antenna (seemingly also made a metal shield inside), the theoretical interference of 2.4G signal will be smaller than 68u.
The indicator light, a USB indicator lighter than the 68u, is a small regret, but I usually turn off the light, so it has no effect on me.
The side, although thicker than the 55u, but if compared with the R7000 kind of big guy, 66u-b1 is still very small, and both sides have a heat opening, which is a very reasonable design.
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This will not have to explain it one by one, the antenna can not be dismantled, in some cases may bring inconvenience, but also to avoid the antenna loose the hidden danger, in addition to all the LAN port is Gigabit, this is it should Do it, but still want to praise.
The bottom of the opening is very large, you can see the huge heat sink through the opening, this design may not bring much help for heat dissipation when the router lays flat, but when it leans against the wall, the heat dissipation It will become very awesome, so I'm going to get a router box to relocate it when I move (it's a pity that the router doesn't have a wall mount at the bottom).
The power supply is produced by Delta and the quality is of course not stated. The output power of 19V*1.75A (about 33W) is also consistent with 68u.
Finally, another one, the appearance of the end of it ~
APPThe ASUS Router application can perform some common monitoring and management of the router. Some functions that are frequently used in the daily routine can be implemented using it.
In the middle of the home page, there is a presentation bar that can be swiped right and left. You can view information such as real-time traffic and client connection status. You can click to jump to the corresponding function interface. Click the router name above and you can also enter the routing information interface in the following figure:
This interface can view the system status of the router, including the MAC address, firmware version, etc., and can also perform some important operations, such as: restart the router, modify the password of the console account, and even set the open remote network connection (intranet IP Users need to use the "pass through DDNS" plugin later.
The device management interface is, of course, the management device. You can rename the device, restrict access, limit speed, and other operations. However, there is a BUG. The device that is obviously offline is displayed as a wired connection. It is probably related to firmware.
Wireless network management is to modify the WiFi password and the like. You can also set up a guest network, which is to generate a time-efficient SSID.
"More" features are additional functions, FTP server, game acceleration, etc. You can also use some Asus and third-party plugins.
In general, the app is still quite good. I don't know much about the app that I had just bought at the time of 55u. To say it is less than a third-party plug-in (currently there is only one), I hope to be able to domestic companies. There will be surprises for some cooperation.
firmwareFinally said that the firmware, the official original firmware has nothing to say, although the stability is very good, but there is no bright spot in the function, and even not as good as millet, pole routing of high-end products. So when the router was bought, I swiped KS's Merlin 380.65-X7.4 firmware (if it wasn't because I could brush this, I wouldn't buy this router at all). The following evaluations are based on this firmware.
Unlike the K2, the 66u-b1 firmware has no difficulty, so you don't have to write any tutorials. Even if you write it, you can write a sentence: After downloading the firmware to your computer, upload the update directly to the firmware panel of the router console. . And 66u-b1 and 68u firmware are brushed, which also proves their consistency in hardware.
It should be noted that some advertising plugins (such as ABP) may cause abnormal console functions, so do not enable the ad plugin for the router console page.
After the brush can enter the Merlin console through 192.168.50.1, and the overall style is the same as the original ASUS firmware, above the more mellin's LOGO (KS version will also be marked koolshare the words), the default interface shows the right System hardware operating status.
The content of the firmware is too much, I will not introduce one by one, only pick a few I personally feel common or interesting to say:
First of all, of course, the plug-in function, although the number may not millet, pole routing and the like, but the function can be much more powerful, for me, more useful is the following four.
Since the PO owner is a programmer, he has long rented a Linode VPS. After setting up corresponding services on the VPS server, he can achieve remote access to routers and even other devices in the home by penetrating the DDNS plug-in. The inner network penetration function of the shell and so on are also the similar principle), I can remotely wake up my Titanium black crystal by WOL, and use the unattended Teamviewer to control it, so I do not need any router. Download plug-ins, and you can do far more than remote downloads.
As for the other three plug-ins, they will not be mentioned one by one (some seemingly do not let you talk about it). If you want to know the specific role, Baidu can do it. In short, my evaluation of these plug-ins is: less and better (for not Toss VPS or children's shoes without VPS outside the mainland, the use of experience will play a not small discount).
Let's talk about the Smart Connect function, which is also a new feature of the new firmware. It used to be the only high-end model. In fact, it sets the 2.4G and 5G bands to the same SSID, and then automatically selects according to the strength of the client signal. Switch to the appropriate frequency band. The setting of this function is very complicated, and I have not actually used it (mainly experience a similar function in the polar route 3 before, and did not think that the effect is good, but the Asus is more adjustable than polar routing, if the parameter adjustment If it's reasonable, you can theoretically get a lot of good results.) Children's shoes of interest can be tried.
Adaptive QoS (network monitor home) is a function on the native firmware, and it is also the biggest highlight in my native firmware. It allows me to understand the use of network bandwidth at home, such as the picture above. Bandwidth monitoring can monitor the bandwidth usage and overall bandwidth usage of each device in the router in real time.
The history of web browsing should be the HTTP request address, but this feature is usually closed, and capture software like Charles is much more useful than it is.
Bandwidth Management QoS, this is the most important function of Adaptive QoS, QoS we all know, it is the intelligent dynamic allocation of broadband, so that everyone can be smooth Internet access, this feature most routers have, but doing well Not much, either it is too cumbersome to set up, or it is the effect is poor, and Asustek's QoS is really a "fool-style settings, professional-level effects."
The traditional QoS setting method is still available. There is only one additional Adaptive QoS option in the QoS type. After selecting it, the following options are selected as Automatic and customized to meet the needs of 99% of home users. The effect is very good (the key is not to set the uplink and downlink rates of your home broadband).
The above is a customized default sort. According to my experience, for the vast majority of people, there is no need to adjust them. (If you are not 100% aware of the significance of this sort, then don't just adjust it. Not what you would expect, you can choose three other options besides customization: games, streaming media, and browsing on the internet.
QoS Statistics is the statistics page of QoS. You can see the proportion of bandwidth usage of different types (that is, several types of customized graphs above).
Finally, a very useful function - to change the WiFi signal's transmit power by modifying the WiFi area, this feature is easily found in the advanced settings of the WLAN. Although there is a slider that can set the signal strength of 2.4G and 5G respectively, the effect is not good, at least on 66u-b1, and the effect of changing the transmission power by modifying the area is very good.
Let's talk about the transmission power query method. Enter the above two lines in the command line tool to query the transmit power of 2.4G and 5G respectively.
The above is the current 5G signal transmission power (in dBm).
After talking about the query, let me say how much power is appropriate. After all, for the same device, signal strength and radiation will increase or decrease as the signal transmission power increases or decreases. The figure above shows the conversion table of dBm and mW. At present, China's signal power requirement for router 2.4G cannot exceed 20dBm (that is, 100mW). This standard is actually very strict. For Asus, this large-scale product, as long as it does not Exceeding this number, there is no need to worry about the problem of excessive radiation (in fact, even if it exceeds the problem, but for my small house, the 20dBm intensity can easily be covered), so 2.4G is less than or equal to As close as possible to 20dBm excellent. As for the 5G band, the bigger the better, because the penetrating power of the 5G signal is much weaker than 2.4G, and the radiation is negligible.
Based on the above theory, let's take a look at the signal transmission power of 66u-b1 (the KS-based Merlin 380.65-X7.4 firmware) that I measured after selecting different WiFi zones. (Note that different routers or firmware, Even different versions of routers of the same model may have different transmit power after selecting different WiFi zones:
From the above figure, we can see that when the WiFi area is selected as the All Area (that is, the whole area), the maximum signal transmission power is basically the same for all the routers that can select the entire area. Everyone can select the whole area to see their own router. The maximum transmit power; while China's transmit power is conservative, 2.4G is 15.5dBm, 5G is 22.5dBm, so the result is that the signal coverage of the two bands is almost the same, in the case of a good placement It's enough to cover 100-square-foot houses; after choosing Singapore, the 2.4G and 5G transmit powers have reached "perfect" 20dBm and 25dBm respectively, so use it! Because of this, I haven’t measured the remaining areas (the one called Asia does not seem to be effective for transmitting power, and will retain the power of the previous area after the election) if your 66u-b1 If the measured results are consistent with mine, then it is only necessary to select one of the three options in Singapore, the United States, and the entire region based on the demand for 2.4G signal strength.
Subjective Feelings & Summary Advantages: The most important feeling is that the few good plugins will change the way I use the Internet and know how to understand it naturally; secondly, the signal after modifying the region is really strong enough (for me For people living in small flat houses, the 5G signal can easily cover the whole family. 2.4G is purely compatible with smart devices that do not support 5G. Once again, it is QoS. Although the QoS of 55u is very good (Qualcomm's hardware Level QoS), but 66u-b1 network monitor home setting is more simple, the effect is not weak at all. Disadvantages: In fact, after brushing the firmware, it really can not find any defects (mainly the advantages of the light is too strong), can only say that does not support MU-MIMO led to the next one or two years to see support for MU-MIMO low-end new products At the time of release, there may be something in my heart.For the RT-AC66U-B1 this product, many people have said that Asustek took its name too failed, in fact, can be called 67U, or even called 68U-B1, not because of the model number high performance is good, but Because 66U is an old product after all, it is easy for others to ignore a product called 66U-B1. If you use this new name of 67U, it is easy to attract everyone's attention, or 68U. -B1, others will be curious to see why the goods are cheaper than the 68U. All in all, RT-AC66U-B1 seems to me to be a very worthy router to buy, not fire just because the name is too failed...
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