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    Any good routers with WPA2-Enterprise?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Amnesiac, Sep 25, 2010.

  1. Amnesiac

    Amnesiac 404

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    Just a quick question - are there any good routers with WPA2-Enterprise security? Must be N Wireless capable, as well. No Belkin please.

    Thanks people. :)
     
  2. H.A.L. 9000

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  3. downloads

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    I would agree with you if it wasn't for the "best money can buy" part.
    Asus RT-N16 is in essence Linksys E3000/WRT610N v2 (same CPU) but Asus has twice the RAM and doesn't have 5GHz band.
    The amount of RAM in the Asus is impressive but in most cases not very useful- it doesn't improve performance. Nice thing to have especially if you compile your own custom firmwares with added features but it's not very likely you do. Default firmware of the Asus has multiple small glitches (typical for all their routers- they tend to be better hardware-wise than in terms of firmware) It's not a big deal- there's always DD-WRT or Tomato waiting but stillÂ… Last but not least it doesn't support 5GHz Wi-Fi. It may be a downside or not- that depends on what the user requires but the whole point is that thanks to its relatively low price and good hardware Asus is indeed a very good home router but still- definitely not the best one money can buy.

    Netgear WNDR3700 is faster and has better default firmware. Even Linksys E3000 which has the same CPU but half the RAM is faster in terms of routing performance (Asus' throughput is 150mbps on average while Linksys' is 240mbps). So I agree with you in principle and I've recommended RT-N16 as a home router in the past but it's not the best in terms of hardware, throughput nor default firmware.
     
  4. merlin_72032

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    Cisco or Enterasys. I am deploying Enterasys on Campus network.