Asus RT-N66U slow upload

[DEagleson]

Link to Asus product page.

So after my D-Link DIR855 did a suicide run and killed both itself and a fuse, i had to buy a new router.
From the reviews i had read the Asus RT-N66U looked like a good performer so i went with that, and so far its been good.
No issues with choking up when under heavy stress and the wireless performance is good on both 2,4 and 5 GHz band.

But it could do better on the upload part.
Heres a bunch of speedtests i did to show you what i mean.

Direct connection from PC to my FiOS modem:


Same cable from my FiOS modem to router, then cable to PC:


Changed cable from router to PC:


Same cable from my FiOS modem to router, then wireless 2,4GHz N to PC.


Pingtest from 2,4GHz N:


I could use my other wireless router, a D-Link DIR825 but it chokes on high load.
So anyone know what could be the issue causing the slower upload speeds?
My firmware is v3.0.0.3.112 on the Asus router.

[magixx]

You could try installing TomatoUSB or DD-WRT and see if that makes a difference.

[DEagleson]

You could try installing TomatoUSB or DD-WRT and see if that makes a difference.

Probably gonna try that out later.
Seems like a sweet gui from the YouTube vids i have seen.

[downloads]

Downside of 3rd party firmwares is that they offer more features at the expense of lower throughput.
While this is indeed a good way to go to troubleshoot the issue you might end up with lowered performance in other departments.
I'm afraid that is a downside of buying Asus- they were never the best at firmware support.

[DEagleson]

It was either Asus or D-Link and i dont really want to buy that again.

[tijo]

Haha, good call imo, i've had bad experiences with D-Link in the past as well.

[downloads]

Yeah I wouldn't go for D-Link either...