cisco e4200 vs asus rt-n16?

[weipim]

ssup all,

so i just ordered from newegg the asus rt-n16 for 65 bucks incl mir.
but just see they have e4200-rm for 110 and wonder if I should pick that one instead?

What I have in my apartment is a 4 bdrms unit, 4 laptops, 1 desktop, 1 htpc ( for online video streaming or internet TV), the catch is that the unit is awefully shaped so that my current buffalo g300 cannot send good wireless signals to 2 rooms, and getting our neighbor's free internet is actually a better alternative ( said linksys on the SSID lolll)

so I was wondering would n16 be a good fix for my problem or should i just jump for e4200?

wouldn't mind to do the dd wrt hassle since i'm comfortable with diys. and also would the fact the asus has 3 antenna gives a better signal coverage? I really hope this will be my last router purchase lolllll and if next year i'm buying a big house I hope the purchase today can be sustainable

thanks in advance


btw, all I am doing is online gaming, browsing, P2P, online streaming, VOIP etc

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

The e4200 is very strong in testing done at smallnetbuilder where he does his "location test"
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...erformance-wireless-n-router-reviewed?start=3

Note that chart with the yellow marks in it....and the last couple of locations are what simulates rooms at the far end of the house.

Compare those numbers to location E and F in the RT-N16 test
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...16-gigabit-n-router-reviewed?showall=&start=4

 

[weipim]

hey thanks a lot, i see the rt-n16 is lacking behind the n13u which is strange, however i think for almost 60% of the price and flash to dd wrt I will stay with n16