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I have an old Linksys WRT-54G that I thought might be getting a bit long in the tooth. There was a recent sale on the new D-Link DIR-657 which is a full featured current gen model, that supports wireless N, support QOS automatically for game and video packets, and supports USB print server and file sharing function. I decided to upgrade for the cheap price of $20 on at the recent onesaleaday listing.
I expected to get a bit of an improvement in connection speed - after all that old Linksys router is about a decade old. I've not really spent time on wireless yet to compare at all, but for wired there is no change to speak of. I was surprised, because I figured that old v2 WRT-54G 200mhz processor might have been holding me back. It apparently was not.
I ran eight simple speed tests with each router pretty immediately after swapping them out. I ran four cities twice on the speakeasy.net tests. (http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/) Here are the results.
Dallas
WRT54G - 13.54 and 16.58 down and 1.04 and 1.08 up
DIR-657 - 11.71 and 17.60 down and 1.07 and 1.08 up
Chicago
WRT54G - 8.51 and 8.72 down and 1.07 and 1.07 up
DIR-657 - 5.98 and 8.75 down and 1.07 and 1.07 up
Seattle
WRT54G - 6.46 and 5.05 down and 1.01 and 1.06 up
DIR-657 - 5.03 and 6.40 down and 1.06 and 1.06 up
New York
WRT54G - 15.30 and 16.77 down and 1.07 and 1.06 up
DIR-657 - 20.20 and 15.73 down and 1.07 and 1.05 up
Hopefully this helps someone else in their decision on whether to upgrade their trusty old WRT54G or not. I didn't find it worthwhile except for potential to have a print server or file share functionality. I already could enable QOS to prioritize video and game packets through Tomato. The Linksys was SUPER reliable too for the 9 years or so that I've owned it. I probably have reset it about half a dozen times in 9 years --- if that. Hopefully this d-link will be just as reliable!
I expected to get a bit of an improvement in connection speed - after all that old Linksys router is about a decade old. I've not really spent time on wireless yet to compare at all, but for wired there is no change to speak of. I was surprised, because I figured that old v2 WRT-54G 200mhz processor might have been holding me back. It apparently was not.
I ran eight simple speed tests with each router pretty immediately after swapping them out. I ran four cities twice on the speakeasy.net tests. (http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/) Here are the results.
Dallas
WRT54G - 13.54 and 16.58 down and 1.04 and 1.08 up
DIR-657 - 11.71 and 17.60 down and 1.07 and 1.08 up
Chicago
WRT54G - 8.51 and 8.72 down and 1.07 and 1.07 up
DIR-657 - 5.98 and 8.75 down and 1.07 and 1.07 up
Seattle
WRT54G - 6.46 and 5.05 down and 1.01 and 1.06 up
DIR-657 - 5.03 and 6.40 down and 1.06 and 1.06 up
New York
WRT54G - 15.30 and 16.77 down and 1.07 and 1.06 up
DIR-657 - 20.20 and 15.73 down and 1.07 and 1.05 up
Hopefully this helps someone else in their decision on whether to upgrade their trusty old WRT54G or not. I didn't find it worthwhile except for potential to have a print server or file share functionality. I already could enable QOS to prioritize video and game packets through Tomato. The Linksys was SUPER reliable too for the 9 years or so that I've owned it. I probably have reset it about half a dozen times in 9 years --- if that. Hopefully this d-link will be just as reliable!