Asus Black Diamond Dual Band Wireless-N 600 SOHO Router, Fast Ethernet, 5 Guest SSID, Parental Access Time Control (RT-N53)

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29 User Reviews
 
2.95 out of 5
1 Expert Reviews
 
3.0 out of 5
 
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IEEE 802.11n • WPA2 • WPA • WEP • Internal integrated antenna
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Works great by Dayman on newegg.com Jun 20, 2012
Less people in my complex have a 5ghz band broadcasting, less people to compete for a strong channel Got it on sale 3months ago for $50 because I guess they were upgrading firmware for the new batch. Haven't upgraded to the new firmware yet and doubt I will because there have been zero problems.
 
Great Router!! by mikemaulella on overstock.com Dec 8, 2011
The Asus RT-N53 router is fantastic. We had a little trouble hooking it up at first (because we also have our home phone running on the cable line with a seperate modem) , but customer service was a pleasure to talk to and gave all the step by step info ...
 
GLAD I BOUGHT IT by ncnative1 on overstock.com Dec 26, 2011
I BOUGHT THIS CUZ WE HAD ONE FROM NNNNN ,BUT IT WASNT PUTTUING OUT ENOUGH OUTPUT...I WAS CONSTANTLY LOSING SIGNALS OR GETTING MESSAGES SAYING "YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET" SO ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH..UPGRADE WAS IN ORDER..GLAD I DID IT.
 
Working great for me by Lou W. on newegg.com Feb 2, 2012
I think these are a good value and have good range for where I am using them.
 
nice by remz on newegg.com Nov 30, 2011
speedtest: droped my ping to 5ms increased download speed from 7 to 8.5 decreased upload :S 1 to 0.6
 
 
 
 
Most Critical User Reviews
 
Disappointing (Ex Asus Fan) by mms on newegg.com Jul 7, 2012
Am disappointed with newegg too - after so many complaints they still keep selling this router. And ASUS you should probably recall this router. Not just me, lot of guys here and in other sites have reported issues. ASUS please recall this - it just spoils ...
 
Abyssmal speeds by CCKMA on newegg.com Jun 17, 2012
Was using my roommates Apple airport extreme before he moved out and switched over to this. Unless ASUS can give me a clear solution or some other kind of help to ensure I can at least have usable network speeds here soon I will return this and spring ...
 
Do not purchase! by HarvInSTL on newegg.com Jul 10, 2012
Save your money and steer clear of this Asus product, and if their lack of support for this product (both via their so called VIP support portal and their phone queue) are any indication I'd stay well away from the rest of their networking line as well.
 
Disappointing by MJT on newegg.com Jun 9, 2012
This product has been a huge inconvenience and ongoing headache. As a professional network engineer, I can guarantee the hardware is defective and not the user configurations. Very disappointing from ASUS and will likely be the last product purchased from them.
 
don't waste your money by N/A on newegg.com Jun 20, 2012
very disappointed with Asus. I replaced it with my 10 yesr old Linksys WRT54G which has worked perfectly for 10 years.
 
 
 
 
User Reviews from the Web
newegg.com
 
2.8 out of 5
from 27 reviews
Newegg.com - ASUS RT-N53 Black Diamond Dual Band Wireless N600 SOHO Router DD-WRT...
So buying this for gaming turned out to be a mistake, worked great for several months but now mw3 won't even let me host it's gotten so bad...ASUS please recall this - it just spoils you brand name ! Worst case give us a good firmware...Can't even load speedtest.net to log a new to show asus how bad this router is...
overstock.com
 
5.0 out of 5
from 2 reviews
Asus RT-N53 Wireless Router - IEEE 802.11n | Overstock.com
I BOUGHT THIS CUZ WE HAD ONE FROM NNNNN ,BUT IT WASNT PUTTUING OUT ENOUGH OUTPUT...I WAS CONSTANTLY LOSING SIGNALS OR GETTING MESSAGES SAYING "YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET" SO ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH..UPGRADE WAS IN ORDER..GLAD I DID IT...The Asus RT-N53 router is fantastic...super fast! no hickups or dropped streams...buy it, definately worth it...
avsforum.com
 
 
 
ASUS RT-N53 Review - Affordable Dual-Band Wireless Router
ASUS is looking to raise their visibility in the wireless router space, and offered to send me a unit to test out and provide my feedback. Here is my review of the...
gamespot.com
 
 
 
Avoid ASUS RT-N53 - GameSpot.com - Video Game Reviews & News ...
Atleast for now. I just bought a new ASUS router from amazon and it looks great, performs well, until you change settings. Everytime you change
 
 
 
 
Expert Reviews from the Web
t3.com
 
3.0 out of 5
Sep 20, 2011
Asus N53 review | T3
Good laptop audio is normally an oxymoron but Asus teamed up with Bang & Olufsen power to bring the best sound to this classy looking 15.6-inch model...The ASUS N53 is certainly attractive...Basically there’s on massive speaker grille across the front of the laptop...
cnet.com
Asus RT-N53 Dual-Band Wireless-N600 Router Overview & User ...
Does not work for any prolonged period of time. 5GHz goes in and out. Then out and not to return. WPA2 does not get above 0.6mb/s. Tried updating firmware, rebooting ...
wikipedia.org
Asus routers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (Asus) manufactures a series of network routers directly competing with Linksys routers from Cisco. The Asus series of routers usually ...