capthowdy575 Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Just arrived in the mail yesterday I have it all setup and its pretty nice. Do wish it had more advance features I'm thinking about taking it back for the asus 3200 or waiting for the 5200 Dlink to come out later this year. Edited June 11, 2015 by capthowdy575 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Lol how big is your house? I feel like I am picking up your wifi signal with it from here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
capthowdy575 Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 I live in a 1100sq apt. I just have a lot of wireless devices going at once. I haven't had a chance to test it out really this weekend will tell me how she handles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Remember, a good majority of products is all about marketing. The latest and greatest and more expensive isn't always the best option. When products come out with the number, like RT-AC2400 (for the RT-AC87U) and RT-AC3200, they're adding the Mbps for all bands. For the AC87U, it's 600 Mbps for the 2.4GHz band, and 1734 Mbps for the 5.0GHz. For the RT-AC3200, it's 600 + 1300 + 1300. You get two 5.0GHz bands, but limited to 1300 Mbps each, while the AC87U gets only one 5GHz band, but limited to a much higher 1723 Mbps. The D-Link AC3200 is similar to the ASUS RT-AC3200, it's 600 + 1300 + 1300. If you're looking for the fastest wireless speeds, you're 423 Mbps slower than the RT-AC87U, and you might want to go with something like that. If you have a lot of simultaneous WiFi users and are worried about getting bogged down with just one 5.0GHz band, then a tri-band router like the D-Link AC3200 and ASUS-AC3200 is for you. The D-Link AC5600 will be 1000 + 2165 + 2165, which will be 442 Mbps faster than the RT-AC87U, and 865 Mbps faster than your D-Link AC3200 at the 5.0GHz band. I would return it and wait for the AC5600. At any rate, that's that for Wireless routers. Currently, there are no WiFi adapters fast enough to run faster than 1300 Mbps, anyway, and the ones that can run at 1300 Mbps cost up to $100, like the ASUS PCE-AC68. My suggestion would be to keep the D-Link AC3200, get a WiFi adapter like the ASUS PCE-AC68 so you can get the most out of the speeds, and just wait until they make WiFi adapter that will support speeds faster than 1300 Mbps that don't cost as much as the wireless router. Don't fall for all that marketing hype! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 I'm personally bitter with Dlink because of our old DIR-655 router at work can't produce line speed of the internet (only 50Mbps) but won't just die either... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
capthowdy575 Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Remember, a good majority of products is all about marketing. The latest and greatest and more expensive isn't always the best option. When products come out with the number, like RT-AC2400 (for the RT-AC87U) and RT-AC3200, they're adding the Mbps for all bands. For the AC87U, it's 600 Mbps for the 2.4GHz band, and 1734 Mbps for the 5.0GHz. For the RT-AC3200, it's 600 + 1300 + 1300. You get two 5.0GHz bands, but limited to 1300 Mbps each, while the AC87U gets only one 5GHz band, but limited to a much higher 1723 Mbps. The D-Link AC3200 is similar to the ASUS RT-AC3200, it's 600 + 1300 + 1300. If you're looking for the fastest wireless speeds, you're 423 Mbps slower than the RT-AC87U, and you might want to go with something like that. If you have a lot of simultaneous WiFi users and are worried about getting bogged down with just one 5.0GHz band, then a tri-band router like the D-Link AC3200 and ASUS-AC3200 is for you. The D-Link AC5600 will be 1000 + 2165 + 2165, which will be 442 Mbps faster than the RT-AC87U, and 865 Mbps faster than your D-Link AC3200 at the 5.0GHz band. I would return it and wait for the AC5600. At any rate, that's that for Wireless routers. Currently, there are no WiFi adapters fast enough to run faster than 1300 Mbps, anyway, and the ones that can run at 1300 Mbps cost up to $100, like the ASUS PCE-AC68. My suggestion would be to keep the D-Link AC3200, get a WiFi adapter like the ASUS PCE-AC68 so you can get the most out of the speeds, and just wait until they make WiFi adapter that will support speeds faster than 1300 Mbps that don't cost as much as the wireless router. Don't fall for all that marketing hype! Indeed thanks for the info but not a complete networking noob lol. I've been waiting for this router for a while now. I'm going to just wait for the dlink 5600 to come out and return this and pick it up instead. I did look at the asus 3200 I was very tempted to get it due to the more feature rich interface but since the dlink 3200 came out a couple of months ago they have been adding features in like crazy (should have just had them to begin with if you ask me). the 5600 is slated to release qtr2 of this year so should be anytime now. also I have about 10 wireless devices running all most all the time I had the nighthawk 1900 which was pretty nice but would bog down with everything running. also dd-wrt will be a plus with these kind of specs. Edited June 11, 2015 by capthowdy575 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Remember, a good majority of products is all about marketing. The latest and greatest and more expensive isn't always the best option. When products come out with the number, like RT-AC2400 (for the RT-AC87U) and RT-AC3200, they're adding the Mbps for all bands. For the AC87U, it's 600 Mbps for the 2.4GHz band, and 1734 Mbps for the 5.0GHz. For the RT-AC3200, it's 600 + 1300 + 1300. You get two 5.0GHz bands, but limited to 1300 Mbps each, while the AC87U gets only one 5GHz band, but limited to a much higher 1723 Mbps. The D-Link AC3200 is similar to the ASUS RT-AC3200, it's 600 + 1300 + 1300. If you're looking for the fastest wireless speeds, you're 423 Mbps slower than the RT-AC87U, and you might want to go with something like that. If you have a lot of simultaneous WiFi users and are worried about getting bogged down with just one 5.0GHz band, then a tri-band router like the D-Link AC3200 and ASUS-AC3200 is for you. The D-Link AC5600 will be 1000 + 2165 + 2165, which will be 442 Mbps faster than the RT-AC87U, and 865 Mbps faster than your D-Link AC3200 at the 5.0GHz band. I would return it and wait for the AC5600. At any rate, that's that for Wireless routers. Currently, there are no WiFi adapters fast enough to run faster than 1300 Mbps, anyway, and the ones that can run at 1300 Mbps cost up to $100, like the ASUS PCE-AC68. My suggestion would be to keep the D-Link AC3200, get a WiFi adapter like the ASUS PCE-AC68 so you can get the most out of the speeds, and just wait until they make WiFi adapter that will support speeds faster than 1300 Mbps that don't cost as much as the wireless router. Don't fall for all that marketing hype! Indeed thanks for the info but not a complete networking noob lol. I've been waiting for this router for a while now. I'm going to just wait for the dlink 5600 to come out and return this and pick it up instead. I did look at the asus 3200 I was very tempted to get it due to the more feature rich interface but since the dlink 3200 came out a couple of months ago they have been adding features in like crazy (should have just had them to begin with if you ask me). the 5600 is slated to release qtr2 of this year so should be anytime now. also I have about 10 wireless devices running all most all the time I had the nighthawk 1900 which was pretty nice but would bog down with everything running. also dd-wrt will be a plus with these kind of specs. I would keep the D-Link 3200 until faster WiFi adapters come into the market. You won't be able to utilize the full speeds of the D-Link 5600 until that happens, and that might not be until three years from now. However, if the features of the D-Link 5600 appeal to you more than what the D-Link 3200 offers, I would only buy it for those features only. Prices on leading-edge routers go down a lot after a year because of the competition. By the time WiFi adapters come out that support 2165 Mbps speeds, the D-Link 5600 might cost around $100, and there might be something like a D-Link 7800 or some such, with the same problem with WiFi routers not capable of supporting higher than 2165 Mbps speeds, and so on, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
capthowdy575 Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 I agree with you on the adapters not being up to par with the routers yet. In the past 2 years I've upgraded my router 3 times I started of with a netgear R6300 which was decent. Then moved up to a r7000 which was a very decent router with some very nice features to it. Then I got the Dlink 890lr which is also pretty nice I'm mostly upgrading though due to more bands faster speeds are nice but more bands at a decent speed so everything runs smoothly is worth more to me. I've been debating on the asus 3200 tri band also I might return it and pick it up due to more features. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boinker Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 cool looking router. not anything to add to it except glue some propellers to the antenna ends and tell people its a wifi drone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) cool looking router. not anything to add to it except glue some propellers to the antenna ends and tell people its a wifi drone. +1 I had the same idea, shit's self aware Edited June 14, 2015 by IVIYTH0S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
capthowdy575 Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 Everyone that has seen it. ask me if it was drone lol. There is a issue with range right now though but I think it's mostly to due with the interference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 What kind of interference, lots of 2.4gHz traffic? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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