TESTING METHODOLOGY

   Since standalone routers can't directly connect to the internet (unless you have a cable connection which we don't) and thus the modem is responsible for internet speeds the only thing that's left is to test and see how much bandwidth they can offer by directly linking two devices with them. So once again we will be using the networking benchmark by Passmark (v.8), the QCheck by Ixia and ATTO 2.47 (since April 2015) to test such devices the same exact way we test Powerline adapters and Modem/Routers. Since we need to test new features and specifications all routers are benchmarked with their highest available wireless standard/band (5GHz in this case). Our systems are placed 15m away from the router with 3 concrete walls between them while each test is repeated a total of 6 times after which the average scores are recorded into our charts. Both systems have Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 installed with all the updates until the 17th of April 2015.

TEST RESULTS

As you can all see from this point and forward we will also be using ATTO to test modem/routers since we feel that just Passmark and Ixia may not be sufficient for some of you. With that out of the way the TEW-818DRU may not be as fast as the R7000 by Netgear or the WRT1900AC by Linksys but it does come very close to the D6300 and although I did expect more I’m certain that the amount of RAM and flash memory may be responsible.