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  1. dlandiss

    Buying advice for AX-router with Merlin-support

    You will get the experience of several dozen active Merlin users in the Merlin forum. I would go with the AX86S but that's just one opinion. Come on over and hear the rest! https://www.snbforums.com/forums/asuswrt-merlin.42/
  2. dlandiss

    It took 48 hours, but the mystery of the mass Asus router outage is solved

    Roger that. I have a Canon color inkjet and a Brother monochrome laserjet nad they do do whatever I ask of them. No malarkey!
  3. dlandiss

    It took 48 hours, but the mystery of the mass Asus router outage is solved

    As a data point only, we have several dozen ASUS routers at 30+ locations around St. Louis (plus 3 at home) and have no reports of failures. Of course, I habitually install Merlin before we place them...
  4. dlandiss

    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 388.2 is now available for select models

    Roku streaming boxes also do that, as will some Wi-Fi enabled appliances..
  5. dlandiss

    New House, new Wifi

    Definitely 5GHz. Not using the Spectrum test, this is the actual Ookla site as accessed from an Android mobile.
  6. dlandiss

    New House, new Wifi

    Yes, 1 glass window, 1 brick wall, 5GHz, Samsung S10+.
  7. dlandiss

    Detachable antennas

    How do you determine which antenna any given radio is using?
  8. dlandiss

    New House, new Wifi

    Half right. One brick wall in the path, glass window at the other end. The Wi-Fi in Samsung mobiles is head and shoulders above iPhones. :cool:
  9. dlandiss

    New House, new Wifi

    Smart move to avoid mesh if possible. Your house sounds similar in size to mine -- about 44 feet x 40 feet by 3 stories -- which was built in 1902 and thus has very thick walls covered with plaster over wire mesh. It is working fine with an RT-AX86U (as a router) on the 2nd floor in my office...
  10. dlandiss

    Donation Thread no longer open to posts

    A very humanitarian, inclusive attitude. Thanks for all you do, and to those who create nifty add-ons to your product.
  11. dlandiss

    Changing ISP IP Address

    Thanks -- I routinely use "Normal" because I read here some time ago that "Aggressive" was considered by some ISPs as, well, "aggressive." But I will make sure I continue to do so:cool:.
  12. dlandiss

    Changing ISP IP Address

    Yeah, just my shortcut way of saying "the configuration of the hardware or software supporting the address" might be corrupted. Great idea! Thanks!
  13. dlandiss

    Changing ISP IP Address

    Not exactly a router issue, but the people in this forum know more about router-like problems than anybody else. A couple of days ago my LAN suddenly had no Internet access. I tried rebooting the AX-86 router, no joy. I tried rebooting the Spectrum modem, no joy. I called Spectrum and the nice...
  14. dlandiss

    Ac86u vs ax86u vs ax86u pro

    Yet it still has better range, according to SNB's tester.
  15. dlandiss

    Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 388.2 Beta is now available for Wifi 6 models

    Thank you, @kernol. Some users here forget that @RMerlin is doing all of this work as a hobby, on his own time. His work does in fact improve the ASUS firmware as well as he (and the many beta testers here who ensure that a wide variety of environments are included) suggest improvements that...
  16. dlandiss

    Wi-Fi channels - the ongoing debate?

    Still just like a thermometer. -5 degrees is warmer than -10 degrees. That's why the phrase "least negative" is useful.
  17. dlandiss

    Wi-Fi channels - the ongoing debate?

    Really, it is just like a thermometer. Above zero, larger numbers are warmer. Below zero, smaller digits ("less negative") are warmer.
  18. dlandiss

    RT-AC68U poor 5Ghz performance

    First, remember that a repeater halves the throughput because it must handle the data stream twice. And the tradeoff between 2.4G and 5G has always been range traded for bandwidth. Ignoring the repeater issue, my Samsung mobile connected to my router on 5G at -61 RSSI gets 430Mbps download...
  19. dlandiss

    Channel recommendations?

    Thank you, Colin. I read somewhere (lost track of where due to brain fade) that modern hardware was so good at evading that kind of interference that it didn't really matter anymore. And as I scan our neighborhood I see more and more mesh networks assigning channels anywhere in the 2.4GHz window.
  20. dlandiss

    Channel recommendations?

    Is the recommendation to use only channels 1, 6, or 11 on 2.4GHz to avoid adjacent-channel interference still valid? Or have modern radios and protocols made that unnecessary? Thanks!
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