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    Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router (R9000)

    I tested with a Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy Tab S2 for throughput with SpeedTest. A few feet from the router 2.4G would be about 60-70Mpbs and 5G was about 30Mbps. I have a 90Mbps line. As expected as the distance from the router increased the 5G got progressively worse than the 2.4G. It was...
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    Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router (R9000)

    Yes, but 3ft from the router I expected the 5G throughput to be higher than the 2.4, but it's not, it's about half or less. 5G should be faster if the signal is 100% right? Otherwise, yea, maybe I do have it wrong... or there is some other factor like the devices I'm using or something else...
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    Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router (R9000)

    The X4S might be the one to get then, wish I had tried one. The 88U I setup last night has improved wireless from the 87U, but 5G is still crap, worse than the 2.4G at any distance from the router, for me anyway. 88U seems to be working decent otherwise, but the X10 did seem a bit more solid...
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    Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router (R9000)

    Yes, it's probably time to move to a dedicated NAS for me, your advice sounds good. Ever since I've played with routers with built-in NAS via USB, amongst other non-typical router services, the reliability has seriously gone down hill. I used to not reboot my routers even once a year and never...
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    Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router (R9000)

    Awesome to hear, the 88U arrives this week, can't wait to give it a shot. Does it still have that USB 3.0/2.4Ghz interference problem that the 87U has? That was killing me because I need fast NAS (SSD) and good 2.4 range at the same time. It's hard not to be disgruntled about the 87U and go...
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    Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router (R9000)

    I thought about it, but I was worried it would ruin my chance to return the router for a full refund if it didn't work out... which it didn't. I also figured they have a bad batch of them so why play the lottery trying to find a good one, if any of them are good at this point, I wonder. If the...
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    Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router (R9000)

    I have several USB memory sticks and a couple of USB SSD's, they're all either NTFS or FAT32 and work on my PCs and 87U. When plugged into the R9000 they wouldn't even get power (no lights/LEDs lit), and obviously not seen by the router. The USB ports also felt very loose, and the plugs felt...
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    Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router (R9000)

    I picked one of these up on a super sale to give it a shot. I've been suffering with an 87U for quite some time trying to find something more stable. I don't need AD or AC for that matter, but as long as I was buying something I was going to get the newest one, so gave the Netgear a shot. The...
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    Android massive battery drain on wifi

    The notes for 380_3459 don't mention anything about a wifi fix. Looks like just one update to a GUI issue. Is this not all? Are there other things included which are not listed?
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    Android massive battery drain on wifi

    I have 5G disabled on the router because it works very poorly. I'm using 2.4G only. I tried 380_2695 which was beta at the time, then back down to 378_9529, same issue on both. I think the one I had a while back without the problem was 378_9177.
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    Android massive battery drain on wifi

    I only have the drain issue using wifi on my router, all else are fine. Many revs ago I didn't have this issue but since updating the firmware it's back...
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    Android massive battery drain on wifi

    Sorry, AC87U
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    Android massive battery drain on wifi

    I searched the threads but couldn't find anything definitive, is there a solution for this? My phone literally drains about 5x faster than normal while on wifi. I tried the latest firmware and even back rev'd one and it's happening on both. Is there a setting I can change as a work around...
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    [Beta] RT-AC87U Firmware version 9.0.0.4.380_2695

    Another issue with this firmware I've found. The Upnp devices and media services all fail after about a day or two, they can no longer be seen or accessed in Windows etc over the network. Restarting the router gets it back just to fail again in 24-48hrs. Anyone see this issue? I'm also...
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    [Beta] RT-AC87U Firmware version 9.0.0.4.380_2695

    So I figured I'd try the shorter password again, sure enough it takes with a shorter password. I did some looking around and found something interesting, apparently Windows uses a different authentication method if your password is over 14 characters (mine is 16), so the ASUS router must not...
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    [Beta] RT-AC87U Firmware version 9.0.0.4.380_2695

    Ok, so I'm back up this morning and now my samba shares won't accept the admin creds, but other accounts will... To be more accurate, when clicking on the server in "Network" in Windows 7 it prompts for the creds and won't take. However, if I open a command prompt and manually use the net use...
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    [Beta] RT-AC87U Firmware version 9.0.0.4.380_2695

    Ok, so simple enough to change my password, chose a simple one at 9 characters. Worked!!! Now here's the really weird thing, after connecting I went to the router and changed the password back again. Then I reopend AiCloud on my phone and it complained about the password being wrong, but then...
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    [Beta] RT-AC87U Firmware version 9.0.0.4.380_2695

    Thought I'd give this one a try. Updated from 9177. Everything seemed to go smoothly until I went to test VPN and AiCloud. In both cases if I specify the router login name and password it does not accept it.... even on the local lan. With VPN I simply used another account I created and it...
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    RT-AC87U Shuts down random times - Mostly at night

    Sounds similar to the issues the rest of us are having. I'm surprised ASUS has not fixed this major issue yet.
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    AC87 new issue since updating to 3.0.0.4.378_9177

    This issue came back. The really weird thing is that the file which it says is corrupted no longer exists! It must be a bad index version of the file stored on the router and then being copied/corrupted to/on the NAS? Anyway, I have to unmount and plug it into a Windows machine to repair...
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