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  1. M

    Upgrade from RT-AC68U to RT-AC3200?

    You and RMerlin are correct, fixing the problem is the prudent thing to do, however I do not have the knowledge that RMerlin and possibly you have, so my options are limited. I'm almost certain the culprit is the firmware, after all, at one time, on one of the previous versions everything worked...
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    Upgrade from RT-AC68U to RT-AC3200?

    Thank you, guys! I will take advantage of that deal and buy that monster. Hopefully it is worth the price. The 5300 is Broadcom-based, correct?
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    Upgrade from RT-AC68U to RT-AC3200?

    Thanks again! I upgraded the firmware, setup everything from scratch manually and it is pretty much the same. My iPhone, iPad and MacBookPro do not hold onto the 5GHz band ( I have two SSIDs so I can tell easily). I do not think it is the router, it is most likely the firmware - there was one...
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    Upgrade from RT-AC68U to RT-AC3200?

    Thanks a lot RMerlin! I will upgrade the firmware first, but in my case it is such a pain - I have so many devices that need to have static address and I need to port forward for every one of them. Anyway, what is the advantage of having two separate 5GHz radios? Is Broadcom better / worse than...
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    Upgrade from RT-AC68U to RT-AC3200?

    Hello everyone and happy Thanksgiving! I've had the AC68U for a few years and have been happy with it, but for a while I have been having connectivity issues with my apple devices when on wireless - they seem to get disconnected when idling, especially my iPad and it takes a few seconds for it...
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    RT-AC87R - 5G bandwidth for Apple devices

    I've reset the router several times, re-installed 4950 with resets two more times and the result is still the same. My Airport Express seems to hold onto 5GHz - the iPad stays on it, but after a short period of time music stops playing. It can still see AE, I can still select it and when I do...
  7. M

    RT-AC87R - 5G bandwidth for Apple devices

    $250 router should not have "luck" as one of the features. I guess, I will take advantage of those resets, since they were included free of charge. Thanks again!
  8. M

    RT-AC87R - 5G bandwidth for Apple devices

    Thanks!
  9. M

    RT-AC87R - 5G bandwidth for Apple devices

    How does the 5 GHz light on your router behave - does it consistently flicker like the 2.4GHz or does it pulsate? Mine pulsates and I do not know if this is normal for this router or if there something wrong with the band. My iPad stays on 5GHz, but it stops working or it goes into some sort of...
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    RT-AC87R - 5G bandwidth for Apple devices

    Jong, I absolutely agree with you, I do not need to know what band I'm on, assuming, like you said, everything is working properly. For me, at this point with this router things are not working perfectly. That is why I also agree with what L&LD said above- once SSIDs are the same you cannot pick...
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    RT-AC87R - 5G bandwidth for Apple devices

    They share the same password, but each has a unique name. If they were the same, how would you know what band each device is on without going to the router's UI? I do have a problem with AirPlay however, it stops playing suddenly and I can't seem to restart it on my iPad no matter what I do, but...
  12. M

    RT-AC87R - 5G bandwidth for Apple devices

    Ok, so I reset the router several times (to be sure) reinstalled the firmware, then another reset - this brought it back to factory settings - beamforming got turned off as well as a couple other settings were straightened out, however to my surprise, 5G was still not seen by any of my Apple...
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    RT-AC87R - 5G bandwidth for Apple devices

    I have to admit, I did not reset after upgrading, as I always do, but I figured since I had just unboxed a brand new router and did not change anything except for creating SSIDs before upgrading it to the latest firmware, it may not be necessary. I will reset it tonight, install the firmware...
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    RT-AC87R - 5G bandwidth for Apple devices

    Thank you all for your replies. I'm on 4950 and everything is set to default except for SSIDs, some port forwarding and a few static IPs. Now, I guess I'm a bit confused about beamforming - it is more about the interface- I have not touched these settings yet, but the buttons show "Enable" -...
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    RT-AC87R - 5G bandwidth for Apple devices

    Which one, 802.11 or Universal or both? Is this for 5G only or does it apply to both bands? Is there anything that could be interfering with 80 MHz - none of my Apple devices can see 5G band unless it is 20MHz: this includes 3rd gen iPad, mid 2014 MBP, a bit older Power Mac or iPhone 6 Thanks a lot!
  16. M

    RT-AC87R - 5G bandwidth for Apple devices

    Are Apple devices limited to 20MHz bandwidth on 5G? I have just received the new router and all my Apple stuff does not see the 5G network unless I lower it 20MHz. I do not think this was the case with my previous AC68U. Is there something I need to set or change to make it work on higher...
  17. M

    Replace the AC68U with the same or the AC87U?

    Thanks for the additional info, I will call them again next week to see what they will say this time. BTW - for all the work you are doing for Asus customers and them directly, specifically releasing firmware fixes for their products, if they are not paying you HUGE consulting fees, they should...
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    Replace the AC68U with the same or the AC87U?

    I know, it was a bad day, nothing was working..... and at the end I turned out to be an butt. I wish there was a shortcut, so if someone knows of one or if Asus U.S. does advanced replacements, please let me know. Thanks!
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    Replace the AC68U with the same or the AC87U?

    Thank you, guys! RMerlin - from what I've read here you know a lot more about Asus routers than most at Asus. Do you know if Asus offers advanced replacements in the U.S.? It is a long story, but I called them twice - first time I had to wait 30 minutes before I got through to support...
  20. M

    Replace the AC68U with the same or the AC87U?

    Hello, My 1 year old AC68U died a couple days ago, well it did not die completely, only 5GHz band is not working anymore, 2.4GHz and wired connections work just fine. Normally, I would probably not care because 2.4 is sufficient for most of the stuff for me, except that lately I had been...
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