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    Upgrade a RT-n66u ?

    Really appreciate the help. Thanks! I only have experience with the N66u and 68u (my home router) Both EZ. I will run what ever I got at home lab for sure till I get a feel for the new feature set. I like EZ if possible, I mean I can learn any of them but I think I can do a swap using a...
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    Upgrade a RT-n66u ?

    Oh its ok I don't need to really know what you do, none of my business. I think you know your way around a circuit board and from you pic with tweezers you can repair and solder well. I go way back to the Atari days and I was always impressed by my friends that were good at repairing and...
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    Upgrade a RT-n66u ?

    I think its very cool that you know all of this. Even if it does not help me I appreciate the information. That micro crack theory sounds plausible. I don't have any experience with it on a Router but I did on a Plasma TV board. Had a $3500 60" Plasma that died out of warranty. And...
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    Sorry you feel that way. I don't know if you are trolling or what. If someone offers help I expect them to follow up on it, maybe it was sarcasm and you never intended to. If you are open and honest I feel future conversations can be pleasant for you. Best wishes.
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    Upgrade a RT-n66u ?

    You will have to forgive me on not knowing how or why that would fail. No idea on how they are made, why some would fail etc.
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    I guess I must have missed something. You offered a suggestion. "I run 4 office locations and my hardware choices are different. Just ask." I took your offer then you change to this? Don't sell yourself so short, I did not mean to imply I would value your input, I meant the opposite I took...
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    Upgrade a RT-n66u ?

    Yikes, do you know what failed on the units or why?
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    I don't think I even heard of SMB then, was not looking for recommendations but enlighten me to what you use. I appreciate any helpful recommendations. The person I mentioned earlier has recommended many pieces of hardware (servers etc) over the past 10 years and so far he has not led me...
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    Now don't be snarky :). You dont' have to tell me that. I talk to him all the time. I don't think he has much input on the 86u in terms of issues in the field. Na I owe him more than he owes me I might get a bigger invoice back.
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    No it was not my own decision alone but thanks for assuming that. Did you realize buying 80k hardware every 5 years for medical equipment does not guarantee it will work either? They do not magically work better they have the same issue consumer grade stuff have. People think cause they...
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    Yes I agree. That is why I am changing security reasons but not at the cost of reliability its a double edge sword. The people in offices only care if something works not whats going on behind the scenes. Losing thousands of dollars in productivity is something to be avoided. Ideally...
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    I am only wanting as good as the previous router I had. Not asking for perfect. Perfect is just ones opinion. Reliable is something that should be expected. The overheating is not something I brought up but is a concern because my current router than has give ZERO issues (its not...
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    Worked up? I think there must be a misunderstanding there. I don't care if its 2900 or 2917 was more concerned if the 86u issues had been addressed at all in newer releases. I order a 86u new one. Afterwords I have people telling me "if you want a stable router that is not the router to...
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    There is a AC2917 at Best buy that is confusing is all. Why they decided to label a 2900 2917 (really hardware 86u) But yes hardware is really a 86u. Most are marked 2900 = 86u. What I don't know is has the 86u been been improved at the factory in any way since 2018. Those type of...
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    Yea thanks for the info. I am slowly learning of issues (after I order) :) But I have hope that some fixes were made at the manufacturer level. Maybe ones they don't go public with. Like maybe Jerry that worked on Fridays was stoned out of mind making all kinds of mistakes on the assembly...
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    The bottom line to me is how it is manufactured. Are they all made at the same plant? Even within the same plant the quality control can vary depending on the shift. If its more than one facility one and in a different part of the world that too can affect quality control. I don't know...
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    Best Buy AC2917 and Merlin

    Are you saying last year Best buy only had a 2900 then sometime in 2020 then changed the packaging to 2917? I know they like doing that to avoid price matching and it shows its a Best Buy unit too. So far I have not read about the different countries that manufacturer the 86u I know some...
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    AC-86U reliabily how long has yours run without a reboot

    Thanks for the screen shot. That is more inline to what I would expect does not look crazy high. That is what my 68 and 66U run and they are not crashes or locking up. Under 80c on cpu with passive seems ok to me. I had read a guy that claimed 130c and shutdown after a firmware update...
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    Upgrade a RT-n66u ?

    Actually I am surprised too. But a hardware engineer owns his own IT company and does this for a living in schools and Hospitals said the 66 was a winner and easier to set up than a commercial one. I tested it out and use it for DHCP, routing and backup VPN. I use the VPN on the router...
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    Upgrade a RT-n66u ?

    Sure you will get on it! Really a bit disappointed the more I read on the AC86u. I don't like having to add active cooling to make up for poor engineering. I suppose run The last good release for the Asus RT AC 86U is Merlin's 384.19 firmware. Sounds like past the 384.19 is when the...
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