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    Relatively high load with idle CPU on ASUS RT-AC86U with ASUSWRT-Merlin

    I am not experiencing any problems, so, at this point it is just a curiosity. I've just noticed that the "load", as reported by top (1) and can be seen in /proc/loadavg is consistently (over the past 20+ minutes) sitting above 2.70 (sometimes spiking to over 3.00), while the CPU is 99.x% idle...
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    RT-AC86U w. Merlin "disconnects" RT-N66R in media bridge mode

    Thank you, @Tech9! That's helpful! (That info should be in the pinned threads. But, I am guessing, not that many people are using it as a media bridge...) I hope to have time to play with this in about 2-3 weeks. Do you remember if there were any critical issues fixed/changed between 380.66_6...
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    RT-AC86U w. Merlin "disconnects" RT-N66R in media bridge mode

    I am not quite sure what "two issues" you asked about. (Are you referring to my posting a few months ago about the scanner-computer connection being lost over time in this setup, and requiring a refresh from the computer side?)
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    RT-AC86U w. Merlin "disconnects" RT-N66R in media bridge mode

    I have RT-AC86U running Merlin 386.2_2 as my main router. I also have an old RT-N66R that I am using in a media bridge mode, - to connect a few devices in a different room - via Ethernet. Every so often (from a few days to a few, 1-4, weeks), RT-N66R looses its connection to RT-AC86U. (Reboot of...
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    Connected device not shown on "Network Map" -> Clients list

    Not really. It soundss like it just happens, and nobody has any idea - why. After some initial investigation, I have not been playing with it much,
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    Problems reaching network-shared drive through VPN

    Thank you, Colin!
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    Problems reaching network-shared drive through VPN

    Thank you to all who responded. Is there a way in AC-86U with Merlin 386.3_2 to declare the hosts connected from VPN being a part of the local network? (I think I've seen such an option somewhere, but not sure on which router.)
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    Problems reaching network-shared drive through VPN

    I have an ASUS AC-86U with Merlin 386.3_2 firmware. I have OpenVPN with "all traffic" sent through the VPN. There is a Windows box on the internal network with an HDD shared (by username and password). This drive is accessible from all local devices just fine using \\192.168.1.21 address...
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    News FTC charges Broadcom with illegal monopolisation

    I thought this might be interesting to some people here: https://www.lawyer-monthly.com/2021/07/ftc-charges-broadcom-with-illegal-monopolisation/
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.2_6 is now available

    Just in case: when upgrading from 384.* to 386.*, make sure you give the router 1-2 hours to settle after the upgrade; don't panic if the web-interface is getting stuck: the new firmware needs to do some "house keeping". If you read the changelog for an early 386. branch, you'll see it noted...
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    Router temperatures

    Yes that's what I meant.
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    Router responding on WAN TCP ports 80 and 443

    Aah, yes, thank you, I missed that. Personally I am using MobaXterm which has bash and telnet built in. (And have cygwin on some computers.)
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    Router responding on WAN TCP ports 80 and 443

    Personally, I check if a port is open from a cloud server to which I have shell access - by doing telnet MYIP 80 or telnet MYIP 443. If there is no response at all - it means the port is closed. You can try doing that from your laptop command prompt (you can easily install telnet on a Mac...
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    Router temperatures

    Thank you! I should've said "This would be consistent with no cooling *intended* there." Just out of curiosity, is that the element exposed in the opening of the metal plate close to its center? (Thanks to thiggins for the photo) What do you think is the purpose of the metal plate...
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    Router temperatures

    Thank you for noticing and helping to correct my typo! Was it the only one I made? ;)
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    Router temperatures

    Let me ask you: what is on the "front" side of the board that needs cooling? I don't know what's on the back, but according to that nice article by thiggins, all the heatsinks are on the "back"/"top" side of the board. Additionally, - what is the purpose of the metal plate? I have some...
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    Router temperatures

    I agree with people who said that "blowing" is more efficient than "sucking" -- using the fans that we are discussing. As a proof, here is the plot of the temperature rise after I flipped the fan attached to the back of the RT-AC86U router - in the configuration I described above. The...
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    Router temperatures

    When you are trying to come up with the engineering solution, you need to formulate clearly, what you are trying to achieve. While offering your solution here, you've never said what you are trying to improve or optimize. Why am I saying "optimize"? Because there is at least one obvious simple...
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    Router temperatures

    The alternative I am looking at is something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FY7QQ6L/?tag=snbforums-20 or https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D54Q6ZG/?tag=snbforums-20
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    Router temperatures

    Let me separate different points mentioned above. 1. Efficiency of cooling Aside from the dust issue is there any substantiated argument for why the router should be in the upright ("natural") position when cooled with a fan? As far as I understand, the only argument given here (by...
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