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    Can ASUS RT-AC51U run Merlin?

    REPLY TO SELF: Apparently Merlin is NOT supported on RT-AC51U, see this thread. Instead they said to use padavan f/w instead, so before going there I would like to know if padavan supports OpenVPN client connection? https://bitbucket.org/padavan/rt-n56u/src/master/ It does not say what can be...
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    Can ASUS RT-AC51U run Merlin?

    I need to connect an ASUS RT-AC51U router via OpenVPN to my home OpenVPN server so the clients of that router can share the VPN connection (there are only 2-3 clients - 1 Chromecast and 1-2 phones). But when reading through the user's manual for RT-AC51U I only see one reference to VPN and this...
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    ASUS RT-AC51U OK as VPN gateway for TV-streaming?

    I think that the needed speed when handling live streams is not really high, I have used Raspberry Pi2 devices in the past as OpenVPN servers to stream geolocated video and it has worked OK. In that case the VPN client had been running on the display device itself (typically a Windows laptop or...
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    ASUS RT-AC51U OK as VPN gateway for TV-streaming?

    I am helping my brother-in-law to set up a Chromecast TV streaming system for his second home abroad. He has been using satellite TV until end of last year when the provider switched satellite and coverage disappeared. After that he has been using VPN to my home system and then the Viasat app on...
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    ASUS RT-AC68U Pause frame control

    I have already purchased an RT-AC86U router and configured it for use at the cottage when I get there later in spring. The f/w update question was really about doing it remotely.... Seems like that is a bad idea, so I will wait until I get there with the new router. I already have the same 86...
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    ASUS RT-AC68U Pause frame control

    Do you think I could dare update the f/w of the RT-AC68U via VPN access to its GUI? If it fails then I cannot power cycle it from here..
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    ASUS RT-AC68U Pause frame control

    Yes, that was the whole reason I had to travel to the location to do the tests. I disconnected the router cable at the fiber box and connected the laptop instead. Then made several different tests using OOkla and and a couple of other services my ISP had specified. After that was done and...
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    ASUS RT-AC68U Pause frame control

    I have a newly installed fiber connection at my summer cottage. I subscribe to a 250/250 Mbps service. I have installed my old home router (RT-AC68U) there when I visited the site after fiber was activated. The site is 100 km away so not easily accessed. The router is configured with OpenVPN...
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    Can I use a 4TB ext4 drive on an RT-AC86U as NAS?

    There is also this article in MagPi describing setting up a simple NAS using an RPi4.
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    Can I use a 4TB ext4 drive on an RT-AC86U as NAS?

    OK, I have tried manually to do it on an RPi4, but failed to get it where I want even trough trying with different PiOS versions and what not.... The video is inspiring, but he is talking too fast so it is VERY hard to follow and also to execute the commands one needs a list of those. Can't even...
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    Can I use a 4TB ext4 drive on an RT-AC86U as NAS?

    I have two sites both using RT-AC86U routers with one connecting by OpenVPN to my main LAN OpenVPN server. It is set up such that the main LAN routes through the VPN tunnel to the other site. So in effect the two LAN are connected and routed between. Both LAN:s have 250/250 fiber Internet...
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    How to run speedtest directly on RT-AC68U router?

    Well, it "died" while I was doing "sudo apt full-upgrade" a week or more ago commanded via SSH. Since then it is in need of a power cycle. Don't know what it is doing but it responds to ping but nothing more. Cannot SSH into it for instance. In such cases I believe a power cycle is the only...
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    How to run speedtest directly on RT-AC68U router?

    OK thanks, I found it on the Adaptive QoS tab in the most recent standard firmware (which is on the new RT-AC86U router not yet deployed). I thought that if I run speedtest on the router it would be the most capable networking device I have, but by the answers here I presume this is not the...
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    How to run speedtest directly on RT-AC68U router?

    I have an ASUS RT-AC68U router on a remote site, which is connected to my home LAN by way of the built-in OpenVPN client so both networks "see" each other. The remote LAN newly got fiber installed (fiber activated Jan 2nd) and I was able to visit on Feb 9th to set up the ASUS router and...
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    Speed diff for OpenVPN on RT-AC68U and RT-AC86U?

    Have anyone else here seen a fiber service vary this much? I have now logged the speed on my remote LAN using a RaspberryPi4, which I have access to remotely. I now have enough data to see a pattern where the upload speed increases during daytime only to drop a lot nightly. Notice that the...
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    How to change LAN address and fix DHCP reservations on RT-AC86U

    Thanks! I did not know it could be done on the command line. I use PuTTY all the time when talking to my numerous RaspberryPi devices. I would too, but I am preparing the router that will go to the remote location (when I am able to visit it) and right now there is an RT-AC68U sitting there...
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    How to change LAN address and fix DHCP reservations on RT-AC86U

    Oh boy! There is not even a way to *edit* the DHCP entries so I will have to create new ones then. And delete the existing ones. :mad:
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    How to change LAN address and fix DHCP reservations on RT-AC86U

    I have bought a new RT-AC86U router, which I am preparing for use on a remote LAN. That LAN is connected by VPN to my home LAN so I see the remote network from my home PC. It currently uses an RT-AC68U, which is old and needs a replacement. Therefore while configuring the RT-AC86U I have set it...
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    Speed diff for OpenVPN on RT-AC68U and RT-AC86U?

    So in my case I started up the new RT-AC86U router without any Ethernet cable attached and connected via WiFi. Then I modified the SSID to what I want to use and this disconnected my PC from the router so I had to connect again by WiFi. Next I modified the base Ethernet network to get away from...
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    Speed diff for OpenVPN on RT-AC68U and RT-AC86U?

    I have found the new firmware for these routers on ASUS webpages: RT-AC68U Version 3.0.0.4.386.46065 RT-AC86U Version 3.0.0.4.386.46092 If I upgrade manually now then the two connected routers will have different f/w, will that work out OK? And can it be done remotely? (The two LAN:s are...
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