Just purchased a RT-AC86U from this weekend's promo pricing.
Installed Merlin 384.8 Beta2 and then did a Restore / Initialize.
I rebooted the router.
I noticed RAM used/usage was at 51% steady and I have not even started config except enabled both radios (and Operation Mode: Wireless router) and changing the Router's IP address. I am connected ethernet to a laptop for config/setup.
After config (except DNS filter clients), RAM usage is at 68% steady (346MB Used | 166MBMB Free | 512MB Total).
My current main router is a RT-AC68R running Merlin 380.59 and RAM usage is 23% steady (57MB Used | 193MBMB Free | 250MB Total).
Both now configured with all Trend Micro/QOS stuff enabled.
Is the high RAM used on the 86U normal (even with after a factory reset)?
I hope I don't have to factory reset this again.
EDIT: The 68R has also Traffic Analyzer enabled so that should be taking memory, the 86U has that disabled.
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