questions for Asus 88U

[umpmanjoe]

Im sure these are simple questions, but I'm new to after market firmware. Just switched from Nighthawk x6 to the Asus 88U because my wifi was so bad. I also need to run a VPN for kodi.

I installed Merlin so that I can do policy based routing and I figured it out, but what is "Block routed clients if tunnel goes down"?

2: If I am running policy based routing, is there a way to make it that if VPN server goes down (I use ipvanish), my devices that are running through the vpn will stay connected to internet through my regular ISP. I also have a netduma router and I noticed that when the IPvanish server goes down, I loose internet and it the only way to get it back is by rebooting router.

3. with the merlin firmware, is there a way to increase the wifi trx? I cant seem to find it and when I was running ddwrt on my netgear, it helped.

Also, since I'm new, can anyone tell me why Merlin is better than ddwrt or tomato? I chose it for the Asus because it was the only thing I can find, but is it better than the other 2

 

[RMerlin]

2) If you disable the option you ask about in 1), it will work that way That's what "Block routed clients" - if tunnel goes down, those clients will not have Internet access.

3) Power levels cannot be changed by end users, as this is a requirement from regulatory bodies such as the FCC.

Also, since I'm new, can anyone tell me why Merlin is better than ddwrt or tomato? I chose it for the Asus because it was the only thing I can find, but is it better than the other 2

If you need NAT acceleration to reach high WAN speeds such as gigabit, you can't use DD-WRT or Tomato.