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I presume you didn't read his year in review update?
I just want to make sure if I purchase this router today RMerlin will be ready by the time I receive it. That's all.
I presume you didn't read his year in review update?
I guess I'll have to talk to my buddy at UPS to ensure that your package gets lost in transit.I just want to make sure if I purchase this router today RMerlin will be ready by the time I receive it. That's all.
Well, this looks like the affordable alternative to what they are announcing today, just based on spec.I just want to make sure if I purchase this router today RMerlin will be ready by the time I receive it. That's all.
Linus isn't someone I'd pay attention too.What is he so impressed with 69MB/s? Here, AC Wave 2 AP to 2-stream AC client:
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It's the other way around. That feature is from Broadcom, and Asus only enables it on their ROG models. I simply also enabled it on non-ROG models when possible.Asus added the Site Survey page from Merlin's build.
It's the 69 meme that the LTT crowd keeps referring to. He did reach much higher speed during his Steam tests.What is he so impressed with 69MB/s? Here, AC Wave 2 AP to 2-stream AC client:
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It's the 69 meme that the LTT crowd keeps referring to.
It's not specific to LTT, it's a cultural thing, not something I can explain on a family-friendly forums like SNBForums I'm afraid...I don't know what it is, not following LTT. His laptop was showing under 70MB/s when he was walking around.
Will the Asus GT-AX6000 also get the Merlin firmware? I ask because I want to buy this router.
Good to know. I’m upgrading from my good ‘ole reliable for many years RT-AC68U with @john9527 Fork on it, to the GT-AX6000. Dong Ngo put a very nice review on the router and calls it the best Dual Band WiFi 6 router. It looks massive though and the antennas are a bit tricky to put on from what I read.Whether or not the GT-AX6000 gets RMerlin firmware, the current Asus firmware for it (47629) is doing really well here, no problems. Provides fast, reliable wireless for my whole house, and simpler to configure than the Asus mesh that I used before it. A great successor to the RT-AX86U, and better and more consistent than the RT-AX89X that I had for a while.
Kind of an eyesore *smile*, but works exceptionally well.
Good to know. I’m upgrading from my good ‘ole reliable for many years RT-AC68U with @john9527 Fork on it, to the GT-AX6000. Dong Ngo put a very nice review on the router and calls it the best Dual Band WiFi 6 router. It looks massive though and the antennas are a bit tricky to put on from what I read.
It’s being delivered tomorrow. I’m pretty excited about it. I think I’ll do a reset with @RMerlin firmware on the AC68U and use it as node in a wired mesh setup. What do you guys think? Will it work?
I can’t wait for a Merlín firmware for it.
Just got it delivered. This router is MASSIVE, compared to anything else I’ve seen up close. It definitely dwarfs the AC68U The antennas are installed and hand tightened securely. What’s the best position for them? Vertical or the next notch down, that puts them in a bit of an angle? I’ll set it up later, because I don’t want to take the network down just yet.Nah, the antennas are a walk in the park, just take it easy when putting them on, no need to tighten them as tight as you can. They're also huge, but who's measuring *smile*.
As long as your mesh uses wired backhaul, a couple of 2-radio nodes should do just fine. Since you have ethernet cabling, you could also set up the AC68U in AP mode...that would be easier to manage for just that one node, and will work well.
I bought this thing with full knowledge that there may or may not be Merlin firmware for it. Like I said, even without Merlin firmware, and all that goes with it, it's a great router, best I've had.
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