RT-AC68U (fw: 3.0.0.4.378_7369) Adaptive QoS - WAN/LAN Bandwidth Monitor problem

[pinkfloyd1173]

I heard good and bad things about the R7000, but from what I can tell from reviews and such, people like it?

 

[Diamond67]

I heard good and bad things about the R7000, but from what I can tell from reviews and such, people like it?

What I've heard (just read hearsay from various internet forums) R7000 hardware is pretty solid and almost identical compared with AC68U, but there are some problems with firmware (surprise).

So, it was very hard for me to decide which one to buy.

 

[pinkfloyd1173]

yeah I think you can put ww-drt fw on it?

 

[Diamond67]

yeah I think you can put ww-drt fw on it?

I think there are at least two or three 3rd party firmwares available for R7000.

 

[pinkfloyd1173]

Gonna do some research on that.

This thing keeps dropping wifi signals again?

 

[Diamond67]

Gonna do some research on that.

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Netgear-R7000-Vs-Asus-RT-AC68U/td-p/442063

 

[pinkfloyd1173]

Thanks. Looks like its a risk from what I am reading??

 

[Diamond67]

Thanks. Looks like its a risk from what I am reading??

Decision is yours. As I mentioned before it is hard to decide between these beasts.

 

[shdwkeeper]

Decision is yours. As I mentioned before it is hard to decide between these beasts.

The Dlink triband router is looking pretty impressive but once you start going to triband you are around $300.

 

[shdwkeeper]

I hear you man, gonna go with no QOS and see hoe it works for a week. Now at least the NAT Acceleration does not disable anymore, maybe a bug, god only knows.

That sucks that your router is having issues too, I just want a router that WORKS, and spending a few hours a day maintaining it, well its like having another job?

I have not had any drops on the wifi bands since I did a hard reset on it, but we will see. But for now no QOS.

Take the router back to best buy man, try maybe another brand, I like ASUS, my whole gaming rig is pretty much ASUS so I would like to stick to the brand. I had 4 ac87r's and I took those back for all the issues they had. Maybe ASUS is just throwing stuff out there that is not ready for the consumer, and just letting us beta test the damm things?

I'm going to give it 2 more days and if it keeps acting up its going back to Best Buy. I will go back to Netgear or maybe try Dlink

 

[pinkfloyd1173]

I hear you, doing the same, might try that R7000, just hate the GUI of netgear products.

 

[Flying Dutchman]

I'm going to give it 2 more days and if it keeps acting up its going back to Best Buy. I will go back to Netgear or maybe try Dlink

Download the latest firmware (see my signature) and upload this one in your AC68: maybe your problem will be solved.

When I watch a movie I clearly see the monitor working.

 

[shdwkeeper]

I'm still running 378.55, I re-flashed to this firmware, than did a hard reset. So far it has been working longer than it ever has. I have not lost the WAN IP in almost two days. I'm going to keep watching this as well.

 

[shdwkeeper]

Download the latest firmware (see my signature) and upload this one in your AC68: maybe your problem will be solved.

When I watch a movie I clearly see the monitor working.

What does this firmware fix? Also does it have all the same options as Merlin (Asuswrt)?

 

[L&LD]

What does this firmware fix? Also does it have all the same options as Merlin (Asuswrt)?

Almost guaranteed to not have the same options as RMerlin.

See the changelog for the fixes.

http://www.asus.com/ca-fr/Networking/RTAC68U/HelpDesk_Download/

 

[shdwkeeper]

Looks like it says For Japan Only, if that matters or not I don't know

 

[Flying Dutchman]

Looks like it says For Japan Only, if that matters or not I don't know

Don't worry, it works fine in The Netherlands. All language versions are available. No clue why it says "for Japan Only", I always ignore it...

 

[Flying Dutchman]

What does this firmware fix? Also does it have all the same options as Merlin (Asuswrt)?

Read the text on the download page (http://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC68U/HelpDesk_Download/)

 

[BeachBum]

My gauges started working once I turned off the NAT Acceleration...

 

[shdwkeeper]

Has anyone compared this new firmware to the RMerlin (378.55) firmware? Pros/Cons?