RT-AC88U + RT-AC68U?

[JGrana]

Unfortunately the 2.4Ghz radio in my AC88U bit the dust last weekend...Tried different FW's with reset to factory defaults, power cycle. Turn off for an hour etc.
Luckily I still had my trusty AC68U - dusted it off, installed Merlin 384.6 and back to a stable house Wifi.

I called Asus, went over the issue and what I did to resolve. They told me, yes indeed it's broken and a repair would cost $200 - price of a new router!!!

Before I toss the AC88U and wait for the next generation ASUS router - I thought of a temporary use.

I am thinking of putting the AC88U back as the main router but disable the 2.4Ghz radio. I would then plug the AC68U into the AC88U and disable the 5 Ghz radio on it. I believe I would run the AC68U in AP mode.

On the router, I run Entware and some nightly back up scripts. I also have a script that runs nightly and updates Kodi on my TV (Leia nightlys). Other than that, not too much load on the processor(s).

Comments? Should I leave the AC68U alone and wait for a new router in the future or do the double Asus thing?

 

[AndreiV]

How long have you had the router?

My AC3200 has a 3 year warranty .

 

[JGrana]

Must be just 1 year. I gave Asus the S/N and they said out of warranty...

 

[Grisu]

for me after 6 months they said returns only via dealer, haha, dealer closed ... so just pissed with their worldwide support.

 

[indark]

the warranty varies based on the region, worldwide support is not global warranty.

have not had issue to get RMA for my US purchased asus product when I need it unless expired (looking @ my 5-6 year ac68u)