Warranty RT-BE96U

[mimart7]

Will flashing Merlin void the warranty? Just curious.

 

[jetpack42]

From https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng/wiki/FAQ:

Q: Will flashing this void my warranty?
A: This is a kinda grey area for which I have no definitive answer unfortunately. I have seen Asus publicly commit to supporting DD-WRT for some of their models, without any mention about it voiding your warranty. Therefore my personal opinion would be that "No, it won't void your warranty", but as the saying goes, IANAL. Your retailer might certainly have a different view on this than Asus would, too.


NOTE: CSR Sanita, after confirming w/ her supervisor, said on 2/24/2016 "We will repair the product free of cost under warranty if it does not have any physical damage. No, it won't void your warranty."

 

[bennor]

Will flashing Merlin void the warranty? Just curious.

Use the forum search feature to find the various past posts from people who returned their routers with Asus merlin on it to Asus and they report Asus didn't appear to have an issue. For example:
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/wont-update-gt-ax6000-to-any-firmware.90784/page-2#post-923156
As always YMMV.

 

[mimart7]

I'm looking at returning it. It's a great router, but it takes up too much real estate.

I'll just flash the latest from Asus.

 

[jerry6]

I'm looking at returning it. It's a great router, but it takes up too much real estate.

I'll just flash the latest from Asus.

no problem I had 2 replaced under warranty with Merlin FW on them

 

[Squall Leonhart]

Magnusson-Moss warranty act protects the use of custom firmware unless that firmware is explicitly confirmed (by proof) to have caused the issue being warrantied for.

 

[BrooklynCampbell]

Thank you so much for the link.

 

[Tech9]

Magnusson-Moss warranty act

Applies to the US only, no?

A retailer in another country may show you Magnusson-Moss finger.

 

[aex.perez]

You could, if flashing with Merlin, install BACKUPMON, backup your config.
If concerned about the warranty, do a reset, optionally load ASUSWRT before returning it.
Then put Merlin on the replaced router and restore the config, reboot. Not that I'm suggesting you should, but you could