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J
Hi . I've had issues with the AiMesh dropping the wireless node connection. I'm using two AC3100 routers. my email jir591@gmail.com
st3v3n
K, will think on this and post something back to you, on a project but have an idea. I had something almost exactly like it, may/may not help. Comcast, humph.
GARYK
I plan on implementing this in stages. I'll upgrade to a pfSense router and make the
ASUS RT-AC86U an AP only. Then one day I may update the wifi portion.

Thanks for the advice, it's great to bounce things off of others who have done this before.

-gk
GARYK
I have an Asus RT-AC86U and have been running it with Merlin for over a year now and agree it is a beast but I want to run OpenVPN through the router and the Asus RT-AC86U can't handle the traffic and so it brings my 200 Mbps down to 50 and it kills my set-top boxes, etc.
SeaConn
SeaConn
From your message below, it appears you have the RT-AC68U and not the RT-AC86U which just hit the US market earlier this month. The new and improved RT-AC86U has OpenSSL hardware acceleration and is capable of 200/200 Mbps, hence all the hub-bub. Your old RT-AC68U is capable of maybe 40/10 Mbps.
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Thank you.
GARYK
Hi SeaConn,

I am looking to build a pfSense router and get the UAC-AP-LITE from Ubiquiti and wanted here your take on that idea. PCEngines sells parts and I can get a decent router built for $168.00
Garyk
SeaConn
SeaConn
pfSense is great if you are willing to spend the money on a box that has Intel NICs and an x86 CPU that supports AES-NI like this unit here: http://a.co/anpZi40

The UAC-AP-Lite uses an old 775 MHz MIPS Atheros ARM chip which is outdated and slow. If you plan on running a VPN server or client, you'll be sorely disappointed. I wouldn't waste my money on it if I were you.
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Merlin's AsusWRT fork is now in Beta and very stable as far as the VPN goes. The Asus RT-AC86U is $200. I wouldn't let the Senior folks discourage you from buying one. They're great routers. Plus there are a ton of people on the SNB forum that'll help you set it up, me included. But if you really need Gigabit VPN speeds, then pfSense with Intel chips is the way to go.
GARYK
Hi,
I have an ASUS AC68U and PIA openvpn. Would you mind sharing your openvpn pia settings that are providing you high speeds?

Thank you
gk
J
Hello again,
I am also looking for instructions on how to overclock an Asus RT-AC68 router. The VPN supplier that I am using (Private Internet Access) is causing a massive hit on transfer speeds. I would like to implement the VPN on the router but I am concerned that a low clock speed will make the problem much worse.
J
Hello John,
You previously had a file with instructions on how to set up/configure a OpenVPN with the Merlin Fork firmware on an Asus router. I did not find that on your GitHub site. Are those instructions still available? If so, can you send me a link?
DC OB
Hey,

It seems that with the new R7800 firmware update 1.0.2.36 which contains a new SMB update, Time Machine can no longer see shared drives as usable drives for Time Machine. The shared drives are still accessible but Time Machine can't see them. Can the engineering team please look at this?

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