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    Asuswrt-Merlin 378.56_2 is now available

    nevermind, i figured it out. if you click on the icon by the device after you add it, you can change the name there.
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    Asuswrt-Merlin 378.56_2 is now available

    Not a fan of the new MAC filter page. one of the previous releases changed the separate 2.4 and 5 lists to one long list. didnt bother me much. i dont have a preference either way really. now its back to separate lists, but the label field is gone. i have a decent sized list of devices and the...
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    RT-AC68P vs. RT-AC68U

    there's a thread about it here: http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=20297 basically, its got the faster 1ghz dual core cpu the AC87 does. not sure what else, if anything, is different. either that thread or another, Merlin confirmed that it uses the same firmware as the...
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    RT-AC87R (current router) or R8000 or Something Else?

    i feel your pain. i jumped from a perfectly good N66 to the AC87 upon release. i returned my first one because i thought the 5Ghz radio was bad. Second one had the same issue. some troubleshooting here in the forums found that it didnt like certain special characters in the WPA2 key (ones that...
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    RT-AC68P (with upgraded CPU, NOT R or U)

    well, i picked this thing up at bestbuy. so far, my impressions of the AC68P are way better than my first impressions of the AC87. this thing just works. no radios failing to boot (and no stupidly long 5ghz radio bootup when it does work), and streaming media works like a champ on 5ghz; no...
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    RT-AC68P (with upgraded CPU, NOT R or U)

    im so tempted to go grab this thing. i swapped my old N66 back in place of the AC87 because i was tired of the disconnects and the poor streaming ability on the 5Ghz band. trying to stream my slingbox in the basement to my surface pro 3 was horrible. works like a champ on my N66. looks like...
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    Asuswrt-Merlin 376.48 Beta 2 is out

    When in AP mode, my AC87 will obtain a DHCP address regardless of the router's setting. If i set "Get LAN IP Automatically?" to No and specify the IP, any reboots after (or after doing the quicksetup where it reboots automatically) it will grab an IP from the pool. looking at the LAN page the...
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    Second new AC87 today, second dead 5Ghz radio

    ok, so l loaded the new 2678 firmware. rebooted via power button, 5G radio never turned on. Reset to factory defaults, radio works. For this first test, i left the default SSID's from asus, ASUS and ASUS_5G, and used this key: W3akwifikey. i didnt change any other settings anywhere. i power...
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    Second new AC87 today, second dead 5Ghz radio

    oh and since only the 5ghz radio has the issue (2.4 works fine after reboots) should i also remove spaces and special characters from the 2.4ghz key? im not sure if i tried that as well. ive just been messing with the 5ghz side.
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    Second new AC87 today, second dead 5Ghz radio

    ssid: skynet5 hide: yes (ive tried no and it didnt matter) Wireless mode: Auto Channel bandwidth: 80 Control channel: Auto (have tried specifying too) Extention cahnnel: auto Auth: WPA2 Personal Encryption AES Key: upper, lower, number, spaces, comma, apostrophe Interval: 3600 for reference...
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    Second new AC87 today, second dead 5Ghz radio

    DaveMishSr: read my posts. reset's been done. thats the only thing that makes the radio work. any reboot or power cycle after that it never comes back up. mistame: glad im not the only one with this issue. running the merlin firmware has made no difference. rebooted and also powered on/off...
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    Second new AC87 today, second dead 5Ghz radio

    to update, the 6mbit issue appears to have been a speedtest.net related problem and a poorly timed one at that. i changed the automatic server detection to one hosted by my ISP and i get similar to wirespeed results. my bad on that. the radio issue however, still a problem. i did load merlins...
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    Second new AC87 today, second dead 5Ghz radio

    as i said in my original post, ive tried powering off with the button and pulling the power cord. neither will get the 5ghz radio to come back on.
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    Second new AC87 today, second dead 5Ghz radio

    well, i did a factory reset and that seems to magically make the 5Ghz radio work... until you reboot it then you are SOL. Basically, the only way to have a working 5Ghz radio is to reset to factory defaults and never reboot the router, ever. another problem is, the router doesnt seem to work any...
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    Second new AC87 today, second dead 5Ghz radio

    its plugged into a UPS where my previous N66 was plugged in at. nothing else on the UPS is fried. none of my UPS's have beeped at me or otherwise kicked over to batteries due to power issues.
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    Second new AC87 today, second dead 5Ghz radio

    First AC87 had a non-functional 5Ghz radio. it never came on, even at first boot. the light never lit and no amount of updates and resets brought it to life. returned it and the second one did come on at first boot. did a firmware update, configured it, still working. my devices had "fast"...
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