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    Mesh network with WiFi disabled on the router

    Hi, I have an ASUS RT-AX88U running the latest Merlin firmware with an ethernet connection to an ASUS AC2600 (Blue Cave) as an AIMESH node at the other end of the house. My partner has health concerns and the main router is sitting right near her head. All of the necessary ethernet cabling...
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    Windows doesn't connect automatically and when it does picks up weaker node in mesh network

    Hi all, Running Windows 10 updated to current with a TP-Link AC1200. I have two Asus routers one acting as a node. The stronger signal is in the low 50s dba and the weaker one low 70s. First, about half the time when I reboot or wake my PC reboot from sleep there is no network until I manually...
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    Windows PC WiFi - latency and packet loss

    The issue is that latency will increase and some packet loss will creep in, visible in a traceroute. Other PCs on the network don't experience the issue. Windows 10 PC AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Asus Prime X570-Pro/CSM AM4 ATX Motherboard I have swapped in another wireless adapter in case it had an...
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    wifi drops packets and speed on some networks while other devices work fine

    I'm not getting much work done.. Windows 10 PC AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Asus Prime X570-Pro/CSM AM4 ATX Motherboard ASUS PCE-AX3000 Dual Band WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.0 Wireless The issue is that my wifi will sometimes drop speed dramatically which I then found was due to packet loss (> 50%) This happens...
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    VPN disconnecting every minute.

    This is an odd one. The router is an ASUS RT AC-86U. The symptom occurs when using a VPN through the router and downloading more than about 10 Mbps. The router times out the VPN connection for 10 to 30 seconds. This happens every minute or so. I'm running the latest merlin firmware. I can't...
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    Intermittent connectivity issues with RT-AC86U

    I have an ASUS RT-AC86U. It's about 6 months old running Merlin 384.7.2 And .. it's got problems. I'm running through a VPN, but I don't think that's the issue. Primarily the issue is that: * no external connectivity (just for a minute or two) * on occasion the router itself can't be...
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    Confused as to how to make the kill switch work

    I have an ASUS RT-AC86U running 384.4_2 First I want to block all traffic to the internet when the VPN goes down. I have a few locations set I change between. I can see a list of clients to route through the VPN and stop access if the VPN goes down. But I'd prefer to have it block _all_, not...
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