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Hello! I currently have the old Asus RT-N66U, in a 3 room apartment with thick walls that disturb WiFi connection. I wanted to get Adguard Home etc for my router and realized how old it was, it seems its not possible to install on old Merlin firmware (?) 380.70 So I think my best option...

I currently have an ASUS RT-N66U which I used as a switch & access point combo with wired backhaul. It recently died but the PSU is confirmed still working. I am looking for a replacement and I have seen an ASUS RT-AC66U going cheaply because it does not have a PSU or antennae. Does anyone here...

Hi folks, my internet service is CGNAT (jio,india) and their crappy GPON modem refuses to allow bridging so i end up with what you call.. triple NAT my primary requirement is parental control and i've a working Asus N66 with tomato FW i tried content filtering with OpenDNS but its not working...

I need to replace a dying N66U. I have a new in the box never used AC86U, manufactured in 2018, with hardware version R1.5 and firmware 3.0.4.384, that I can use. But I'm also wondering about going right to an AX68U or an AX86U instead. I just can't decide which of those two would serve my needs...

Hi everyone, just wondering how I might setup my Merlin N66U for TV (currently I have it running ONT>N66U with PPPoE no TV yet)? Here is the ISP router WAN setup for TV (VLAN6) and internet (VLAN4): Here are my current settings for Merlin-N66U (internet works perfect): Would all I have...

Hi - Can anyone help me with this configuration. I have an L2 tagged VLAN (20) which can ping all it's peers and the router @ 10.1.1.1, it can even resolve DNS via the router but it cannot connect to the internet, I'm at a loss as to why. All my devices connect through port 1 on the Asus N66U...

I have an ASUS RT-N66U with Merlin 380.70, the last version for this router. My Rogers package is 150Mbps. My old Dell laptop was getting ~80Mbps. I bought a new Dell laptop with an AC 7265. It is getting ~15Mbps. I have read "old router, old cpu" in other threads, and I am looking at new...

My end goal is to split traffic on two routers. Router 2 (a N66U is not directly connected to internet and is running a VPN client). Router 1 (a LinkSys) would be simply connected to the internet modem (while Router 2 would be connected to Router 1 to get internet connectivity ). Is that even...

On all my PCs all running on Windows 10 every once in a while I noticed my HP Deskjet 1000 J110 had gone permanently offline, and the Printer.exe program ("EZ Printer" official download from ASUS) cannot detect the printer after that; it just stalls when it is attempting to detect it. Power...

Hello folks, I recently discovered my router is rebooting itself, I believe. I've read the log but could not find anything out of the ordinary, here are a few things that might help: The lines that are in blue is because I run syncthing on my desktop (192.168.11.5) and in my phone...

Hi everyone, I just replaced my N66U (running Merlin FW) with the better AC86U (running Asuswrt-Merlin 384.7_2), but I cannot find out how to do USB to USB backup like I had configured with the N66U router. Basically, I have 2x 4TB drives (one named "Primary" and one "Secondary") both hooked...

Hi, I am a bit new for networking and linux. I have a question: Is it possible to set up more than two WAN on 380.70 ASUS N66U? I know it is not possible to do that through UI, but is it possible to set this up with some user scripts? If it is possible please direct me to the manuals or at...

I recently tried to update the firmware for my RT N66U router. Off course it made the router stop working and after some research I discovered that it was in rescue mode. I am now trying to use the firmware restoration utility from Asus web page. I can put the router in rescue mode (turning it...

Today the RT-N66U was added to the list of routers known to be affected by the VPNFilter malware. What are folks doing about updating firmware for the RT-N66U to deal with VPNFilter? It appears 3.0.0.4.382_50470 with a date of May 15, 2018, is the most recent firmware but I haven't found much...

Hello, I have a question about the scripts I can run using asuswrt-merlin. I have an old Asus WL500gP V2 router with dd-wrt, but I just got an Asus N66U that'd I like to flash with asuswrt-merlin. However, I am a bit concerned about not having access to my favortite Optware script, Stophammer...

Hello everyone. I have my ASUS RT-N66U with merlin firmware 380.68 In USB I have Huawei modem E3372s HiLink When I set dual wan as a load balancing, router is rebooting when I more saturate my internet connection. The same problem is with failover mode with E3372s I test loadbalancing with...

I need to isolate my old devices (1 tablet, 1 kindle) from the other devices (pc, mac, smartphone) inside my home network without using the wireless guest network. They should only be able to connect to the internet. What is the most effective way? I tried with Firewall - Network Services...

Hey Everyone, This is my first post. I have an RT-N66U running 380.65_0 and I've been having trouble for the last couple of months around my iDevices and windows computers not being able to use the web UI without crashes and freezes of the respective web browser. The router is in a coffee shop...

Upgrading to a 1900P. Is it advised to use the same saved config, or is this even possible? Risks? Thanks.

Hello guys! I'm currently having an issue with 2 different isps (one cable and one adsl). and I'm wondering something. Since one of my isps is heavily throttling anything from instagram and facebook (no... seriously, 5 minutes to load a SINGLE IMAGE is outrageous). What is the correct way to...