Switching AC-3200 to AC-68u

[Nigel Jones]

Hi,
Do I lose much running latest merlin going from 3200 to 68?

It seems to me the only significant change will be losing one 5 Ghz radio. Band steering is still in the merlin code, but obviously can only switch 2.4<->5Ghz. Do the other AI type functions etc all work the same?

 

[FTC]

Hi, yes, you lose one 5ghz radio, plus 200Mhz in CPU speed (unless you happen yo have by chance one of those 68u's w/1000Mhz CPUs) and slightly more modern (in the 3200) switch and radio controller chips. Not too much if you do not need the additional radio.

 

[Nigel Jones]

Thanks @FTC... as with most things I have an awful habit of wanting to know everything ;-)

I just read up about the different switches and the additional broadcom cpu offloading in the AC-3200 earlier today which is probably a good thing for consistency.... it looks as if some variants of the AC-68u may have the same wireless processor change.. but trying to chase the exact revision is potentially problematic so I should probably just stop and enjoy the fact the current router is working well, especially with the merlin firmware. There's no indication of > 330 Mbps internet here for the moment (I decided to stick with 220/21), and a few 100 Mbps is fine locally, so should be ok for the moment..