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  1. Angry Sandwich

    AC86U (Q for Merlin)

    Ah ok, gotcha.
  2. Angry Sandwich

    AC86U (Q for Merlin)

    Gotcha, I'll research it to make sure. I prefer the 'more stable, less updates' path as well. I recognize you choose 384.x for wireless dropouts, but as that isn't a factor for me at all (I have it turned off...) s'why I asked. I'll probably just try it as well, knowing you overall had...
  3. Angry Sandwich

    AC86U (Q for Merlin)

    PS: is 384.7_0 a 'known' stable version I can trust?
  4. Angry Sandwich

    AC86U (Q for Merlin)

    Solid advice Zonkd, I think I'll try that - revert the firmware, embrace my OCD (lol, I'm the same), I used the NVRAM command over SSH, but maybe I should ask the community here - what is the definitive best way to reset say an 86U back to absolute factory, is there a 'best' practice procedure?!
  5. Angry Sandwich

    AC86U (Q for Merlin)

    * Cables - check, yep, I have a tester and checked them all, tried different ports * When I first brought it home (second hand) I reset it to the latest Asus Factory firmware, then enabled SSH and issued the NVRAM reset command if memory serves me * Wi-Fi is completely disabled, as I have a...
  6. Angry Sandwich

    AC86U (Q for Merlin)

    I've tried it both ways, but didn't seem to make a difference - appreciate the thought!
  7. Angry Sandwich

    AC86U (Q for Merlin)

    I definitely ran extended ping tests, although not as fancy as this. I was hoping for a way to test the hardware itself somehow - maybe this isn't such an easier thing to do. Thanks for the suggestion!
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    AC86U (Q for Merlin)

    Hi all (Merlin); Long time reader, first time posting! I bought a second hand AC86U, and am running the latest Firmware Version:384.8_2 after resetting the NVRAM from the original factory firmware. Around the same time I bought this router, I started having intermittent network drops while...
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