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    Brand new AX86U slow wired & wifi

    I do have the antennas at a 45-degree angle. Reception is not bad and I have only had one issue with disconnects the last couple of days and that was a Chromecast on my living room TV yesterday. Happened twice within a couple of minutes, but worked fine today. I tried a Trendnet 2.5Gbps PCI...
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    Brand new AX86U slow wired & wifi

    Was streaming to an LG TV, unsure of the model offhand, on the 5GHz SSID. One floor up, directly above the router. It happened two nights in a row, but last night was good. (Knock on wood) Never had the issue with the previous router, but I was using 2.4GHz with that one (which was 3-5x as fast...
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    Brand new AX86U slow wired & wifi

    You are correct. All I have used previously have been Linksys routers for as long as I can remember. Was recommended Asus routers from a coworker and this one had the 2.5 port I was looking for, so decided to give it a go. Smart connect is disabled Using separate SSIDs Using WPA2 Can disable...
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    Brand new AX86U slow wired & wifi

    I finally decided to upgrade my 8-year-old Linksys (EA6700) router and grabbed an AX86U from BestBuy this past weekend specifically for the 2.5Gbps port. Upon setting it up, I immediately updated the firmware to 3.0.0.4.386_44130. I have the 1.2 Gbps plan with Xfinity/Comcast and an Arris...
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