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    AC1900 First Look: NETGEAR R7000 & ASUS RT-AC68U

    Regarding VPN running on multiple cores, OpenVPN apparently doesn't support multithreading, so it's unlikely to happen. I agree a radio power option would be nice on the R7000.
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    AC1900 First Look: NETGEAR R7000 & ASUS RT-AC68U

    To the guy with the MAC/Surfboard issues, I've notices Surfboards don't like the MAC changing while powered on. If you connect a different piece of equipment to its Ethernet port you generally have to powercycle it.
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    AC1900 First Look: NETGEAR R7000 & ASUS RT-AC68U

    While we are discussing the N53 USB and the R7000, I get 300Mbps link over 5Ghz, but never more than 144.5 on 2.4Ghz. Is this the best that this combination can achieve or is something wrong here? I did try disabling 20/40 coexistence.
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    AC1900 First Look: NETGEAR R7000 & ASUS RT-AC68U

    Thanks. My old WNDR3700v1 ran about 7W so that suggests newer models are using about 70% more power. While still low, it explains why they're getting hotter. The fact that the R7000 power brick is so large also made me curious.
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    AC1900 First Look: NETGEAR R7000 & ASUS RT-AC68U

    Power consumption My WNDR3700v1 just died so I'm in the market for a replacement - possibly one of these two routers. I've been reading a lot of customer reviews of higher-end products from these manufacturers, and with some users saying they can run a bit hot, combined with dual core CPU...
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