Recent content by Fredex

I hate to interrupt the complex words VS beers contest here... I just recently saw these threads about AC86U units failing, apparently due to thermal issues. So I quickly replaced mine with an AX86U and pray for the best. My AC86U was manufactured (according to the label) in 2017 and I put it...

Tech9: I am not disputing you, but you must be doing somethinig differently than the Asus instructions. I'd like to know how you do or would set it up, because when I configure it, the AC86U displays an error about there is no WAN cable connection. I want the wireless side to be the WAN-analog...

rt-AC86U, in Media Bridge mode, attempting to use wifi as the internet side, with a LAN cable from one of its LAN ports, other end connected to the WAN port on the RT-AX86U Pro in router mode, which then hopes to serve the connection out to all my LAN devices, doesn't seem to work, per my...

Colin, I believe (I failed to take notes,... :=/) it was this recipe: https://www.willhaley.com/blog/raspberry-pi-wifi-ethernet-bridge/ which contains a shellscript to do the dirty work. Fred

I don't think that is the case. there is no problem with roaming the facility with a portable device and your connection follows you around. we have no control over which AP our devices connect to, and experience shows me that the specific AP changes from time to time even for a stationary...

Not really. the topmost box says "Disconnected". so I must have something set wrong in the wireless configuration. AFAIK, in order to change such settings, I need to reset the router and redo the configuration, is that right? Oh, also, it seems to come up, after starting the bridge, with a...

Morris, I don't understand the "weakest signal" theory. weakest signal means worst thruput, so why would I want to do that? there are many AP's in the building, but one of them has better signal strength than any of the others (probably closest to me), so why wouldn't I want to use it?

well, not sure where to go now... I set it up as best I can, switched to bridge mode,logged in again and the UI shows only a few menu items--which, I guess, is normal. but from the UI I am unable to select any of the clickable items. hovering over any of them gives a hand pointer, but tapping on...

Colin, thanks for your replies. I'll give it a try and let you know what happens. Fred

that's what I figured should happen. I may have fat-fingered a config somewhere. when you say "plug it into the WAN port of your RT-AX86U" you mean a cable from a LAN port on the AC86U to the WAN port of the AX86U, correct? and I assume that so the AX86U can find the AC86U, the AC86U's LAN...

I live in an apartment complex that provides wifi, but not cabled network. I moved here from my house where I had a wired LAN. this facility did not have wifi until recently, so we all used Comcast internet, so when I moved here I just plugged the Comcast cable into my router, and everything...

Would someone clue me in on how you find the router's (RT-AC86U) internal temperature? Thanks in advance!

I just ran into these threads on hardware failures in (apparently many) RT-AC86U routers, got scared and just ordered an RT-AX86U Pro. my AC86U was mfg in 2017, I bought it in Jan 2018, so it is now six years old. From the postings I can't tell if the failures are "infant mortality" or...

Sigh; and I just (well, early 2018) spent 200 bucks for a AC86u, with the fond hope it would last me several years. Now they tell me it's going to be obsolete in the near future (no WPA3) ?? Maybe I'll have to permanently disable wireless and just let the family suffer. I hope I'm...