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    RT-AC86U USB connected drive access denied to Windows 10 client

    Thanks bennor, worked like a charm :)
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    RT-AX86U Teardown

    One of our cats "marked" (sprayed) over one of my routers yesterday and in my panic I came across this thread (which did not show much). In order to help out at this fine site, I'll share some pics and a helpful video (by youtube user miahz) for others who may need help like I did... Managed to...
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    Tutorial Asus Dual-Router Setup with one dedicated VPN-Router 2021

    Is the OP the Author of the VPNuni article posted in 2017?
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    I am an inexperienced user of VPNs, can the RT-ac86u/Merlin allow games to bypass Router based VPN?

    Wondering if this an easy and quick process to reverse? IE Client (Kids) decides to play a game and toggles VPN access from their PC?
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    I am an inexperienced user of VPNs, can the RT-ac86u/Merlin allow games to bypass Router based VPN?

    Thanks very much for your quick reply. I wonder how this will work with the likes of Steam (for instance)? From memory (I haven't played with Steam for years tbh), but do recall specific games using multiple servers as you stated...
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    I am an inexperienced user of VPNs, can the RT-ac86u/Merlin allow games to bypass Router based VPN?

    Hi all, a few posts here and some reading over a while but I still have not setup a VPN. :( Is it possible to configure an RT-AC86U with Merlin to allow traffic to Steam and other game servers without passing through the VPN? Is the above process relatively easy to achieve? Is this known...
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    RT-ac86u running Merlin 384.17 (should) change back to Asus stock firmware, but which version?

    Thank you, I chose to update to the latest version and all is good.
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    RT-ac86u running Merlin 384.17 (should) change back to Asus stock firmware, but which version?

    Hi all, been lurking a while but not doing much. I haven't done much with the Merlin firmware, and really just want to use MAC filtering and DHCP for the home setup. Not that much of a tinkerer and should really go back to stock firmware. I'm wondering which stock Asus firmware version could I...
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