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  1. J

    Possible to connect router to multiple hotspots?

    So I would like to have the ability to connect my Asus RT88u (Merlin) router primarily to my iPhone's hotspot. Then when I take my iPhone outside of my house, I would like for my router to "roll" to my TMobile hotspot which I will also have at my house. After some light reading, I see that this...
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    Diversion Diversion not blocking ads with DNS-over-TLS

    Interesting. Disabling "DNS rebind protection" corrected the issue. Thanks!
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    Diversion Diversion not blocking ads with DNS-over-TLS

    I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but when I enable DoT, ads are not being blocked by Pixelserv on Diversion. As soon as I turn off DoT, Diversion immediately begins working again. Below are my settings. Any thoughts on what I might be missing? Or does this simply mean that I can't use both...
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    Questions with using OpenVPN with DoT and Diversion

    Interesting. I have not heard this point of view. Can you describe an example of why paid VPN's are the worst? If their TOS says that the VPN provider is destroying my browsing data, then am I just being naive to believe it's true? If I trust my local ISP, then it sounds like DoT would be the...
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    Questions with using OpenVPN with DoT and Diversion

    I understand that privacy will be relative. My question wasn't about "how much" privacy but rather if DoT was as private as a VPN. Truthfully, I'd rather just use DoT as I have higher performance.
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    Questions with using OpenVPN with DoT and Diversion

    So to be clear, are you suggesting that DoT is as private as using a VPN? My research led me to a different conclusion. I like my privacy and would prefer that the world doesn't spy on me. I don't like doing a search for an Asus router in Google and then see ads show up in Amazon for the same...
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    Questions with using OpenVPN with DoT and Diversion

    Thanks, I'll add the DoT's IPv4 address to VPN Director and see how that goes. I already looked at AdGuard Home and NextDNS appears to be superior in every way. But thanks for that tip. Hopefully someone will still answer question 1 and 2.
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    Questions with using OpenVPN with DoT and Diversion

    I have been using AsusMerlin with Diversion for a few years and am on the latest version. I recently purchased a subscription to a VPN and would like to use that at the router level. I configured all 5 slots with VPN's around the country and defined to be used with VPN Director. I also set the...
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    Terrible WiFi performance after MerlinASUS firmware update

    Changing to channel 11 seems to have corrected the issue. It's just weird that it didn't happen until after updating to the newer Merlin firmware.
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    Terrible WiFi performance after MerlinASUS firmware update

    Thanks @gattaca. Are you suggesting that I should change the channel from 40 to 48 for 5GHz?
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    Terrible WiFi performance after MerlinASUS firmware update

    So far since changing to channel 11, my wifi appears to be holding strong. Thanks John. I went ahead and updated my wifi settings to match yours. I'll report back if it faulters again.
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    Terrible WiFi performance after MerlinASUS firmware update

    Got it. I changed it to channel 11 for now. I'll complete some additional testing and report back with any additional information I discover - probably not until next week though since I'll be gone over the weekend. The 5GHz band is certainly not better as I have extensively tried both. The...
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    Terrible WiFi performance after MerlinASUS firmware update

    So how do I choose channels 1,6, and 11? The drop down option allows me to only choose a single one. Also my prior settings when using the 384.19 version was set to "Auto" and I never had this issue. Has me baffled...
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    Terrible WiFi performance after MerlinASUS firmware update

    @sone I have my wifi channel settings set to "Auto" and I'm currently not using any of the same channels as my neighbors. Right now it's using channel 10. @John Fitzgerald I did a factory reset and formatted the JFFS partition. Did you have this same issue prior to the Alpha build? I have had...
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    Terrible WiFi performance after MerlinASUS firmware update

    I continue to experience awful wifi performance even after upgrading to the latest (I am currently on 386.2_4). The last good firmware where I wasn't experiencing these issues was prior to 386.x. So now I am looking to flash back to 384.19. Is there a special process for that?
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