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So, I logged it with Asus and they just told me to RMA the device, so it's going back to Amazon as faulty. No way am I getting another 88u. I do like the Asus and AIMesh stuff tho running Merlin. Considering the RT-AX86U as an alternative. Would be interested to know if anyone has good...

Ok, so my only use case for VPN is my Apple TV. If I were to us my ASUs TUF as the core router, and make my AX88u an AP, it could still run a VPN client and my Apple TV would go down the tunnel if connected to it?

@Spartan I have a ASUs TUF router which I could make the primary and move to 88u to the AImesh node. But then I lose the VPN performance is there a way to use the 88U as the VPN when it’s not doing the core routing?

What’s often notable when the connection drops is the Wi-Fi ssid auth also fails, so it’s as thought part of the system is crashing

Thanks for the reply mate. I feared this might be the case. I might try ASUs support to see if it could be covered on warranty as it’s not fit for purpose. Shame really as on paper it’s a cracking router, and handles VPN really well - reason I got it. Was maybe hoping Merlin himself might have...

Hello. Been using this router solid on Virgin Media for about a year. I’ve now switched to CityFibre on Vondafone Gigafast plan using my RT-AX88U. Had to manually configure the pppoe with supplied username and password, and also have to add an IPTV value to make it work, unsure why but then...

Worth noting. I’m using the latest Merlin firmware 386.4

I’m getting this exact same issue on a RT-AX88U This router was fine on Virgin media Cable. As soon as I switched providers to Vodafone Gigafast City Fibre connect using PPPOe I get regular WAN disconnections. The separate fibre modem remains solid with a Constance service light. To restore the...

Only fix I have is to unplug the Ethernet uplink from router to superhub wait 10 seconds the plug back in. This restores the speed over 5ghz WiFi back to 150mbps. Could be related to the auto negotiate on the ports. Can anyone help? What about Mr Merlin himself

Hi all. I’ve still got this issue. Just decided to do a bit of googling and it’s brought me back to my old post. Virgin media have just replaced my super hub from a 2 to a 3. Placed back in modem mode and with the RT-N66U doing the routing and guess what, yep, after about 2 hours of use my...

I just thought I update on this issue to confirm it's still an issue. I've just upgraded to latest Merlin firmware released end of sept and this hasn't resolved either. I've now turned off the 5ghz radio because it's getting stuck running at 10meg too often. It's a shame because I needed this...

I've tried the John's fork and get the same issue. I thought it was a faulty router, so did an exchange with Amazon, but the second router does exactly the same. I get your point that pulling the cable may chop other users, but there was nobody using it at the time. It would have to be a...

I I'm a uk Virgin media Cable broadband customer, and if you choose to use your own wifi router, you place their supplied router into Modem only mode, with a WAN uplink to your own wifi router.

I've just discovered that if I unplug the lan cable between the RT-N66u and the Superhub 2AC (in modem mode) wait 10 seconds then plug it back in, the 5G optimum download speed is restored. Now getting 150mbs download when run speedtest.net on iphone app?? As opposed to 10mbs What does this...

Totally going round in circles here. Tried the Asus beta firmware and still only got 10mbs down on the 5G. gone back to latest Merlin and same issue. Works for a bit on full speed after rebooting router and modem, but then goes back to poor. 10 meg down and 10 meg up using speedtest.net...