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Recent content by Maintainin

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    New RT-AC66R slow 5ghz connection

    Well I turned the power level up to 100 mad it actually slowed my speeds down again. That doesn't seem right. Also, I find I have to change the SSID every time i change a setting and save or the speeds drop again. This thing is finicky. Does it still have these same issues with the Merlin firmware?
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    New RT-AC66R slow 5ghz connection

    Bro, you are a God among men. I changed the SSID and it is blazing now. Thank you very much. So you do recommend the Merlin beta? I might have to try that out sometime. I have another question on the regular firmware. Does it help to increase the default power from 80? If so what do you all...
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    New RT-AC66R slow 5ghz connection

    Firmware is 3.0.0.4.270 I did try the 40mhz and some lower channels and its even slower. I am using cat 6 on the wan. I hooked up a long cat 6 cable to my pc and one of the LAN ports and its hitting the 120mb mark. It's just the wireless 5ghz that is extremely slow on my pc and ipad.
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    New RT-AC66R slow 5ghz connection

    Hi all, I just bought an RT-AC66R from best buy to replace a netgear wndr4500 I had been using. I hooked it all up and configured and I'm getting some extremely slow speeds on the 5ghz band. My pc with wireless card is about 20 feet away across room with no major obstructions. My Internet...
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