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    Edgerouter X + AP Lite or Asus RT-AC88U

    Please explain how connections are made between WiFi, 8x LAN ethernet ports and WAN inside the 88u. And how does it compare to connection going thru a single ether wire to a 8x switch. If the switch connects 8x high traffic devices (potentially 1Gb/s each) how do they go thru the single wire...
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    Asus RT-AC3200 Smart Connect Rules Fine Tuning

    I think you should reconsider. SMART CONNECT=MESH. How can one be without MESH is beyond me. I jumped on ASUS AiMESH from day one. It had hick-up - but it is better than most Mesh systems on the market and does not require me to buy new routers. Just update your firmware and go with the best...
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    Asus RT-AC3200 Smart Connect Rules Fine Tuning

    Confusion: Smart Connect OFF = no MESH? But I do want the MESH so Smart Connect must be ON. The Smart Connect screen in Network Tools therefore regulates only MESH? Because of the widespread confusion related to metric of dB, please explain what is the practical difference between -50dB and...
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    Random router MAC address

    The problem is in going thru ALL devices that need the network name and changing their settings - a lot of hassle on a larger setup. change <NAME> to <NAME_nomap_optout> takes care of Google & Microsoft, but as any optout scheme - it is based on goodwill and does not prevent anything - except...
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    Random router MAC address

    @RMerlin To protect against geo-location privacy the MAC randomization becomes necessary. Can something be done? The Google's opt-out from geo-location of WiFi routers is to add <_nomap> to routers <name>. But this requires all clients to change the name of AP they connect to. Is there a way of...
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    Chromecast Devices Not Showing Up - RT-AC88U

    That would be super - but not the case when there is no video format of any sort involved. The problem is that the window or the screen cannot be cast; no jpg, no html no nothing.
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    Which NAS file system can be read by Windows?

    My biggest problem with the NAS (no RAID) is that when NAS hardware fails I cannot remove the drive and connect it directly to a Windows-based anything and read the files. I am talking about having access to data using different hardware than the one that recorder it. The similar problem is with...
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    Chromecast Devices Not Showing Up - RT-AC88U

    Suddenly Chromecast stopped working which I noticed after the last 384.17 Merlin update. It affects Chromecast3 and FireTV dongles. Nothing helps. They show up as "available" or "source not supported" on two different win10 and win10pro laptops randomly. Or suddenly they work, to stop next time...
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    [beta] Asuswrt-Merlin 384.17 beta is out

    http://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/test-builds for RT-AC88u the trx file is not in ZIP. Intentional?
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    RT-AC88u kaput after most recent ASUS update

    did that - does not work on rt-ac88u at all. Simply does nothing.
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    RT-AC88u kaput after most recent ASUS update

    I was on MERLIN's firmware 15. For whatever reason, I flashed to the newest ASUS original. Then I saw Merlin's 16 and wanted to switch - and this was the end. The message came up that the Merlin's firmware I tried to flash is not authirized. Well I though to flash to a lower ASUS original - it...
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    Wifi calling and AIMesh

    UPDATE: (1) WiFi calling is unstable; on MotoX4 it turns on and off constantly every about 2 minutes, on Samsung S6 every 5 minutes; (2) Business Skype with video - drops on handoff Both above are good reason to pronouse AI-Mesh dead on arrival. The only reason for the mesh is preservation of...
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    Merlin 384.4_2 on AC68R - no Radar, no AiMesh menus

    I use Merlin's firmware 384.4_2 on RT-AC68R. I cannot locateneither RADAR nor AiMesh entries anyplace. What am I doing wrong or not understanding?
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    How to begin with Home Automation?

    My take> NOTHING that is limited to Cloud control is good for anyone. Simple power outage, which is guaranteed to happen with ever aging infrastructure, knock you out of control over your own home. How this can be accepted by so many is beyond me. I am sending WINK back to the store. I had VERA...
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    How to set scheduled reboot on AC68x Merlin

    I noticed that 2 of my RT-AC68x routers go into some kind of lock-up which is characterized by progressively slower WAN and LAN connections up to the point that WAN stops even thought LAN continues. Reboot cures it. Is it possible to set a scheduled REBOOT, say 1x per week? The slow-downs do...
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