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    1GB Fiber Throughput with RT-AC68u

    Therein lies the problem... I bought an n-repeater (Netgear EX2700) for my bedroom, to help with stuff like the Roku that could barely pickup the router's 2.4Ghz channel from 30ft away. Something must be wrong. I'm hearing similar reports to Magnus, of people's RT-ac68u blasting a powerful...
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    1GB Fiber Throughput with RT-AC68u

    OK, I updated to the latest Merlin and it didn't make a difference. I will go ahead and take L&LD's advice and try out the different channels and see if it does anything. Right now the router is up about 3ft off the ground on a shelf, with a wall behind it. I'll also play with the antennas, but...
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    1GB Fiber Throughput with RT-AC68u

    I just got 1GB fiber connected and I'm having some issues with trying to maximize the throughput. I'm using a brand new MacBook Pro with 802.11ac and connecting to the 5Ghz channel from the RT-AC68u running Merlin 376.49_5. I have the Technicolor c2000T modem in transparent bridge mode with the...
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    AC68 - Slow File Transfers via LAN (OSX)

    I put a 4TB USB 3.0 drive in the USB 3.0 port and a 2TB USB 2.0 drive in the other port. I drag n' dropped the same file to both drives, one at a time and it took the same amount of time to transfer. There wasn't a great speed difference, so I'm not sure using USB 3.0 is the fix. I guess maybe...
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    AC68 - Slow File Transfers via LAN (OSX)

    I know SMB is a little slower than AFP, but I don't know if that accounts from the painfully slow file transfer speed I'm getting on my local wireless network. It takes 20+mins to drag n' drop a 2GB file from my laptop to the USB 2.0 drive connected to the AC68 router as a samba share, over...
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    RT-AC68 Folder Permissions OSX Mavericks

    Thanks you, thank you, thank you. Fixed it! Now I've got the fake NAS (slow-poke USB plugged in a router) I've always dreamed of. I hadn't been able to resolve this issue for months. I overlooked the "apply to enclosed items" step. Now everything works! Hopefully this will be a reference for...
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    RT-AC68 Folder Permissions OSX Mavericks

    Thanks Trexx, I checked and Guest Login is enabled. I can also see that drive is marked as having R/W permissions on all folders. The login prompt that appears seems to be from OSX. It says "Finder wants to make change. Type your password to allow this."
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    RT-AC68 Folder Permissions OSX Mavericks

    Hi, I have a 2tb USB 2.0 drive plugged into my AC68. The drive shows up in Finder as being on the local wireless network just fine. However, when I try to drag files to it wirelessly, Finder asks me to login ("Finder wants to make changes...") and then says I don't have permission. Weirdly, if...
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    Basic Questions About Samba Permissions (Mac)

    Through the help of this forum, I have a 2TB USB 2.0 drive connected to the AC68 router and acting as a "fake NAS." I connect to it by clicking Finder>Go>Connect To Server>smb://IPaddress I can read all the files on the drive and drag them over the wireless network to my Mac running...
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    AC-68 Samba Share Drive Not Showing In Finder

    Well, the drive mounted... I can't write to it though. I can read, but don't have the permissions to write or delete. Which is a problem, because I use that drive to backup. The other USB slot has the same model of drive plugged in, set to Time Machine and it's working great. On the Asus...
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    AC-68 Samba Share Drive Not Showing In Finder

    Thanks that worked. Rebooted the MacBook Pro and still had to manually connect to server, but that's easy.
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    AC-68 Samba Share Drive Not Showing In Finder

    Hi, I'm running Merlin 376.47 and have two 2TB USB 2.0 drives plugging into the AC68. One of them is set up as Time Machine backup and is working great. The other used to occasionally show up in Finder and then stopped showing up. No matter how many times I reboot the router or MacBook...
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    AC-68 Increase Range?

    Sorry if this is already covered elsewhere. I did a quick look and couldn't find an answer... Is there a popular opinion on whether it's better to swap out the AC68 antennas (either 9dbi or ant-157) vs getting a wifi extender? Should I try one before the other? It looks kind of like a...
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    AC-68 Increase Range?

    Thanks for the help. I was on the phone to Vizio customer support and I ended up changing the wireless security (WPA2/WPA, AES+TKIP), which didn't help. I also have a second device, a Roku streaming stick plugged into the same TV and it can't grab a solid wireless signal either. I moved...
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    AC-68 Increase Range?

    Well... Everything was working well. Until I put a new TV w/wireless in the problem room, farthest away from my router and it can't connect. It shows 1-2 bars, but then can't load Netflix. My iPhone 5S in the same room can connect fine, but also get less than the full 4 bars of signal. So...
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