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    ASUS RT-AX86U Pro ... and the allusive Guest Network Pro

    While there are some ways to allow the discovery of the WiiM on alternative vlans, this delves into advanced technical territory very quickly, and you've stated your level of expertise might be on the lower side. (This same topic has come up on the WiiM forums, and a feature request to allow...
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    Surrounded by everyone. Darn...

    Trying to abide by § 97.309 (4)(b) would make that a fun experiment but not very practical of a solution. Us hams tend to interpret that FCC rule to mean no encryption unless you document the keys publicly. 📻 I’m guessing you were just being a little cheeky there though, and I applaud such. 👏...
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    New WIFI sytem for 240 m2 house

    I’d steer clear of the XT8. (XT8 is Wifi6/AX BTW, but these devices are kinda old at this point.) Even over all the years since their release, they have consistently had unstable firmware. Gnuton made it better, but just search the forums here for all the pain, especially if you want to use the...
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    Suitable UPS for ASUS RT-AC88U

    The APC I mentioned has the ability to silence the alarm directly on the device with no additional software or open source hackery needed. But yeah, that same device would last maybe 10 minutes if having a computer/monitor on it.. As said, it would give just enough time to shut down safely so...
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    Suitable UPS for ASUS RT-AC88U

    I’m on 120v/60hz and use an APC BR1500MS2. I get about 3.75 hours of backup power for my cable modem and RT-AX86U Pro, and has worked flawlessly during power outages with no downtime on the equipment when switching. One feature to look for is the ability to mute (I learned the hard way with a...
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    Asuswrt-Merlin 384.6 doesn't start nginx

    After having this issue for multiple years, I finally came up with a scrappy solution, but it works. To be fair, I have attempted to insert “/opt/etc/init.d/S80nginx” in practically every startup script that Merlin supports (with only mild exaggeration), inserted sleep commands, etc, and nginx...
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    Tutorial Debian 12 Bookworm + Plex Media Server (Asus RT-AX86S)

    @bbeny123 - I suppose after using your guide and running Plex on my RT-AX86U for almost a year and a half, I owe you a giant thank you! Of course no video transcoding, my but use case is local video streaming to my AppleTV (no need for transcoding) and PlexAmp for audio. (Transcoding .flac to...
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    what's the current guidance with using merlinwrt 3006 on mesh nodes?

    Just a guess here.. I have my main router’s WINS server set to True and the SMB shares on that main router and my mesh node are discoverable. As for Merlin on nodes - I agree with the sentiment that manageability is easier when using the same FW if all mesh nodes are the same hardware. If not...
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    How to mimic WISP (WiFi uplink) with 2 routers?

    I don’t think you have many options for securing the Media Bridge as that device is LAN-only (on the ISP side). So for this device, remote access and all that are moot. It is merely taking an ISP LAN address and giving the second device (router) the ability to grab an ISP LAN address for its...
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    How to mimic WISP (WiFi uplink) with 2 routers?

    You're on the right path here. Set the first device connected to ISP as Media Bridge like your pic shows, then of course you have some options. While you could set the 2nd device as AP, that configuration would mean you'd be using the DHCP from the ISP, and thus no NAT/firewall between your...
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    Is there any easy solution in Merlin for a VPN server that is hard to block/detect?

    For bypassing country/university censorship blocks, there are some options that I've been able to implement on my Asus router, but not directly within the Merlin firmware. I don't know of any "VPN" solutions that work, so you will want to use an encrypted proxy with obfuscation. V2Ray...
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    Replacing AC86U with AX86U - what about settings?

    Note the username and wait for another post asking why the router is behaving oddly without mentioning this. Never ever export/import settings between models!
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    Wan over Wifi

    Just wanted call out that Tomato still can’t do WISP on RT-AC68U, and I was so disappointed when I tried it. (I had assumed it was the software that allowed/disallowed it, not the hardware.) At the time, I researched and ended up getting a cheap used Linksys EA6700 that would do WISP with...
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    Access Modem and Asus Merlin router via VPN

    Other than I may not know/understand potential caveats of pppoe passthrough, one of my setups is Asus (192.168.10.1) behind a combo router/modem (192.168.0.1), so a double NAT. When ovpn’d in to the Asus, I can hit both subnets without doing anything special. I do have the OpenVPN settings to...
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    VPN Director and Merlin Firmware RT-AC86U_386.7_2 - Slow Wifi Performance

    Go to the VPN Client settings tab and check that the setting “Redirect Internet traffic through tunnel” is set to “VPN Director (policy rules)”.
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